20181109Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

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ORIGINAL CSB REPORTING
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Post Office Box9774
Boise,Idaho 83707
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Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Constance Bucy,
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IN THE MATTER OF THE AGREEMENT
FOR PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
CHENEY AND FOUR LAKES TAP L]NES
AND THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
AGREEMENT BETVOEEN AVISTA AND
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
CASE NO. AVU_E-18-09
TELEPHONIC HEARING
BEFORE
COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)
COMMISSIONER KRISTINE RAPER
COMMISSIONER ERIC ANDERSON
PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
412 West Washington StreetBoise, Tdaho
DATE:November 1, 20L8
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APPEARANCES
For the Staff:Edward ileweJ.l, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
412 West Washington
Boise, Idaho 83120-0074
For Avista Corporation:Michael Andrea, Esg.Avista Corporation
Post Office Box 3121
Spokane, Washington 99220
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BOTSE, TDAHO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 'l , 2019, 2:00 p. M
COMMISIONER KJELLANDER :
is the tlme and placeafternoon. This
public hearing in
the matter of the
Case No AVU-E-18-09, al-so
for purchase and
We11,
for a
good
telephonic
known as in
sal-e of theagreement
Cheney and Four Lakes tap l-ines and the transfer of
ownership agreement between Avista and Bonneville Power
Administration, also known as BPA.
I'm Paul Kjellander. I'l-1 be the Chai-r of
these proceedings. To my right is Commissioner Anderson.
For those of you on the phone, that makes no difference.
To the 1eft, I have also Kristine Raper. The three of us
are the three Commissioners who ultimately will render a
decision at the concfusion of this hearing in reference
to Case No. AVU-E-18-09.
Just as a reference, the Commission's
Rul-es of Modified Procedure traditionally contemplate
that a case of thls nature will- proceed by written
submissions without a public hearing; however, the
Commission finds good cause to schedule this public
hearing because the Company fil-ed its application under
Idaho Code Section 6l-328 and that statute requires a
public hearing, which is why we're here today and which
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is also why we're using a telephonic procedure in order
to expedite the process and allow those within Avista's
service territory to call in as opposed to having to
travel a dj-stance to participate potentially.
With that said, as I understand, we have
on the phone only representatives of Avista and we won't
go through recogniztnq everybody that's there with
Avista, merely lega1 counsel just in the event that there
is any cross-examination that may emerge through these
proceedings today, so is it Mike Andrea that is on the
l-ine that's representing Avista as Iegal counsel?
MR. ANDREA: Yes, this is Mike Andrea,
senior counsel- for Avista.
COMMISIONER KJELLANDER: Great, thank you,
and I bel-ieve we have your appropriate spelling and so we
should be fine and it's Andrea?
MR. ANDREA: Andrea, A-n-d-r-e-a.
COMMISIONER KJELLANDER: Great, thank you
very much and I apologize for not getting that correct
initially. As we go through, then, the notice, at l-east
for the notice of parties, who's representing the Staff
of the ldaho Public Utilities Commission?
MR. JEWELL: Thank you, Chair Kjellander,
Edward Jewel-l-.
COMMISIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you very
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much, and since we have no one on the l-ine who is a
member of the public, what we will- do is break for five
minutes off the record, seeing if someone does cal-I in,
and then after that five minutes, w€ wil-I then go back on
the record, so if anybody has any Jeopardy music they
would l-ike to p1ay, we wou1d be much more apprecJ-ative of
the Jeopardy music than that awful- horrible sound we just
heard, so we are off the record for five minutes and then
we will return. Thanks.
(Recess. )
COMMISfONER KJELLANDER: And we will go
back on the record. fn the period of time
were off the record alJ-owing for members of
in whlch we
the public to
have called incall in, we've had no new participants
and so we wil-l not take any additional
testimony in relationship to Case No.
who
comments or
AVU-E-18-09, and
requirement offor purposes of fulfilli-ng the
holding a public hearing under
statutory
Idaho Code Sect ion 57-328,
and wethe Commission has ful-fil-1ed its responsibilities
are therefore adjourned.
(The telephonic hearing concluded at
2zI0 p.m. )
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing
held in the matter of thetelephonic proceedings
agreement for purchase
Lakes tap lines and the
and sal-e of the Cheney and Four
ownership agreement
Administration,
transfer of
between Avista and Bonneville Power
commencj-ng at 2:00 p.m. r oD Wednesday, November J, 2078,
at the Commission Hearing Room, 412 West Washlngton
Street, Boise, Idaho, is a true and correct transcript of
said telephonic proceedings and the original thereof for
the file of the Commission.
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CONSTANCECerti fied S. BUCY
Shorthand Reporter 1
CONS]AT,ICE 8 BL'CY
NOTARYPUBLIC. STATE OF IDATIO
COMMISSIOT{ NUMBER 1EO5
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