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Name: Mark KollarsStreet Address: 5062 Elizabeth rd.
City: Chubbuck
State: 10
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]
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Comment description: I am a current Idaho power customer and have been reading about the
proposed rate hike Idaho power is wanting. My question is why raise the rate when they are
providing no better service or quality of service to the customer? I have many friends and
coworkers that live 20-30 miles to the south of Pocatello and are on the Utah Power systemthey have for years enj oyed MUCH less expensive power than us. The homes they live in are
the same type as they are here there family sizes are the same and yet they pay anywhere
from 40-70 dollars a month less thes we do. Why is it that power prices from Utah power
are so much more affordable than they are here?
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Clinton & Betty Inskeep
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Aberdeen, 10 83210
From: Clinton & Betty Inskeep (SMTP: BINSKEEP0IOFBINS. COMJSent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:37:01 PMTo: secretarySubject: Case Number: IPC-E-03-13
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April 29, 2004
Public Utilities Commissioners
PO Box 83720Boise, 10 83720-0074
Oear Commissioners:
I am writing to urge you to deny the rate increase proposed for Idaho
Power irrigation customers.
It is unfair to single out irrigation customers for significant increases,
while other customer classes receive more favorable treatment. Any rate
increases should be the same across the board, and at the lowest possiblerate.
Farmers cannot pass on increased operating costs as many other businessescan. If irrigation rates are not kept to the absolute minimum, many who
are already suffering from prolonged low commodity prices will be forcedout of business. This will cause a tremendous negative ripple effect
throughout the rural communi ties of the state.
The increases proposed by Idaho Power are unrealistic. As a regulatedenti ty, they have been covering expenses and making a profit every year.
As a sound business practice, Idaho Power should have been planning ahead
and including upgrades to infrastructure and replacement costs for
equipment and other necessary items. I find it hard to believe that they
have not done this.
I strongly oppose the proposed increase in the customer charge from $2.
to $10.00. With new innovations such as remote meter reading and
electronic billing, the customer charge should be decreasing, notincreasing.
Many of the expenses Idaho Power is asking ratepayers to cover should be
disallowed. Only items that directly relate to the generation anddeli very of electricity should be allowed in the base rate.
Please do not approve Idaho Power s request. The PUC staff proposal is
much more realistic, although it too is unfair to irrigators. Farming is
an important part of the economy in Idaho. An increase in rates of this
size will be a significant blow to the continued viability of agriculturein the state.
I urge you to keep power rates for irrigation as low as possible. 00 not
allow irrigation rates to increase by a higher percentage than other rates.
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Name: Clayton Armstrong
Street Address: 13246 W. Trail Creek Rd.
City: pocatello
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: armstrc10d25. k12. id. us
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Comment description: Please do not raise power rates. With gas prices soring, a powerhike in prices will put a great burden on families and businesses in general.
I am a school teacher and small business owner. I wish I were a big business or government
enti ty that could raise my salary or rates when ever I wanted. But, I cannot. When big
business or government raises taxes or rates, my salary stays the same. So, when you
choose to raise these power rates, could you also convince the legislature to raise
teachers salaries so I can pay my power bill. 00 you see the
delema that is created when you raise rates? Who raises our salaries?
No one. In fact, legislation is cutting the amount of funding given to education, yet I
will still have to pay for the power increase so the power company employees can get a
raise. Someone needs to help put a stop to all these increases. Please help.
Sincerely, Clayton H. Armstrong
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Name: LARRY G. WILSON
Street Address: 930 N. HAYES
City: POCATELLO
State: IOAHO
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]
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Complaint description: pleaseand can not payout any more.
thank you
Larry G. Wilson
stop the rate increase. I am retired an have a fixed income
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Case: unknown
Name: James McAndrew
Street Address: 551 South University Ave
City: Blackfoot
State: 10
ZIP: 83221
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: shamus5510yahoo. com
Company: Idaho Power ~pany
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Comment=descriptIon~r Idaho Public Utility Commission:
I write to express my opposition to the Idaho Power Company application to raise
residential electric rates by nearly 20 percent.
