20130805Petition to Intervene.pdf

Thomas H. Nelson, Attomey at Law
PO Box 1211
Welches, OR 97067
Phone: [phone]Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Attorney for Renewable Energy Coalition
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S 201 3 INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Thomas H. Nelson, Attomey at Law
PO Box 1211
Welches, OR 97067
Email: nelson@thnelson. com
cAsE NO. |PC-E-13-15
Renewable Energy Coalition's
Petition to lntervene
Nancy Esteb, Ph.D.
PO Box 490
Carlsborg, WA 98324
E ma i I : betseesteb@qwest. net
Pursuant to the ldaho Public Utilities Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA
31.01 .01.07|'-073, Renewable Energy Coalition ("Coalition"), a coalition of renewable
energy project owners and developers, hereby petitions the ldaho Public Utilities
Commission ("Commission") to intervene as a party in this proceeding. ln support of this
petition, Renewable Energy Coalition represents as follows:
1. The business address of Renewable Energy Coalition is:
John Lowe, Director
Renewable Energy Coalition
12O5O SW Tremont St.
Portland, OR 97225
Phone: [phone]Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
2. The Coalition will be represented in this proceeding by:
3. Please provide copies of all pleadings, production requests, production
responses, Commission orders, and other documents to the three names and
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addresses above. ln accordance with IPUC Rule 31.01.01.063, electronic copies only
are requested; hard copies need not be proMded of any documents filed in this docket.
4. The Coalition claims a direct and substantial interest in this proceeding
arising from the impact to its present and future members served by ldaho Power
Company, and the Coalition thus has a direcl and substantial interest in ensuring that
the lntegrated Resource Plan contains an accurate and thorough analysis of ldaho
Power Company's future resour@ needs. The Coalition's intervention will not unduly
broaden the issues in this proceeding.
5. The Coalition intends to fully participate in this matter as a party. The
nature and quality of the Coalition's intervention in the proceeding is dependent upon
the nature and effect of other evidence in this proceeding. lf necessary the Coalition
may advocate for a technical hearing and introduce evidence, be heard in argument,
and call, examine, and cros+examine witnesses.
WHEREFORE, Renewable Energy Coalition respectfully requests that the
Commission grant its petition to intervene as a party in this proceeding.
Dated this 1"t day of August, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
flw*na* H, Ne{eo*,
THOMAS H. NELSON
Attorney for Renewable Energy Coalition
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 1st day of August, 2013, I caused to be served a true
and correct copy of the foregoing document to each of the following via the method so indicated:
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary (original and 7)
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, lD 83724-0074
[e-mail]. id.us
Lisa D. Nordstrom
J en nifer Rei nha rdt-Tessmer
ldaho Power Company
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
PO Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707-0070
I nord strom@ i dahopower. com
j rei n hardt@ id ahopower. co m
Benjamin J. Otto
ldaho Conservation League
710 N. 6th Street
Boise, lD 83702
botto@ i dahocon servati on.org
Ken Miller
Clean Energy Program Director
Snake RiverAlliance
Box 173
Boise, lD 83701
kmi I I er@ sn akeriveral I i ance. o rg
Peter J. Richardson, Esq.
515 N. 27st Street
Boise, lD 83616
pete r@ri ch ardsonada ms. com
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, lD 83703
dreading@mi ndspri ng. com
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