20180618Comments (18).pdf

Diane Holt
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Sent:Friday,June 15,2018 4:45 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Tom Whin
Name:Tom Whin
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:1249 S Fairmont Loop
Coeur d Alene ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:l'd like to submit a comment in opposing the acquisition of Avista by Hydro One.My wife and I are retired
and on a fixed income.Hydro One has a history of steep rate increasesand being based in Canada will not be
accountable to customers in the U.S.I'd also prefer to keep Avista as an American company since China already is
buying up so many companies in the U.S.I've been a Avista customer since I moved here 3 years ago and have had no
problems with their customer service or billing or even what they charge for elec and gas.And their responsesto
power outages in my opinion have been excellent.Please don't allow this merger to proceed.Tom Whin Coeur d
Alene
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June 16,2018
FAX to 208-334-3762 PUC,Idaho
Subject:Sale of Avista Gas and Electric ....we are opposed to this proposal.
We are Avista customers for both naturál gas and electricity.Since late 2006,we have enjoyed
the service provided by this company which includes contact before we bought our home in
Coeur d'Alene.
The service provided has been of high standards and the cost acceptable.
As so many have publicly stated over last few weeks and months,we also do not.approve of a
sale to a foreign entity.The pitfalls are many with such limited control by the local company,
inspite of what is reported.
Please do not approve this.
Thank you for the opportunityto comment.
Joe and Diane Dahlheim
1523 E.Cromwell Dr.,Coeur d'Alene,ID 83815
Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 3:24 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Patricia Collins
Name:Patricia Collins
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Coeur d'Alene ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I object to HydroOne acquiring Avista Corp.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 3:21 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Donna Evans
Name:Donna Evans
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09&AVU-G-17-05
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:PO Box 3327
Coeur d Alene Idaho,83816
Name of Utility Company:Avista Corp
Comment:I object to HydroOne acquiring Avista Corp.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 3:11 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Ann King
Name:Ann King
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Hayden Idaho,83835
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I firmly object to Hydro One acquiring Avista.My comments represent those of us elderly who enjoy some of
the lowest electricity rates available in the country.You know in your hearts that Hydro One will increasetheir rates and
those of us on fixed Social Security incomes will have to suffer the tragic and ugly consequencesof the Avista merger.
Please,please do NOT LET THIS happen.Thank you.
Ann King
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 2:00 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Judith Phillips
Name:Judith Phillips
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:27528 S Lacon Ln,P.O.Box 248
Harrison Idaho,83833
Name of Utility Company:Avista Utilities
Comment:I would like to oppose of the sale to Canada Hydro One.Let's keep it here,it's pur water our dams our
employees so WHY is this being done?Nothing good will come of this if it sells.Please don't do this.It's a really bad idea.
Keep it here,it belongs to us.A concerned Idaho resident.Judith Phillips
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 1:15 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Ralph Mavity
Name:Ralph Mavity
Case Number:AVUE-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Sandpoint ID,83864
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I request that the IPUC vote against the sale of Avista to Hydro One.We (America)need to keep control of
our utilities.Your voting considerations should include guidelines such as long-term effects and consumer costs.I see no
upside to a foreign corporation having control of a critical part of our infrastructure.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 12:03 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Cathy Sprouse
Name:Cathy Sprouse
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:10301 W Gallop Lane
Post Falls ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:So nice to see our Avista executives cave into money in their pockets and turn their backs on the customersthatwillsufferthemostfromthisbuyout.I certainly wouldn't want to be remembered as a crook by the very peoplewhodependonyoutodotherightthing.We cannot be a self sufficient nation when we sell out to a foreign company.
What are you thinking??ll
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 12:41 AM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Sandy Carter
Name:Sandy Carter
Case Number:AVUE17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:11974 n.Avondale loop
Hayden ID,83835
Name of UtilityCompany:Avista
Comment:
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I live in Hayden Idaho and have only Avista to supply all energy utilities (Gas and Electric)to my residence.We were
told by lawyers at a meeting with Avista in Spokane that the CEO and all board members would receive 15 million dollars
or more each for selling control of a Vista to Hydro One.Hydro one's supposed resources primarily are copper wire and
Ontario Canada entrapped customers all outside the IPUC's jurisdiction.How can Hydro One of Canada meet the
demands response policies of a growing Idaho when Capital will be siphoned off completely outside of the IPUCs control
destroying the title 61 requirement to provide a "Efficient"utility service to Idaho customers?Efficiency defined by a
cost-benefit ratio.
Do you havethe discovery capability to really know Hydro-one's finances and future plans?IfAvista is so poor it needs
to sell,let Idaho customers float a bond and buy the Idaho facilities!Utilities are so fundamental to life we depend so on
your judgement.Please use known confident information only in your logic,not Scenerio Analysis,where you don't
know what you don'T know!
Thank you for your kind consideration to this pressingmatter.
