20120620Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
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Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:02 PM
To: Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
Subject: PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Micheal Talley follows:
Case Number: IP-E95--- (JR -6-11 -03
Name: Micheal Talley
Address: 3992 S. Riva Ridge Way
City: Boise
State: ID
Zip: 83709
Daytime Telephone:
Contact E-Mail: michealtalley(hotmail.com Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Acknowledge: acknowledge
Please describe your comment briefly:
We are blessed to live in Idaho where abundant, reliable, and renewable hydro power is
available at a very reasonable cost. This keeps Idaho's power rates near the cheapest in the
nation. We also supplement that abundant hydro power with reliable, but more costly coal and
natural gas power when needed.
Now unscrupulous developers are taking advantage of federal rules that require us to buy
their "renewable" and unreliable wind power regardless of need or cost. This power is much
more expensive than what we normally buy, thus forcing Idaho residents to subsidize these
unneeded and unwanted wind farms throughout Idaho. In addition, since wind power is more
fickle than traditional generating methods, we're forced to compensate for this by buying
more expensive power from the grid when the wind stops blowing, and the producers are unable
to meet their commitments.
If these wind power sources were reliable, they actually delivered what they commit to, and
the cost was equal to or cheaper than the currently available sources of production and we
actually needed the power, I would welcome them with open arms. However, as it stands now,
they meet none of those requirements.
Please end this fleecing of Idaho by private developers forcing us to pay above market rates
for their power. We don't need any more unreliable "renewable" power, since we currently
generate more than 50% of our power from truly renewable and reliable hydro. We shouldn't be
forced to buy power we don't want or need, at prices that are higher than the going market
rate.
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