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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 27, 2017 – 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 20, 2017. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes
as written.

The second order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
2. Sean Costello’s September 18, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: Staff’s Motion to
Dismiss 365 Wireless LLC’S CPCN Application for Deficiency and Mootness, Case No.
THW-T-12-01.
3. Carolee Hall’s September 21, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: The 2016 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Cellco Partnership and Verizon Wireless LLC,
Operating Entities of the Verizon Wireless Business Division; Case No. GNR-T-17-08.
4. Carolee Hall’s September 21, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: The 2016 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Idaho 6-Clark RSA Limited Partnership, an
Operating Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division; Case No. GNR-T-17-09.
5. Carolee Hall’s September 21, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: The 2016 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Cellular Inc. Network Corporation, an Operating
Entity of the Verizon Wireless Business Division; Case No. GNR-T-17-10.
6. Sean Costello’s September 21, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter if the
Application of Idaho Power Company for Authority to Establish New Schedules for
Residential and Small General Service Customers with On-Site Generation, Case No. IPC-
E-17-13.
7. Brandon Karpen’s September 25, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: Joint Application of
Hydro One Limited and Avista Corporation for Approval of Merger Agreement Case Nos.
AVU-E-17-09 and AVUG-17-05.
Commissioner Kjellander requested that item 6 on the Consent Agenda be moved to Matters in
Progress, for further discussion. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
Commissioner Kjellander returned to the Consent Agenda, there were no further questions and
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for items 2, 3, 4, 5
and 7 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

Commissioner Kjellander asked Mr. Costello to give a brief overview of his Decision Memo.
Sean Costello reviewed his Decision Memo; he stated an informal schedule meeting was held
with all of the parties. The parties thought that the use of a dispositive motion deadline would
allow them to narrow the issues before they hired professionals or experts.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to issue a scheduling order that adopts the parties proposed
schedule with a clarification in the order that a deadline for a dispositive motion does not include
settlements of one or more issues in the case, suspend the proposed effect date for thirty days
plus five months, direct staff to convene workshops and issue public hearing notices at a later
date.
A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
8. Deliberation re: Avista’s Annual FCA Application, Case No. AVU-E-17-04. [Daphne
Huang, Attorney
9. Deliberation re: Avista’s Application to Increase Energy Efficiency Rider, Case No.
AVU-E-17-06. [Daphne Huang, Attorney]
10. Deliberation re: Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) Annual Rate Adjustment Filing of
Avista Corporation, Case No. AVU-E-17-07. [Camille Christen, Attorney]
11. Deliberation re: Residential and Small Farm Annual Rate Adjustment Filing of Avista
Corporation, Case No. AVU-E-17-05. [Camille Christen, Attorney]
12. Deliberation re: Application of Rocky Mountain Power to Increase the BPA REP
Credit Effective October 2017 through September 2019, Case No. PAC-E-17-10. [Camille
Christen, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander announced that items 8 through 12 would be deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.

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