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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Monday,June 25,2018 11:34 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Bruce Jameson
Name:Bruce Jameson
Case Number:avu-e-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:8745 W Zion Street
Rathdrum Idaho,83858-5078
Name of Utility Company:Avista.
Comment:I think it is a terrible idea to transfer a strategic entity like a power company over to a foreign country.PleaseDON'T do it.
Unique Identifier:69.76.1.138
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and a couple of our own,as follows:
1)Many residents throughout Idaho,and especially in our area,are retirees who settled here due
to the affordability(among other factors).We all live on fixed incomes,and a skyrocketing
power bill is a frighteningthought.
2)We don't see how the current contentious relationship our president has established with P.M.
Trudeau can possibly be in anyway helpful in the takeover of a segment of our power grid by a
Canadianentity.It is all well and good to foster foreign businesses within our borders where
goods,products or even real estate are concerned,but absolutely NO_T where our power source
is concerned.
Where is our Federal Govt on all of this -do they even have a clue???????How on earth is it that the
FCC et al have "accepted"this pending deal?
SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING
Bobri and Dallas Roberts
3507 20*Street
Lewiston,ID 83501
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Monday,June 25,2018 9:53 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Sandra Clark
Name:Sandra Clark
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:7077 E Greyridge Road
Athol IDAHO,83801
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I am very opposed to having Hydro One in Canada take over Avista.
Unique Identifier:99.196.229.107
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Diane Holt
From:Diane Holt
Sent:Monday,June 25,2018 9:05 AM
To:Diane Holt
Subject:FW:ConsumerAssistance Form:Shaunesy Murphy,208-640-3171,Avista,Coeurd'Alene
From:[e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 1:25 PM
To:Front <[e-mail]>;Beverly Barker <[e-mail]>
Subject:Consumer Assistance Form:Shaunesy Murphy
Name:Shaunesy Murphy
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1704 N 5 th st
Coeur d alene ID,83814
Name of UtilityCompany:Avista
Contacted Utility:No
Complaint:Please do not turn over the control of our electric power to a foreign entinty.
Unique Identifier:66.87.139.9
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Monday,June 25,2018 6:53 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Mark Puddy
Name:Mark Puddy
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1014 E St Maries Ave
Coeur D'alene Idaho,83814
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.
Unique Identifier:54.173.208.58
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 5:52 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Anne Albrecht
Name:Anne Albrecht
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:8693 W Bryce Canyon St
Rathdrum Idaho,83858
Name of UtilityCompany:AVISTA
Comment:Please don't let our utility company sell to a foreign company.They might say the locals can keep control but
that's hard to believe.Just think of all the companies that have been bought out and the buyer has promised to make no
changes but employees are let go,prices rise and control goes to people who don't even understand the local area and
its people.And rising prices will not be good for us retired folks who,in this area,are already facing zooming property
taxes.Thanks you
Unique Identifier:208.94.83.123
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 5:15 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Sally Fredericks
Name:Sally Fredericks
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:3821 Moscow Mountain Rd
Moscow Idaho,83843
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.
We are customers of Clearwater Power and it seems likely that this deal will also help Clearwater Power be a clean
energy producer,at least in the long run.
Unique Identifier:34.234.88.164
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 4:46 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Pauline Jensen
Name:PaulineJensen
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:Box 749 (6475 W Sturgeon Rd)
Rathdrum Id,83858
Name of UtilityCompany:Avista
Comment:t is my opinion that it is NOT a positive decision nor direction to turn over control of our electrical power -
Avista -to any foreigner ...Hydro One is based in Toronto,Canada.Our world is in a continual mode of change and the
sale will have long-term impacts that may not necessarilybe to the our benefit.The sale is described as a "friendly"
acquisition that will "preserve"our "identity"and help us continue to "chart our own course"in a rapidly consolidating
utility industry.We are being told that we will see "little"difference after the sale with no layoffs "expected".The
merger of the two companies "should"help keep rates "competitive"in the long term.The purchase of Avista gives
Hydro One a "toehold"in the United States.I am extremely leery of this pending sale,there are too many "ifs,ands,or
buts".I do not want Avista sold to Hydro One.
Unique Identifier:174.216.27.41
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 2:24 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Gail Outhwaite
Name:Gail Outhwaite
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6083 N Harcourt Dr
Coeur d'Alene ID,83815
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I am very concerned about,and against the purchase of Avista by the Canadiancompany Hydro One.
