20230613Customer Hearing Transcript Pocatello Idaho 6-13-2023.pdf

In The Matter Of:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION POCATELLO
June 13, 2023
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1 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

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4 IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER )
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR A )CASE NO. IPC-E-23-01
5 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE )
AND NECESSITY FOR THE BOARDMAN- )NOTICE OF CUSTOMER
6 TO-HEMINGWAY 500-KV TRANSMISSION )
LINE )ORDER NO. 35773
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11 LOCATION: Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Southeast Regional Office
12 1345 Barton Road
Pocatello, Idaho 83204
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DATE & TIME: June 13, 2023; 11:00 a.m.
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23 Reported by: Karla Steed-Layfield, RMR, CSR #1182

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1 A P P E A R A N C E S

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3 President Eric Anderson
Commissioner John R. Hammond, Jr.
4 Commissioner Edward Lodge
Assistant Attorney General Michael Duval
5 Maria Barratt-Riley - Idaho Public Utilities Comm.
Michael Veve, Bayer Corporation
6 Donovan Walker, Idaho Power
Sven Berg, Idaho Power
7 Matthew Stucki, Idaho Power

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1 P R O C E E D I N G S

2 MR. ANDERSON: Good morning, everyone.

3 This is the time and place for a customer

4 hearing in Case Number IPC-E-23-01, also

5 referred to as In the Matter of Idaho Power

6 Company's Application for Certificate of Public

7 Convenience and Necessity of the

8 Boardman-to-Hemingway 500 kV Transmission Line

9 Project.

10 The purpose of this hearing is to take

11 testimony from the members of the public in

12 reference to Idaho Power's request that was filed

13 with the Commission on January 9, 2023.

14 My name is Commissioner Eric Anderson. I'm

15 the Chair for this morning's proceedings. I'm

16 joined by Commissioner Hammond to my right and

17 Commissioner Lodge to my left and we comprise the

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19 And in this case we will collectively make a

20 final determination on this matter. To this

21 point several parties have intervened. And an

22 informational workshop for the public has been

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24 Today's objective is to take live testimony

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1 this case. The commissioners will review the

2 facts and evidence in the record to make its

3 final decisions for this proceeding.

4 We currently have no one signed up to speak.

5 Hopefully that changes. As far as the procedure

6 this morning goes, I will call your name from the

7 sign-up sheet, and you will take the stand to be

8 sworn in. I will ask you to raise your right

9 hand to swear or affirm that the testimony you

10 are providing is the truth and the whole truth.

11 Our Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Michael

12 Duval, over to my far right will then ask you to

13 identify yourself for the record which will

14 include your name, spelling of your last name,

15 your city residence and whether you are a

16 customer of Idaho Power, then you may present

17 your testimony.

18 Please remain at the stand until all the

19 commissioners have had an opportunity to ask

20 questions also. And one other thing. If there's

21 testimony taken today, make sure it's pertinent

22 to this case and not other issues. If there are

23 other issues, we'll have staff direct you to

24 where those need to be delivered.

25 For those in the audience we ask that you
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1 refrain from reacting to any testimony, good or

2 bad. No clapping. No verbal comment. Our court

3 report this morning is Ms. Karla Steed-Layfield.

4 Please don't speak too softly or too fast or she

5 may ask you to slow down or speak up.

6 This transcript is necessary because of our

7 quasi-judicial role. We must base our decisions

8 on the official record of which this is a part

9 of. And that record is also significant in the

10 event that there is a decision that needs to be

11 appealed.

12 For the appearance of the parties, we have

13 Idaho Power here.

14 MR. WALKER: Donovan Walker on behalf of

15 Idaho Power.

16 MR. ANDERSON: Staff of the Idaho Public

17 Utilities Commission.

18 MR. DUVAL: Michael Duval here with the

19 Idaho Public Utilities Commission.

20 MR. ANDERSON: Welcome. Idaho Irrigation

21 Pumpers Association, Industrial Customers of

22 Idaho, Micron Technology, City of Boise, Idaho

23 Conservation League -- not here today.

24 Are there any other parties that I missed to

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1 (No response.)

2 MR. ANDERSON: Seeing none. It's time to

3 call our first witness. We don't have any yet.

4 So what we'll do, we'll take a five-minute

5 break, recess and come back and see if somebody

6 shows up. Maybe it's the road construction or

7 something else going on. But we'll take a

8 five-minute break starting now.

9 (Break taken.)

10 MR. ANDERSON: So we're going to go ahead

11 and call this hearing back to order. We do not

12 have anybody signed up. So we've had the

13 opportunity for public testimony today, and no

14 one is here to do that. So at this point in

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1 REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

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3 I, Karla Steed-Layfield, certified shorthand

4 reporter #1182, State of Idaho, do hereby certify that the

5 foregoing transcript, consisting of pages 1 to 6 inclusive,

6 is a true and accurate record of the proceedings had on the

7 date and at the time indicated therein as stenographically

8 reported by me to the best of my ability,

9 dated the 16th day of June, 2023.

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Karla Steed-Layfield
20 Idaho CSR No. 1182
Notary Public in and for
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