20141017Comments (2 Total).pdf

Jean Jewell
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Diana Mallickan
Name:Diana Mallickan
Case Number:IPC-E-14-19,IPC-E-14-20
Email:dkmalli650hotrnail.corn
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Address:27984 Goldner Road
Lapwai ID,83540
Name of Utility Company:Clearwater Power Co.
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Comment:Oct.17,2014
Honorable Paul Kjellander
Honorable Marsha Smith
Honorable Mack Redford
Dear Commissioners:
Based upon the review of the ID Power’s submission to the PUC for the Energy Sales Agreements
w/Grand View Solar and Boise City,I would like to register my support for these projects.
We desperately need this for our ailing environment due to all the carbon and methane in our
atmosphere rated to be over 300%more than what the earth has ever experienced.Of course it
would also boost Idaho’s economy,which for us here in north-central Idaho is not well.Even
Japan is creating their solar energy using the ocean as the base to hold the solar energy
panels.We must move in a better direction.Thank you for listening.
For our Future,
Diana Mallickan
Unique Identifier:67.109.225.53
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Jean Jewell
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Sent:Friday,October 17,2014 2:28 PM
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Ryan Carson
Name:Ryan Carson
Case Number:IPC-E-14-19,IPC-E-14-20
Email:revcarson(gmail.coni
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Address:1186 W White Sands Dr
Meridian ID,83646
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:October 17,2014
Honorable Paul Kjellander
Honorable Marsha Smith
Honorable Mack Redford
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise,Idaho 83702
Re:Idaho Power --Energy Sales Agreement with Grand View Solar and Boise City,IPC-E-14-19
and IPC-E-14-20
Dear Commissioners:
After reviewing Idaho Power’s submissions to the PUC for the Energy Sales Agreements with
Grand View Solar and Boise City,I would like to register my support for these projects.
I support these projects wholeheartedly because they are:
•Good for ratepayers
•Good for the economy
•Good for Idaho Power
•Good for our environment (for us and future generations)
They are good for ratepayers.Idaho is blessed with some of the best solar resources in the
United States,and solar energy is poised,as electronics did,to get better and cheaper.
Contrast this with coal,which will only get scarcer and more expensive.I am thrilled to see
Idaho Power incorporating Idaho-generated solar utility-scale power into their resource mix.
This will be an opportunity for both Idaho Power and the Grand View and Boise City providers
to learn and to improve future solar projects.
They are good for the economy.These projects will provide an estimated 450 construction jobs
for 12 months,after which they will employ maintenance professionals.This will create
additional local jobs and business opportunities in Idaho to support solar workers.
Landowners in Elmore County will receive up to 35 years of payments,and Elmore County will
add over $400,000/year to tax receipts.The U.S.solar industry employment grew 53 percent
from 2010 to 2013,per a Solar Foundation 2014 report.Idaho can and should share in that
growth!
They are good for Idaho Power.Idaho Power must find a way to profit in the era of solar,
wind,hydro and energy conservation +demand reduction to meet its power obligations.Coal
prices will only rise due to government regulations internalizing costs that were formerly
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externalized (i.e.,cleanup),leaving Idaho Power with stranded costs.This is an opportunity
to learn how to do that.
They are good for our environment.Per the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
carbon dioxide emitted now will continue to disrupt the earth’s climate for hundreds of years
after we are gone.The sooner we stop burning coal,the better.These are the first and
largest solar utility-scale projects to be built in Idaho!The 120 MW generated will power an
estimated 30,000 homes and reduce the need for coal burning.It will also reduce the mercury,
hydrocarbons,arsenic,lead and other toxic heavy metals generated in the process of burning
coals,improving the health of Idaho,Nevada and Wyoming residents.From a Climate Change
perspective,this will remove an estimated 150,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.For this,
we and future Idahoans thank you!
I wholeheartedly encourage you to approve this project.
Sincerely,
Ryan Carson
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