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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

March 14, 2016 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance were Commissioners Kristine Raper and Eric Anderson. Commissioner Kjellander
was absent and excused. Commissioner Raper called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
on Monday, March 7, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as
written.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:

2. Carolee Hall's March 10, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Application for Approval of
an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and
McleodUSA Telecommunications Services, LLC, Windstream Nuvox, LLC, Case No.
QWE-T-16-01.

3. Carolee Hall's March 10, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Application for Approval of
an Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC and
Windstream Nuvox, LLC, Case No. QWE-E-16-02.

4. Grace Seaman's April 10, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Fatbeam LLC's 2015
Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. FZ4-T-16-01.

5. Karl Klein's March 10, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Rocky Mountain Power's
Application to Modify Electric Service Schedule 135 -- Net Metering Service, Case No.
PAC-E-16-07.
Regarding Consent Agenda items 2, 3, and 4, there was no discussion and Commissioner Raper
made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2 through 4. A vote was taken on
the motion and it carried unanimously.
Regarding item 5, Commissioner Raper stated that Mr. Klein had a clarification. Mr. Klein
stated that the last line of his Decision Memo on page 1 was inaccurate. He clarified that the
Company is not asking for new rates but is simply asking to raise the cap on its net metering
service, and the proposed effective date should be May 1, 2016, not April 1, 2016.
Commissioner Raper asked if he intended to replace his memo with a corrected version for the
record. Mr. Klein replied that he had not planned to because the Order will be correct. There
was no further discussion. Commissioner Anderson made a motion to approve Staff’s
recommendations with the corrections outlined by Mr. Klein, changing the word “rate” to “cap”
and changing the date from April 1, 2016 to May 1, 2016. A vote was taken on the motion and it
carried unanimously.
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The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
6. Deliberation re: Rocky Mountain Power's Application for Approval of a Territory
Allocation Agreement with the City of Idaho Falls, Case No. PAC-E-15-15. [Brandon
Karpen, Attorney]
Commissioner Raper stated that item 6 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Raper adjourned the
meeting.

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