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Kelsey Jae Nunez, ISB No. 7899
Snake River Alliance
223 N. 6'h St., Ste. 317
PO Box l73l
Boise,ID 83701
Ph: [phone]
knunez@ snakeriveralliance. org
Attorney for the Snqke River Alliance
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
2015 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN.
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CASE NO. IPC-E-I5-19
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE'S
AMENDED MOTION TO
EXTEND COMMENT
DEADLINES
The Snake River Alliance, in accordance with Idaho Public Utilities Commission ('.PUC"
or "Commission") Order No.22299, Order No. 33346, and IDAPA 31.01.01.056, hereby moves
to extend the public comment deadline in this matter from September 21,2015 to October 5,
2015 andto extend the reply comment deadline from October 5,2015 to October 19,2015. The
facts to support this motion follow.
1. On June 30,2|ls,Idaho Power Company ("the Company") frled its application seeking
acceptance of its 2015 Integrated Resource Plan ("2015 IRP") and a finding that the IRP
meets both the substantive and procedural requirements of Order No.22299.
2. On July 24,2015, the Commission set the deadline for any person to submit comments
on the 2015 IRP for September 21,2015 and for the Company to submit reply comments
by October 5,2015. OrderNo.33346.
3. Ken Miller, Clean Energy Program Director for the Snake River Alliance, served on the
2015 Integrated Resource Plan Advisory Council ("IRPAC") and was an active
participant in the development of the 2015 IRP.
4. On September 9, 2015, the Company notified Mr. Miller and others that it intended to
call a special meeting of the IRPAC to discuss progress on a community solar project and
other updates that were to be specified at a later date. Potential dates for the special
meeting included September 28-30 and Oct 1,2015.
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5.
6.
In response to this notice, Mr. Miller inquired about extending the comment deadline on
the 2015 IRP by two weeks in case the information shared would impact the content of
comments on the 2015 IRP.
On September 10, 2015, Karl Klein, Deputy Attorney General for the Commission, stated
that Commission Staff does not oppose the Snake River Alliance's request and would not
oppose a request to extend filed by the Company.
On September 14,2015, Lisa Nordstrom, Lead Counsel for the Company, stated that the
Company has no objection to an Alliance or Staff motion requesting a two-week delay in
the comment filing deadlines.
CONCLUSION
For the reasons set forth above, the Commission should grant the Snake River Alliance's
amended motion to extend the comment deadlines in this matter from Septertber 21,2015 to
October 5,2015 and to extend the reply comment deadline from October 5,2015 to October 19,
2015.
Respectfully submitted this l5th day of Septemb er 2015.
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7.
River Alliance
CERTIF'ICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certifu that on this September 15, 2015,I delivered true and correct copies of the
AMENDED MOTION TO EXTEND COMMENT DEADLINES on behalf of the SnaKe River
Alliance to the following parties via the method of service noted:
Hand Delivery:
Jean Jewell
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472W. Washington St.
Boise,ID 83702-5983
(Original andT copies provided)
Electronic Delivery
Lisa D. Nordstrom
Idaho Power Company
l22l West Idaho Street
Boise,ID 83702
PO Box 70
Boise,ID 83707
lnordstrom@idahopower. com
dockets @ idahopower. com
Gregory W. Said
Michael Youngblood
1221 West Idaho Street
Boise,lD 83702
PO Box 70
Boise,lD 83707
[e-mail]
myouneblood@idahopower. com
Karl Klein
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities
Commission
P.O. Box 83720 Boise,ID
83720-0074
472 W. Washington Boise, ID
83702
Karl.Klein@nuc. idaho. gov
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AMENDED MOTION TO EXTEND COMMENT DEADLINES