20171005Comments (2).pdf

Diane Holt
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Wednesday, October 4,2017 4:08 PM
Beverly Barker; Diane Holt; Matthew Evans
Case Comment Form: Joseph Schueler
Name:Joseph Schueler
Case Number: IPC-E-17-13
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Address: 1002 N 8th Street
Boise ldaho, 83702
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: The Public Utilities Commission should reject ldaho Power's proposal to adversely affect residential solar
power generation by giving them a new rate class that penalizes innovative, sustainability practice and even helps
charge the power grid system.
By individualconsumers poweringtheirown energythrough on-site powergeneration and even paying powerwattage
back into the power grid, they are demonstrating innovation, sustainability, and a commitment to a cleaner and more
sustainable future for all ldaho citizens at a time when less reliable power sources are affecting every ldahoan as well as
its wildlife. Their practice positively affects all other consumers and although it may not always positively affect ldaho
Power, as a public utility, their bottom line should not be placed above that of the customers they are contracted to
provide service to.
The time is now to improve our renewable power grid and if anything incentivize renewable resource generation. ldaho
Power's proposal is a step backward from the necessary steps ldaho, our nation, and the world need to take towards
energy independence and a world where one person's consumption is not negatively affecting another person's quality
of life. The disastrous effects of pollution are still being measured and fully quantified in real terms. However, the world
is only now beginning to realize just how disparate our current consumption is from the sustainable levels we need to
sustain a world population that exceeds 7 billion people. I know I do not need to tell the Public Utilities Commission just
how important long range planning and implementation is to ensure a successful and healthy future for the generations
that will follow us in terms of our natural resources and energy outputs. ldaho is growing and so too must our vision for
ldaho's Power generation and consumption.
Please ensure these considerations come first when assessing the impacts of such a narrow minded and shortsighted
proposal and outright reject this infringement on a free ldahoans right to produce and use their own, free energy
produced by the sun, an investment made privately for mutual public and private long term rewards. At least, require
ldaho Power to provide better justification than their own profit capacity. They serve every ldahoan as a public utility
under contract, not the other way around.
Sincerely,
Joseph Schueler
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Cost lncrease Proposed by ldaho Power for Customens with Solar or Wind Turbines
Citizen C;omment to the ldaho Public Utilities Commission
P O Box 83720 Boise, ldaho 8372O-OO74; FOG (208) 33+3762
Case Number: IPC-E-17-13
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Power should continueto pay for power generated by customers; keep
84 that provides net metering.
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the day when air conditioners are running the most.
u(la"noshould work with their customers to develop strategies to encourage distributed
generation, as other power companies do.
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Th,hT^ po reduce the need for more infrastructure (power lines, power ptants, etc.).
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