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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

AUGUST 20, 2012 – 1:30 P.M.

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

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Monday, August 13, 2012. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The next order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Don Howell's August 17, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: PacifiCorp's Application for Approval of a Service Territory Agreement Between Itself and Idaho Power to Provide Service to a Wind QF, Case No. PAC-E-12-13.3. Neil Price's August 17, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Avista Corporation's Annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) Filing, Case No. AVU-E-12-06.4. Weldon Stutzman's August 17, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Company's Application for Authority to Transfer Title to Mobile Home Park Meter Pedestals, Case No. IPC-E-12-19.5. Weldon Stutzman's August 17, 2012 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Company's Application for an Accounting Order for PURPA Delay Damages, Case No. IPC-E-12-21.
Regarding item 5, Commissioner Smith stated that she believed the use of modified procedure was unnecessary in this case. She made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 – 4, and for item 5, eliminate the use of modified procedure and approve the Company’s request for an accounting order. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
6. Deliberation re: Idaho Power's Application to Determine Prudency of 2011 DSM Expenditures, Case No. IPC-E-12-15. [Karl Klein, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that item 6 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.
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