20180301Comments (41).pdf

Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 12:30 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Noelia Caloca
Name:Noelia Caloca
Case Number:..TPd -6 -i 7 -13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:3819 Meadow Ave
Caldwell Idaho,83605
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho should be growing clean energy options to reduce our reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels.The net
metering program is the only means for individual Idahoans to invest money in their own locally generated clean energy.
The Idaho PUC staff looked at Idaho Powers documents and found no reason to segregate solar customers.Instead,I ask
the PUC to direct Idaho Power to consider the full range of costs and benefits that arise when customers avoid utility
power and meet their own needs with local clean energy.
Because I cant choose my utility,I rely on the PUC to ensure fair programs.Please maintain the current net metering
program.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 12:31 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Thomas Schmidt
Name:Thomas Schmidt
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6202 Ethan Pl
Garden City ID,83714
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Good evening and thank you for this opportunity to comment.It is very hard for me imagine why Idaho
Power would need to make this change.It seems like a way to make money off people who would like solar on their
homes.Is it possible to provide different scenarios of costs to Idaho Power if 5%or 10%or 25%of the Treasure Valley
has solar installed and the costs and savingsthat Idaho Power might have?I don't feel like I've been given a good
argument on the change.Thank you.
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]:Thursday,March 1,2018 11:14 AMTo:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Sarah Wilson
Name:Sarah Wilson
Case Number:tf6-g-I7 FLEmail:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:2611 S Trailwood Way
Boise Idaho,83716
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supportingthisgrowingsectorofoureconomicreducesthecurrentrelianceonout-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of ourelectricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their ownenergyneeds.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:56 AMTo:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:F.Robert Micheli
Name:F.Robert Micheli
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:3748 Greenfield Rd.
Vale OR -Oregon,97918
Name of Utility Company:Residence
Comment:Folks:It feels a lot like Idaho Power if far more interested in keeping it's monopoly on the generation ofelectricpowerintheTreasureValleythanitisonequityinbilling.New solar &wind Power should be granted everyincentivepossible...it's the real future!Idaho Power needs to lose it's bottom dragging anchor and get on the darnbandwagon!!Bob M
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:43 AM
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Subject:Case Comment Form:Peggy Wilhelm
Name:Peggy Wilhelm
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:219 N.MobleyRoad
Boise Idaho,83712
Nameof Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:I oppose rate changesfor net metering customers who generate their own electricity becausesuch a policy
will discourage socially responsible behavior and promote the interests only of Idaho Power.
Unique Identifier:24.117.75.12
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:28 AM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Steve Kilpatrick
Name:Steve Kilpatrick
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:24 Cedar Lane
Garden Valley Idaho,83622
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:In the spring of 2017,I purchased from Auric Solarand had installed an 8-panel solar system.Idaho Power
came to my residence at 24 Cedar Lane,Garden Valley,Idaho and approved my system for net-metering.
In December of 2017,I received a letter from Idaho Power explaining upcoming changes in 2018.The letter which I did
not retain because it was favorable to me stated:If my solar system was installed prior to 2018 I would be
"grandfathered"in with regard to net metering from 2017.I took this and face value and trusted Idaho Power.Now they
seem to be doing a bait and switch with old and new net metering rules.I will be contacting Auric Solar and Idaho Power
to try and get another copy of the letter sent in December 2017.Respectfully,Steve Kilpatrick
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:30 AM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:JeffreyWilhelm
Name:Jeffrey Wilhelm
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:219 North MobleyDrive
BOISE ID,83712
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:I am against the new proposed rate changes for onsite generation/netmetering customers.
This sends absolutely the wrong message to the public and is a policy that will undermine innovations that are helpful to
the environment.There ought to be active policy encouragement for citizens to generate their own energy instead of
policies that discourage this socially responsive behavior.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:50 AMTo:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:David Beverly
Name:David Beverly
Case Number:IPO -(3
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:2333 West Sheridan Ave
Nampa ID,83686
Name of UtilityCompany:Idaho Power
Comment:It is the American way to cry for regulation,rather than rise to the challenge of competition.Idaho Powerusessolarenergy,does that mean they are subsidizing the rich?My use of solar power serves to reduce the generationloadwhichIdahoPowerisfallingbehindonanyway.
If I can find another source of electricity,which is less expensive than the monopoly provides why should I be punished?Why should I pay for that which I am not receiving?
The idea projects out further to charge a rate as if I were using incandescent lights because I use LED to conserve.
