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Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness; Ed Howell
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from John Weber follows:
Case Number: GNR-E-09-03
Name: John Weber
Address: 3025 N Five Mile Rd Apt 203
City: Boise
State: ID
Zip: 83713
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: jsweber~hotmail.com
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Please describe your comment briefly:
Does the present surrogate avoided rate methodology for published avoided-cost rates need to
be modified or augmented? Yes
If the answer is yes, please provide a basis and describe in broad, general terms how the
methodology should be augmented or modified.
Avoided costs rates should match the type of generation. Base load generation or purchased
power is less expensive than peak load generation or purchased power. I would suggest that a
combined cycle gas plant (base load) be used for wind and small hydro (and a single cycle gas
plant (peaker) be used for solar.
Wind and small hydro are base load resources. Solar is a peak load resource. It generates the
peak time of day and also the peak time of year.
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