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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 26, 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, September 19, 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 September 19, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Avista's 2016
Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), Case No. AVU-G-16-03.

3. Grace Seaman's September 21, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Applications for
Approval of the Resale Agreement by CenturyTel of Idaho, Inc. dba CenturyLink and
CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. dba CenturyLink with Dishnet Wireline L.L.C., Case
Nos. CEN-T-16-03 and CGS-T-16-03.

4. Grace Seaman's September 21, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Potlatch Telephone
Company dba TDS Telecom's 2015 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit Application, Case
No. POT-T-16-01.

5. Karl Klein's September 23, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: 2017 Technical Training
Funding Agreement.

6. Mark Rogers's September 22, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power Company's
Tariff Advice No. 16-04; Modifications to Schedule 72 - Interconnections to Non-Utility
Generation.
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. Brandon Karpen's September 23, 2016 Decision Memorandum re: Questar Gas and
Dominion Resources Merger Agreement, Case No. QST-G-16-01.
Mr. Karpen reviewed his Decision Memo. Commissioner Raper made a motion that Staff’s
recommendation and the Commission’s corresponding approval of that recommendation as
outlined in Staff’s September 16, 2016 memo be withdrawn and that the case be considered fully
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submitted. Commissioner Kjellander asked if the Idaho customers were given an opportunity to
comment and participate in this case. Mr. Karpen replied that Idaho customers did have an
opportunity to comment and participate through the Utah Public Service Commission and
additionally customers were notified on at least five occasions of the merger and subsequent
stipulation. There was no further discussion. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried
unanimously.

The final order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
8. Deliberation re: Avista Corporation's Application for Authority to Amend Its Annual
Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) Rates, Case No. AVU-E-16-05. [Brandon Karpen, Attorney]

9. Deliberation re: Intermountain Gas Company's Application for Authority to Decrease
Its Prices (2016 Purchased Gas Cost Adjustment), Case No. INT-G-16-03. [Brandon
Karpen, Attorney]

Commissioner Kjellander announced that items 8 and 9 would be deliberated privately.

There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.

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