The projected growth of the Treasure Valley outstrips generation capacity.This begs for solar to aid in closing the gapbetweenneedandgeneratedpowerwhichisonthenearhorizon.
This measure will serve only to add to the burden Idaho Power faces and cost those who use less to pay more.Toknuckleundertothemonopolywillsubvertthefreeeconomymodelweliveunderandstifleinnovation.
The phone industry grip on market share is based on providing a better solution of the need than other companies.WhyisIdahoPoweranydifferent?This measure will place the burden of power squarely on the little guy where it should notbe.
If passed,everyone,except the power companies will lose.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:55 AMTo:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Daniel Appel
Name:Daniel Appel
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:4190 N.Waterford PI.
Boise Idaho,83703
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:I strongly recommend that the PUC resist taking any action that would adversely effect development ofrenewableenergysources.I believe that the Net Meteringprogram should stay with current retail rate for credit oncustomer's account.The PUC should consider a facilities fee for Solar Power generators usage of the Grid system as analternative.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 10:08 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Theresa Williams
Name:TheresaWilliams
case Number::CPG-&~Í Ï¯Û
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:202 Apache Dr
Hailey Idaho,83333
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supporting
this growing sector of our economic reduces the current reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of our
electricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 9:52 AM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Jeremy Hanson
Name:Jeremy Hanson
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:12554 W.Castlewood Dr
Boise ID,83709
Name of Utility Company:ID Power
Comment:I just activated my solar panel system this month which we signed for last November.It is a large system
which should provide 100%offset on an annual basis.One of the major factors in our decision was the 1:1 credit ratio.
Since lawmakers have made it ILLEGAL to be off grid,if this ratio changeswe will be ROBBED every month of our excess
production.
I see two possible outcomes to this change.Solar companies will develop a system add-on to existing systems to "shut
down panels"in order to not have excess power fed back to the system.ID Power will not be allowed to free-load off
the solar systems that families spend their own money to purchase.
The second outcome is that families will no longer purchase large systems so they won't ever overproduce.This will
ultimately affect the overall supply of electricity for the area and keep rates high for customers.
My question is:Why is ID Power allowed to keep rates artificiallyhigh at the expense of families and small businesses?
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]:Thursday,March 1,2018 9:41 AMTo:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Curtis Fisher
Name:Curtis Fisher
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:23 N Hastings Dr,Nampa
Nampa ID,83687
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:I oppose this rule change requested by Idaho power.The cost of maintaining the power distribution networkisfixedintothebillingandisproportionaltotheamountofpoweracustomeruses.If I have the ability to feed powerbackintothesystem,those costs should actually decrease for the utility.Otherwise,if I choose to only burn a 60 wattlightasmypowerconsumption,does that mean that there is a wealth transfer taking place because I don't use muchpower?The wealth transfer takes place at the federal and state levels when subsidies are rewarded to people andespeciallyUTIUTIESthatinstallrenewableenergysystems.This is because the new systems are not economicallyfeasibletotheaveragehomeowner,and this is largely due to the fact that as long as there is federal and state money tobehad,no manufacturer/installer is going to tryand bring the price lower.This proposed rule change appears to benothingmorethananattemptbytheutilitycompaniestorecoversomeofthemoneythattheyarelosingtopeopleinstallingtheirownsystems.I agree that the application of incentives for renewable power is broken,and probablycorrupt,but this rule change would make it even more so.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 9:23 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Kurt Douglas
Name:Kurt Douglas
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:3303 W CRESCENT RIM DR
Boise IDAHO,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Penalizingnet metering customers who generate energy from renewable sources is the wrong thing to do.
Promoting the use of residential solar power generation helps reduce the need for costly non renewable power
generation.It also reduces the costs of dealing with the health issues and clean up issues that pollutionfrom non
renewable energy generation causes.In fairness,net metering users present a much lower load to the existing grid and
should not be expected to pay a higher rate than other users.Please do not unfairly punish and deter net metering
users.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 5:07 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Linda Karl
Name:Linda Karl
Case Number:TŸÛ 'O ~I $
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:600 Hubbard Ave
Coeur D'alene Idaho,83814
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Investing in rooftop solar to control energy bills while supporting Idahos clean energy sector is important to
me.Please maintain the net metering program as a simple and fair means to enable Idahoansto meet their own energy
needs.
