20230613Customer Hearing Transcript Twin Falls Idaho 6-13-2023.pdf

In The Matter Of:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION
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 )
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11 LOCATION: Twin Falls High School
Roper Auditorium
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DATE & TIME: June 13, 2023; 6:00 p.m.
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24 Reported by: Karla Steed-Layfield, RMR, CSR #1182

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President Eric Anderson
3 Commissioner John R. Hammond, Jr.
Commissioner Edward Lodge
4 Assistant Attorney General Michael Duval
Maria Barratt - Idaho Public Utilities Comm.
5 Jan Murphy - Idaho Power
Sven Berg - Idaho Power
6 Donovan Walker - Idaho Power
Nathan Murry - Idaho Power
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S

2 MR. ANDERSON: Good evening. This is the

3 time and place for a customer hearing in Case

4 Number IPC-E-23-01 also referred to In The

5 Matter of Idaho Power Company's Application for

6 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

7 for the Boardman-to-Hemingway 500-kilovolt

8 Transmission Line project.

9 The purpose of this hearing is to take

10 testimony from members of the public in

11 reference to Idaho Power's request that was

12 filed with the Commission on January 9, 2023.

13 My name is Commissioner Eric Anderson.

14 I'm the Chair of tonight's proceedings. I'm

15 joined by Commissioner John Hammond to my left

16 and Commissioner Edward Lodge to my right. We

17 comprise the Commission in this case and we

18 will collectively make a final determination on

19 this matter.

20 To this point several parties have

21 intervened. And an informational workshop for

22 the public has been conducted. Tonight's

23 objective is to take live testimony which will

24 be added to the underlying record in this case.

25 The Commission will review the facts and
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1 evidence in this record and make its final

2 decision from the proceedings. We don't have

3 anybody signed up to speak at this time. But

4 hopefully we'll anticipate some people showing

5 up here very briefly.

6 As far as the procedure goes tonight, I

7 will call your name from the sign-up sheet.

8 You will take the stand to be sworn in. I will

9 ask you to raise your right hand to swear or

10 affirm the testimony you're about to provide is

11 the whole truth.

12 The Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Michael

13 Duval, to my left will then ask you to identify

14 yourself for the record which will include your

15 name, spelling of your last name, your city of

16 residence and whether you're a customer of

17 Idaho Power, then you may present your

18 testimony.

19 Please remain standing to see if the

20 parties or the commissioners have any questions

21 after which you will be excused. And also when

22 we give testimony tonight, please stay true to

23 form and state the general issue that we're

24 having this meeting for. Don't get off subject

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1 with those complaints.

2 For those in the audience we ask you to

3 refrain from reacting to any testimony while it

4 is being presented, or after. This means no

5 clapping, no verbal comment. We appreciate

6 your willingness to respect this process.

7 Since our cases are judicial in nature we

8 have a court reporter taking our official

9 transcript this evening. Our court reporter

10 this evening is Karla Steed-Layfield over here

11 to my left.

12 Please don't speak too softly or too fast

13 or we may need to give you a nudge and have you

14 speak a little slower or to speak up. This

15 transcript is necessary because in our

16 quasi-judicial role we must base our decisions

17 on the official record of which this is a part,

18 and that record is also significant in the

19 event that our decision is appealed.

20 At this time we'll take the appearance of

21 parties. Idaho Power.

22 MR. WALKER: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

23 Donovan Walker representing Idaho Power.

24 MR. ANDERSON: Welcome, Mr. Walker. Staff

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1 MR. DUVAL: Thank you, Chairman. Michael

2 Duval.

3 MR. ANDERSON: Thank you, Mr. Duval.

4 Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association.

5 Industrial Customers of Idaho Power. Micron

6 Technology. City of Boise. Idaho Conservation

7 League.

8 Are there any parties that I have missed

9 on this case that needed to be recognized? I

10 see none. This is the point we go to taking

11 testimony. We have nobody signed up on the

12 list to do that at this point. So what I

13 suggest we do is take a five-minute recess.

14 Hopefully, someone will come and share their

15 thoughts with us. But until that time we'll

16 come back from our recess at 6:09. We're at

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18 (Break taken.)

19 THE COURT: Call the meeting back to

20 order. It is 6:10. We have no one signed up

21 to give testimony today. And we have given

22 opportunities for people to freely come and

23 speak and give us their testimony. But with

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1 So thank you very much for the company

2 coming and all. But we're done. Thank you

3 very much. We are adjourned.

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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 7 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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