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ORIGINAL CSB REPORTING
C e rtifie d S h o rt h an d Rep o rte rs
Post Office Box9774
Boise,Idaho 83707
csbreportine@yahoo. com
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Constance Bucy,
CSR
R IC E IVED
BEEORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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THE APPLTCATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER FOR APPROVAL OE THE ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CTTY
OF IDAHO FALLS (PIONEER DRIVE)
CASE NOS. PAC-E_18-03
PAC-E-18-04
THE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER FOR APPROVAL OE THE ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT W]TH THE CITY
OF IDAHO FALLS (NINA, CHARLA, AND
MERL]N DR]VE)
TELEPHON]C HEARING
BEFORE
COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)
COMMISSIONER KRISTINE RAPER
COMMISSIONER ERIC ANDERSON
PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
412 WesL Washington StreetBoise, Idaho
DATE:August 27, 20Lg
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APPEARANCES
For the Staff:Sean Costello, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
412 West Washington
Boj-se, Idaho 83120-0074
For Rocky Mountain Power:Ted Weston
Rocky Mountaj-n
207 South Main
Suite 2300
Salt Lake City,
Power
Street
Utah 84111
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WITNESS EXAM]NATION BY PAGE
Matt Morgan
( Public)
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BOISE, IDAHO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2078, 2200 P. M
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Wel-l-, good
afternoon. This is the time and place for a public
hearing on the application of Rocky Mountain Power for
approval of the asset purchase agreement with the City of
Idaho Eal-l-s, Pioneer Drive, whi-ch is Case No.
PAC-E-18-03, PAC-E-18-04, also the application of Rocky
Mountain Power for approval of the asset purchase
agreement with the City of Idaho Eal-l-s, and, again, this
is a telephonic public hearing.
My name i-s Paul Kjellander. I'1I be the
Chairman of today's proceedings. f'm a Commissioner with
the Publ-lc Utilities Commission. Al-so with me in the
hearing room today 1s Commissioner Eric Anderson and
Commissioner Kristine Raper. The three
the Commission with regards to being the
determination on this
of us comprise
three that w1l-1
specific caseultimately
and these
note,
wi l-1
with
first
fssue a
proceedings
As we move forward today
we have wlth us a court reporter,
just as
Connie Bucy, who
proceedingS, and
foll-ow here, 1et's
A CASE
be taking a transcript
regards to the process
begin with what these proceedings are and what they
of these
that we
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are not. As it sits, this is an opportunity for members
of the public who have an interest in these proceedings
to offer a public comment or a statement. This is not an
opportunity for parties to the case to offer up
additional testimony in reference to these proceedings,
so, again, it's an opportunity for members of the public
who have an interest in the proceedings who are not
parties to the case to offer a publlc comment or
statement.
questions of
This is not an opportunity to ask
the Commission with regards to the next
steps,
may be
expert
nor is it an opportunity to ask other people who
any kind of
there are any parties to the case who need
recognized officially for the record.
just see if
to be
MR. WESTON: Yes, this Ted Weston on
involved in the telephonic hearings
witness questions with regard to the
Let's al-so take a moment to
behal-f of Rocky Mountain Power.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER :
MR. MORGAN: Matt Morgan,
Junction developer.
COMMI SS]ONER KJELLANDER :
you're not actually an official- party to
that correct?
case itsel-f
Thank you, Ted.
Jackson HoIe
And, Matt,
the case; is
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MR. MORGAN: Yeah, Irm just the owner and
developer of this specific land, the 44 acres that is in
pfay here between Rocky Mountaj-n Power and the City of
Idaho Fal-l-s with this buy-out.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Okay,' so not
being an official party to the case, you're eligible to
testify if you'd l-ike and we know that we do have a list
with your name on it firstr so 1et me tel-I you how these
proceedings will work and -- oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to
recognize that we also have lega1 counsel- representing
Staff from the Attorney General-'s Office. We have a
Deputy Attorney here whose voice you will hear next.
MR. COSTELLO: Are we ready to swear
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: I'11 take care
of that. Just tel-l- us who you are.
MR. COSTELLO: Oh, I'm Sean Costel1o. I
represent the Staff. I'm a Deputy Attorney General- and
f '11 be heJ-ping just get names and addresses on the
record.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Okay, thank you,
and, Sean, to sort of keep the voices to
scope, I will go ahead and do that today
break.
a narrow Iimited
gr-vang you a
MR. COSTELLO: Thank you.
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too, just a quick note,
that are relatively new
to make these
accessible and
telephonic hearings
to the Commi-ssi-on.
are something
We've tried
of proceedings a little bi-t more
to reduce some of
and so as we
apologize in
confusion and
to make this
are any
that totry to bring
easy for al-l
types
also
sort of maneuver through
advance if there
the travel costs,
this, I ' l-I
difficulties or
a point of clarityall
of you moving
proceed is
forward.
