20050124Comment.pdf

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Ed Howell
Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:00 PM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
Comment acknowledgement
WWW Form Submission:
Sunday, January 23, 2005
6: 00: 25
Case: IPC-E-04-29, Order No. 29673
Name: Kent E. Oliver
Street Address: 1190 Firebird Circle
Ci ty: Twin Falls
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83301
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: keoli ver0veloci tus. net
Company: Idaho Powermailinglist _yes _no: yes
Comment description: I am opposed to the rate
seems small but to those who are on budgets it
have no control over.
increase saught by Idaho Power. Though it
is more money to be spent on something we
Power, gas, water are all basic needs and we are at the mercy of the provider and the IPUC
as to how much we must pay. Last year my family had to drop our cable company and rely
solely upon free television services. This has been a good thing but it was not by choice
but economics. With power , gas and water we have no choice but to pay what they demand.
I was once on a different power company and paid much less then what Idaho Power demanded
at that time. I have spoken to customers on Cooperative Franchise and learned they are
paying lower power rates. This was a shock to me, being an Idaho Power customer, to learn
they buy power from Idaho Power.
My question to Idaho Power would be, have they done everything a reasonable business can
do to absorb some of this increase and how necessary is this to business?
To recap, as a consumer I have the choice to find the best service for the money. Withmost public utili ties, like Idaho Power, I do not have the option to shop for the best
service for the price. With this I am opposed to these increases.
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