The PUC staff looked at the details and found no evidence to support Idaho Powers request to segregate solar
customers.I agree.
Because I cant choose my utility,I rely on the PUC to ensure fair programs.Again,please maintain the current net
metering program.
Unique Identifier:54.174.149.5
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 5:13 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Judy Ruprecht
Name:Judy Ruprecht
Case Number:ypt 6 -IT
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:841 Rimview Ln E
Twin Falls Idaho,83301
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Investing in rooftop solar to control energy bills while supporting Idahos clean energy sector is important to
me.Please maintain the net metering program as a simple and fair means to enable Idahoans to meet their own energy
needs.
The PUC staff looked at the details and found no evidence to support Idaho Powers request to segregate solar
customers.I agree.
Because I cant choose my utility,I rely on the PUC to ensure fair programs.Again,please maintain the current net
metering program.
Unique Identifier:54.89.134.19
Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February 28,2018 5:28 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Ed Lonsdale
Name:Ed Lonsdale
Case Number:T ŸÛ 6~
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:2814 N Weaver Cir
Boise Idaho,83704
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:The decrease in load accomplished by using roof top solar means that idaho Power will not need to bring new
power sources online saving both the company and the consumer the costs of construction and maintenance.To ask
users who invest their own time and money to further subsidize IP is simply a step too far.Keep net metering in its
current form.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 5:41 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Kurt Fesenmyer
Name:Kurt Fesenmyer
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:1507 N 25th St.
Boise ID,83702
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power Corp.
Comment:I urge the commission to reject IPC's request to place net meter customers into a separate class.IPC argues
that the unpaid transmission costs of existing net meter customers results in an unfair subsidy without a)accounting for
the benefits of electricity produced by net meter customers such as avoided demand during peak use periods and b)
acknowledging the other subsidies for transmission inherent within IPC's uniform rate structure across its customer
base,such as the higher per-capita transmission cost required to serve low population density rural areas vs.cities.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 6:02 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Eric Smith
Name:Eric Smith
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1714 N.16th St.
Boise ID,83702
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:We need to keep net metering as is.Ifthey change the rate this would harm anyone who is helping provide
power to cover other users of Idaho Power.By puttingthe extra they have less to make and generate.The alternative is
a solar panel Home being disconnected from the grid and the excess going to waste.Idaho Power benefits from the solar
users and they are acting in way that gets them money over paying the people who produce it.Solar is the future don't
harm its adoption.Do not changethe net metering rules.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 6:03 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:James rosenfeld
Name:James rosenfeld
Case Number:.rfd-L -
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:PO Box 1195
Ketchum Idaho,83340
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supporting
this growing sector of our economic reduces the current reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of our
electricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
I recently installed an 8.4K system on my commercial bldg.in Ketchum.The bldg.is net zero with the potential added
production to drive an EV 10K miles annually.We need to encourage this kind of energy production to lessen the
effects greenhouse gases will play on climate.I regret I will not be driving to Boise to present my opinion in person.I
would greatly appreciate your consideration of this very critical issue.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 6:23 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Nick Nettles
Name:Nick Nettles
Case Number:E-17-13 cPO g-(1 -6
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:9352 w Avalanche drive
Boise Idaho,83709
Name of Utility Company:Idaho power
Comment:It's become painfully clear that solar panels are for the upper middle class and wealthy.The cost shift these
folks are putting on other rate payers that either can't afford solar panels or can't install because they are renting is
simply unfair.The utility is a regulated monopoly that is allowed to make a return on equity and as such will continue to
earn that return regardless of solar penetration.That return however is born by the rate payers that don't have solar.
After my last sales pitch by a local solar company it was clear that they only care about the sale and have no regard for
treating Idaho power as a giant battery that solar customers pay $5 a month to utilize.I'm the customer that will be
harmed by these solar panel owners require Idaho power to act as a battery with no renumeration for being a giant
batteryfor $5 a month.It's time for the puc to treat all customers fairly,not just the upper middle class and wealthy that
can afford solar.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 7:14 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Alida Bockino
Name:Alida Bockino
Case Number:&Ñ IT
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:1104 Pine Crest Rd
Moscow Idaho,83843
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Investing in rooftop solar to control energy bills while supporting Idahos clean energy sector is important to
me.Please maintain the net metering program as a simple and fair means to enable Idahoans to meet their own energy
needs.
The PUC staff looked at the details and found no evidence to support Idaho Powers request to segregate solar
customers.I agree.