So
if you'd like
how we wi-l-l-
to
I wiII cal-l your
testify. I will ask you to say
your last name for the record, and
your name
record.
and
name
your
then
name and to spel1
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officially
just ask you a
on the record
to provide your
counsel that is
opportunity for
there. There is
questions as
opportunity
from there,
Matt, if you could state
spell your last name officlally for the
the attorney representing Staff. My general feeling,
though, is that Mr. Costello will not Iikely ask any
questions, but I wil-l- give him an opportunity to ask any
few basic questions to get you
and then give you an opportunity
no Iega1
will be no
statement, and since there is
representing PacifiCorp, there
cross-examination from lega1 counsel
the potential for cross-examination from
welI. The Commissioners wil-l- also have an
to ask questions and we wil-I move forward
so let's begin by calling Mr. Matt Morgan.
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MR. MORGAN: Matt Morgan,
COMMISS IONER KJELLANDER :
M-o-r-g-a-n.
Thank you, Matt,
right hand, ifand now I can visuafize you rai-sing your
hand.you could raise your right
MATT MORGAN,
appearing as a pubiic wj-tness,
sworn, testified as follows:
having been first. duly
EXAMINATION
BY COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER:
O Matt, where do you live? What's your
address ?
A 5145 South Heyrend Drive, Idaho Fal1s,
Idaho, 83403.
0 What's your specific interest in this?
A I am the l-andowner and developer of
Jackson Hole Junction Commercial Center, JHJCC, LLC, and
the developer who submitted an application and request to
had
that no
power from
the Idaho Falls Power in
provided five addresses
longer exj-st today that
Rocky Mountain Power.
early 2011 in whj-ch I
for some ol-d farm homes
were being served with
When I purchased the property, I annexed
MORGAN
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al-l- of the land into the City of ldaho Falls and was tol-d
that thj-s was a process that I needed to engage in to
u1timately have power available for my development and
that fed to us participating in being on the call- here
today.
0 Thank you, Mr. Morgan. As far as your
statement is concerned, what you'd like the Commission to
hear, the floor is yours.
A You know, Ird l-ike to have power. Werre
under construction. We have this has been a process
that has taken l-ike I said, I provided al-l- the
information and the addresses in early 2017. We've been
under construction and working around ol-d infrastructure
that was in the ground that we've been working around now
for a couple of months wlth HK Contractors. There's been
some concerns and issues with that infrastructure that
was in the ground that we were tol-d we couldn't do
anything with until this
my statement would be we
support of Idaho Fa11s
Jackson Whole Junction
Power provlding
development and
was flnalized, so f
would like we're
guess today
in full
to the
44 acres is
power
this
now annexed into the City and we are
for this buy-out and
very eager and
transfer to be
both horizontal and
looking
complete
vertical
forward
so we can move forward with
constructj-on that is currently underway.
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COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you, Mr.
Morgan. Let's see if there are any questions. Let's
move first to Iega1 counsel representing Staff, Mr.
Costell-o.
MR. COSTELLO: No questions.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: No questions.
Are there any questions from members of the Commj-ssj-on?
Hearlng none, then, Mr. Morgan, we certainly do
appreciate your statement and comment and thank you for
joining us today.
MR. MORGAN: Thank you.
(The witness l-eft the stand.)
COMMfSSIONER KJELLANDER: Let's see if we
have anyone el-se who would like to provide a statement in
the context of this public hearing.
Matt, do we see anyone?
MS. EVANS: A11 on muted.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Okay. Well,
since there is no one else who needs to provide any
comment for us today, let me thank those of you who
called in to listen and we appreciate your involvement.
It helps us work through some of the gurgles and hiccups
of trying to figure out ways in which we can better
utilize t.elephonic public hearj-ngs. Werve made some
headway today and we agaj-n appreciate your invol-vement,
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and wlth that, then, I believe that we probably need to
Ieave at l-east, letrs sdy, 24 hours left open for any
addltional comments that the public may want to make, so
if there are additional- comments with regards to these
specific cases, PAC-E-18-03, PAC-E-18-04, we'11- leave a
24-hour window open for comments to be fil-ed and those
can be accomplished electronically via our website if you
choose, so with that, then, we will go ahead and bring
this specific hearing to a close.
Again, we thank you and we are adjourned.
(The Hearing adjourned at 2:L0 p.m. )
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing
telephonic proceedings held in the matter of the
application of Rocky Mountain Power for approval of the
asset purchase agreement with the City of Idaho FaIls
(Pioneer Dri-ve) and the application of Rocky Mountain
Power for approval of the asset purchase agreement with
the City of Idaho Eal-l-s (Nina, Charla, and Merlin Drive),
commencing at 2200 p.m., oD Tuesday, August 21, 20L8, dt
the Commission Hearing Room, 412 West Washington Street,
Boise, Idaho, is a true and correct transcript of said
telephonj-c proceedings and the original thereof for the
file of the Commission.
CONSTANCE
Certified
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