Regardlessof supposed local oversight by the PUD,he who holds the purse strings has ultimate control.This is
especially concerning geographically since Hydro One is based in Eastern Canada.My experience has been (in the US)
that the farther away the center of power,the less local needs are met!Imagine the potential neglect if an
electromagnetic disruption occurred over North America,do you really think remote North Idaho would have any
priority--of course not!!!
Unique Identifier:76.178.25.65
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 1:56 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Ronald Kemper
Name:Ronald Kemper
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:13525 N Polaris St
Rathdruum Idaho,83858
Name of Utility Company:VISTA
Comment:I feel strongly about not letting a foreign country take control of our power system.I haveseen it before and
it isn't pretty.
Unique Identifier:98.146.179.142
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 7:04 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Joy Fitzpatrick
Name:Joy Fitzpatrick
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:123 Canal St
New Orleans Louisiana,70130
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.
Unique Identifier:54.210.145.0
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 12:06 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Susan Kemper
Name:Susan Kemper
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:13525 N Polaris Street
Rathdrum ID,83858
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Regardingthe sale of Avista to Hydro One,I would just like to add to the discussion that having worked for a
foreign owned car company I know how much control the USA National Headquarters had which was none.We had to
fight for every change we wanted and mostly lost.Hydro One has is in a country that has totally different ideology than
the USA.They are a socialist country with extreme global warming mentality.You may think you will have control with
your local headquarters but Hydro One will always do what they want to do...IT WILL BE THEIR COMPANYI I AM
STRONGLY AGAINST THIS SALE!
Unique Identifier:98.146.179.142
Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 11:51 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Cynthia Marlette
Name:Cynthia Marlette
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Coeur d'Alene ID,83815
Name of UtilityCompany:Avista
Comment:I am against the sale of Avista to Hydro One.A public utility should be owned by the people it serves locally
and not by a foreign entity.We should retain control of our source and distribution of energy and not be selling out to a
company that does not share our NW United States values.They even admit they will have control:Premier Kathleen
Wynne speaks to small group of supporters at the SerbianCentre in Windsor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwo2N5FWnE&t=3s
They may even offer an initial reduction in rates,but guaranteed they will rise significantly when "green"becomes their
bottom line.Stop this crazy idea.
Unique Identifier:98.145.133.53
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Sunday,June 24,2018 5:55 AM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Maxie Holmes
Name:Maxie Holmes
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Coeur d alene Idaho,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Please please DO NOT sell Avista power to a Canada this is Very bad.
Unique Identifier:45.53.140.80
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 8:10 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Susan Van Vooren
Name:Susan Van Vooren
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:216 Perch Bay Ln
Sandpoint Idaho,83864
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.Phasing out the
Montana Colstrip plant is inevitable and we say,the sooner the better.We support investing in clean energy and in
energy conservation programs.Al and Susan Van Vooren
Unique Identifier:35.173.229.131
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 5:01 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:David Horner
Name:David Horner
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:730 N 3rd Ave
Sandpoint Idaho,83864
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.
Sounds like a Win-Win to me!
Unique Identifier:52.91.21.124
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Diane Holt
From:Mike and Kathie <[e-mail]>
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 9:14 AM
To:Diane Holt
Subject:Fwd:Avista Utilities -Hydro One Proposed Merger Case AVU-E-17-09 Case AVU-
G-17-05
Please accept the followingcorrected comment.
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Subject:AvistaUtilities -Hydro One Proposed Merger Case AVU-E-17-09 Case AVU-G-17-05
Date:Sat,23 Jun 2018 08:04:56 -0700
From:Mike and Kathie <[e-mail]>
To:[e-mail]
Dear Ms.Hanian:
I am submitting the followingcomments with regard to the above referenced cases.
As an Avista natural gas and electricitycustomer,I am OPPOSED to the merger of Avista Utilities with Hydro
One Limited,a Canadian corporation.
In addition to those reasons stated by others for the record,I am opposed to the merger because I was
anticipating utility rate reductions due to recent cuts to corporate tax rates provided by the United States
Congress and President Trump(the TrumpTax Cuts).Avista customers in Idaho and Washington would benefit
from the TrumpTax Cuts,just as would customers of other American companies whose income taxes have
been generously reduced.As a subsidiary of Hydro One,a Canadian firm,the benefits of the TrumpTax Cuts to
Avista and its customers would be in jeopardy because Avista would be under foreign control should the merger
proceed.The new governing board of Avista will be stacked in favor of the Canadian owners,most notablythe
Government of Ontario.As a socialist Provincial Government,Ontario is fraughtwith financial
inefficiencies and social programs that would be subsidized by Avista customers in the United States.More
fundamentally,it is plain wrong to give up local control of our most essential public services to a foreign entity.
