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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

OCTOBER 28, 2013 – 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, October 21, 2013. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.
The next order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Chris Hecht's October 23, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Compliance Filing - Tariff, Case No. SPL-W-13-01.3. Grace Seaman's October 25, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho dba Frontier Communications of Idaho's 2012 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. CTC-T-13-03.4. Grace Seaman's October 25, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc.'s 2012 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. VZN-T-13-03.5. Neil Price's October 23, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Application of Allied Wireless Communications Corp. for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, Case No. ALL-T-10-01.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 5 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was RULEMAKING:
6. Don Howell's October 25, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Updating the Commission's Railroad Safety and Accident Reporting Rules, IDAPA Docket No. 31-7103-1301 (Case No. RUL-R-13-01).
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to adopt the proposed rule as a pending rule, publish a Notice of Pending Rule in the December 4, 2013 edition of the Administrative Bulletin and submit the pending rule for legislative review in 2014. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.7. Don Howell's October 25, 2013 Decision Memorandum re: Updating the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA Docket No. 31-0101-1301 (IPUC Case No. RUL-U-13-01).
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to adopt the proposed rule as a pending rule, submit the Notice of Adoption of Pending Rules to the 2014 Legislature and publish the proposed rule in the next Administrative Bulletin on December 4, 2013. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
8. Deliberation re: Avista's Request for an Accounting Order Related to Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Lake Spokane, Case No. AVU-E-13-06. [Don Howell, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that item 8 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.

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