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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 29, 2014 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Paul Kjellander and Mack Redford. Commissioner Marsha Smith was absent and excused. Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Monday, September 22, 2014. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

Commissioner Kjellander stated that the second order of business was to consider moving item 4 from the Consent Agenda to Matters in Progress and he made a motion to do so. The Commission voted unanimously to move item 4 to Matters in Progress.

The third order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Grace Seaman's September 26, 2014 Decision Memorandum re: Fremont Telcom's 2013 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. FRE-T-14-01.3. Grace Seaman's September 26, 2014 Decision Memorandum re: Fretel Communications, LLC's 2013 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. FRC-T-14-01.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 and 3 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:4. Mike Morrison's September 26, 2014 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power's Request to Revise Rule H, New Service Attachments and Distribution Line Installations or Alterations, Tariff Advice No. 14-01.
Mr. Morrison explained that Idaho Power had asked for a change in the effective date of the tariff from October 13th to October 1st. He confirmed that no customers would be affected by the date change. Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve the tariff with an effective date of October 1st. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
5. Deliberation re: Avista's Application to Approve Service Agreement, Case No. AVU-E-14-08. [Daphne Huang, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that item 5 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.

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