20220928Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OE ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER'S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL
OE THE ASSET TRANSEER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN POV{ER
AND THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS FOR
REED'S DAIRY
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BEFORE
COMMISSIONER ERrC ANDERSON (Pre'siding)
COMMISSIONER JOHN CHATBURN
coMMrssroNER JOHN HAMMOND, ,JR.
PLACE:Commission Conference Room
11331 West Chi-nden Blvd.Building 8, Suite 201-ABoise, Idaho
DATE:September 26, 2022
VOLUMEI-Pagesl-5
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C ertifw d S h o rt h an d Rep o rte n
Post Office Box9774 '
Boise,Idaho 83707
csbreporting@Jahoo. com
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: l-888-623-6899
Reporterr
Constance Br"y,
CSR
ORIGINAL
APPEARANCES
For the Staff:MichaeJ. Duval, Esq.
and Riley Nerton, Esq.
Deputy Attorneys General
1L331 W. Chinden Blvd.Building 8, Suite 201-ABoise, Idah'o 83'714
For PacifiCorp:Ted lYeston
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 W. North TempleSuite 330SaIt Lake City, Utah 84 116
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BOISE IDAHO MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2022 11:00 A. M
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Good morning.
This is the time and place for a customer hearing in Case
No. PAC-E-22-lt, al-so referred to as in the matter of
Rocky Mountain Power's application for approval of the
asset transfer agreement between Rocky Mountain Power and
the City of Idaho Ea1ls for Reed's Dairy.
The purpose of this hearing is to take
testimony and relevant comments from members of the
public in reference to Rocky Mountain Powerrs request
that was filed with the Commissj-on on August Bth, 2022.
My name is Eric Anderson and I'm the Chair
of today's proceedings. I'm joined by Commissioner John
Chatburn and Commi-ssioner John Hammond, Jr.
Again, today's objective is to give live
testimony on the official record for the case. Wepublic
do not
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Commission will review facts and
in the record and issue a final decision in this
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purposes of the record the parties present and their
counsel-. I will- begj-n wj-th Staf f 's representation, two
Deputy Attorneys General, Mr. Riley Newton and
Mr. Michael Duval-.
MR. DUVAL: Good morning. Michael Duva1,
counsel- for the ldaho PUC Staff.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Thank you very
much, Mr. Duvall-, and if I could recogni-ze Rocky Mountain
Power. I don't know if we have Ted Weston present, and I
would also like to recognize the City of Idaho Falls. I
don't know if we have Bear Prairie present. We do not.
Are there any other parties to be performed on the
record? No.
Okay, this is a
have a telephone line open for
listeners. The number to call
telephonic hearing. We
participants and
is 1-415-655-0001. You'11
code and that code i-s
name,
You'II
be asked to enter a participant
2468 706 9243.
Let me explain the procedures and
parameters of today's hearing. When we call- your
we wil-l- unmute your line to al1ow you to testify.
be sworn in as you
proceedJ-ng. I will
record, which will
would in any other officia1 court
yourself for the
name, spelJ-ing of
your l-ast name, stating your address, and whether you are
ask you to identify
include stating your
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a customer of Rocky Mountaj-n Power Company.
Depending on attendance, the Commission
could impose minutes to cap each testimony, which I do
not anticipate today, to ensure that all interested
parties have the opportunity to speak. When you have
completed your statement, attorneys for the parties will
be provided an opportunity to ask you any questions in
cross that they may have.
Unless my colleagues have any further
items I may have missed, we are going to go ahead and see
if we have any calls on the phone and do we have
MR. RUSH: One second. Hi, caI1er, your
l-ine has been unmuted.
MR. WESTON: Good morning. This is Ted
Weston for Rocky Mountaln Power.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Welcome, Ted. Any
other callers?
MR. RUSH: Good morning, cal-l-er, your line
has been unmuted.
(No response. )
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON :Since we currently
have no one present on the line to testify outside of
Staff and Pacj-fiCorp, we are going to go off the record
for approximately 10 minutes. We will provJ-de that time
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appears or calls during that time, I will adjourn the
customer hearing and with thatr w€ will go off record for
10 minutes. Thank you.
(Recess. )
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Thank you. We are
back on the record and we do not appear to have any
customers that have calLed in to testify. This will be
their last ca1lr so hearing that we have no other
customers calling in at this point, it 1s appropriate to
adjourn and this customer hearing is adjourned. Thank
you very much.
(The hearing adjourned at 11:15 a.m.)
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that the foregoj-ng
telephoni-c proceedings held in the matter of the
application for approval of the asset transfer agreement
between Rocky Mountain Power and the City of Idaho Fal-Ls
for Reed's Dairy, commencing at 11:00 a.m. on Monday,
September 26, 2022, at the Commission conference room,
11331 West Chinden BIvd., Building 8, Suite 201-A, Boise,
Idaho, is a true and correct transcrj-pt of said
telephonic proceedings and the original thereof for the
file of the Commission.
CONSTANCE
Certified
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Shorthand Reporter
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