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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

MARCH 26, 2012 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Paul Kjellander, Mack Redford and Marsha Smith.

Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order. The first order of business was
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Monday, March 19, 2012. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The next order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Carolee Hall's March 22, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Application for Approval of an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and Optix Media, Case No. QWE-T-12-04.3. Grace Seaman's March 23, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: CenturyTel of Idaho and CenturyTel of the Gem State's Application for Approval of the Interconnection Agreement with Quantumshift Communications, Case Nos. CEN-T-12-02 and CGS-T-12-02.4. Grace Seaman's March 23, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Filer Mutual Telephone Company's 2011 Broadband Tax Credit Application, Case No. FIL-T-12-01.5. Nikki Karpavich's March 21, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Tariff Advice No. 12-05, Modifications to Schedule 84 - Customer Energy Production Net Metering.
There was no discussion and the Commission voted unanimously to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 5 on the Consent Agenda.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
6. Deliberation re: Rocky Mountain Power's Application to Increase Rates through Its Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM), Case No. PAC-E-12-03. [Neil Price, Attorney]7. Deliberation re: Idaho Power's Application to Make Its FCA a Permanent Schedule, Case No. IPC-E-11-19. [Weldon Stutzman, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that items 6 and 7 would be deliberated privately.

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

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