While I believe a rate increase for Idaho Power is likely warranted, the size of the
increase should be limited to about 5 percent. I do not believe Idaho Power needs the
amount of money that its rate hike application requests.
The parent company of Idaho Power
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Idacorp
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is heal thy and getting along just fine.
New Idaho Power customers should be bearing the cost of hooking up to the Idaho Power grid
in the form of higher connection fees. Current customers should not be paying for
connection charges which they have already satisfied once. And thirdly, Idaho Power should
improve service as part of earning a rate increase. Here in the Blackfoot, Idaho area,
ve experienced more outages than usual in the last several years.
Please join me in supporting a five percent increase limit on Idaho Power s rate hikeapplication.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
James McAndrew
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Name: Michael GellerSbreetAddress: 745 Rocky Point Road
City: Pocatello
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]
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E-Mail: yanks-ny0juno.com
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Complaint Company: Idaho PowerLocal Provider:
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Complaint description: Please, no rate hike for Idaho Power!! I am sick and tired with
there always increasing utility hikes. First it's Intermountain Gas, now Idaho Power.
C 'mon, it I S getting to the point where we are struggling to pay our utili ties. Wouldn
it be nice if we could get constant rate hikes from our employers when needed???? We get
a 3% raise at work and Idaho Power is asking for a double digit increase. TELL THEM NO!
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They need to make due just like the rest of us.
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Knight C Ouerig
Street Address: 4199 N Meridian
City: King Hill
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83633
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: kcduerig0nonconsumersdigest. com
Company: Idaho powermailing list yes no yes
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No matter how much money Idaho Power spends on advertising on the radio, t. v.
etc. to convince you that the proposed base-rate increase that they are asking
really good for you, don t believe them.
newspapers,for is
Let's take a closer look at the effects that their proposed 25% increase for irrigators is
going to have on the folks who farm in the King Hill Irrigation Oistrict.
Something that needs to be understood is that this 25% increase is in reality much greater
because of its ' cumulative effects.
For example, I talked to a small landowner the other day and he is irrigating 9 acres of
pasture for his horses. He said that it cost him $28 an acre to pump the water to water
his ground. That means he paid $252 for power this past season. Now , he also has to pay
for his water, which cost him $82.50 an acre, or a total of $742.50, so the total cost to
water his 9 acres was $994.50 or $110.50 per acre, and he doesn t generate any income from
that pasture.
With a 25% increase, his power cost is going to increase to $315.
The cost of the water is going to be a little harder to figure, but we can rough it out.
It costs $407 379 this past season to provide the water for the 11 000 + acres in the
district. This works out to be roughly $37.03 per acre. A 25% increase is going to jump
the Oistrict pumping costs by $101 845 and increase the cost per acre by approximately
$9.26, which, all other factors remaining equal, will result in a per acre cost next year
of approximately $91.76...an increase of 11.22%.
So now our small landowner is looking at a 25% increase in his pumping costs and an 11.22%
increase in the cost of his water for a total increase in his watering costs of 36.22% towater his 9 acres.
Now , take those same proj ections and apply them to the farmer who has 100 or 1000 acres.
m sure that nobody, least of all Idaho Power , is going to increase the price he gets
paid for his crops by 36% to compensate for the rate increase.
The small commercial (21%), large commercial (15%), and industrial (13.9%) users will all
pass their increased costs along to the consumers.
One of Idaho Powers reasons for the rate increase is to recover the costs for new
development, but if you ask any sub-division developer if they have to pay up front to get
the power into their development and they will answer in the posi ti ve. The same with any
new residential service. Ooes Idaho Power charge places like Micron for new services?
Idaho Power is also requesting a 19% increase in residential rates, which will take a very
large bite out of the fixed income of folks like my Grandmother who will be 100 years old
in June.
Couple this rate increase with the probable rise in prices for many necessitates and this
rate increase will have a very devastating impact on many of our senior citizens.
