20200519MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
May 19, 2020 – 1:30 P.M. In attendance was Commissioner Paul Kjellander, Commissioner Kristine Raper, and Commissioner Eric
Anderson. Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order. The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
Tuesday May 12, 2020. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written. The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA: 2. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s May 13, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: The 2018 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Qwest Corporation; Case No. QWE-T-20-01.
3. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s May 15, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: The 2019 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Direct Communications Rockland, Inc; Case No. DCM-T-20-01.
4. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s May 15, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of the Petition
of Commission Staff to Update Inputs to the Colstrip Method and to Discontinue the Sumas Method; Case
Nos. IPC-E-20-24 and AVU-E-20-04.
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for Items 2, 3 and 4 under the Consent Agenda. 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 Company’s Application for an Order Approving the Sale and
Transfer of Certain Assets to the City of Nampa; Case No. IPC-E-20-10 [John R. Hammond Jr.,
Attorney].
Commissioner Kjellander stated that Item 5 under Fully Submitted Matters would be deliberated
privately. The next order of business was EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS (The Commission must move and vote to enter executive session. Each motion to enter executive session is an “action item.” No action will be taken within the executive session itself.) 12. Franklin Energy Storage One, et al. v. Kjellander, et al.; Case No. 1:18-CV-00236-REB. Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to adjourn into Executive Session and cited Idaho Code §74- 206(1)(f). He stated that the purpose of the Executive Session would be to communicate with the Commissioner’s attorneys about pending litigation in the Matter of Franklin Energy Storage One, et al. v. Kjellander, et al.; Case No. 1:18-CV-00236-REB. A role call was taken, and they adjourned into Executive Session. The Executive Session began at 1:37 p.m. and ended at 1:43 p.m. Commissioner Kjellander reconvened the regular meeting at 1:44 p.m.
Commissioner Kjellander stated there was no further business before the Commission and he adjourned the meeting.

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