20110215Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
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Jean Jewell
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Jean Jewell
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From: Dave Robison rmailto:drobison~edgewoodusa.coml
Sent: Mon 2/14/2811 3: 83 PM
To: Wayne Hart; Lynn Anderson; Lou Ann Westerfield
Subject: PURPA decision
Dear PUC Staff members,
As an Idaho citizen and a developer of Solar energy projects in Idaho, the PUCs latest ruling
regarding PURPA and its use for renewable energy (RE) projects in Idaho is quite distressing.
The public view among those who would build RE projects in Idaho, and who feel that the West
should lead the nation' s RE development sector, is stunned amazement and disappointment.
Further, IPCs deeply-seated disdain for solar developments seems to be supported by the State
of Idaho by virtue of this decision.
Idaho will not recover from this industrial attenuation when compared to our neighbors.
Idaho' s record of development of geo, biomass, PV solar and other RE sources is dismal,
favoring wind solely. (Most do not consider hydro as RE due to the long-term effects on
rivers and the extended aquatic environment.)
What was the reasoning for such a decision?
Regards,
Dave Robison
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