20031105Comments - Batch 2.pdf

Jean Jewell
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Case: IPC
Name: Sharon Adkins
Street Address: 3912 Normandie Cir
City: Boise
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83705
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: ideano~mcleodusa. net
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment=descriptIon: We are
enough. It would not only be
children on low incomes. The
Thank you.
senior citizens and feel our power rates are already high
a hardship on senior citizens but also on families raising
rates suggested are way out reach of being affordable to us.
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Jean Jewell
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Case: IPC-E-03-13
Name: John Scripps
Street Address: 2910 Good St
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83703
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail:
Company: Idaho Power
Comment description: I was just notified of the rate increases for Idaho Power customers
and am upset by this for a few reasons. First, we received no notification whatsoever of
the 10 Power s intention to hike up the rates (at the start of winter no less!), and a 20%
increase will leave thousands shivering until spring. 10 Power is trying to trap us into
complying, which is downright predatory in a time when winter is bearing down on us , work
is hard to find, and companies, like 10 Power, aren t prepared to pay livable wages.
Utilities are a basic need, and our right to them is being usurped by cold, calculated,
corporate greed. Normally, I'd drop them as quick as I did VISA and Qwest for their
policies of duplicity, but as 10 Power well knows, our options are limited here in urban
Boise. I would support an equitable rate increase if that reflected the use of renewable,non-extractive energy sources, but since 10 Power is unwilling to extend itself, why
should the burden fall on our shoulders. A 20% increase is unjustifiable. Where is the
money going? Are they selling so much energy to CA for irresistable profits that there
isn I t enough energy to go around locally? Please preserve the quality of life here and
don t let us get hijacked. There s enough trouble in the world right now. Take a stand.John Scripps
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Case: IPC-E-03-13
Name: Shane Adkins
Street Address: 353 Warm Springs Ave
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83712
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: beaver911~rocketmail. com
Company: Idaho Power
mailing list yes no: yes
Comment = descriptIon: Please deny the request to raise electricity rates and and
service rate for Idaho Power. This will negatively affect not only lower income
but also small businesses which in turn will hurt the economy of Idaho.
monthlyresidents,
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Jean Jewell
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Case:
Name: Lee Penchansky
Street Address: 2106 w. state st
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: turtleleep~hotmail. com
Company: idaho power
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Comment = descriptIon: Please do not allow the proposed increase in electic service to
happen. It seems excessive. I am an Idaho state employee and we have not had wageincreases for over 2 years.. .not even cost of living increases. If my electric bill
increases to the proposed extent it will severely impact my meager standard of living!
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From: Ed Howell
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10:46:49 AM
Name: Neal Kaufman
Street Address: 1213 Vermont Ave
City: Boise
State: Id
ZIP: 83706
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: Nsoftride~msn. com
Home Business: Both
Business Name: All Around Sound
Business Street Address:
Business Phone:
Complaint Company: Idaho PowerLocal Provider:
Contacted utility: yes
Complaint description: It is not in the best interest for the service charges, or power
rates from Idaho Power to be raised. The process should not go forward.
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Jean Jewell
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Case:
Name: kent reynolds
Street Address: 175 palomino
City: pocatello
State: idaho
ZIP: 83201
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: kentr~co. bannock. id. us
Company: Idaho Power Company
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Comment description: I want to express my opposition to Idaho Power s request to
incerease utility rates by upwards of 19% for residential customers and to express my
opposi tion to the proposed rate increase Idaho Power is seeking in general. This is a
highly exorbitant increase. That will result in a next increase in my power bill of
upwards of $50 per month. I have not nor will I ever receive a salary increase of 19%.
The most I have or will receive is between 2 and 5 percent and after taxes it is about .
to 2 percent increase. That does not even cover the cost in gasoline fuel. I do not know
how Idaho Power can expect me or hundreds of thousands of other customers to cover thisincrease. Those on fixed incomes have no way to cover this increase.
The PUC should dney the rate increase.
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Jean Jewell
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From: Ed Howell
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9:52:23 AM
Name: VaLere Hegerhorst
Street Address: 30767 Mormon Blvd'
City: Bruneau
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83604
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: valereh~northamtech. com
Home Business: Business
Business Name: HEGERHORST OAIRY LLC
Business Street Address: 30767 MORMON BLVO
Business Phone: [phone]
Complaint Company: IOAHO POWERLocal Provider:
Contacted utility: No
Complaint description: IOAHO POWER IS REQUESTING 25% RAISE ON ALL IRRIGIATION
OUR AREA. THIS IS VERY UNFAIR AS IT IS MUST HIGHER THAN THE OTHER CLIENTS
THIS WILL PUT US FARMER RIGHT OUT OF BUSINESS IN A VERY SHORT TIME.
