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Home My WebLink About20110303Petition to Intervene.pdf(208) 343-7500 (208) 336-6912 (Fax) Via Hand Delivery Jean Jewell, Secretar Idaho Public Utities Commssion 472 W. Washigton St. Boise, Idaho 83720 McDevitt & Miller LLP Lawyers 420 W. Bannock Street P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, Idaho 83702 March 3, 2011 Re: Renewable Nortwest Project-GNR-E-11-01 Dear Ms. Jewell: Chas. F. McDevitt Dean J. (Joe) Miler ~--..~:i~ \(.) -0:i c,4J .tfCf ,n Enclosed for fig in the above matter, please fid an origial and seven copies of a Petition to Intervene of Renewable Nortwest Project. Kidly retu a fie stamped copy to me. DJM/hh Enclosures Very Truy Yours, McDevitt & Mier lLP~~Dean J. Mier ORlG\NAL REC~ Dean J. Miler (ISB No. 1968) iUi M~.R -3 Pr'l 3= 56 McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 W. Banock Street P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, Idaho 83702 Tel: 208-343-7500 Fax: 208-336-6912 joermmcdevitt-miler .com Megan Walseth Decker Senior Staf Counsel Renewable Nortwest Project 917 SW Oak Street, Suite 303 Portland, OR 97205 Tel: 503-223-4544 Fax: 503-223-4544 meganrmmp.org Attorneys for Renewable Northwest Project BEFORE 'THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF.THE COMMISSION'S INESTIGATION INTO DISAGGREGATION AND AN APPROPRIATE PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATE ELIGIBILITY CAP STRUCTURE Case No. GNR-E-ll-01 PETITION TO INTERVENE OF RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT COMES NOW Renewable Nortwest Project ("RN") and pursuat to RP71 petitions to intervene in the above entitled maner and in support thereof re~pectflly shows as follows: i. RN, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, is a regional advocacy group comprised of more than 50 public interest and business members who seek to promote environmentaly responsible renewable resources across the Northwest region, focusing primarly on wind, solar, and PETITION TO INTERVENE OF RENEWABLE NORTHEST PROJECT (GNR-E-II-Ol)1 geothermal technologies. i RNP has appeared before the Idaho Public Utilties Commssion (PUC) on severaloccasions,2 and supports a strong and healthy market for all segments of the renewable energy industr in Idao. RN has a direct and substatial interest in this proceeding. II. All pleadings, papers, orders and notices should be served upon: Dean J. Miler, Esq. McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 W. Banock Street P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, Idaho 83702 Tel: 208-343-7500 Fax: 208-336-6912 joermmcdevitt -miler. com and Megan Walseth Decker Senior Staff Counsel Renewable Nortwest Project 917 SW Oak Street, Suite 303' Portland, OR 97205 Tel: 503-223-4544 Fax: 503-223-4544 me ganrmmp.org III. RNP intends to paricipate herein as a par, and if necessar, to introduce evidence, cross-examine witnesses, call and examine witnesses, and be heard in arguent. The nature and quality of evidence which this Intervenor will introduce is dependent upon the natue and effect of other evidence in this proceeding. i A list ofRN's member organizations is available at htt://ww.mp.org/our members (March 2011). 2 Prior dockets in which RN has paricipated as an intervenor or by public comment include IPC-E-05-22, IPC-E- 07-03/AVU-E-07-02/PAC-E-07-07, PAC-E-09-07, IPC-E-08-24, and IPC-E.09.33. RN submitted public comments in GNR-E-lO-04, but did not appear as an intervenor. PETITION TO INTERVENE OF RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT (GNR-E-ll-Ol)2 IV. Granting RN's petition to intervene will not unduly broaden the issues nor will it prejudice any pary to this case. WHEREFORE, RN respectfuly requests that ths petition to intervene be granted. DATED ths.3 day of March, 2011. e J. Miler Attorney for Renewable Northwest Project PETITION TO INTERVENE OF RENEWABLE NORTHWEST PROJECT (GNR-E-11-01)3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 6vAday of March, 2011, I caused to be served, via the method(s) indicated below, tre and correct copies of the foregoing document, upon: Jean Jewell, Secreta Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 j j ewell Ciuc. state. id. us Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Donovan Walker Lisa Nordstom Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington Street P.O. 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