Please reign Idaho Power s greed in and hold them to a realistic increase, if you have to
give them one at all.
Sincerely,
Knight C Ouerig
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Case:
Name: Jeff Struthers
Street Address: 2514 Carriage Way
City: Twin Falls
State: 10
ZIP: 83301
Home Telephone:E-MaIl: strut20cableone. net
Company: Idaho power
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Comment descriptIon: don t feel that it is fair for the general public to be forced to
sudsidise irrigation rates. We are paying (from what I have been able to find out) for
about 65% of irrigators costs. I feel that they should be paying their share of the bill.
It is unfair to people on fixed or low income to have to foot their bills. I think that
residential bills should go down and the irrigators should go up to true cost pricing.
This would only be fair.
I have also heard that you may force teared rates onto the customers again. This is
also unfair to people on fixed and low incomes. You will force them to keep their
allready poorly insulated old homes and trailers even colder than they allready are. Thisis true. Teared rates favor middle income homes and are unfair to poor and weal thy. It
is unfair to poor houses because it costs them so much to heat their old homes and it is
unfair to people with big homes because they are being punished for spending money whichhelps our poor economy. You would not have to worry about this so much if you just did
what you know is right and charge irrigators true cost for their mass consumption ofelectricity.
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Case:
Name: Carolyn Elexpuru
Street Address: P. O. Box 466
City: Gooding
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83330
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: celexpuru0hotmail. com
Company: Idaho Power
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Comment descriptIon: ~My husband and I farm and raise cattle, the power bills have got ten
higher and higher and another 15% would be out of the question. Idaho Powers growth seems
to be in the commercial and residential areas of the larger cities such as Boise and Twin
Falls, why penalize the agricultural entities. Agriculture, with the shortage of water,
and higher energy costs will suffer the most with increased irrigation costs. We pay for
the extension of new lines when they are installed. Why do we have to pay again?
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Case: Idaho Power average base rate
Name: Larry L. KohntoppStreetAddress: 16 Toponce
Ci ty: Pocatello
State: 10
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: kohnlarr0ci. chubbuck. id. us
Company: Idaho Power Co.
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Comment description: I am in favor of an average Idaho Power base rate increase of 3.
percent as recommended by IPUC staff to a maximum of 10 percent. I am a firm believer that
as agriculture prospers, the State of Idaho and, hence, the nation prospers. This
proposed, significant increase to agricultural users could have a very del terious effect
on one of our prime industries and the overall economy of our state!
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Case: RATE HIKES
Name: Phil Quinton
Street Address: 5372 Lori Lane
Ci ty: Chubbuck
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]-
E-Mail: BIGFEET198 7 0MSN . COM
Company: Idaho Power
Comment description: I have had to live on disability for the last 17 years. I receive
just enough money to survive. I pay my bills first and with whatever is left I need to
guard it carefully to be able to eat. My wife and daughter understand when we can t do
some of the things other people do and for that I am truly grateful.
Having to watch every penny is stressful. While understanding the need to upgrade your
systems, couldn t you do a little at a time? If you had a hike now of say 9% and in a few
years had another one of 9% that would put you where you want to get. It would also allow
me to budget my finances to better accomadate the hikes. Every business needs to make
money of they fail. Just don t hurt those of us who due to accident or illness struggle
with what little we make.
Thank you for this opportunity.
Phil Quinton
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9:47:26 AM
Name: Scott Keller
Street Address: 2077 Faye Lane
City: Pocatello
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83201
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: kellersc0d25. k12. id. us
Home Business: Home
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Complaint Company: Idaho Power
Local Provider: Quest
Contacted utility: No
Complaint=description: To Whom it may concern:
I am writing in regard to the IPUC increase that is to be addressed on May 28. I feel
like we are in difficult times. Governor Kempthorne and told me, "We all need to tighten
our belt when it comes to spending I think we all have.
I am aware that with time all things will need to generate more income, however an almost
20% increase in one session is a hard blow to many in my town.
