20200817Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

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ORIGINAL CSB REPORTING
C ertilied Sh orth and Reporters
Post Office Box9774
Boise,Idaho 83707
csbreportin g@yahoo. com
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Maureen Welch,
CSR
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY I S APPLICATION FOR AN
ORDER APPROVING THE TRANSFER
OF CERTAIN ASSETS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HEM]NGWAY SUBSTATION
CASE NO.
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TELEPHONIC HEARING
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COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)
COMMISSIONER KRISTINE RAPER
COMMISSIONER ERIC ANDERSON (Tel-ephoni-ca11
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DATE:August 4, 2020
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For the Staff:Dayn Eardie
Deputy Attorney General
113 31 l{est Chinden B1vd.Building 8, Suite 201--ABoise, Idaho 83120-0074
For Idaho Power Company:Lisa lilordstronIdaho Power CompanyPost Office Box 10
Boise, Idaho 83707-0070
Also Present:Kevin Keyt
Stephen Goodson
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BOISE, lDAHO, TUESDAY,AUGUST 4, 2020, 2200 P.M
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: We11, good
This is the ti-me and place for aafternoon.
te 1 ephonic
This case
procedure,
are required as an asset
public hearing. And in
pandemic,
te lephoni c
we are holding
As
public hearing in Case No.
was initially processed via
but based on a section of
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transfer to
liqht of the
this hearing
a modified
statute, we
have the
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hearing.
I referenced, this Case No.
is aLso known as in the matter of
Idaho Power Company's appfication for an order
approving the transfer of certain assets
associated with the Hemingway Substation.
My name is Paul Kj elIander. f '11 be the
Chairman of today's telephonic public hearing.
I'm joined by Commissioner Eric Anderson and
Commj-ssioner Kristine Raper.
Let's see, just as far as a quick
overview: This telephonic hearing is in order to
help us resolve an issue related to an easement
for a resident near the Hemingway Substation.
Why don't we begin by taking theo25
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appearances
start with
of the parties. And why don't we
1ega1 counsef representing the staff
f or the Idaho Public Utilities Commi-ssion.
MR. HARDIE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My
name is Dayn Hardie, counsel for the Idaho PUC
staff.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank You, very
much, Mr. Hardie.
Do we have any other party to the case on
the Iine today?
MR. RUSH: We have oh, we have a staff
from
MS. NORDSTROM: Yes.
MR. RUSH:Idaho Power.
MS. NORDSTROM: Lisa Nordstrom.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Lisa Nordstrom?
MS. NORDSTROM: This is Lisa Nordstrom,
appearing for Idaho Power Company. Thank you-
Good afternoon.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Excell-ent.
Lj-sa, could we , for the record for our court
reporter, if you coul-d just spe1l your l-ast name
for usr we would aPpreciate it.
MS. NORDSTROM: G1ad1y. My last name is
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COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you. And
do we have any other parties to the case that need
to be referenced today?
The answer to that is no.
So we move now to the telephonic public
hearing component of this.
And do we have any callers who are on the
line, ready to testify?
MR. RUSH: (Nodding. )
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And the answer
to that, I'm heari-ng f rom our technician, who is
also our public j-nf ormation of f icer, who is Adam
Rush just for the record, why not: R-U-S-H.
Brilliant.
We wil1 go off the record for a period of
seven and a half minutes, and at which time then,
if no one has called in, we will reconvene and
officially adjourn the meeting.
So we will go off the record.
(Of f the record. )
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: And we aTe
officially back on the record. Again, my name is
Paul Kjellander, and I'm chairing today's
proceedj-ngs.
As I have been notified, there have been
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no additional potential members of the public who
today.wish to testify in this
So in Case No.
in the matter of Idaho
for an order approving
assets associated with
proceedi-ng
IPC-E-20-25, also known as
Power Company's application
the transfer of certain
the Hemingway Substation,
this Commj-ssion has futfill-ed its obligations
under state code to hol-d a public hearing.
And we are, therefore, accordinglY,
bringing this in for a landing, and we are
adj ourned.
(Hearing adjourned at 2209 P.m. )
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing
telephonic proceedings held j-n
Power Company's application for
the matter of Idaho
an order approving
as sociatedthe transfer and sale of certain assets
with the Hemingway Substation, commencing at
2z0O p.m., oD Tuesduy, August 4, 2020, dt the
Commi-ssj-on Hearing Room, 11331 West Chinden B1vd.,
Building 8, Suite 201-A, Boise, Idaho, is a true
and correct transcript of saj-d telephonic
proceedings and the original- thereof for the file
of the Commission.
M ureen R Welch
Shorthand Reporter #677Cert i fied
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