20030910Comment.pdf

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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Attn: Commission Chairman
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Dear Commissioner:
I hope you will not renew Avista s request for another year of electric
surcharges. As someone who is grateful in this economy to have a part-
time minimum wage job I cannot afford this continued and apparently
unnecessary expense. A vista itself admits is has "increasing financial
health" .
We do not need additional increases on natural gas, either. I qualify for
the Energy Assistance Program. Even with this help I have to leave my
home during the day so I don t have to heat it. As a senior this makes
my life very difficult.
The phone company has "Lifeline" for low income people, why can t we
have a similar program with A vista?
Sincerely,)A~~
Marjorie Hentges
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d~iJ~'pf;,~p~rcentto12'$ce!l~ a ShareO'tl~e', I'
C,omp!ti1y'S'CeIIUl1O'ristO'ckj,clting the cO'tnpany's '
w~t~~~Uig fi1j~di~'li~~H1:,
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The mcl'ease'will resulfin an annual dividend
of 59 cents, a share thecO'mpany saId in a state-
merit
" , Paytnerit O'f dividends' is subject to' declaratiO'n
and apprO'val by the board each quarter,
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C8 THE PRESS TuesdaYi August 12, 2003
SCOTT REEVES ,1'he PO'wer CO'stAdjustrhel1,t,
S~~ff writer ' intended tO' ,0, recover O'r rebate
changes in' ~electedpower supply
, COEUR'! d'ALENE";Avista
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costS thatdifferftbfficosts included
Utilities:w~~tO'.tO'ntUlu~:the 19.4 ,1n AvisGfsbase rates, It began in
p'el'cetit,siir~b3Jge'oti"electticity f9t 2001 when' the cost. (If, electricity hit
aD.bt1'i'et12fu.6riths,
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, record, highs"
There Win be nO' change in exist- " 0' 'A"jstais li~ely,ta file fO'r ~n
ingrates if the l'equest,is 'appr()ved, 'e#eIlsioJ1 'next'ye~ "arid the: ,prO'- ,
E~tension or the PO'wer Cost ,grain'.- is expeded tO' cO'ntirule
Adjv.stment in Ida'ho'would allO'w throughmid-2Q05, said Catherine
Avista: to' coritinv.e recO'very ,of MarksO'n, aspokeswO'man fO'r Avista
PO'wer CO'sts, while O'ffering O'ur in SpO'kane, '
, custO'mers sO'me of the lowest resi- The ,Jdahd Public Utilities
dential electric ratesinthecO'un- CO'mmissionapprO'ved the current
try,said Kelly,NorwO'O'd~Avista~s sUrcharge,inthefa1lO'f2001. The
VicepresidenttO'r state andrederal' sfutea~encYdJr.ected Avista to. file
regulation,
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anan'llualstatU.srepO'rtonthepro-
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0 pdsed,cO'ntinuance of the 19.4 per-
cenfstlrcharge, '
AVista said JtmakesnO' prO'fit
frO'mthe: ,stlrchar:-geand is requh-ed
, toahsQrb the first 10 percent O'f
excesspowercosts,
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If, theextensiO'n is apprO'ved, it
wO'uldapply to'a11 retaiLcustO'mers
fO'r all electric charge~ and tO'theflat
rate charged for ,company-owned or
custO'mer-owried street lighting' and
, atea,Jighting servIce,
Rates, WO'uid range frO'm 0,939
cents per kilO'watt hO'ur for up to' 600
kilO'watts'billedO'n Schedule One to
Q;888 cents per kilO'watt hO'urbilled
em Sch~dules 31 and 32, "
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, The prO'PO'sed extensiO'nis sub~
ject to' public reView and a decisiO'n I
by the , IdahO"Public' Utilities
CO'Inmission, ,
, The public, may' review cO'pies of
the~xtensiO'n applicatiO'n at the
O'ffices O'fAvishrand the ' IdahO' ,
Pu.bllcUtilitlesCO'mmissiO'n, ,
The 'applicatiO'nis available O'nline
; atAvista'sWeb site,www,avistautili-
ties,cO'm/ prices/rates,
Earlierthis mO'nth, AvistasO'ught :
to' bO'O'st natUral gas prices in IdahO'
2.4 percent in anO'ther'price' adjust-
menttO' cO'ver CO'stS, Uke the ' pro--
PO'sed PO'wer Cost' Adjustment fO'r
electriCity, the utilitY would make no
tnO'rieyfrom theproPO'!:;edhike PI
Iiafuralgasprices, '