20200901MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
September 1, 2020 – 1:30 P.M.
In attendance was Commissioner Kristine Raper. Commissioner Paul Kjellander and Commissioner Eric Anderson participated by phone. Commissioner Raper called the meeting to order. The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on Tuesday August 25, 2020. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written. The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA: 2. Action Item: John R. Hammond Jr.’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: Intermountain
Gas Company’s Application for Authority to Implement a Commercial Energy Efficiency Program
and Funding Mechanism; Case No. INT-G-20-04.
3. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: Application of Velocity
the Greatest Phone Company Ever, Inc. Requesting a Name Change to Velocity a Managed Services
Company, Inc. for Certificate No. 492; Case No. VGP-T-20-01.
4. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: Application of
Spectrotel, Inc. Requesting a Name Change to Spectrotel of the West LLC for Certificate No. 508;
Case No. SPE-T-20-01.
5. Daniel Klein’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.’s
Application for Broadband Tax Credit Certification for 2019; Case No. CUS-T-20-01.
6. Matt Hunter’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of Falls Water Co.,
Inc.’s Application for Approval of Acquisition of the Assets of Morning View Water Company; Case
No. FLS-W-20-04.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for Items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 under
the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS: 7. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s August 27, 2020, Decision Memorandum re: Rocky Mountain Power’s Application for Authorization to Change Depreciation Rates for Electric Property; Case No. PAC-E-18-08.
Mr. Hardie reviewed his Decision Memorandum and asked does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Proposed Settlement Deadline establishing a September 22, 2020 deadline for the Parties to reach a
proposed settlement and a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing an October 14, 2020 public comment deadline and an October 28, 2020 reply deadline as well as incorporate the document filed by the Company on August 31, 2020 to defer $2.3 million of incremental decommissioning costs in 2021 as
part of Phase 2.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure acknowledging the notice provided by Staff of a Settlement Meeting that will occur on September, 22, 2020 and establish an
October 14, 2020 public comment deadline and an October 28, 2020 reply deadline. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously. The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS: 8. Deliberation re: In the Matter of Wired or Wireless, Inc.’s Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Basic Resold and Facilities-based Local Exchange Telecommunication Services; Case No. WOW-T-20-01 [Matt Hunter, Attorney]. 9. Deliberation re: In the Matter of Rocky Mountain Power’s 2019 Electric Integrated Resource Plan; Case No. PAC-E-19-16 [Dayn Hardie, Attorney].
Commissioner Raper stated that Items 8 and 9 under Fully Submitted Matters would be deliberated privately.
Commissioner Raper stated there was no further business before the Commission and she adjourned the meeting.

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