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Gase No. ATL-03-
June 28, 2003
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If you cannot or do not want to testify in person at this hearing but want your opinion noted
please use the space below to write your comments. Add extra sheets as needed. You
may either hand this sheet to a commission staff member or mail it to:
IPUG, PO Box 83720, Boise, 1083720-0074.
You may also post comments on our WebSite.
www.puc.state.id.
click on "comments & questions.
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I attended the meeting called the by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission staff at the Atlanta
Elementary School on Saturday, June 28 2003. I have the following concerns:
1. The failure of Atlanta Power to file annual reports and maintain adequate financial records in defiance
of the Commission Orders of 1993 and 1996. The staff attorney, indicated that Atlanta Power was given
wiggle room" because it was a small business. On this point, State Senator, Fred Kennedy cautioned the
staff attorney suggesting that the staff attorney did not have the right to make such a statement. I was
under the impression, as was Senator, that the "law was the law' and that it applied to small as well as
large power companies. Indeed, failure of the commission to enforce its own orders concerning the
inadequate financial records of Atlanta Power comes close to dereliction of duty.
2. The customers of Atlanta Power pay the highest rates in the nation for what can at best be described as
irregular service. According to the staff attorney, rates are based on financial record supplied by Atlanta
Power. These financial records are inadequate at best and have been the subject of two previous orders
from the commission. Why has the commission not enforced its own orders? How can you expect the
people of Atlanta to have confidence in the rate structure when the commission itself admits that the
financial records supplied by Atlanta Power are faulty. Certainly, the people of Idaho deserve better
service, if not from Atlanta Power, then from the Idaho Public Utility Commission.
3. Many of the problems associated with the continuing power failure in Atlanta (e.g. two in fair weather
in June, one of which lasted for two days) appear to be due to the failure 0 f Atlanta Power to perform
preventive maintenance on the power plant. It is difficult to say with any certainty, because maintenance
recOrds are not available. There is also no program for the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports
the power delivery system. The power poles and lines are in obvious disrepair. The whole delivery
system seems 'jury rigged' with any convenient tree serving as a power pole. A preventive maintenance
program is part of the cost of doing business. Indeed, the frequent power failures may be an indication
that-the whole syst~mis about to collapse due to lack of proper maintenance. Why is it that Atlanta Power
does not follow even the most common business practices associated with running a power company? I
do not need to remind the Commission that electric power is not a convenience but a matter of public
health and safety. The fact that Atlanta is a rural community is not an excuse of poor maintenance and
poor record keeping. The power plant and delivery system is here, all that the customers of Atlanta Power
are asking is that the system be properly maintained and operated within established business practices.
4. There was a lengthy discussion of the time that it takes Atlanta Power to restore power after a power
failure. Atlanta Power contends that a standard for restoring power after the system goes down is
impossible because of the rural nature of Atlanta. However, the failure on the part of Atlanta Power to
maintain an 'incident log' of actions taken to restore power after the system goes down makes it
impossible to determine whether actions taken by Atlanta Power to restore power serve the public good or
the economic interest and convenience of Atlanta Power.
5. Whether right or wrong, the citizens of Atlanta are left with the impression that the response of
Atlanta Power to power failures is a matter of convenience to the company rather than a concern for the
health and safety of its customers.
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