Because I cant choose my utility,I rely on the PUC to ensure fair programs.Again,please maintain the current net
metering program.
Unique Identifier:54.174.149.5
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 7:23 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Charles Gains
Name:CharlesGains
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1721 E.CanovaDr.
Boise ID,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Five Reasons to Deny Idaho Power Company (IPCO)Rate Classification Request
1.IPCO has not provided full justification,intent,use,or purpose of its proposed Rate Category.
2.IPCO's request is verbose and burdensome and needlessly makes work for itself,PUC Staff and the Commission,
as well as experts,concerned entities,government agencies,concerned citizens,and businesses -essentially all of its
rate-based customers.
3.IPCO needs to conduct a full and complete (business,societal,and environmental)study of the costs,benefits,
plans,and projected outcomes of renewable energy sources-no matter who owns the generating capacity.Then,and
only then,should they make a well-founded,educated,substantiated request(s)to the Commission.Picking only one
small piece (such as IPCO's request to establish a new Rate Category)of the whole picture versus considering all the
implications of solar power production promises only to distort the useful purpose of that information.
4.The Commission has nothing to base a decision on.The IPCO request is so vague,so imprecise,so non-specific,
and without a clearly defined purpose that the Commission cannot objectively fulfill its decision-making role.Indeed,
approving such a poorly formulated request would seem to abdicate the Commission's own responsibilities.
5.IPCO is a hydropower based generator of electrical power.Generated renewable electricity,no matter the
source or the owner,allows IPCO storage and control of that electricity because it has the capability and means to store
the potential energy.That is,if IPCO doesn't need power,e.g.,it doesn't experience demand on its service area grid due
to solar input,then,it does not have to release water to its turbines and generators.IPCO controls its hydro generating
capacity.By storing the energy provided by renewable sources,IPCO maintains management of generation,releaseto
the grid,timing open market rates and other operating benefits.Said another way,renewable energy helps keep more
water behind the dams so IPCO can have discretion in managing its power.
Where are the full and open studies of the above yet unquantified benefits?If more renewable energy were available,is
it conceivable IPCO might unburden itself from its partial ownership in the Jim Bridger Plant with all of its unquantified
environmental liabilities?Free energy from small solar power producers provides flexibility and an unlimited rate of
return to IPCO.The Commission should look at IPCO's avoided costs provided by the renewable energy producers.The
Commission should not allow IPCO to only focus on the small,narrowly defined dataset it vaguely alludes to as adding to
its overall embedded rate costs.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February 28,2018 7:41 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Paul Montgomery
Name:Paul Montgomery
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13.
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:220 Provident
Boise ID,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:What has Idaho Power planned to help the poor transition to solar power?
Unique Identifier:174.27.126.250
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 7:41 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Paul Montgomery
Name:Paul Montgomery
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13.
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:220 Provident
Boise ID,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:What has Idaho Power planned to help the poor transition to solar power?
Unique Identifier:174.27.126.250
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 9:20 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Harriet Shaklee
Name:Harriet Shaklee
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:906 Marshall Street
Boise ID,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idhao Powerl
Comment:Commissioners:I respectfully request that you deny the request of Idaho Power to move customers with on-
site generation to a new schedule,enabling rate increases for these customers.Somehow,Idaho Power sees these
customers as needing to pick up more of the cost of electric power since they are using less of the Idaho Power
generated resource.However,an expanding grid of on-site solar and other alternative energy sources can reduce the
need for future power generation facilities to be built,thereby saving costs to all who rely on Idaho Power for electricity.
Surely a sound cost-benefit analysis is in order before increasing costs to those who are reducing their burden on Idaho
Power by generating power on-site.It would make as much sense to charge people more who reduce their use through
insulation,use of led lights,and energy star appliances.It is backwardsthinking in either case.
Unique Identifier:67.60.39.200
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 9:20 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Harriet Shaklee
Name:Harriet Shaklee
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:906 Marshall Street
Boise ID,83706
Name of Utility Company:Idhao Powerl
Comment:Commissioners:I respectfully request that you deny the request of Idaho Power to move customers with on-
site generation to a new schedule,enabling rate increasesfor these customers.Somehow,Idaho Power sees these
customers as needing to pick up more of the cost of electric power since they are using less of the Idaho Power
generated resource.However,an expanding grid of on-site solar and other alternative energy sources can reduce the
need for future power generation facilities to be built,thereby savingcosts to all who rely on Idaho Power for electricity.
