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Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness; Ed Howell
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from James McAndrew follows:
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Case Number: IPC-E-e8-1e
Name: James McAndrew
Address: 551 South Uni versi ty Ave.
Ci ty: Blackfoot
State: ID
Zip: 83221
Daytime Telephone: 2e8-785-6296
Contact E -Mai~mesmcandrew~hotmail. com Name of Utility Company:
Mailing List: yes Idaho Power Company Add to
Please describe your comment briefly:
Ms. Jean Jewell
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington St.
Boise, ID 837e2
Dear Ms. Jewell:
I write as a residential customer of Idaho Power Company and in regard to the company i s rate
hike request case.
My position is not centered on disputing Idaho Power i s request to increase rates based on
resonable business costs. Rather I focus my protests on Idaho Power i s continued attempts to
pass company expansion costs on to customers.
Case and point is information contained in the company's rate hike case brochure that was
sent to customers. In part, the brochure states that Idaho Power Company is forecasting
· nearly 13,eee new customers annually for the next 2e years. Each of them means an investment
in the infrastructure that provides them power.'
Idaho Power needs to recognize the fact that business expansion is an investment in the
company' s future growth and profits. The costs of such service area expansions and capacity
increases should be carried by Idaho Power and its shareholders, as they will solely profit
from such moves.
Increasing customer rates to pay for business growth decisions that will purely increase a
company i s profit margins is simply wrong! That is what I believe Idaho Power Company is, in
part, attempting to do again with this latest rate hike case.
I ask the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to stop any efforts to raise Idaho Power
electricity rates base on service expansion and growth. Based on costs and availability of
energy and water, Idaho Power should be granted a rate increase for residential customers not
to exceed three (3) percent.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Respectfully,
James McAndrew
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
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