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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

August 3, 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, July 18, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Carolee Hall's July 19, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Application of Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and CenturyLink Communications, LLC. (fka Qwest Communications Corporation) for Approval to Amend the Interconnection Agreement Between the Companies, Case No. QWE-T-04-23.3. Daniel Klein's August 1, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Proposal to Revise Schedule 95 (Tariff Advice No. 16-02).
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 RULEMAKING:
4. Karl Klein's July 28, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Staff Recommendations to Initiate Formal Proposed Rulemaking Regarding TRS Rules, IDAPA Docket No. 31-4602-1602 (RUL-T-16-02).
Mr. Klein reviewed his Decision Memo. There was no discussion and Commissioner Raper made a motion to find that the lack of public interest to date has rendered further negotiated rulemaking infeasible, and that the Commission should proceed directly to formal rulemaking using the process outlined by Staff. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
5. Deliberation re: Capitol Water Corporation's Application to Increase Its Schedule No. 3 Purchased Power Adjustment Rate, Case No. CAP-W-16-01. [Brandon Karpen, Attorny]6. Deliberation re: Idaho Power's Application to Update Solar Integration Rates and Charges, Case No. IPC-E-16-11. [Daphne Huang, Attorney]

Commissioner Kjellander announced that items 5 and 6 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.

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