Please realize we are all trying to do our best in this economy. I know this letter my
have no effect on a decision to raise the cost of electricity, but I would like to those
who are the powers that be, that several in Bannock County will feel the effect of atwenty percent increase.
Please consider a less intrusive increase if there need be one. We are already are paying
extremely high property taxes here and our doing our best to make ends meet. I have a
modest home adn my property taxes increased $200.00 last year alone.
Thank you for asking for comment in the Idaho State Journal.
considered when making a decision.
I hope this letter is
Scott Keller
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10:54:11 AM
Name: Roger Turner
Street Address: 307 N. Buchanan
City: Pocatello
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone:
E-Mail: RKTURNER710MSN.COM
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Complaint description: IPUC Commission:
Comment on Idaho Power s Proposed Rate Hike:
I want to go on record as opposing the proposed rate increase by Idaho Power; specifically
insofar as the proposed 19.9 % increase in residential rates. I believe that the
Resedential rates have subsidized commercial users and irrigators too long. I have seen
the rates charged "iterruptable commercial users " by Idaho Power, for example, and there
is no justification for allowing such low rates for these users (given the rare number of
times their power is interrupted). I propose that the Residential rate be increased no
more than 5%, with the other class of users absorbing the additional costs, if they are
deemed justifiable by the Commission.
Thank-you
Roger Turner
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Jim Yearsley
Street Address: 1730 W. Quinn #36
City: Pocatello
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: j imyearsley0msn. com
Company: Idaho power
mailing list yes no: yes.Comment=descriptIon: daho Power has indicted that more than 10,000 new customers have
created a need for this increase. If they have that many new customers, isn t it
reasonable to assume that their profits will also increase? I am retired and on a fixedincome. Increases such as that of Idaho Power are highly inflationary and unreasonable.
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Case: UNKNOWN
Name: ELWIN & OAWNA CHRISTENSENStreetAddress: R. T. #2 BOX 81, BALLARO ROAO
City: POCATELLO
State: IOAHO
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: 208-237~1165
E-Mail: elledawds0wmconnect. com
Company: IOAHO POWER c;DMP-~NYmailing list yes no: 0L~-
Comment=descriptIon: NO MORE RATE HIKES FOR IOAHO POWER! ! !! WE HAVE NO CHOICE IN THESE
MATTERS, ONLY TO 00 WITHOUT POWER. SO WHAT 00 WE OO? USE HIGH PRICEO POWER OR BUY FOOO,
MEOICATIONS, ANO PAY SHELTER COSTS? WE LIVE ON OISABILITY INCOME ANO OON' T GET THE KINO
OF MONEY THAT IOAHO POWER EXECUTIVES GET. WE CANNOT AFFORO ANY MORE. IF THIS LETTER
COULO BE VOCAL , YOU WOULO HEAR ME SCREAM ANO YELL. WE ARE SICK TO OEATH OF PAYING MORE
ANO MORE ANO NOT GETTING MORE ANO MORE. IOAHO POWER OOESN' T CARE ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO
ARE STRUGGLING FROM OAY TO OAY JUST TO MAINTAIN WHAT LITTLE HEALTH WE HAVE LEFT (WE'
ONLY 52). WE WOULO BE WILLING TO BET THAT NOT ONE EXECUTIVE IS WILLING TO TAKE A CUT IN
THEIR WAGES TO OFFSET WHAT IOAHO POWER IS REQUESTING IN INCREASEO RATES.
SINCERELY,
SOON TO BE WITHOUT POWER,
ELWIN & OAWNA CHRISTENSEN
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Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: cody swensen
Street Address: 625 w. hayden
City: pocatello,State: id
ZIP: 83204
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-MaIl: cody0nightwingmotorcycle. com
Company: idaho power .
mailing list yes no: (Y;;;Comment descriptIon: a resident and a small business owner and customer of idaho
power, this rate hike will be devestating, as a home owner with a 19% hike and a 21% hike
at my business, how can we hope to make ends meet. I only wish I could raise my prices by
that much and hope to still have my customer base. It's not our fault that they are short-
sighted in their loss of revenue and increased infrastructure. Hey, they need to plan
ahead. Thank you, Cody Swensen.
