20200331Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER )COMPANY'S APPLICATION TO MODIFY )CASE NO.IPC-E-20-01SCHEDULE30,SPECIAL CONTRACT )WITH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )ENERGY )
)TELEPHONIC HEARING
BEFORE
COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)COMMISSIONER KRISTINE RAPERCOMMISSIONERERICANDERSON
PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
11331 West Chinden Blvd.Building 8,Suite 201-ABoise,Idaho
DATE:March 24,2020
VOLUME I -Pages 1 -6
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For the Staff:Dayn S.Hardie,Esq.
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11331 W.Chinden Blvd.
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7 For Idaho Power Company:Lisa D.Nordstrom,Esq.
Idaho Power Company
8 1221 W.Idaho Street
PO Box 70
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1 BOISE,IDAHO,TUESDAY,MARCH 24,2020,2:00 P.M.
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4 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Well,good
5 afternoon.My name is Paul Kjellander and I'll be
6 chairing the proceedings today.This is the time and
7 place for a telephonic public hearing in Case No.
8 IPC-E-20-01.It's also known as in the matter of Idaho
9 Power Company's application to modify Schedule 30,
10 special contract with United States Department of Energy.
11 Again,it's Case No.IPC-E-20-01.
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13 concerned,the Commission earlier issued a Notice of
14 Modified Procedure in this case and the Commission's
15 rules for modified procedure generally contemplate that a
16 case under modified procedure will be processed by
17 written submissions without the need for a public
18 hearing;however,the Commission found good cause to
19 schedule a public hearing in this case because the
20 Company filed an amended application seeking approval of
21 an asset transfer under Idaho Code Section 61-328 and
22 that statute mandates a public hearing,which is why
23 we're holding this telephonic hearing today,so why don't
24 we begin first with the appearances of the parties and I
25 believe we have someone on line representing the Staff
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1 from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission,if you could
2 identify yourself for the record.
3 MR.HARDIE:Thank you,Mr.Chairman.
4 Dayn Hardie,counsel for Commission Staff.
5 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:And Dan,for
6 your benefit and others,if you could please speak a
7 little more slowly and if you would repeat your name,
8 because the court reporter is working remotely as well,
9 and I do want to make sure that she gets your name
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11 MR.HARDIE:Perfect.Dayn Hardie.
12 That's D-a-y-n H-a-r-d-i-e and I am counsel for the
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14 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you very
15 much and I appreciate your patience.
16 Do we have anyone on line representing
17 Idaho Power?
18 MS.NORDSTROM:Yes,this is Lisa
19 Nordstrom for Idaho Power Company.
20 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Thank you,Lisa
21 Nordstrom,and I think by me repeating that twice,I
22 think that's fine and our court reporter will pick up
23 that well.
24 Is there anyone else on the line who needs
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1 as an intervenor party to the case?Let the record show
2 that no one else is on the line needing to be identified
3 as a party to the case.
4 We'll then now move on for the public
5 comment period.Do we have any caller on who wishes to
6 provide public comment?Asking Adam,do we have a
7 number?
8 MR.RUSH:69 --
9 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:So is there a
10 caller with the last four digits 6969?
11 MR.HARDIE:Mr.Chairman,that is Dayn
12 Hardie.
13 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay,thank you,
14 Dayn,so that would suggest to us,then,that there are
15 no other calls on the line;is that correct?
16 MR.RUSH:There are.
17 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Number ending in
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19 THE COURT REPORTER:That's mine,the
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21 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:That's the court
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23 MR.RUSH:0828.
24 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay,a caller
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1 MR.ELLSWORTH:Yes,that's Gerald
2 Ellsworth from Idaho Power.I'm just listening in.
3 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay.Last four
4 numbers 2045.
5 MS.NORDSTROM:And that would be my
6 number,Lisa Nordstrom.
7 COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:Okay,so
8 clearly,what we're able to do in this time is do several
9 things:One is to recognize that we have no one on the
10 branch who wishes to provide public testimony;and two,
11 we need to find a way to identify prior to us going live
12 who these numbers actually belong to,and so while we're
13 waiting for this process,we'll be eliminating going
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15 So as we stand today,there are no callers
16 who wish to provide public testimony,so there is no
17 additional need to prolong this proceeding,except to
18 wait for another 25 minutes in which we can do this again
19 for the next case related to it,and so with that said,I
20 want to thank everybody for their participation,for
21 their attention,also for helping us test the system and
22 for helping us see what we would like to do in order to
23 clean this up going forward and we'll see if we can even
24 make improvements by the time we do this in 25 minutes,
25 so there being no further reason to keep these
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1 proceedings open,we are adjourned.
2 (The Hearing adjourned at 2:05 p.m.)
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4 This is to certify that the foregoing
5 telephonic proceedings held in the matter of Idaho Power
6 Company's application to modify Schedule 30,special
7 contract with United States Department of Energy,
8 commencing at 2:00 p.m.,on Tuesday,March 24,2020,at
9 Commission Hearing Room,11331 West Chinden Blvd.,
10 Building 8,Suite 201-A,Boise,Idaho,is a true and
11 correct transcript of said proceedings and the original
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