The merger of Avista with Hydro One is clearlyharmfulto Idaho,the citizens of Idaho and the customers of
Avista,and must be stopped.The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has a fiduciary duty to the citizens of
Idaho and should unequivocallydeny the merger of Avista and Hydro One Limited.
Sincerely,
Kathleen R.Neher
Dalton Gardens,Idaho,USA
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Diane Holt
From:Mike and Kathie <[e-mail]>
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 9:05 AM
To:Diane Holt
Subject:Avista Utilities -Hydro One Proposed Merger Case AVU-E-17-09Case AVU-G-17-05
Dear Ms.Hanian:
I am submitting the followingcomments with regard to the above referenced cases.
As an Avista natural gas and electricitycustomer,I am OPPOSED to the merger of Avista Utilities with Hydro
One Limited,a Canadian corporation.
In addition to those reasons stated by others for the record,I am opposed to the merger because I was
anticipating utility rate reductions due to recent cuts to corporate tax rates provided by the United States
Congress and President Trump (the TrumpTax Cuts).Avista customers in Idaho and Washington would benefit
from the TrumpTax Cuts,just as would customers of other American companies whose income taxes have
been generously reduced.As a subsidiary of Hydro One,a Canadian firm,the benefits of the TrumpTax Cuts to
Avista and its customers would be in jeopardy because Avista would be under foreign control should the merger
proceed.The new governing board of Avista will be stacked in favor of the Canadian owners,most notablythe
Government of Ottawa.As a socialist Provincial Government,Ottawa is fraughtwith financial inefficiencies
and social programs that would be subsidized by Avista customers in the United States.More fundamentally,it
is plain wrong to give up local control of our most essential public services to a foreign entity.The merger of
Avista with Hydro One is clearlyharmful to Idaho,the citizens of Idaho and the customers of Avista,and must
be stopped.The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has a fiduciarydutyto the citizens of Idaho and should
unequivocallydeny the merger of Avista and Hydro One Limited.
Sincerely,
Kathleen R.Neher
Dalton Gardens,Idaho,USA
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 8:32 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Kathleen Neher
Name:Kathleen Neher
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:
Dalton GardensID,83815
Name of Utility Company:Avista Utilities
Comment:June 23,2018
Re:Case AVU-E-17-09
Case AVU-G-17-05
As an Avista natural gas and electricity customer,I am OPPOSED to the merger of Avista Utilities with Hydro One
Limited,a Canadiancorporation.
In addition to those reasons stated by others for the record,I am opposed to the merger because I was anticipating
utility rate reductions due to recent cuts to corporate tax rates provided by the United States Congress and President
Trump (the Trump Tax Cuts).Avista customers in Idaho and Washington would benefit from the Trump Tax Cuts,just as
would customers of other American companies whose income taxes have been generously reduced.As a subsidiary of
Hydro One,a Canadianfirm,the benefits of the Trump Tax Cuts to Avista and its customers would be in jeopardy
because Avista would be under foreign control should the merger proceed.The new governing board of Avista will be
stacked in favor of the Canadian owners,most notably the Government of Ottawa.As a socialist Provincial
Government,Ottawa is fraught with financial inefficiencies and social programs that would be subsidized by Avista
customers in the United States.More fundamentally,it is plain wrong to give up local control of our most essential
public servicesto a foreign entity.The merger of Avista with Hydro One is clearly harmful to Idaho,the citizens of Idaho
and the customers of Avista,and must be stopped.The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has a fiduciary duty to the
citizens of Idaho and should unequivocally deny the merger of Avista and Hydro One Limited.
Vote NO.
Unique Identifier:98.146.225.34
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Diane Holt
From:roxinthe <[e-mail]>
Sent:Saturday,June 23,2018 12:10 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:roxanne zimmerman
Name:roxanne zimmerman
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:roxinthe [e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:36680 E.Hayden Lk.Rd.
Hayden Idaho,83835
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:NO To Selling Avista Co.!Save our water rights and keep control in the United States!
No to Raising Rates!
Unique Identifier:72.168.160.159
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