Surely a sound cost-benefit analysis is in order before increasing costs to those who are reducing their burden on Idaho
Power by generating power on-site.It would make as much sense to charge people more who reduce their use through
insulation,use of led lights,and energy star appliances.It is backwards thinking in either case.
Unique Identifier:67.60.39.200
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 8:05 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Gregory Mann
Name:Gregory Mann
case Number:Sp0 -6 -/7 °U
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:380 Little Wood Reservoir Rd
Carey Idaho,83320
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supporting
this growing sector of our economic reduces the current reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of our
electricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
Unique Identifier:54.197.219.195
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 8:40 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Robert Rhodes
Name:Robert Rhodes
CaseNumber:.
pe-E-/7-/3
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:5299 E.Understory Avenue
Boise Idaho ,83716
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:We just installed 11 panels on our house.Beyond the incentive to invest in clean energy,we were also
attracted to the Federal and State tax incentives encouraging their installation.Finallya selling point was the current
arrangement with Idaho Power -which I now see is under review.Our investment by the way was $18,000.I cannot
attend tonight's meeting in which Idaho Power is seeking to alter the above arrangement.I will trust you to give it itsproperweightagainstthebackdropoftheimportanceofweeningourselvesfromoilforthesakeoftheenvironment.
Thanks for your time,Robert Rhodes
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 4:38 PMTo:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Katy Fnj
Name:Katy Fry
Case Number:I PO ~6 ~O 'I 3
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:Silverado Real
Careywood Idaho,83809
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Investing in rooftop solar to control energy bills while supporting Idahos clean energy sector is important tome.Please maintain the net metering program as a simple and fair means to enable Idahoans to meet their own energyneeds.
The PUC staff looked at the details and found no evidence to support Idaho Powers request to segregate solarcustomers.I agree.
Because I cant choose my utility,I rely on the PUC to ensure fair programs.Again,please maintain the current netmeteringprogram.
Unique Identifier:54.164.139.9
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Diane Holt
Frorn:[e-mail]
Sent:Wednesday,February28,2018 4:38 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:ROBERT M.HUGHES
Name:ROBERT M.HUGHES
Case Number:526-6 -17~IN
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:112 ASPEN MEADOWS ROAD
DRIGGS ID,83422
Name of UtilityCompany:FALL CREEK
Comment:Idaho Power is proposing policies that would unfairly discriminate against customers who produce part of
their own energy from solar panels.If approved,this will stifle the growth of Idaho's clean energy economy.We must
continue to have the right to offset our energy usage though generating our own electricity from our own roofs,just like
we have the right to increase home and auto energy efficiencies.
Idaho Power allegesthat customers who produce part of their own energy from rooftop solar panels are are not paying
for their fair share of the electrical grid infrastructure.The Company is asking the IPUC to approve a plan to put us into a
separate customer class -a first step towards charging us different rates.However,I believe we have the right to offset
our electricity use without discrimination.
Although net metering programs elsewhere have been shown to save ratepayers money,Idaho Power has yet to
conduct any comprehensive cost-benefit studies.Creating a new rate class for net metering customers now is premature
and discriminatory.
Please deny Idaho Power's request to create a new customer rate class
Unique Identifier:216.128.235.142
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Diane Holt
Frorn:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 4:10 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Lee Fuentez
Name:Lee Fuentez
Case Number:d-E /
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1605 Whitetail Lane
Emmett Idaho,83617
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:With most of the world doing everything they can to lower the personal "carbon footprint".Why am I being
punished for going total solar at my new home in Emmett (Just moved here 13 months ago).Please explain to me why if
Idaho Power gets my excess electricity (and the power company sells back on the grid)should I pay extra or loose any
credits'.