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From: Stan Williams (mailto:wmsentna(Q)cableone.net)
Sent: Friday, April 30, 20047:38
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Subject: ID POWER % INCREASE
To whom it may concern:
My name is Stanton (Stan) A. Williams , I live at 3743 Flamingo Dr., Pocatello, ID,
83201 , email - wmsentna~cableone.net- phone , (208) - 237-1925.
My concern is the proposed and almost approved 19.9"0 increase (for residential
customers) that Idaho Power is asking for. First they give my an 18.0"0 decrease -
then turn around and ask for a 19.9"0 increase - what do you see wrong with that
equation. The residential customer takes it in the shorts.
I am disabled and on a fixed income; but for my wife teaching at a Christian school
we would loose everything, now comes Idaho Power and wants us (the residents) to
move ever closer to that tragedy, if not in fact over or at that fact.
You are our only defense not to mention HOPE!
Please , and I will pray unceasingly for , denial of this rate increase, I understand
their so called dilemma , but they fail to understand our , and seem not willing to
even try!
PLEASE DENY THIS INCREASE , SUMMARILY!
Yours sincerely
Stan Williams
4/30/2004
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Friday, April 30, 2004
1:02:24 AM
Case: IPC-E-03-13
Name: June M Gates
Street Address: 1960 SW 3rd Avenue
Ci ty: Fruitland
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83619
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: junemari0fmtc. com
Company: Idaho power
mailing list yes no: yes
Comment description: ar Commission Members:
I am against rate increases of all types at this time.
Companies have a responsiblity to be factual, to the best of
reading pages and pages on your website, I do not find credible
that they need more money. It appears they want more money, but
that money is needed for their continuity.
Please refuse the increase.
their ability. After
statements that support
I do not feel they prove
Thank you,
June M. Gates
Transaction 10: 430102.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
10:10:09 PM
Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Howard & Patricia Schutte
Street Address: 5212 N. Can-Ada Rd.
City: Nampa
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83687-9001
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: heschutte0jun
Company: Idaho power
mailing list yes no:
Comment description: e are concerned about the proposed 25 per cent increase by Idaho
Power for irrigation users. We feel that the growth in Idaho, which we have been told is
the reason for the needed increase, has nothing to do with farm irrigation rates. Growthshould pay its own way. The farmer should not have to take the brunt of the problem. The
farm use has remained the same over the years. Why should the farmer pay more to help
meet the increased usage by companies such as Micron?When we first started using our
irrigation well pump in 1988 we were paying approximately $14 a day. In recent years it
has gone up to as much as $50 a day. We are being priced out of the market!
Transaction 10: 4292210.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
8:29:16 PM
Case: IPC-E-04-9
Name: J &C Land &Li vestock / Jerry Strickland
Street Address: 1738 E 3400 S
City: Wendell
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83355
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: PRIESTERCHERYL 6850msn. com
Company: Idaho power
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Comment description: ear P.
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I want to protest the Idaho Power requested 25% increase for irrigation. I know many of
my neighbors feel the same way as myself. I sold most of my property in 2000but, I still
have 45 acres, which has a small pivot that irrigates 35 to 36 acres. Idaho Power put a
meter on it taht tells time and date when you run the pump. I went on their program in 2002
to run from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. the next day but, I couldn t keep my 35 to 36 acres of
pasture wet enough to keep it producing grass. In 2003, Irrigated it when it needed it. My
cost for that year was $3141.92 or approximatly $87.27 per acre. To add another 25% to
that would be approximatly $785.48for a total of $3927.74 or $109.09 per acre. In 2002 my
irrigation cost was $3008.89.
A little history, In 1974 my father and I developed approximatly 340 acres. We put in a
well and paid Idaho Power for the construction of the power lines to get electricity to
that well. I put a home on the property and paid for the construction of the power lines
to it also. Now Idaho Power is wanting us to pay a large increase to pay for the
construction costs for all the construction that they have done in the recent years. It
seems to me they should make their newer add-ons pay for their own. We should not have to
pay for their management mistakes they made in the Enron Era.
