20110217Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
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Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:45 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Eric L. Olsen on Behalf of Sidney Erwin follows:
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Case Number: IPC-E-10-46
Name: Eric L. Olsen on Behalf of Sidney Erwin
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City: Bruneau
State: Idaho
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Contact E-Mail: snjerwin~gmail.com
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power Company
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Please describe your comment briefly:
February 17, 2011
Bruneau, ID
I would like to address the idea advanced by the PUC staff that extending the time of
the forward dispatch program from 8: 00 p. m. to 9: 00 p. m. for all the participants be
mandatory.
There are large irrigation systems which participate in the forward dispatch program
where going to 9:00 p.m. is impossible to implement and still get the water back on for the
rest of the night. My irrigation systems are small independent systems which come up rapidly
and are not prone to having problems. The large systems take longer to pressure up and
require more supervision so that no problems arise that are not corrected. These problems
can be a pivot not restarting, plugged nozzles from various causes, and unexpected water
leaks in the system such as drains not closing properly.
I would encourage the PUC to allow Idaho Power Company to contract with only those
people like myself who can make a 9: 00 p. m. restart work on our systems and leave the systems
which cannot tolerate the later restart out of the late restart group. There are some
operators who have said the 9:00 p.m. restart would not allow them to participate in the
forward dispatch program.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
Sincerely,
Sidney Erwin
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipuc1/ipuc.html
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