20230705MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

July 5, 2023 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance was Commissioner John R. Hammond, Jr. and Commissioner Edward Lodge.
Commissioner Anderson was absent. Commissioner Hammond called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
June 27, 2023. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s July 5, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of Rocky
Mountain Power’s Application for a Deferred Accounting Order Regarding Wildfire Claims; Case
No. PAC-E-23-16.
3. Action Item: Joseph Terry’s July 5, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Columbine Telephone Company, Inc.’s Application for Authorization to Guaranty Loans in an
Amount not to Exceed $64,777,106; Case No. COL-T-23-01.
4. Action Item: Johan E. Kalala-Kasanda’s July 5, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of Filer Mutual Telephone Company’s Application for the 2022 Broadband Equipment Tax Credit;
Case No. FIL-T-23-01.
5. Action Item: Johan E. Kalala-Kasanda’s July 5, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.’s Application for the 2022 Broadband Equipment Tax
Credit; Case No. CUS-T-23-02.
6. Action Item: Johan E. Kalala-Kasanda’s July 5, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC’s Application for the 2022 Broadband Equipment
Tax Credit; Case No. CTB-T-23-01.
Commissioner Hammond posed a question to Staff re: Action Item 3 under the Consent Agenda, In the
Matter of Columbine Telephone Company, Inc.’s Application for Authorization to Guaranty Loans in an
Amount not to Exceed $64,777,107; Case No. COL-T-23-01 to confirm that the Company had published
a Notice of Application in the Idaho Statesman within the required 7 days of filing the Application with
the Commission. Ms. Claire Sharp stated that the Company provided the proof of publication to the
Commission on July 3, 2023.
Commissioner Hammond made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for Items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
under the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
Commissioner Hammond stated there was no further business before the Commission and the meeting
was adjourned.

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