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MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
December 18, 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 Tuesday, December 11, 2017. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as
written.
The second order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Carolee Hall’s December 5, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: Joint Application Between
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC (“CenturyLink”) and Granite
Telecommunications, LLC. (“Granite”) for Approval of Amendments to the
Interconnection Agreement between the Companies; Case No. QWET-04-03.
3. Bentley Erdwurm’s December 8, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: Revisions to Idaho
Power’s Schedule 98, Residential and Small Farm Energy Credit.
There were no questions and Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s
recommendations for item 2 and 3 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and
it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
4. Daphne Huang’s December 7, 2017, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power’s
Application to Determine Hells Canyon Relicensing Costs Through 2015 as Prudently
Incurred; Case No. IPC-E-16-32.
Ms. Huang reviewed her Decision Memo and stated, before you is the settlement agreement that
has been filed and the joint motion to approve that, by the signing parties as well as an agreement
of all the parties to a schedule with a January 5th public comment and all party comment deadline
on the settlement stipulation and a January 31st all party reply deadline.
The decision before you is to put notice of that settlement stipulation notice forward, vacate the
current deadlines in Order 33849 and then to adopt the procedural schedule.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to issue a notice of settlement stipulation, vacate the
deadlines of Order No. 33849 and adopt the proposed procedural schedule.
A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
5. Deliberation re: Idaho Power’s Application to Approve or Reject Energy Sales
Agreement with Shorock Hydro; Case No. IPC-E-17-14. [Daphne Huang, Attorney]
Commissioner Kjellander announced that item 5 under Fully Submitted Matters would be
deliberated privately.
There was no further business before the Commission and Commissioner Kjellander adjourned
the meeting.
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COMMISSION SECRETARY DATE OF APPROVAL