20260730Final_Order_No_37118.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
July 30,2026
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF KOOTENAI ) CASE NO. C07-E-25-01
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.'S )
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF ITS ) ORDER NO. 37118
2026-2028 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN )
On December 31, 2025, Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Inc. ("Company") applied to the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission("Commission")requesting approval of its 2026-2028 Wildfire
Mitigation Plan ("2026 WMP"), in accordance with Wildfire Standard of Care Act ("WSCA")
Idaho Code § 61-1801, et seq. Application at 1.
On January 23, 2026, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline, setting a deadline for interested parties to file a petition to intervene. Order
No. 36911. No petitions to intervene were filed. On February 19, 2026, the Commission issued a
Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing public comment and Company reply deadlines. Order
No. 36939. Idaho Department of Lands filed public comments after the public comment deadline.
On June 29, 2026, the Commission issued Order No. 37081 conditionally approving the
2026 WMP. Order No. 37081 required the Company to file a compliance filing,updating its 2026
WMP with certain material incorporated,within 14 days of the Order.
On July 9,2026,the Company filed its First Amended 2026 WMP("Amended Plan")with
the material required in Order No. 37081 included ("Compliance Filing"). On July 10, 2026, the
Company filed an errata to its Compliance Filing("Errata to the Compliance Filing")to delete and
replace the Company's Response to Staff s First Production Request at No. 14 with the Company's
Response to Staffs First Production Request at No. 13(b) in the Amended Plan.
At the Commission's Decision Meeting on July 28, 2026, Commission Staff presented a
Decision Memorandum recommending the Commission find that the Amended Plan, as amended
by the Errata to the Compliance Filing, complied with Order No. 37081 and satisfied the
Commission's condition for approval of the 2026 WMP.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
An electric corporation like the Company can elect to file a WMP with the Commission
for review and approval. Idaho Code § 61-1803(2)(b). Once an electric corporation files a WMP
with the Commission for review, the WMP is subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the
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Commission. Id. When reviewing a WMP, the Commission must ensure the WMP satisfies the
minimum requirements of the WSCA (Idaho Code § 61-1804(1)) and the requirements set forth
in Commission's Order Nos. 36774 and 36929.
Having reviewed the record, the Amended Plan, and the Errata to the Compliance Filing,
the Commission finds that the Company has updated the 2026 WMP to include the information
required in Order No. 37081 and thus satisfied the Commission's condition for approval of the
2026 WMP.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Amended Plan contained in the Compliance Filing
submitted on July 9, 2026, and amended by the Errata to the Compliance Filing submitted on July
10, 2026, is approved.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within 21 days of the service date upon this Order regarding any matter decided in
this Order. Within seven days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person
may cross-petition for reconsideration.Idaho Code § 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 30 day of
July, 2026.
G
EDWARD LODGE, PR_ IDENT
J R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HA IE, COMMISSIONER
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