Unique Identifier:24.119.206.139
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,20184:36 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Alejandro Necochea
Name:Alejandro Necochea
Case Number:;PC-g-/7-/3
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:713 N 20th St
Boise Idaho,83702
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supportingthisgrowingsectorofoureconomicreducesthecurrentrelianceonout-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of ourelectricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
Unique Identifier:52.91.165.249
Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 3:17 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Michael Cantrell
Name:Michael Cantrell
Case Number::pfg-g -17 -8
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:622 EB St
Moscow Idaho,83843
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supporting
this growing sector of our economic reduces the current reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of our
electricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
Unique Identifier:34.207.248.132
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]:Thursday,March 1,2018 2:45 PMTo:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Bruce Bistline
Name:Bruce Bistline
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:44 W.Horizon Drive
Boise Idaho,83702
Name of UtilityCompany:Self
Comment:In considering Idaho Power's application to create a separate rate class for people who install powergeneratingequipmentontheirhomesorbusinessesandseekto"net meter"for excess production,it seems to me thattherearetwoimportantfactorstobeaccountedforandbalanced.First,I acknowledge that because I can generate excess power and feed it into the grid for a later credit against power Iconsumeoutofthegrid,I am using the grid in lieu of a bank of batteries and as a consequence I am saving a substantialamountofthecostofaself-contained home power generation facility.However,this savingsof battery cost is notreflectiveoforevendirectlycorrelatedtothecostsidahoPowerincursinsupplyingthegridbecauseIdahoPowerhas tosupplythegirdwhetherIgeneratepowerorsimplyconsumeit.Nonetheless it is true that there is a cost associatedwithcreatingandmaintainingthegirdthatisavailabletoserveasmy"battery"and that idaho Power may not berecapturingthiscostthroughwhatitcancurrentlycharge.I appreciate that to cover this unrecovered cost,Idaho Powermightendupseekingarateincreasethatgetspassedontotheratepayerswhoarenotnetmetering.Second,our investment in power production works to reduce the amount of power that needs to be generated by IdahoPowerwiththeeffectthatourcapitalexpenditurereducesthecapitalexpenditurerequiredofIdahoPowerandwillconsequentlysaveratepayerfromrateincreasesneededtobuildneworreplacementproductioncapacity.In other words,while we are getting the benefit of the grid as a "battery"the power consumers are getting a significantcostsavingsgeneratedbyourinvestmentinpowerproductionwhichissavinganinvestmentthatwouldotherwisebeincurredbyIdahoPowerandpassedontoconsumers.This being the case does not seem to me to be unfair orunreasonablethatratepayersshouldeffectivelysubsidizehomeproducersbysupplyingthe"battery"because homeproducersarebearingthecapitalexpensetoproviderpowerproductionthatIdahoPowerwouldotherwiseincurandthenseektopassontoconsumers.
I would also point out that nothing in this balancing of benefits accounts for the environmental benefit I have conferreduponmycommunitybybearingtheexpensetoaddcleanenergyproductiontohelpmeetlocalpowerneeds.Thisbenefitwhilenotinsubstantialisadmittedlyhardtoquantify.That does not mean however that there is no benefit northattheCommissionshoulddisregardthatbenefit.There is ample precedent over the years demonstrating theCommissionspowertorequireIdahoPowertoprovideprogramstoreducepowerproductionneedseventhough in thefinalanalysisthecostofprovidingtheseprogramsgetsfactoredintotheratesettingprocess.
Unique Identifier:96.18.1.226
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 1:52 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Cynthia Coates
Name:Cynthia Coates
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Boise Idaho,83716
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Solar power is one way to minimize our carbon footprint and it is needed NOW.Those of us who can afford
to contribute do so with the whole planet in mind and it helps the power company as well.Please only changethe
system so that it encourages/enables ALL people to adopt this energy source.This would entail Idaho Power to do a
"cost of service study"so we know all the information to change rates for the good of all.
Unique Identifier:96.19.13.126
Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 2:17 PMTo:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Paul Thompson
Name:Paul Thompson
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:4721 N Arrow Villa Way
Boise Idaho,83703
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:My partners and I are working on bringing a business to Idaho that has 150 employees in 2 other statesinstallingResidentialRooftopphotovoltaicsystems.Distributed renewable energy is the future of the electrical gridnationallyandinIdaho.Idaho will lose out on growth by killing Net Meteringor penalizing net metering customers andforcecustomersintomicro-grid and off-grid solutions and thereby waste the significant tax payer investment in the grid.Distributed grid solar at the consumer level will also eliminate the significant charges Idaho Power levees consumers fordemandandconsumptiontiers-giving individual consumers more options and autonomy regarding their bills -loweringcostcontrarytoIdahoPower's propaganda in the Idaho Statesman.Their argument has been used consistently bynearlyeveryutilityinthecountryanditconvenientlyignoresfreeelectricitythattheygetfromnetmeteringcustomersandPowerFactorimprovementstothegridfromDistributedgridhardware.Saying nothing of the impact of notburningcoalorkillingSalmon...Distributed grid uses existing infrastructure and building so impact is minimal on Idaho'snaturalresources.
