20220302Comment(1)_1.pdf

From:Sandy Anne Nye
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Fwd: gotta take a break...please proof read...afraid to push button cuz ,can"t count on or don"t know what i
looks like once leaving my eyes...later power could go & not come back Atlanta Power Case #
Date:Wednesday, March 2, 2022 9:49:30 AM
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Subject: gotta take a break...please proof read...afraid to push button cuz ,can't count on or
don't know what i looks like once leaving my eyes...later power could go & not come back
Atlanta Power Case #
From: Sandy Anne Nye <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022, 4:46 PM
To: [e-mail]
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At this point in time, I am claiming ignorance in all of the things that the IPUC has before
them in regards to the sale of Atlanta Power Company, Inc. As a power consumer since 1975,I realize that these issues are not resolved overnight. Have been impatient about when the
Atlanta Coop was going to be assuming ownership for sometime. I am also eager to see timeand funds being dedicated to the maintenance and improvements that are necessary to provide
electrical service to the community of Atlanta. Recent events have added to the time incrementof any purchase proceedings with another party interested and it would appear to me that we
are back at another starting point. Amof convinced that this new interest has the benefit of thecommunity as much at heart as their own bank account. Whomever becomes the new power
supplier will have their busy hands full and in the essence of time the sooner the better.
Impossible to understand all the pros and cons, but while the debate continues our powersituation continues to stagnate. Decisions as well as efforts to insure that Atlanta consumers
have safe and reliable power are needed to guarantee the future generation demands of bothhydro and generator capacity and function.
From the beginning there have been continued issues with Atlanta Power...and this will
continue indefinitely. In the meantime and in this moment in time we have been and arecurrently receiving the best and most reliable power that I have personally experieced as a
forty -seven year customer.
Changing kw's all the time, but working under enviromentally and beauractic conditions,Kirby Dam continues to supply electrical services to this valley. There have been many
interruptions in service to the generstion of power aside from just daily surging ahead orlagging my behind ... sudden blackouts from disruptions such as lightning hitting the Power
Plant itself, wind knocking trees over on the power line or poles themselves blowing over.There's not enough water or too much. Even when the bridge collapsed Atlanta had lights until
the dam itself went.
Spring house cleaning this past week and realized that over a year has passed since the
batteries were not inserted into an old radio that only makes noise when Atlanta Power hasbeen OFF for any lenth of time and definitely not overnight. This reality figure can go on
record to show the diligence of volunteer service response to the multiple disaster events thatshut our light off. Spring will bring the high water events that follow winter and always brings
along alot of energy. Atlanta Power runs out of power when everything is broke down at thedam or can' t jump wire interruptions or generator ran out of gas...somebody has to do
something sometime. Spring will here before there's never enouh time to get ready foreverything.
I love my power...granted,sometimes Love it more than not...but memories of without power
for extensive amounts of time haunt my dreams. It is a resource that requires fuel to move. Atany point any number of factors can become the focus of attention. While the crowd gathers
for the next summit meeting it would be comforting to know that wheels are turning withgearing up and lubricating happening at the same time.
Atlanta Power needs to do alot of things and when the ownership can be determined, then they
can assume the responsibilty to do whatever needs to be done whether it be the purchase ofdeisel or line repair. Someone needs to be accountable...the system needs to see the
doctor...we are in a pandemic of red tape again.
Grateful to use my power while the players sit down at the round table and in hopes that thepower will continue to be availible 24hrs day within my lifetime. It doesn't matter if we have
to shut down to change the oil once in a while. And now once again the time is the questionand failure of action insures failure of function at some point in time. And in the meantime I
would like to continue to refrigerate my food, light up my room, run my vacuum cleaner andsend my support for a timely resolution to your desk ... and shop on line for a new refrigerator
for replacing the existing one which after a slow shutdown this past Dec and some R&R & athorough cleaning mid Jan is once again making ice cubes...purchased in 1998 for a separate
dwelling it has been plugged into Atlamta Power since Dec 2000 and that fact alone with thatmany years as a surviving appliance to all the surges and genetaors and black outs should be
testimony enough for its reputation. Twenty plus years on Atlanta Power or not...
Today the community is indebted to volunteer efforts to keep the power functioning while thefate of the Company's existence is being determined.
Next month when my woodshed is empty and my propane heat won't reach the bathroom, Iam in hopes that plugging in an elecric heater will be my option. One just can't always count
on the power when setting the clock, but now am counting on being able to send this e- mail toyou ...thanks to Atlanta Power.
Sincerely
Sandra Anne Nye
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While Atlanta waits for now a new ballgame, the Boise River continues to run which supplies
the juice for this communication.