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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

November 24, 2008 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Mack Redford, Marsha Smith and Jim Kempton.

Commissioner Redford called the meeting to order. The first order of business was approval of MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on November 10, 2008. The minutes were approved by vote.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA. Commissioner Redford stated that item 9 would be considered individually, and Commissioner Kempton noted that item 8 also needed a recommendation.

Commissioner Smith made a motion to approve items 2-7 and 10-13. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

Regarding item 8, Commissioner Kempton made a motion to issue an order approving the modified schedule. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

Regarding item 9, Commissioner Redford noted that the Commission had received a public comment asking for a hearing in this case. Ms. Sasser suggested the Commission issue a Notice of Application with a fourteen-day intervention deadline, so the commenter can intervene at that time. Commissioner Smith stated the Commission will need to have a hearing in this case. She said if the Company wants the tariff change to be effective before the construction season next Spring, the Commission should have a prehearing conference and set the schedule now. Mr. Howell clarified that the Commission preferred to have an informal prehearing conference for the parties after the deadline for intervention.

The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:

14. Stipulation Regarding Answer/Briefing Schedule, Case No. IPC-E-08-20. [Stipulation attached. No Memo. Kristine Sasser, Attorney.]

Commissioner Smith made a motion to accept the proposed schedule for response briefs and reply briefs. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

15. Scott Woodbury’s November 20, 2008 Decision Memorandum re: Application to Cancel Surcharge, Case No. CAP-W-08-01 (Capitol Water).

Commissioner Kempton made a motion to approve the Company’s application without further notice of procedure. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Redford adjourned the meeting.

DATED this ______ day of November, 2008.

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COMMISSION SECRETARY