PLEASE BE CONSIOER OF ALL YOUR CLIENTS
THANK YOU VALERE, WILLIAM, MARK, GRANT HEGERHORST
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FARMER IN
Jean Jewell
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Case: IPE-C-03-13
Name: Lindsey
Street Address: Brockish
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail:
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: To Whom It May Concern-
I have been informed that Idaho Power has proposed an increase in their rates and
monthly charge. The proposal is unacceptable. A (roughly) 20% increase and $10 surcharge
would make all residential power bills skyrocket. Especially in places with electric
heating, as the winter is coming on, this could be a debilitating choice for some
families on your part, if approved, and on the part of Idaho Power. Please put your foot
down about this and let them know that we won I t tolerate their abuse of power and monopolystatus.
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Jean Jewell
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Wednesday, November OS, 2003 8:42 AM
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Martin Orr , Ph. o.
Street Address: 2340 N. 23rd St.
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: morr~boisestate. edu
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: I am contacting you to oppose Idaho Power s request for a nearly
400% increase in its service charge. Idaho Power recently agreed to a fine in excess of
$80,000 to resolve charges that it,; engaged in Enron-style criminality during what we now
know to be the manufactured energy "crisis " in California. Please do not encourage futher
wrong-doing on their part by rewarding Idaho Power for its corporate criminality. Even
were it innocent of any crime, an increase of this kind is incomprehensible even under the
best of circumstances. In the present economic climate, their attempt to engage in this
kind of price gouging would be laughable were it not so insulting. I am counting on the
PUC to rej ect Idaho Power s request. I appreciate your attention to my concerns. Thankyou.
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Jean Jewell
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Case:
Name: Robert I. Coombes
Street Address: 18083 Goodson Rd.
City: Caldwell
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83607
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: Watashi5~AOL. com
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment = descriptIon: The increase oin rates Idaho Power has submitted
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Jean Jewell
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Case:
Name: Noble Hardesty
Street Address: 1609 N. 10th
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: j sto~sprux. net
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment=descriptIon: I was recently informed about a possible rate increase.. please do
not do this! Our family has alrieady made huge efforts to cut back on our energy usage.
If this rate increase occurs, we and countless others will have to cut back even more on
our electricity, which as you know is vital in most areas of life today. Please keep your
individual and small business consumers in mind when deciding whether or not to implement
this rate increase.
Thank you,
Noble Hardesty
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Jean Jewell
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Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:38 PM
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Nathan Cook
Street Address: 1281 Condor Or
City: Middleton
State: Id
ZIP: 83644
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: nathan~pngwyn. com
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: I contacted the IPUC about the case IPC-E-03-13 based on inaccurateinformation I had receieved about ,the 19.9% and plus a $7.50 Service Fee increase. It was
pointed out to me by Gene Fadness ,that this isn t the case and the 19.9% increase includes
the $7.50 service charge.
If I may I would like to take a moment to sound off about the 400% increase in servicefees. It is perplexing to me, a systems engineer and small business owner, what a company
does to increase the cost it takes to serve their customers by 400%. In the capitalist
world any CEO whom reported to his board that a 400% increase in service "costs of goods
would be promptly fired.
In these times of technology and information, it seems to me that the process of servicing
a customer should be perfected and should nearly be a null cost at this point.
However, Idaho Powers cost of service increased by 400%. Am I missing something? Maybe
am. .. But just maybe, Idaho Power has found away to increase revenue on a metered scale.
Most organizations upon discovering that their power bill would increase by 20%, would
decrease consumption by a significant amount to counter-act the increase. Under the
increased service charges this would not be possible.
I feel it is imperative that the IPUC considers how this unavoidable "service fee " hike
will affect the recovering but tattling economy. I can only imagine how this will affect
cost of food, water and life sustaining resources.
I reassert my urge to vote NO on this rate increase.
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Jean Jewell
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Tuesday, November 04 200310:14 PM
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10:13:58 PM
Case: IPC-E-03-13
Name: Jason and Soni Van Atta
Street Address: 707 Foothill OR.
City: Ontario
State: OR.