Truly,
Jerry Strickland
Transaction 10: 4292029.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
7:17:45 PM
Case:
Name: TERESA SCHMIOT
Street Address: 5227 STUART AVE
City: CHUBBUCK
State: IOAHO
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: TL52270MSN. COM
Company: IOAHO POWER COMPANY
mailing list yes no: no
Comment = descriptIon: 100 NOT WANT POWER RATES TO GO UP AT OOUBLE OIGIT RATES.
THE IPUC HAS THE RIGHT IOEA, TO ONLY ALLOW 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS AT THE MOST FOR
INCREASE. . . . OON' T LET THE BIG IOAHO POWER COMPANY GET AWAY WITH THIS!! !
I THINK
A RATE
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7: 15: 07
Case:
Name: TERESA SCHMIOT
Street Address: 5
City: POCATELLO
State: IOAHO
ZIP: 83201
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail:
Company: IOAHO POWER COMPANY
mailing list yes no: no
Comment=descriptIon: WE ARE RETIREO ANO THE RATES FOR EVERYTING WE NEEO ARE GOING UP SO
FAST THAT WE HAVE NOT GOT THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THEM ALL. PLEASE, FOR ALL THE RETIREES OUT
THERE, HOLO THE INCREASE FOR IOAHO POWER TO 3 PERCENT OR LESS.
Transaction 10: 4291915.
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
7:12:42 PM
Case:
Name: Jimmy Schmidt
Street Address: 5227 STUART AVE
City: CHUBBUCK
State: IOAHO
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: JW52270K0MSN. COM
Company: IOAHO POWER COMPANYmailinglistyesno: no
Comment description: I AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONS FINOINGS THAT IOAHO POWER COMPANY
SHOULO ONLY RECEIVE A 3% INCREASE IN RATES. IOAHO POWER SHOULO BE BUILOING INFRASTRUCTURE
AS IT GOES ANO NOT EXPECT THE RATE PAYERS TO BAIL THEM OUT. I WOULO SUBMIT THAT THE
EXEC'S OF THAT COMPANY ARE WELL COMPENSATEO ANO THEY ARE TAKING NO SALARY CUT TO HELP THE
COMPANY CAUSE. WE HAVE ELOERLY ON FIXEO INCOMES ANO RATES FOR EVERYTING FROM GAS, FOOO
NATURAL GAS, ETC, RISING AT OOUBLE OIGIT RATES. KEEP THE COSTS OOWN... WE ARE FLOUNOERING
IN A SEA OF CORPORATE GREEO.
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Thursday, April 29, 20044: 58: 23
Case: IPC-E-03-
Name: Carl and Florence Sowell
Street Address: 1365 Paramount Ave.
City: Pocatello,
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83201
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: cars070sisna. com
Company: Idaho power
mailing list yes no: yesComment=descriptIon: e are eldef.ly retiree s concerned about Idaho Power Co.' s proposed
increase of 19.9% for residential!electricity rates. We are on an early fixed retirement
income which makes it difficult to; cope with rising costs in all commodities. We have an
all electric powered and heated home. We were allowed special rates and this was an
incenti ve
to have an all electric home. Now we are restricted by rising costs during to heat only 3
or so rooms during winter months unless more are absolutely needed.
For the above stated reasons we are OPPOSEO TO THE IOAHO POWER CO. RATE INCREASES. Thank
you for your kind consideration
Sincerely, Carl and Florence Sowell
Transaction 10: 4291658.
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4: 22: 23
Case: Proposed Idaho Power Rate Increase
Name: Rebecca
Street Address: Ponkow
City: Chubbuck
State: 10
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: ponkow0if. rmci. net
Company: Idaho power
mailing list yes no: yes
Comment descriptIon: aho is just recently starting to emerge from economic hard times.
