20100115Vol I Hearing Boise.pdf

ORIGINAL.BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO SELL TO RAFT RIVER
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
CERTAIN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES CURRENTLY OWNED BY
IDAHO POWER
CASE NO. IPC-E-09-31
BEFORE
COMMISSIONER JIM KEMPTON (Presiding
COMMISSIONER MARSHA SMITH
COMMISSIONER MACK REDFORD
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PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
472 West Washington Street
Boise, Idaho
DATE:January 12, 2010
VOLUME I - Pages 1 - 5
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1 BOISE, IDAHO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010, 10:00 A. M.
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5 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: This is Tuesday,
6 January 12th, 2010. The time is 10:00 o'clock. It's the
7 date, time and place, this place being the Idaho Public
8 Utilities Commission Hearing Room, to conduct a public
9 hearing for the purpose of taking testimony on the sale
10 of certain Idaho Power Company distribution facilities
11 and the pertinent rights of way to Raft River Electric
12 Company Cooperative, Inc. as noticed in Commission Order
13 No. 30963 dated December 16th, 2009; more specifically,
14 the application of Idaho Power Company for authority to
15 sell such property and rights of way pursuant to Idaho
16 Code 61-328 and Rules of Procedure 52 as established in
17 IPUC Case No. IPC-E-09-31. The proceedings in this case
18 are being conducted in accordance with the Commission's
19 jurisdiction under Title 61 Idaho Code and Commission's
20 Rules of Procedure under IDAPA 31.01.01.
21 The introductions we have done informally
22 but formally present are Commissioners Marsha Smith, Mack
23 Redford and Jim Kempton who will be Chairing the
24 proceedings. The Staff Attorney General is Neil Price
25 and the attorney for Idaho Power Mr. Bart Kline.
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1 As a background, this is an IPC, Idaho
2 Power Company, application filed November 10th, 2009.
3 There was a Commission Notice of Intent to process by
4 modified procedure with a 21-day comment period and a
5 public hearing, those two combined in the same notice,
6 and that notice went out on December 16th, 2009 as Order
7 No. 30963. The Idaho Power Company application was
8 amended on December 21st, 2009, and that was in
9 relationship to a cost estimate on the sale.
10 There was a Commission press release on
11 this case on December 29th, 2009 and the comment period
12 was a 21-day comment period in modified procedure which
13 ended on January 6th, 2010, and no comments were
14 received. The Staff recommendation is that the
15 Commission approve Idaho Power Company's application to
16 sell the Border 011 Feeder Line to Raft River and there
17 are some materials, I don i t think the people who are
18 present here today that there's much application to it,
19 but there are some summaries over there on the Staff's
20 comments and their recommendation and the press release
21 is also over there, so there were no comments on this
22 case and as mentioned, Staff recommendation is to move
23 forward with the sale and for the Commission to approve
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25 Are there any comments? Neil, would you
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1 like to make any comments on this?
2 MR. PRICE: I don't have any comments,
3 Mr. Chairman. I think you gave a good summary of the
4 Company's application.
5 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: Okay, Commissioner
6 Smi th, there being no comments, do you have any points of
7 discussion?
8 COMMISSIONER SMITH: I do not.
9 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: Commissioner
10 Redford?
11 COMMISSIONER REDFORD: No.
12 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: I have none.
13 Mr. Kline?
14 MR. KLINE: No, sir.
15 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: I love hearings
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17 COMMISSIONER SMITH: How about the people
18 from Raft River?
19 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: Well, Ilm offering
20 any comments from anybody who would like to make a
21 comment and we would love to hear from Raft River.
22 MR. DARNINGTON: I guess Raft River IS
23 comment would be we appreciate the opportunity to be here
24 and we appreciate the efforts of Idaho Power in arranging
25 for this and I think it's going to be an asset to us in
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1 our system over there and so we i re pleased that it went
2 so well and we appreciate it.
3 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: Well, as an
4 observer who is somewhat familiar with the operation of
5 Raft River, I can only say that I find those operations
6 to be commendable and that there's some pretty fierce
7 weather that works around in that part of the country and
8 that the customers are well served during all periods of
9 the year by Raft River Electric.
10 MR. DARNINGTON: We appreciate that.
11 COMMISSIONER KEMPTON: There being no
12 addi tional testimony, no further business to be attended
13 to, this case will be fully submitted at the close of the
14 hearing and I now adj ourn this Commission hearing on IPC
15 Case No. IPC-E-09-31.
16 MR. KLINE: Thank you.
17 MR. PRICE: Thank you.
18 (The Hearing adjourned at 10: 05 a.m.)
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4 This is to certify that the foregoing
5 proceedings held in the matter of the application of
6 Idaho Power Company for authority to sell to Raft River
7 Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. certain electric
8 distribution facilities currently owned by Idaho Power,
9 commencing at 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, January 12, 2010,
10 at the Commission Hearing Room, 472 West Washington
11 Street, Boise, Idaho, is a true and correct transcript of
12 said proceedings and the original thereof for the file of
13 the Commission.
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