20191125Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol III.pdf

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BEEORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OE AVISTA CORPORATION FOR THE
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ]TS RATES
AND CHARGES EOR ELECTRIC SERVICE
TO ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS IN THE
STATE OF I DAHO
CASE NO. AVU-E-19-04
BEEORE
COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (lresidingi
COMMISSIONER KRIST]NE RAPER :
COMM]SSIONER ERIC ANDERSON .
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PLACE:Commission Hear j-ng Room
113 31 West Chinden Bfvd.Building 8, Suite 2 01-A
Boise, Idaho
DATE:Novenber 22, 2079
VOLUME III - Pages 100 - 105
CSB REPORTING
C e nified S ho rth and Re po rte rs
Post Office Box 9774
Boise, Idaho 83707
[e-mail]
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Constance Bucy,
CSR
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APPEARANCES
For the Staff:ilohn R. Ilamond, Esq.
Deputy Attorney Generaf
PO Box 83720Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Eor Avista Corporat ion:David Meyer, Esg.Avista Corporat ion
PO Box 37 21
Spokane, Washington 99220-3121
For Idaho Conservation
League:
Benjanin.r. Otto, Esq.
Idaho Conservation League
710 North 6th StreetBoise, Idaho 83102
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BOISE, IDAHO, ERIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2079, 1O:30 A. M
mornfng.
hearing in
the matter
the authority to
el-ectric service
Idaho.
i-ncrease its rates and
to electric customers
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Wef1, good
This is the time and place for a telephonic
Case No. AVU-E-I9-04, also referred to as in
of the application of Avista Corporation f or:
charges for
in the State of
My name is PauI Kjeflander. Irl-f be the
Chairman of today's telephonic hearing. To my right is
Commissioner Eric Anderson and to my left is Commissioner
Krj-stine Raper. Earl-ier this morning we hefd a technical
hearing on the settlement stipul-atj-on and it's now time
for a telephonic public hearing.
Eor the record, we went to northern Idaho
in Coeur d'Alene last week where we hel-d a live hearing.
We had two public witnesses at that particu.l-ar event. We
had a workshop prior to that with several- other members
of the public there, and we do appreciate aff of the
parties to the case who particlpated in that workshop to
help us develop the record,
Why don't we move through quickly with the
appearances of the parties and ]et's begin with theo25
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Applicant,
MR. MEYER: Thank you. David Meyer for
Avista Corporation,
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you,
Mr. Meyer.
MR, HAMMOND: John Harnmondf Deputy
Attorney General, for the Commission Staff.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you, and I
also recognize that we also have one of the other
intervenors, if you could just for the record identify
yoursel f .
MR. OTTO: Benjam.in Otto with the Idaho
Conservation League.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you, Mr.
Otto, and I donrt believe that we have any of the other
intervenors from the technical hearing earlier this
morning, so with that, then, we'l-1 look to the process
that vre will go through today, and as I understand with
this teJ-ephonic hearing, we will have the potential for
individual-s to cal-l- in and then we wiII swear them in
when they do cafl, but at this point before I go through
any further instructions, I recognize that there is no
one who has
by my watch
for a period
calfed in for
is 10:34, so
this hearinq, and the time now
it would be my intent to recess
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if someone has caffed in, then we wifl go back on the
record and I wifl provide additional instructions on how
we wil-1 proceed with the telephonic hearing, assumj-ng
that we have witnesses.
I would afso say that for those who might
be anticipati.ng witnesses, my sense is we likely wil-l- not
have anyone call in, merely because this represents a
rate reduction as a part of the settlement stipulation
and al,so based on the fact that when we had an
opportunity to have a live hearing, there were only two
witnesses that provided testimony at that point; however,
not knowing exactly what the future hol-ds, we'11 all,ow
for 10 minutes for that opportunity for individuafs to
caff in and so we will recess at this point for a period
of 10 minutes.
(Recess . )
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And we'11 go
back on the record and fet me just confirm there have
been no additional- ca 1lers ?
MR. CULBERTSON: That is correct.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And if you could
can have ajust identify
name that goes your response.
CULBERTSON: My name is Travis
yourself for the record so we
with
MR.
Cul-bertson, C-u-I-b-e-r-t-s-o-n. I'm part of theo
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Commission Staff.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And you've been
monitoring the phone calls for this telephonic public
hea r ing ?
MR. CULBERTSON : Yes, that ' s co.r.rect .
COMMISSIONER K.IELLANDER: And it is at
this point, then, that there have been no caffers in the
10-minute window where we were in recess; correct?
MR. CULBERTSON: That's correct.
Thank you.
seems to be no
COMM] SS IONER KJELLANDER :
thereWe1I, that being the case, then,
reason to prolong thls telephonic public
fulf ill,s our obligations under statute,
Rufes of Procedures to hold
hearing and it
as we]] as our
public hear j-ngs in
and so since there are no
any kind of long and
we would actualfy do the
there is anything
association with rate cases,
ca.l-f er:s, I
faborious
testimony,
wonrt go through
exp.l-anation of how
and I believe that unless
else to come before the Cornmission
business that needs to come before
-- is there any other
the Commission? f see
heads shaking
before us? Tf
the only thing
is the request
Does the Commission have anything to bring
point of re fe rence,
regards to this case
intervening funding.
no.
not, then, j ust
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We've already estabfished that deadline and it woufd be
the Cornmission' s dec i s ion,then, that this record now is
I bel-ieve we wifl not be takingclose to
any more
however,
being
publ i c
if one
closed, so
comments in relationship
trickle in,
to the case,'
or two more my assumption is
positioned we11,
to within a week
that wetff make sure at least they get
but I belleve we I re i-n a good position
to render abe abfe
timely
by the
see the
to deliberate and decision in a
fashion in order to meet the deadlines estabfished
Applicant with
rates go into
regards to
effect as
when they woul-d l-ike to
a result of the
being no further
adj ourned.
settfement stipulation, so there
business before us today, we
The Telephonic
10:48 a.m. )
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Hearing adjourned at
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AUTHENT]CAT]ON
Thj-s is to certify that the foregoing
telephonic proceedings held in the matter of the
application
increase its
of Avista Corporation
charges for
the State of
for the authority to
e.Iectric service torates and
electric customers in Idaho,commencing at
at the10:30 a.m. on Friday. November
Commi.ssion Hearing Room, 11-33L
Suite 201-A, Boise, Idaho, is a
transcript of said proceedings
for the fil-e of the Commission.
22, 20L9,
Ch j-nden Bl-vd. , Building 8,
true and co.rrect
and the original thereof
L6Lsloucl
CON STANCE
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