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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

May 29, 2015 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Mack Redford and Kristine Raper. Commissioner Kjellander was absent and excused. Commissioner Raper called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was PROPOSED ITEM FOR ADDITION TO THE AGENDA:

Randy Lobb's May 29, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Company's Schedule No. 55 in Compliance with Commission Order No. 33306, the PCA, Case No. IPC-E-15-14.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to add Mr. Lobb’s item to the agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The second order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The final order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:

2. Carolee Hall's May 27, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC ("CenturyLink") Petition for a Waiver of FCC Threshold Requirements for Numbering Resources in Idaho's Pocatello Rate Center, QWE-T-15-04.3. Daphne Huang/Yao Yin's May 26, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Update to Published Avoided Cost Rates to Reflect an Updated Natural Gas Price Forecast of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Case Nos. AVU-E-15-04, IPC-E-15-16, PAC-E-15-07.4. Don Howell's May 27, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Avista and Clearwater Paper's Petition to Amend Their Electric Service Agreement, Case No. AVU-E-15-05.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Raper made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 4 on the Consent Agenda with the addition of Mr. Lobb’s Decision Memo and recommendations. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Raper adjourned the meeting.
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