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Tuesday, March 01 2005 12:18 PM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
Comment acknowledgement
WWW Form Submission:
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
12:18:04 PM
Case: AVU-E-05-01
Name: Wendell Wardell
Street Address: 2623 E. Hayden View Drive
Ci ty: Coeur d Alene
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83815
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: wendellw~adelphia. net
Company: AVISTAmailinglist _yes _no: yes
Comment description: I I ve studied the information sent in the billing by Avista regarding
their rate change request over their recent acquisiation of the 2nd 1/2 of the Coyote
Springs generation facility.
1st-It seems a bit misleading as they suggest there is no rate impact (trading 1.9% of thecurrent 4.4 % PCA surcharge for the 1.9% increase in the base rate. What we don I t hear or
see is if the 1. 9% reduction in the PCA is a PERMENANT reduction. I f not this is a bit
of a shell game as the base rate increase of 1.9% is certainly permenant.
2nd- If Avista is keeping the same overall rates, but moving some the permenant rate base,
why are we to incurr an additional 12 months of surcharge at the reduced 2.5%? All monies
are being recovered in one form or another. We residential rate payers stand to get
poked in the eye " by Avista again.
3rd- Has the IPUC ever looked at all of Avista I s various "books?" Having lived in many
places in the U. S. I have found one commonality: All private utili ties keeps more than
one set of "books. II There is one for the stockholders; another for the utility
commissions from which to request rates by; sometimes a third for their bankers and creditlines extenders. Seems to me we as rate payers should be able to expect that our PUC sees
ALL the material from Avista; not just what they want you to see.
Thank You,
Wendell Wardell
Transaction ID: 311218.
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