20100811Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
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Tuesday, August 10, 20104:34 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from David Satterthwaite follows:
Case Number: (AVU-E..10-03)
Name: David Sattefthwai te
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City: Coeur d' Alene
State: ID
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Daytime Telephone:
Contact E-Mail: tenpmgu~hotmail.com
Name of Utility Company: AV!STA
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Please describe your comment briefly:
I feel the IPUC should deny the rate increase request. The middle class is slowly being
squuzed out of existance by corporations seeing huge increases in profits and asking for
customers to pay more. I am told as a state employee that I have to take a pay cut because
the economy is rough and we all need to do our part so the state can live wi thin it' s means.
Well maybe AVISTA needs to do this also. I am cutting back on many things I used to enjoy,
have a second job and am working hard to provide for my family.
I appreciate the idea of putting money into programs for the poor but those programs do
little to help those of us who work one or more jobs and are above the poverty level but
below the income level of those requesting the rate increase.
If as a state employee I am supposed to make a financial sacrifice to help the state, AVISTA
should do the same to help the rate payers. I am not alone in the pay decrease arena. My
neighbor told me today he had to take a 10% pay cut. It does not seem appropriate to give a
large corporation with increased revenues an increase when so many of their customers are
taking pat cuts. Everyone needs to work together to get through this economic crisis,
including AVISTA.
Thank you
The form submitted on http://ww . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
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