20030528Boise Public Hearing.pdf

1 BOISE, IDAHO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003, 7:00 P. M.

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4 THE HEARING EXAMINER: Good evening,

5 ladies and gentlemen. This is the time and place set

6 for Commission hearing in Case No. INT-G-03-1, which

7 is a Notice of Application to hear Intermountain Gas

8 Company's application for its annual gas cost

9 adjustment. The purpose of tonight's hearing is to

10 obtain or take public testimony from members of the

11 public, and as you already know, the Commission had an

12 informal workshop earlier this evening as a forum for

13 interested members of the public to ask questions and

14 get answers; so with that, why don't we start and take

15 the appearances of the parties. For the utility

16 Intermountain Gas.

17 MR. RICHARDS: Mr. Hearing Examiner,

18 Woody Richards, attorney for Intermountain Gas

19 Company, and with me are Mike Huntington, vice

20 president of marketing and external affairs, Mike

21 McGrath, director of market services and regulatory

22 affairs and Terri Shoen, director of customer

23 services. Thank you for allowing us to speak.

24 THE HEARING EXAMINER: Certainly, and

25 for the Staff.

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1 MR. HAMMOND: John Hammond, Deputy

2 Attorney General, representing the Commission Staff.

3 With me are Michael Fuss, Staff engineer, Alden Holm,

4 Staff accountant and Marilyn Parker from the consumer

5 side of the Commission Staff.

6 THE HEARING EXAMINER: Thank you,

7 Mr. Hammond, and I see by the pleadings in this case

8 that there is one intervenor, Mr. Jeffrey Brooks, dba

9 Advanced Energy Strategies. Is Mr. Brooks here

10 tonight? All right, for the record, we'll show that

11 Mr. Brooks is not present at the moment.

12 As the Commission has set out in its

13 Order 29242, the purpose of tonight's hearing is for

14 me to obtain public testimony on Intermountain Gas'

15 application. Are there any preliminary matters to

16 come before the Examiner before we see if there's any

17 public testimony?

18 MR. RICHARDS: No, Mr. Hearing Examiner.

19 MR. HAMMOND: None from the Commission

20 Staff.

21 THE HEARING EXAMINER: All right, and

22 again, for the record, I'd move that Mr. Brooks is not

23 available. I am unaware of any other petitions to

24 intervene in this case. As the Commission has set out

25 in its Order, this is the first of three public

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1 hearings. In addition to these three public hearings,

2 the Commission will also take public comment in a

3 number of various forms, including e-mail through the

4 Commission's Website, letters, cards. We also have

5 available tonight forms for people who want to provide

6 comments tonight, and then finally, we have the public

7 testimony portion of tonight's hearing.

8 Mr. Law, is there anyone here?

9 MR. LAW: No one has signed up.

10 THE HEARING EXAMINER: Let me for the

11 record, is there anyone wishing to give public

12 testimony regarding this matter tonight? All right,

13 then, I guess, again for the record, I would note that

14 there are no members of the public here to give public

15 testimony tonight. Are there any further matters that

16 need to come before the Examiner or can we recess

17 at which time we will convene our next session on

18 June the 4th in Idaho Falls at the Idaho Falls Council

19 Chambers at 140 Capital Street.

20 Again, the public workshop will begin at

21 6:00 p.m. and the public hearing will begin at

22 7:00 p.m., and then the following night we will be in

23 Twin Falls at the Twin Falls Council Chambers. Again,

24 we will have a public workshop to answer questions and

25 dispense information beginning at 6:00 p.m. and the

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1 public hearing to follow at 7:00 p.m.

2 With that, I see no members of the

3 public wishing to offer public testimony and so we

4 will conclude tonight's hearing and recess until we

5 take up this matter again on June the 4th. Thank

6 you.

7 (The Hearing recessed at 7:07 p.m.)

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4 This is to certify that the foregoing

5 proceedings held in the matter of the application of

6 Intermountain Gas Company for authority to increase

7 its rates for service, commencing at 7:00 p.m., on

8 Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at the Commission Hearing

9 Room, 472 West Washington, Boise, Idaho, is a true and

10 correct transcript of said proceedings and the

11 original thereof for the file of the Commission.

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