20170702Comment.PDF

Diane Holt
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Elise Lufkin
Name:Elise Lufkin
Case Number:lb -
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Address:101 Greenhorn Loop
Halley Idaho,83333
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:I attended the recent PUC hearing in Ketchum but did not speak because there were so many citizens lined
up to comment (most of them opposing the proposed line.)
A comment on proposed redundant power line in Ketchum,Idaho:
1.Our local community has already said No!
Blame County Planning and Zoning Commissioners denied permits to allow this project to proceed.
2.Alternatives have not been adequately investigated.Distributed energy resources would provide a much more
effective independent power source than the proposed line.
3.The project would be very expensive for Wood River Valley residents.PUC staff testimony indicates undergrounding aportionofthelinecouldcostValleyresidents$11.5 million.
4.Idaho Power has not proved a need for the line.
Both St Luke’s Hospital and the Sun Valley Company could use generators to provide emergency energy needs.
Thank you for your consideration of this important issue.
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