20180205Hearing Transcript.pdf

ORIGINAL
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COIVIPANY FOR AN ORDER APPROVING
THE TRANSF'ER AND SALE OI'
CERTAIN ASSETS TO THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO.
cAsE NO. rPC-E-17-17
BEFORE
Commissioner Eric Anderson, Chairman
Commissioner Kristine Raper
DATE:
TIME:
PLACE:
January 22 , 2 01- 8
1 : 45 P.M.Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 WesL Washington StreetBoise, ID 83702
REPORTER BY:Tauna K. Tonks, CSR No. 276, RPRNotary Public
HEIINICK
COURT REPORTING
POST OFFICE BOX 578
BOISE, IDAHO 83701
208-336-9208
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APPEARANCES
For ldaho Power Company:
IDAIIO POWER COMPAIVY
MS. LISA D. NORDSTROM
MS . SHEI.LI D. STEWART
L22L West ldaho St,reet
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83702
lnords trom@idahopowe r . com
g e tewart@idahopower . com
For Commission Staff:
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERJAI,
MR. KARL, T. KLEfN
Deputy Attorney General
472 WeEt Washington
P.O. Box 83720
BoiEe, Idaho 83720-0074
karl . klein@puc. idaho. gov
AI,SO PRESEIIIT:Mark Annie, Senior Regnrlatory Analyet
Matttrew Evans, Public Information Of,f,ieer
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MO![DAY, iIAI{UARY 22, 2018, Lz45 P.M.
PROCEEDINGS
COMMISSIONER AIiIDERSON: WeLl, good afteraoon
everyone. Thie ie the time and place for our puJrJ.ic
hearing today, Case No. IPC-E-L7-L7, in tshe Matter of,
Application of Idaho Power Company for an Order
Approving the TranEfer and Sale of Certain Aseets to the
City of Meridian, fdaho. Again, EhiE ig before the
Idatro Public UtiLitsies Comurieeion.
I am Conmiseioner Andergon, and I will be
todayre Chair. To my Left ie Comrissioner Kristine
Raper, and our third CourmiEeioner, PauL KJ ellander,
ien I t avaitable today, buts he will review ttre
tranEcripta of this hearing at a later date.
In thie caEe Idaho Power Company hae aeked the
Conurieeion for permiEsion to sell property to the City
of Meridian. Ttre property hae been ueed to aupply power
to ttre Cityr E waetewater treatment plant. Our goal aa
Cortrrisaion iE to eneure the proper transaction ie
consigtenU with the public intserest and wilL not raiEe
ttre eosts aad rates, and t,hat, the buyer hag ttre intent
and financial ability to operatse and maintain the
property in the public service.o
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$[e have eeheduled today I e prrblie hearing so
customere , pubJ.ic of f icials, and pereons who are
otherffirise unrelated to Idaho Power may teetify about the
proposed EaLe in these mattere.
A few of our formaLitiee today, X,11 begin by
taking the appearance of partsies to the caEe. Following
ttra.t, I ' 11 calL witneeeee tso the etand Eo they can
Eeetify. We have a liEt of thoee that have eigned up.
Matt EvanE is in the back of the room. For
thoge that are here , Lt you hawen I t given trim your name
y€t , pleaee do . He hae Eh,eetg that you can f i l L out .
We'lL work through the Iiet. IrLl call your
name, and you' 11 come f or:ward to Etre witnegg stand.
Comiseioner Raper wilL Ewear you in.
After that, after yourre Eworn in, the Deputy
Attorney General repreoenting the CouurriEeion etaff wil.l
aak your nErse and addraes and wtrether you are an Idalro
Power cuEtomer. At that point you will be asked to
provide your Etatement for the record. We have our
eourt reporter here today who will take down everything
ttrat we Eay verbatim.
8o t,o begin with, let'e recognize the parties
that are preeent, Idaho Power Company, and your name.
Mg. NORDSTROM: Hel1o. Dfy name is Liea
Nordstrom, and I am lead couneel f,or Idaho Power. And
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eeated to my left, ie Senior CounEel SheLLi Stewart, and
Senior ReguJ.atory Analyst Mark ArrniE.
COMMISSIONER AIIDERSON: Welcome all three of
you.
Ttre City of Meridian, any repreeentativee from
t,he City of Meridian?
(lgo audible response. )
COMMISSIONER AtiIDERSON: And tshen we also have
CommiEsion etaff.
MR. KtEfN: YeE, Karl Klein for Comrnission
staff.
COMMISSfONER ATiIDERSON: Thank you, Kar1.
Okay. So right oni we'I} take testimony.
Is there anybody, Matt, that signed up to this
point tshat are trere in public?
MR. EVAI{S: Ttrere ig not.
COMMISSIOI.IER ANDERSON: None being here
publicly, iE ttrere anybody on the phone tstrat has signed
up or wiEtres to sign up to teetify?
(lto audible response. )
COMMISSIONER ATiIDERSON: I hear no f hear a
very vacant ctramber. Shall we giwe it one minute?
COMMf SSf ONER RiAPER: Go of f the record and
giwe it, f ive minut,es maybe.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: We are going to go off
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the record. For anybody that wiehee to caLl in, pLeaee
do. Axrd we I 11 go of f the record for f ive minutee and
eome back on ats five minutes to 2:00. So at thiE point
in time we are off the record.
(A brief reeegg wag taken. )
COMMISSIONER AI{DERSON: WeII , thank you . f
think wer1l caLI the meeting back to order. It ig five
minuteE to 2200. And do we have anybody on the line
that wiehee to teetify today?
(lUo audibLe reeponse. )
COMMISSIONER ATiIDERSON: Ilearing nonee ar€ will
go ahea,d and cloee the public testimony at thig point in
time, with a reminder that we can EtiLl eubmit written
couments ttrrougtr ilanuary 25th, and the company wilL have
until February 8th to f iIe any written reply comrentE.
The uratter Ehen will be fully eubmitt,ed and ready for
ttre Commission to deliberate on.
Arrd with that, tshiE public trearing hae
concluded, and we are adjourned.
(The PubLic Hearing concLuded at 2 : 00 p.m. )
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REPORTERI S CERTIFICATE
l, TAUNA K. TONKS, CSR No. 216, Certified
Shorthand Reporter, certify:
That the foregoing proceedings were taken before
me at the time and place therein set forth, at which
time the witness was put under oath by me;
That the testimony and all objections made were
recorded stenographically by me and transcrlbed by me or
under my direction;
That the foregoing 1s a true and correct record
of all testimony given, to the best of my ability;
I further certify that I am not a relative or
employee of any attorney or party, nor am I financially
interested in the action.
JN WITNES
AndthiscL - day of
S WHEREOF, I set my hand and seal
(, Actts .
TAUNA K. TONKS, CSR, RPR
Notary PubIlc
P.O. Box 2636
Boi-se, Idaho 8370L-2636
My commission expires October 5, 2022
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