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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 6, 2016 – 1:30 P.M.

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

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING on Monday, August 29, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Brandon Karpen's August 31, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Avista's Annual PGA Filing, Case No. AVU-G-16-02.3. Brandon Karpen's August 31, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power's Application for Deferral and Recovery Costs Associated with Participation in an Energy Imbalance Market, Case No. IPC-E-16-19.4. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless LLC, Operating Entities of the Verizon Wireless Business Division, Case No. GNR-T-16-07.5. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Cellular Inc. Network Corporation, an Operating Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division, Case No. GNR-T-16-08.6. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Idaho 6-Clark RSA Limited Partnership, an Operating Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division, Case No. GNR-T-16-09.7. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Idaho RSA 2 Limited Partnership, an Operating Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division, Case No. GNR-T-16-10.8. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Idaho RSA 3 Limited Partnership, an Operating Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division, Case No. GNR-T-16-11.9. Grace Seaman's September 2, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: The 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application for Verizon Business aka Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Case No. NYN-T-16-01.

Regarding item 2, Commissioner Raper clarified the due date for Staff Comments, correcting the year.
Regarding item 3, Commissioner Raper clarified that the Commission was approving a comment schedule, not a settlement schedule.
There was no further discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 9 on the Consent Agenda, with the corrections noted by Commissioner Raper. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned the meeting.

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