20030605application.pdf

Avista Corp.
1411 East Mission PO Box 3727
Spokane. Washington , 99220-3727
Telephone [phone]
Toll Free 800-727-9170
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June 4 2003
NEW CASEJean D. Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Statehouse Mail
W. 472 Washington Street
Boise, Idaho 83720
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Dear Ms. Jewell:
A vista Utilities submits for approval by the Commission the enclosed Agreement to
Exchange Electric Customers . This Agreement is submitted pursuant to the provisions of
r.c. 961-333 and will allow Kootenai Electric Cooperative to serve Mr. Roy Armstrong,
a customer culTently served by A vista Utilities , in exchange for allowing A vista Utilities
to serve the electric load of the Grayling Estates subdi vision.
Please direct any questions on this matter to Linda Gervais at [phone] or me at
[phone].
Sincerel y,
Bruce Folsom
Manager, Regulatory Compliance
A vista Corp.
Larry LaBolle, A vista
Brian Hirschkom , A vista
Sue Adam , A vista
enclosure
Contract No- M-1O933
AGREEMENT TO EXCHANGE ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS
TillS AGREEMENT, dated as of May'?OO3 ' 2003, is entered into by and
between Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (hereinafter referred to as "A VISTA"), and Kootenai
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "KEC"), sometimes hereinafter referred to
individually, as a "Party , and cQllectively, as the "Parties
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, A VISTA electric customer, Roy Armstrong, has pumping facilities located within the new
Fieldstone development served by KEC;
WHEREAS, the current development of the property requires Mr. Armstrong s service to be relocated
underground;
WHEREAS, if A VISTA installs this new underground service, it could result in greater costs to the
developer than what the developer s costs would be if KEC served Mr. Armstrong from its new three-
phase underground backbone;
WHEREAS, because of the difference in costs, it would be in the developer s best interest to have the
facility served by KEC;
WHEREAS KEC is authorized to provide electric service to the Grayling Estates subdivision being
developed by Prairie Falls LLc.; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into an agreement pursuant to the provisions of IC g61-333 to
allow the Parties to exchange customers and allow KEC to serve Mr. Armstrong in exchange for allowing
A VISTA to serve the electric load of the Grayling Estates subdivision;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, IT IS
AGREED:
A VISTA shall release the electric service of Mr. Armstrong s pumping facilities to KEC and
authorizes KEC to serve Mr. Armstrong s pumping facilities, and his successors, at the property
located within the new Fieldstone development served by KEc.
KEC shall release the electric service of the Grayling Estates subdivision, consisting of
approximately forty-one (41) lots (final addition to Prairie Falls Subdivision), and authorizes such
Grayling Estates subdivision to be served by A VISTA.
Both Parties shall support this exchange with the Parties' existing customers and before the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission ("Commission ), and shall jointly file for Commission approval of
this electric customer exchange.
In the event the Commission does not approve the electric customer exchange described herein,
KEC agrees to reassign the electric service of Mr. Armstrong back to A VISTA, and A VISTA
agrees to reassign the electric service of the Grayling Estates subdivision back to KEC
If approved by the Commission, this Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties, their successors
and assigns.
As contemplated in the Addendum to the Agreement for Administering Residential Developments
between the Parties and filed with the Commission under cover letter dated February 5, 2001 , the
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Parties 'shall not be entitled to any further rights or entitlement to serve any other consumer or
section of the development beyond the terms of the consent provided for herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate
by the respective officers hereto, duly authorized as of the date fIrSt above written.
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Robert L. Crum
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May 5, 2003
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Aereement of Mr. Armstrong:
I have reviewed the forgoing Agreement between A VISTA and KEC to Exchange Electric Customers
approve of its content, and agree with the obligations contained therein, and fully intend to be bound by
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Agreement of Prairie Falls. L.L.C.
The undersigned represents that he/she is an authorized representative of Prairie Falls, LLc. ("Prairie
Falls ), with full authority to bind Prairie Falls hereunder. The undersigned acknowledges and represents
that he/she has reviewed the foregoing Agreement between A VISTA and KEC to Exchange ElectricCusto rs, approves of its content, and signs it voluntarily as their own free act and deed, fully intendingto be
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