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Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:05 AM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
Comment acknowledgement
WWW Form Submission:
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
9:05:05 AM
Case: IPC-E-05-22
Name: Mark Slifka
Street Address: PO Box 580
City: Middleton
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83644
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: masranch2~fiberpipe. net
Company: Idaho Power SS~nymailinglistyesno:
Comment description: I am planning to acquire property south of Nampa for a new residence
in a Class III wind area with intention to spend about $40,000 on a 20KW wind turbine.
This investment has only about a 10-15 year payout potential, but seems to be anenvironmentally responsible proj ect.
Idaho Power s declaration that they need a moratorium on new systems to allow for further
study is silly, considering the very small impacts that those residential systems present.
Should they study the future impacts of a growing interest in wind electrical powergeneration (posi ti ve and negative)? Certainly. What have they been doing the last 10years? This REALLY is not new technology. I f one took Idaho Power s advertisements
seriously, you would get the idea they are maj or proponents for ' green ' renewable energylike wind. Maybe they should spend more on actual al ternati ve energy development and
study and less talking about it on TV... I guess this recomendation for a moratorium on
Wind QF' s shows their true colors. I will wait to see the response of the IPUC on this
case before I spend $40K.
Thanks for this opportunity to comment.
Mark
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