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Home My WebLink About20081027min.docIDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING October 27, 2008 – 1:30 P.M. In attendance were Commissioners Mack Redford and Marsha Smith. Commissioner Kempton was absent and excused. Commissioner Redford called the meeting to order. The first order of business was approval of MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on October 21, 2008. The minutes were approved by vote. The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA. Regarding item 6, Commissioner Redford stated that it needed to be removed from the agenda. Mr. Howell explained that Avista had notified the Commission late on Friday that there was a problem with the proposed tariff and because of the last-minute changes, Staff simply didn’t know enough to recommend approval at this time. Mr. Howell said Staff had anticipated there would be some small amount of residential exchange pass through; however, Staff had been advised that BPA intends to collect all deemer money first and then pay out the residual balance under the terms of the Residential Exchange Program (REP). He said there isn’t the rush to implement the tariff on November 1st because there will actually be no credits to pass through on November 1st. He stated that under the terms of the previous tariff, the tariff requiring the interim credit is suspended or terminated by its own effect. Commissioner Smith commented that the Commission has been operating under the mistaken belief that there actually is a Residential Exchange Program as required by statute, but apparently, there is not. There was no further discussion. Commissioner Redford made a motion to approve the remaining Consent Agenda items 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously. The last order of business was RULEMAKING: 8. Don Howell’s October 24, 2008 Decision Memorandum re: Staff Recommendations to Amend the Commission’s Proposed Rules of Procedure, IDAPA Docket No. 31-0101-0801 (RUL-U-08-01). There was no discussion and Commissioners Redford and Smith both voted to approve this item. There were no other items before the Commission and Commissioner Redford adjourned the meeting. DATED this ______ day of October, 2008. ____________________________________ ASSISTANT COMMISSION SECRETARY