The current economic conditions appear to show that Oairy and Produce Prices will be
increasing significantly. These increases are driven mainly through a shortage ofli vestock and increased fuel costs. Idaho Power s increased rate schedule will fuel even
higher prices and hurt the low income class directly through farmers and ranchers needing
to increase their prices, as well as, the increased cost of summer energy.
The 3% increase the commission originally spoke about was an amount that could be
absorbed, event hough for some it would cause hardship. The combined private citizen
increase of 19.9% coupled with the 25% increase to irrigators makes this particularly hard
to bear and impossible to budget for.
I urge the commission to either reject any increase or give Idaho Power the 3% increase
originally discussed.
Thank you for your time in this matter.
Becky Ponkow
Transaction 10: 4291622.
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From: Ed Howell
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:51 PM
To: Front; Beverly Barker; Ed Howell; Tonya
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Clark
WWW Form Submission:
Thursday, April 29, 2004
3: 51: 00
Name: Oan Thompson
Street Address: 4200 Philbin Rd. . 75
City: Pocatello
State: 10
ZIP: 83202
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: OLSEVN0 peoplepc. com
Home Business: Home
Business Name:
Business Street Address:
Business Phone:
Complaint Company: Idaho PowerLocal Provider:Contacted utility: No
Complaint description: I am concerned with the rerquested rate increase proposed by Idaho
Power. The advertised justification is that it now costs much more to supply us with
electricity for our homes and businesses. They claim that the bur don comes from not
charging farmers and large busineses the appropriate amounts throughout the years. As a
home owner and a citizen of Idaho I do not feel it is my place to subsidize Idaho Power
for their lack of sound business practices. It is not my responsibility to subsidize the
farmers and other large business that Idaho Power forgot to charge appropriately for
services. I pay taxes. I buy gasoline, groceries, close, etc. All these increase their
prices too. Yet, My income does not increase to accomidate all these needy businesses.
Idaho Power has a monopoly in our area. They seem to believe that they tell the Commission
what and when to do what Idaho Power wants.. I am tired of this compaining by the Utility.
They were involved with the scam in California and apparently lost a tiddy sum of money.
Again, part of life.
I think the Commission should be more concerned with citizens and communities instead of
special interest groups. I think Idaho Power should learn to manage their resources
instead of squandering for the special interest groups.
I want the Commission to deny Idaho Powers petition for a rate increase of this magnitude.
A reasonable amount would be in line with any cost of living increases to ci ti zens, about
3% as a maximum.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Sincerely,
Oan Thompson
Transaction 10: 4291551.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Moreno (mailto:libertycare(g)onewest.net)
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:22
To: Tanya Clark
Subject: Rate Hike
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Dear Sirs/Madams:
I recognize that all aspects of the world are experiencing an increase in costs; however, my paycheck has not
received commensurate increases. I will soon run out of 'excess' monies with which to pay all the extra hikes
because of increased costs........then where will these agencies get their monies? I could support the 2.5 % raise
that has bneen suggested....grudgingly. Any more than that will be considered as highway robbery....not because
I am unreasonable, but because I cannot increase my take home and must pay my bills and taxes so as to
contribute to the welfare of all. Please recognize that the alleged economy turn around has not hit the majority of
us and that when it does......there will remain many of us that do not profit from it. Also, please consider those
that are on fixed income such as the elderly, those mentally ill and disabled, and those chronically ill and please
recognize they will never really see an economy turn around...it is from this population that I derive my income
thus my income is as static as theirs. If everyone would stop trying to make high profits and instead consider
conservation, alternative sources , and constraint, we would all be better off....it is time that this economy stop
spending as if there will always be thousands of millions of dollars available for the taking and recognize that
all should be grateful if we have money with which to meet our bills and basic needs.....which I will not have if
there is a 14 to 20 percent raise in prices. Thank you for taking the time to read this email....generally do not
take the time to 'complain , but my chckbook is as stretched as it can be. Again, thank you. Sincerely, Frances J.
Wright Libertycare~onewest.net
4/30/2004