Sandy L.Carter
11974 n.Avondale loop
Hayden,I'D 83835
(714)3931942
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 9:16 AM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:David Lockhart
Name:David Lockhart
Case Number:AAvU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:PO Box 302
Laclede Idaho,83841
Name of Utility Company:Northern Light
Comment:Please vote down the support of the proposed hydro one purchase of Avista.Such ownership should remain
solely of US interest and ideally regional businesses
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Saturday,June 16,2018 11:25 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Carla Skinner
Name:Carla Skinner
Case Number:AVU-G-17-05
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:2127 Clark Fork Pkwy.
Post Falls Idaho,83854
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:The PUC staff does not make the decision on this merger.Who does?Who owns Hydro one?If you say
stockholders then as I see it,this merger is to benefit of the stockholders at the expense of the customer.You say rates
will not go up;in reading the proposal it is stated the rates will not go up due to the action of the merging;it does not
state that in the future the rates will not go up after the merge.Where is the money coming from to give back to the
customer?Would this money be there if the merger does not go thru?Why does your web site say by Idaho state law
you have to sell to a foreign company?What does the federal people say about this sale?You have not said how they
feel about selling to a foreign country for our national security reasons.I have heard of black outs in the Northeastern
part of the our country will this happen to us if they use our power for the east coast?
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Monday,June 18,2018 7:15 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Kimberly Lee
Name:Kimberly Lee
Case Number:AVU-G-17-05AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Hayden ID,83835
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I am against the merger with Hydro One.Local utilities should not be under foreign control.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Sunday,June 17,2018 3:41 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Gerda Chapman
Name:Gerda Chapman
Case Number:AVU-17-05
Email:r\[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:301 N 1st
Coeur D'Alene ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista -Hydro One
Comment:I have submitted my comment on previous case AVU -17 -09 and they remain the same.
My position is to reject the merger plans of Avista by Hydro One
Gerda Chapman
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Sunday,June 17,2018 3:33 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Gerda Chapman
Name:Gerda Chapman
Case Number:AVU-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:301 N 1st
Coeur D'Alene ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:In review of Canadian company monetary records I believe Idaho will be experiencing unfair customerpracticesandenergymanagementafterthe5year(small 1%)reduction.The consumers rights will become obsoleteduetotheenlargedstatesandinternationallegalities,Therefore,I object to this merger as concerned,
Gerda L Chapman
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Friday,June 15,2018 5:50 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Barbara Peretti
Name:Barbara Peretti
Case Number:AVU-G-17-05
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:5476 East Fernan Hill Road
Coeur d Alene Idaho,838114
Name of Utility Company:Avista Utilities
Comment:I ask that you do not to allow Hydro One to acquire Avista Utilities.I do not want Avista to be owned,
operated or under any kind of control by a foreign entity.Let's keep it 100%American owned.
Thank you for allowing me to comment.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Friday,June 15,2018 5:55 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Sharon Oldfield
Name:Sharon Oldfield
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1036 Park Ave
Sandpoint ID,83864
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I am against the merger.
61-328 3 (b)That the cost of and the rates for supplying service will not be increased by reason of such transaction...
The fact that they plan to shut coal burning electrical plant and turn to alternative energy sources will cause energy
costs to "necessarily rise"to quote President Obama!
61-328 3(c)
It is my understanding that Hydro-one is not financially stable.One wonders where all the money for pay-offs is coming
from.Where is all this money coming from and why isn't going to the shareholders Or to reduce ratesl
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Sunday,June 17,2018 11:13 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Robin Bruneel
Name:Robin Bruneel
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:307 Ruth Ln
Namoa Idaho,83686
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Please do not approve thie merger/acquisition of Avista &Hydro.Allowing foreign control of our utility
infrastructure can only create future problems.Keep the control within the USAl
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Sunday,June 17,2018 9:22 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Fran Parody
Name:Fran Parody
Case Number:AVU-G-17-05
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:4970 E SHORELINE DR
Post Falls ID,83854
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I have 3 Avista accounts with you for both gas and electric.I am very much against the proposed sale to
Hydro-One!With all of the foreign intervention in our country today,I see no reason why you would even consider
furthering this trend.We live in America;we do NOTneed foreign companies to own American companies.You will get
$5.3 billion,and we will lose complete control of our infrastructure.Our utilityrates are high enough as it is,and are
consistently rising.Hydro-One is known for raising their rates --we do NOT need this and can't afford it.From what I've
read,if this buyout goes through,Hydro-One will have more than a 50%majority of Avista's Board of Directors,and they
will therefore have authority to control Avista.--they are a foreign country!!Local infrastructure,local waterways,and
the local power grid should be controlled locally,not by a foreign country.As bribery by Hydro-One they will not raise
rates for 2 years,or give rate credits for 5 years.That sounds like self-serving bribery to me!What happens after the
time period is up?Perhapssomeone should disclose to Avista's American customers what the present rates are that
Hydro-One charges,and also a yearly disclosure of how often and how much they've increasedtheir rates.I can't believe
you are actually even considering this sale!Il
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