20141030Comments (4 Total).pdf

Jean Jewell
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Sent:Thursday,October 30,2014 2:23 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Anna Augusto
Name:Anna Augusto
Case Number:IPC-E-l4-19,IPC-E-14-20
Email:aauusto(buildpros.com
Telephone:[phone]
Address:768 E Gentlewind Ct
Boise Idaho,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
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Comment:October 30,2014
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:
Idaho is poised to add its first two utility-scale solar projects:Grand View and Boise City
Solar.I fully support these two projects because they are:
•Good for the economy
•Good for ratepayers
•Good for Idaho Power
•Good for our environment
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.
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.
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.They will also
remove an estimated 150,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
I wholeheartedly encourage you to approve these projects.
Sincerely,
Anna Grace Augusto
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Jean Jewell
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Sent:Thursday,October 30,2014 3:43 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Stephanie Martin
Name:Stephanie Martin
Case Number:IPC-E-14-20
Email:idahomartingrnail.corn
Telephone:
Address:P 0 Box 69
Jerome Idaho,83338
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
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Comment:As a 4th generation Idahoan,I support the Boise City Solar Project.This 40
Megawatt project will provide CLEAN energy.I want to see more hydro,geothermal and solar
development by Idaho Power.thanks,Stephanie Martin
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Jean Jewell
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Sent:Thursday,October 30,2014 4:39 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Kim Coe
Name:Kim Coe
Case Number:IPC-E-14-20
Email:kimcoe(g .corn
Telephone:[phone]
Address:5212 Bel Air
Boise Idaho,83705
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
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Comment:This project is good for Idaho,good for taxpayers,good for the environment.This
is what Idaho needs-not a nuclear plant above our aquifers or dirty coal fired plants and
more dams that threaten our fish and wildlife.
Thank you
K
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Jean Jewell
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Sent:Thursday,October 30,2014 4:50 PM
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Gary Kunz
Name:Gary Kunz
Case Number:IPC-E-14-20
Email:NWPlugItIn(gmail .corn
Telephone:[phone]
Address:10090 W Harness Dr
Boise Id,83709
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:Re:Idaho Power --Energy Sales Agreement with Boise City PV Solar Project,IPC-E
14-20.
Dear Commissioners:
I want to offer my support to the Boise City solar project—it is the right step for Idaho,
both environmentally and economically.It will produce 40MW of environmentally clean
electricity—equivalent to the power used by 10,000 households.Solar power requires nothing
to burns it does not produce ANY emissions.To compare:80MW of coal power emits 51,000 tons
of C02 a year (139 tons of C02 every day),as well as mercury,hydrocarbons,arsenic,lead,
and other toxic heavy metals.Additionally,it can supply many local construction jobs for a
year,as well as many permanent full-time positions for maintenance specialists.This
project will generate increased local revenue during the time of its construction,and supply
as much as $200,000 in yearly property taxes to Ada County for many years to come.
Idaho is a beautiful state and we need to protect the environment that nature has given us.
As opposed to following the rest of the country in the adoption of clean energy,Idaho should
lead the country in the protection of the amazing resources we have been blessed with and the
use of clean,solar energy.
The Boise City 40MW solar project gets my full support—it benefits the environment,and it is
good for Idaho’s economy.
Thank you,
Gary Kunz
208-362-2263
Gary(nwplugitin .com
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