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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 12, 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 Tuesday, September 6, 2016. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as
written.

The second order of business was approval of the CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Camille Christen's September 9, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Rocky Mountain
Power's Application to Update Base Net Power Costs and Implement a Rate Stability Plan,
Case No. PAC-E-16-12.

3. Curtis Thaden's September 9, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Proposal to
Revise Schedule 95 (Tariff Advice No. 16-03).

4. Daphne Huang's September 6, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power's
Application to Approve First Amendment to the Energy Sales Agreement with Boise City
Solar, LLC, Case No. IPC-E-16-20.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s
recommendations for items 2 through 4 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion
and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
5. Daphne Huang's September 9, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Agreement to Suspend
Schedule in Idaho Power's Application to Approve New Tariff Schedule 62, a Community
Solar Pilot Program, Case No. IPC-E-16-14.
Ms. Huang reviewed her Decision Memo. Commissioner Raper asked if the Idaho Irrigation
Pumpers Association (IIPA) had agreed to suspend the schedule as well since they were not in
attendance at the second settlement conference. Ms. Huang stated that she had emailed the
counsel for IIPA about the proposed change in schedule but she had not yet received a response.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to suspend the schedule adopted in Order No. 33569 and
instead adopt the parties’ new proposed schedule, noting in the order that IIPA was not part of
the decision. A vote was taken on the Motion and it carried unanimously.

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6. Karl Klein's and Daphne Huang's September 9, 2016 Decision Memorandum re:
FERC's Notice Inviting Post-Technical Conference Comments, FERC Docket No. AD16-
16-000.
There was no discussion and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion that the Commission
respond to the FERC’s Notice by preparing comments related to the referenced FERC docket. A
vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.

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