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Jean Jewell
From:baldings @yahoo.com
Sent:Wednesday,June 24,2015 5:54 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
Cc:[e-mail]
Subject:Case Comment Form:william balding
Name:william balding
Case Number:IPC-E-15-O1
Email:baldings(yahoo.corn
Telephone:
Address:7965 w whittaker st
boise id,83714
Name of Utility Company:idaho power
Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:
Climate change is urgent and solar is a locally based climate solution (and one that
grows our local economies).
Idaho needs clean energy to protect our air,water,and climate
November’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report heightens urgency to
address climate change
On Thursday 6/18,Pope Francis issued climate encyclical calling on the world to move
away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy.
Idaho Statute 61-515 directs the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
to “require every public utility to maintain and operate its line,
plant,system,equipment,apparatus and premises in such manner as to promote and
safeguard the health and safety of its employees,customers and the public.’Today,one of
the greatest long-term threats to the health and safety of all these groups is carbon dioxide
pollution with its attendant climate change.For the sake of our children and grandchildren,
the country has to stop burning coal.Idaho must stop using electricity generated by coal,
and Idaho utilities need to reduce and eventually eliminate use of coal.One of the most cost
effective ways to do this is to let PURPA work and free market economies compete.
Idaho utilities say we don’t “need”the electricity:
The Public Utilities and Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA)requires electric utility
companies to purchase the power at “avoided cost”rates.Thus,as each contract is executed,
it provides the company with the cheapest possible power at that time.Even if it is “excess
power,”the company can shut down other,more expensive resources,and customers will benefit
from the cheapest possible portfolio of electricity generation.
As long as we are burning dirty coal,we need more clean energy.
Coal retirements are very likely to happen within the planning horizon,and new
regulations are on the way.We need to promote clean energy.
Reducing contract length will stymie the growth of Idaho’s tremendous solar resources
Southern Idaho has some of the best solar resources in the country and money spent on
solar stays in the state,boosts the economy and tax base,while providing jobs for Idahoans.
Money spent on coal power leaves our state and provides none of these benefits.
Changing the rules to reduce contract lengths that independent power producers from
2 to 2 years will discourage growing Idaho’s clean energy economy.There are better ways to
Idaho electric utility concerns than to effectively quash renewable energy.
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We need to promote,not discourage the growth of our clean energy economy.
Solar electricity provides price stability.Unlike fossil fuel resources that are
burdened with increasingly volatile fuel cost inputs and future regulatory uncertainty,we
know the cost of solar today,and it will only get cheaper as fossil fuel electricity
generation gets more expensive.
Fair is fair:Idaho Power and other monopoly utility companies finance their own
resources over the long-term and independent power producers should get the same deal.
Sincerely,
William Balding
Unique Identifier:96.19.84.249
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Jean Jewell
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Wednesday,June 24,2015 4:39 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
Cc:retrogeek3 @ gmail.com
Subject:Case Comment Form:Kevin Cowgill
Name:Kevin Cowgill
Case Number:IPC-E-15-01
Email:retrogeek3gmail.corn
Telephone:[phone]
Address:2801 Cherry Lane
Boise Idaho,83705
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power/Cowgill power and light Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:Thanks for considering my comments.
I’m writing to oppose IP’s plan to eliminate by drastic reduction,the terms of contracts
with solar developers.Reducing these terms from 20 years to 2 is comparable to vanquishing
enemies and putting their heads on pikes.Very effective discouragement.Now,I am biased,
because from March through early December I buy little if any electricity from the utility.I
have Solar with battery storage along with solar hot water.It works great in Idaho.I
seriously doubt Idaho Power doesn’t already know this.
I believe coal will only get more expensive and solar will continue falling in price and
become even more efficient.Everyone wants clean air,especially me.So we can skip the
Clean Coal baloney and proceed with solar along with energy efficiency.Thanks for your time.
Kevin Cowgill
Retro Electric llc
Unique Identifier:71.220.159.4
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Jean Jewell
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,June 25,2015 12:29 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Jean Jewell;Gene Fadness
Cc:[e-mail]
Subject:Case Comment Form:Tim Hastings
Name:Tim Hastings
Case Number:IPC-E-15-Ol
Email:irentit2(gmail .corn
Telephone:
Address:ie Dora St
Boise ID,8372
Name of Utility Company:Idaho power
Acknowledge public record:True
Comment:I am opposed to the request from Idaho Public Utilities to reduce the length of its
PURPA contracts from 20 to 2 years.There is no reasonable and just explanation for this.It
would appear to only serve the utility companies bottom line and not the general public.And
certainly not the emerging renewable energies sector of our economy.We are fortunate in
Idaho to have so many days of great sun exposure.Idaho should be a model for the rest of the
country when it comes to renewable resources for energy.
Unique Identifier:65.129.90.35
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