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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

August 29, 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, August 22, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as
written.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Daphne Huang's August 24, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power's Application
to Approve 2016 Service Agreement with DOE, Case No. IPC-E-16-18.

3. Grace Seaman's August 24, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: CenturyTel of Idaho, Inc.
dba CenturyLink's 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. CEN-T-
16-02.

4. Grace Seaman's August 24, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: CenturyTel of the Gem
State, Inc. dba CenturyLink's 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case
No. CGS-T-16-02.

5. Grace Seaman's August 24, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Qwest Corporation dba
CenturyLink QC's 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case No. QWE-T-
16-05.

6. Karl Klein's August 26, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Intermountain Gas Company's
General Rate Case, Case No. INT-G-16-02.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s
recommendations for items 2 through 6 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion
and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
7. Chris Hecht's August 26, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Compliance Tariff Filing,
Case No. SCH-W-15-01.
Ms. Huang reviewed the Decision Memo. Commissioner Kjellander asked what the
Commission’s options were for correcting the record in order to reflect the corrected insufficient
funds fee of $20. Ms. Huang replied that issuing a numbered order explaining the situation
would suffice.
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Commissioner Raper confirmed with Ms. Huang that the Commission was out of time and so
Staff was not able to submit a Motion for Reconsideration or a Motion for Clarification.
Commissioner Raper said she thought the cleanest way to correct the record and get the
Company’s tariff filed would be to view this matter as a clarification of the record and issue an
Order on Clarification, addressing the single issue of the change in the dollar amount for
insufficient funds fees and leaving the rest of the record as it stands. Commissioner Raper then
made a motion to approve the Company’s tariff with an effective date of July 1, 2016 and issue
an Order on Clarification. Commissioner Kjellander confirmed with Ms. Huang that the motion
offered an appropriate solution. A vote was then taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
8. Deliberation re: Idaho Power's Application to Determine Prudency of 2015 DSM
Expenditures, Case No. IPC-E-16-03.
Commissioner Kjellander announced that item 8 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.

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