20130510Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
From: colinj48hotmail.com
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 2:51 AM
To: Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
Subject: PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Matt Stalker follows:
Case Number: IPC-E-12-27
Name: Matt Stalker
Address: 12170 State Highway 75
City: Halley
State: IDAHO
Zip: 83333
Daytime Telephone:
Contact E-Mail: colinj48(@hotmail.com
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Acknowledge: acknowledge
Please describe your comment briefly:
As a standard (non PV) user of Idaho Power electricity, I am appalled to see big business
trampling on the rights of citizens who provide a service to Idaho. That service is
electricity and reduction of your peak demand, as well as their upfront costs to provide
electricity to Idaho Power, which Idaho Power receives money for.
The Big Business of utility power is just that; Business. And if there's one thing Idahoans
dislike, it's businesses like these telling us how to live and build our lives just to that
corporations can squeeze a few more pennies out of us as a whole. We oppose this because the
fundamental reason for a public service to exist is for the betterment of its people. And
make no doubt, society will be better off with independent, point of use generation of
electricity supplementing the current system.
The costs associated with thePV installations and usage at peak times to Idaho Power are
negligible according to my calculations and if they are larger than expected, they are a
price that I am willing to pay for my fellow citizens and for freedom to get my energy from
whatever source I choose, without Idaho Power trying to affect my decisions by the reach of
their extra fees'.
I second Ketchum Mayor Randy Hall's comments regarding this matter.
I oppose these changes and request that Idaho Public Utilities commission have a public
hearing on the matter.
The form submitted on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/€€ipucl/€€€ipuc.html
IP address is 184.183.113.135
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