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DISTRICT 22
BOISE & ELMORE COUNTIES
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865 GALENA COURT
MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO 83647
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Idaho State Senate
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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Re: In the Matter of the Investigation
of Atlanta Power Company s Rates
and Customer Service
Case No. ATL-03-
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Dear Commission Secretary:
As you know, I attended the workshop in Atlanta conducted by the Commission Staff in the
above matter on June 28, 2003, I joined several people, including ratepayers and officials of
Atlanta Power Company, who made statements at the workshop. The purpose of this letter is to
present written comments for consideration by the Commission in connection with its
consideration of the pending issues on the merits in this matter. I make the following comments
for consideration by the Commission, which are substantially the same as those I made in person
at the workshop:
1. The residents of Atlanta have been experiencing numerous problems over the years in
obtaining what they believe to be reasonable, reliable electrical service from Atlanta Power
Company. The ratepayers of Atlanta Power Company should be entitled to receive
reasonably reliable, dependable electrical service at reasonable rates that are based on the
Commission s review of essential financial records to be maintained by Atlanta Power
Company and submitted in a timely manner to the Commission for review in compliance
with State law and the orders of the Commission.
2. In the Commission s Notice of Proposed Order dated April 10, 2003, the Commission stated
in part, as follows: "On June 4, 1993, the Commission", directed the Company to
implement, and utilize proper utility accounting procedures and recordkeeping, including,
but not limited to, the preparation and retention of adequate source documentation,' Order
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No, 24925. Staff noted that the Company has not complied with this Order and still needs to
improve its recordkeeping, Because Atlanta Power last submitted an annual report for
calendar year 1997, the Company is not in compliance with Idaho Code Sec. 61-405, which
requires such reports to be submitted before April 15 of each year. Staff recommends that all
past due annual reports be filed by June 15 2003.
3. If the public is to maintain the confidence it should have in the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission to properly and fairly regulate the service provided by a utility to its users, and
the cost charged for same, the Commission must take all reasonable, appropriate steps to
enforce applicable law and Orders entered by it in connection with its regulation of covered
utility companies.
4, In the Commission s Order to be entered in this matter, Atlanta Power Company should be
required to make immediate and substantial improvement in its record keeping, including the
collection, preparation and retention of adequate source documentation covering all income
earned and expenditures made in connection with the operation of its electrical power
business in Atlanta, Idaho, so that in the future the Commission s approval of proposed rates
and review of the adequacy of service will be based on actual, relevant data, rather than on
estimates, The records should also include a log covering electrical power down times
making note of the date and time of the power going down, the time the company received
notification of same, the reason for power failure, the remedy made to restore the delivery of
electricity, and the date and time the power delivery was restored. In order to allow the
Company to maintain and prepare proper records in the future without incurring substantial
outside preparation costs, the Commission may desire to allow the Company to file a defined
modified annual report that includes all required information but can be prepared informally
without the need for professional assistance in its preparation and filing. The Company
should be required to submit its record keeping plan to the Commission for advance review
and approvaL Once approved, the Commission should require that the Company follow the
plan.
5. In the Commission s Order to be entered in this matter, Atlanta Power Company should be
required, within a reasonable, defined period of time, to prepare and submit to the
Commission for its review and approval, a detailed preventative maintenance program
covering the proper maintenance, repair and replacement of its electrical power syste~
including but not limited to poles, lines, transformers, generators, power plant, etc, Once this
plan has been submitted and approved, the Commission should require that the Company
follow the preventative maintenance program.
6, In the Commission s Order to be entered in this matter, the parties should be encouraged to
cooperate with each other in an attempt to obtain some type of grant of federal, state or
private funds under which Atlanta Power Company and/or the community of Atlanta could
purchase a reliable backup gas generator, of sufficient capacity, that would be used by the
Company to provide electrical power to the residents of Atlanta at times when the existing
hydro-electric power generation failed to operate properly,
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7. In the Commission s Order to be entered in this matter, Atlanta Power Company should be
required to prepare and submit to the Commission for its approval, a plan outlining the
procedure to be followed by the Company to restore the delivery of electricity to users once a
power outage has occurred, Once the Commission has approved such a plan, the
Commission should require that the Company follow the electrical service restoration plan,
Please present these comments to the Commission for its consideration of all pending issues in
the above-entitled proceeding,
Thank you,
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;ed Kenne y
State Senator
Cc: Lynn Stevenson
Atlanta Power Company
319 River Road
Bliss, ill 83314
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