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Tonya Clark; Jean Jewell; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment/Inquiry Form
A Comment from Peter Humm follows:
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Case Number: IPC-E-06-
Name: Peter HummAddress: PO Box 1377
City: Mountain Home
State: 10
Zip: 83647
Home Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: bigranvil~yahoo. com
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Please describe your question or comment briefly:
I fully support Idaho Power Company s request for approval of an agreement to share
transformers with other electric utilities in the event of a terrorist attack. In fact, I
would recommend expanding the agreement to include sharing all transmission line equipment
needed to keep the western power grid up, including phase shifters, tower structures,
conductors, insulators, etc. I worked for 28 years as a Bureau of Land Management Realty
Specialist, including 5 years as Project Manager for BLM's authorization of the Sierra
Pacific Power Co. 345kv transmission line from Alturas, CA to Reno, NV. My work on
powerline issues convinced me that the western power grid is significantly underbuil t for
the current level of electrical demand, and grid outages are far more likely now than 25
years ago. I am fully in favor of ANY agreement between utility companies that will
assist in quick repairs of the grid. Sharing equipment in emergencies makes excellentsense. Damage to any transmission capability anywhere in the western power grid has a
high potential of shutting down the whole grid, through cascading outages. Idaho PowerCompanys request should be approved immediately.
The form submited on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc/ipuc.html
IP address is 71.216.154.124
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