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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

January 4, 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, December 21, 2015. 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 December 31, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Rocky Mountain
Power's Application to Approve a Proposed Asset Purchase Agreement Between Rocky
Mountain Power and the City of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Case No. PAC-E-15-15.

3. Grace Seaman's December 30, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Citizens
Telecommunications Company of Idaho dba Frontier Communications of Idaho's 2014
Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. CTC-T-15-02.

4. Grace Seaman's December 31, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Columbine Telephone
Company, Inc. dba Silver Star Communications' New Tariff No. 3 to Replace Tariff No. 2
and Withdrawal of Silver Star Telephone Company's Tariff No. 5, Case Nos. COL-T-15-01
and SIL-T-15-01.

5. Grace Seaman's December 30, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Frontier
Communications Northwest Inc.'s 2014 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application,
Case No. VZN-T-15-02.

6. Grace Seaman's December 31, 2015 Decision Memorandum re: Revision to the Idaho
Rural Exchange Carriers (IREC) Access Service Tariff No. 3 to Remove Silver Star
Telephone Company, Inc., Case Nos. SIL-T-15-01 and COL-T-15-01.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s
recommendations regarding items 2 through 6 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the
motion and it carried unanimously.

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The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
7. Deliberation re: Rocky Mountain Power's Application for Authority to Cancel Electric
Service Schedule No. 71 Energy Exchange Program, Case No. PAC-E-15-14. [Daphne
Huang, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander stated that item 7 would be deliberated privately.
Commissioner Kjellander then introduced Commissioner Eric Anderson and welcomed him to
the Commission.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.

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