ZIP: 97914
Home Telephone:
E-Mail:
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: I recently heard about Idaho Power s propposed rate increase.
usually -a change in customer bene~i ts would warrant an increase in rates. but at this time
rates may increase without improvement, of service. we are going into the winter months
when electricity is needed more and income is harder to come by. I belei ve I am speaking
for the majority of my community when I ask you to carefully consider Idaho Power s rate
increase. If this in any way appears unneccesary than please spare us the hardship of
paying more for something we all need and already pay a high price for everyday. thankyou
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Jean Jewell
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Laila Kinnunen
Street Address: 1214 N 8th Street
City: Boise
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: kinn0531~uidaho. edu
Company:
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Comment descriptIon: I heard that .Idaho Power has submitted a proposal to increase
electricity rates by 19.9%. In addition to that, Idaho Power wants to increase its monthly
service charge from $2.51 to $10 ~O,O. ,Is this true?! I CAN BARELY AFFORO TO PAY MY
EXISTING ELECTRICITY BILL. MY FAMILY IS VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR ELECTRICITY USE ANO
SPENO NIGHTS VERY COLO BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORO TO BE WARM. Please do not allow Idaho
Power to raise their rates. I have looked into it and there seems to be no legitimate
reason to justify this additional cost--in fact I can not even find a reason why.
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Jean Jewell
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Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:44 PM
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Sean
Street Address: 1817 W Oonald Cir
City: boiseState: id
ZIP: 83706
Home Telephone:
E-Mail: seansnet~yahoo. com
Company: Idaho Powermailinglistyesno: no
Comment description: Speaking in p~rcentages. That is quite an extreme
proportional to factual needs? We'!are HydroElectric for a reason.
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increase. Is this
Jean Jewell
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Case: IPC-E-03-13
Name: Joe Egusqui
Street Address: 1001 West Locust Ln.
City: Nampa
State: 10
ZIP: 83686
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: j oe~pcsedu. com
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: To whom it may concern,
I want to express my concern over the rate increase proposed by Idaho Power. The monthlyservice charge increase ($2.00 to $10. 00) proposed is a 398% increase of the service
charge rate!!??! If any other company in the business world had a cost of doing business
increase of 398% they would no longer be in business. This equates to highway robbery by a
company that has a strangle hold on a market place. This price increase is not an
elictricity increase, this will effectively increase everything for everyone. It will not
only increase electricity but "WATER" also, which will increase everything from gas to
groceries. Please consider not allowing this price increase to hold all Idaho power
consumers hostage.. The income gained by this rate increase will be roughly 7.5 million
dollars a month if each person in the state of Idaho paid the monthly service charge. UMTHATS WRONG! !!
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Case:
Name: McCale Ashenbrener
Street Address: 511 Ast. st. apt #2
City: Boise
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83702
Home Telephone:
E-Mail: mashenbrener~hotmail. com
Company: Idaho Power
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Idaho Power has proposed.
would be able to afford such
it already is.
deny the exorbitant and unnecessary increase (19.9%) that
am an undergrad student with two jobs and there is no way I
an increase. Please don t make my life any more unlivable as
Thanks,
McCale Ashenbrener
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Jean Jewell
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Regina M. Montenegro Brown
Street Address: 190 Sherman Or
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 837-
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: rbrown~j observice. use
Company: Idaho Power
Comment description: On the matter of the increase of rates proposed by Idaho Power:while I recognize the need for any business to increase its revenues to the point of being
able to provide quality service to their customers, I am astounded that Idaho Power has
proposed such a significant rate hike. We are all suffering with the difficulty of the
nega ti ve and troubled economic climate: we are making history with the length and breadth
of the high unemployment rate, the number of bankrupcies filed and the number of people
being permanently and temporarily laid off, in addition to which so many public servants
are enduring their third year of a prolongued salary freeze. It is an economic affront to
us all that, just as the cold temperatures descend upon us bringing us the additional
already high cost of heating our homes, we should face yet another unavoidable taxing of
our meager resources. Please do not approve the $85.5 million rate hike.
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3:32:12 PM
Name: Michelle Schaefer
Street Address: 1300 East Karcher Road
City: Nampa
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83687
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: michellets~popmail. com
Home Business: Home
Business Name:
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Complain t _Company: Idaho PowerLocal Provider:
Contacted utility: No
Complaint description: To whom it may concern at the Idaho Power Company:
Prices go up everywhere and the cost of living allowance at decent work places is of maybe
3% a year. How can we afford to heat or cool our families when there is never a balance
between businesses like you and many others and how much we make at our places of work.
It is always a catch up situation. Why is it that the Power Company has not thought of
ways to use solar panels, sell them for an affordable price and maybe our resources would
last longer and people would not have to spend so much money on such a crucial need.
It is very upsetting when such a change is given such little attention in order to not
have community members react.Sicerely.
Michelle Schaefer
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