20161212Volume I; 11-29-16.pdf

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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF AVISTA CORPORATION OBA AVISTA
UT I LI TIES FOR AUTHORITY TO
INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR
ELECTRIC SERVICE IN IDAHO
CASE NO. AVU -E-16-03
PLACE :
DAT E:
BEFORE
COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding )
COMMISSIONER ERIC ANDERSON
COMMISS I ONER KRISTINE RAPER
Corrunission Hearing Room
472 West Was hington Street
Boise , Idaho
Novembe r 29 , 2016
VOLUME I - Pages 1 -5
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Boise, Idaho 83707
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A P P E A R A N C E S
For the Staff :
For Avista Corporation :
(Telephonically)
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Brandon Karpen, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
472 West Washington
Boise , Idaho 83720 -0074
David Meyer, Esq.
Avista Corporation
Post Office Box 3727
Spokane Washington 99220
APPEARANCES
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BOISE , IDAHO , TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 29 , 2016 , 8 :00 P . M.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER : Well , good
evening . This is the time and place for a telephonic
public hearing in the matter of the application of Avista
Utilities for authority to increase its rates and charges
for electric service in Idaho , Case No . AVU -E-16-03 . My
name is Commissioner Paul Kjellander and I 'll be
presiding over tonight 's telephonic hearing . I 'm joined
by Commissioner Eric Anderson and Commissioner Kristine
Raper . The three of us will serve to ultimately
determine the outcome of this case once it 's fully
submitted .
The purpose of tonight 's telephonic
hearing is to provide an opportunity for electric
customers of Avista to offer official comments for the
record regarding the settlement agreement . Since this is
a telephonic hearing , I 'm asking all on the phone to mute
your phones and only speak when you 're called upon .
Please do not interrupt while someone else is providing
testimony , and since this is an official public hearing ,
we have a court reporter on site who will be capturing
these proceedings as part of the official record .
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As we move forward tonight , the process
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will be that as I call your name to provide your
statement , first get you officially to say your name ,
address , and spell your name for the record , and I will
then be asking you your address and if you 're an electric
customer of Avista . Then I 'll ask you to provide your
statement or comment regarding the case . There 's a
possibility that one of the official parties to the case
will have a follow -up question once you 've delivered your
statement , but the likelihood of that this evening is
probably very slight . It 's referred to as
cross -examination , but I don 't anticipate that we 'll have
much cross -examination from any of the parties this
evening .
Before we call our first public witness or
first potential public witness , let me recognize the
official parties to the case . We have with us this
evening on the phone David Meyer with Avista Corporation .
At our offices in the Hearing Room here in Boise , Idaho ,
at the Public Utilities Commission , we have Brandon
Karpen , the Deputy Attorney General who is representing
Commission Staff in this proceeding . Other parties to
this case are Clearwater Paper Corporation , Idaho Forest
Group , LLC , Snake River Alliance , Community Action
Partnership Association of Idaho , and all of those
parties have entered into signatures for the settlement
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stipulation agreement that has been filed with the
Commission , and there will be a technical hearing on that
settlement stipulation on Friday of this week , so with
that , then , we 're ready to see if we have any members of
the public who are electric customers of Avista who are
willing to testify .
We have had one caller and I do know their
name . I 'm not sure if they want to testify . I hate to
call you out on this , but I believe we have Don Murrell .
Don , are you wanting to offer up a statement this
evening?
MR . MURRELL : Not really . I just wanted
to listen and observe .
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER : Okay . I
apologize for not having more for you to observe .
MR . MURRELL : That 's okay .
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER : The remaining
exciting component of this will actually be on Friday
when we get to the technical hearing component . We 'll
have several witnesses and testimony there and we 'll also
be developing a full record on that . What I think we 'll
do at this point is we 'll go off the record for about
five minutes just to see if we get any more callers , and
if we don 't have any callers in which to testify , what
we 'll do at that point is wrap up things and then also
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officially for the record we 'll just identify what the
time frame will be for additional written comments that
can be filed , so with that , we 'll go off the record for
about five minutes and thank you for your patience .
We 'll be back with you in five minutes .
(Recess .)
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER : Now we 'll go
back on the record and as we sit today , we 've had just
one call -in from a gentleman who just was interested in
listening in and we appreciate that call . We have not
had any other potential witnesses this evening , so we 're
at the point at which we need to draw this to a
conclusion , but with that , too , we need to also ensure
for the record that we will be allowing for additional
written comments in this case and I believe that we
typically allow at least five days past the actual
technical hearing , so I would assume that the Friday
following that technical hearing , which would be December
8th , then , would be the appropriate deadline for
additional written comments to be submitted in reference
to this case , so with that , then , again , I want to thank
those from Avista that were online this evening , David
Meyer and company , and also Mr . Karpen with the Attorney
General 's Office representing Staff , and , again , a
reminder that the technical hearing for this case will be
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Friday , December 2nd , at 9 :30 a .m. Mountain time . That
would be at 8 :30 a .m. Pacific time .
MR . KARPEN : December 1st .
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER : December 1st is
Friday? So it 's Friday , December 1st . That technical
hearing on the stipulation and settlement agreement will
be at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Hearing Room ,
and , again , once that phase of the case is completed and
the matter is fully submitted , the Commission will begin
its deliberations , so with that , then , we are adjourned .
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(The Hearing recessed at 8 :12 p .m.)
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