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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

March 21, 2016 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Paul Kjellander, Kristine Raper and Eric Anderson. Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Monday, March 14, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

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

2. Carolee Hall's March 17, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC ("CenturyLink") Petition for a Waiver of FCC Threshold Requirements for Numbering Resources in Idaho's Nampa Rate Center, Case No. QWE-T-16-03.3. Grace Seaman's March 17, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Blackfoot Communications, Inc. dba Fremont Communications' 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. FRC-T-16-01.4. Grace Seaman's March 17, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Fremont Telcom's 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. FRE-T-16-01.5. Karl Klein's March 15, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Rocky Mountain Power's Application for Approval of the 2017 Inter-Jurisdictional Cost Allocation Protocol, Case No. PAC-E-15-16.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 5 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
6. Deliberation re: Formal Complaint by Mel E. Wach, Owner, Yes Mortgage Against Avista, Case No. AVU-E-16-02. [Daphne Huang, Attorney]7. Deliberation re: Application of PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power for Authority to Increase Schedule 191 -- Customer Efficiency Services Rate, Case No. PAC-E-16-02. [Neil Price, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that items 6 and 7 would be deliberated privately.

There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.

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