Unique Identifier:174.27.34.38
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 2:17 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Paul Thompson
Name:Paul Thompson
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:4721 N Arrow Villa Way
Boise Idaho,83703
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:My partners and I are working on bringing a business to Idaho that has 150 employees in 2 other states
installing Residential Rooftop photovoltaic systems.Distributed renewable energy is the future of the electrical grid
nationally and in Idaho.Idaho will lose out on growth by killing Net Meteringor penalizing net metering customers and
force customers into micro-grid and off-grid solutions and therebywaste the significant tax payer investment in the grid.
Distributed grid solar at the consumer level will also eliminate the significant charges Idaho Power leveesconsumers for
demand and consumption tiers -giving individual consumers more options and autonomy regarding their bills -lowering
cost contrary to Idaho Power's propaganda in the Idaho Statesman.Their argument has been used consistently by
nearly every utility in the country and it conveniently ignores free electricity that they get from net metering customers
and Power Factor improvements to the grid from Distributed grid hardware.Saying nothing of the impact of not
burning coal or killing Salmon...Distributed grid uses existing infrastructure and building so impact is minimal on Idaho's
natural resources.
Unique Identifier:174.27.34.38
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 1:12 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Mark Joffe
Name:Mark Joffe
Case Number:PC g'-j7 -¡S
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:1512 N 6th St
Boise Idaho,83702
Name of UtilityCompany:Idaho Power
Comment:Idaho Powers net metering program enables local citizens to support Idahos clean energy sector.Supporting
this growing sector of our economic reduces the current reliance on out-of-state fossil fuels for roughly 50%of our
electricity.
Investing in local solar power keeps more energy dollars in our communities and allows individuals to meet their own
energy needs.Individual control and local economic growth are Idahoan values.
Please stand up for these values by maintaining the current net metering program.
Unique Identifier:34.235.166.177
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 11:49 AM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:RodneyBurks
Name:Rodney Burks
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:5426 W Hill Road
Boise ID,83703
Name of UtilityCompany:Idaho Power
Comment:I own a 9kW solar system and I am opposed to an increase in fees to generators of power like myself.When
Idaho Power states the use of the power infrastructure is not being adequately paid for by generators like me,I wonder
what they do with the extra power I am adding to the electric grid.If it's only resold at the current rate to Idaho Power
users exclusively,then I agree.However,when power is sold to NV,WA,CA or wherever else Idaho Power redirects
excess production,I'd say they are being fairly compensated.The extra power entering the grid from a customer
investment in solar power systems like myself,did not receive one penny from Idaho Power.So in reality,we've saved
Idaho Power the expense of building additional production to meet these extra demands of power use.
If Idaho Power claims they have excess power generation and don't need additional power production,why do they
offer a program credit to customers who allow Idaho Power the abilityto shut down HVAC systems use at peak demand
times?I am part of this program and I think it's approximately $5 to $7 a month.
My investment in solar power is an attempt to produce 50%of my needs.It is also my desire to eliminate the need for
additionalor current dams that have decimated the runs of salmon.If hundreds of millions were not spent by the
utilities to keep these runs alive,the salmon would be extinct.
It's ironic that Idaho Power is concerned about a very small industry like solar,when I would bet the expense they have
in maintaining the salmon runs,thus the justificationfor dams,has more affect on the power rates than any surcharge
they want to tax to the solar industry.
Rodney K Burks
Unique Identifier:69.9.51.70
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 12:07 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:F.Robert Micheli
Name:F.Robert Micheli
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:3748 Greenfield RD.
Vale OR -Oregon,OR
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:1.I attempted to enlist in Idaho Power's Irrigation Peak Rewards program to be told I would not be aparticipantbecausemyirrigationpumpwasn't big enough.Hence,an Idaho Power program for larger,wealthierlandownersoversmaller,less-wealthy landholders?Now,all of a sudden we're worried about solar power cheatingeconomicallychallengedratepayers?
2.Solar Power is at it's most productive on sunny hot summer afternoons exactly when electricity demand is at it's peak.Why shouldn't Idaho Power pay solar power producers extra for this valuable contribution?Perhapsit might beconsideredanoffsettothe"subsidy"poorer ratepayers are contributing.
3.Alternativepower sources should eventually drive electricity rates down thus providing a real &tangible benefittopoorfolks.Or,is cheaper power not really supposed to be on the agenda?Bob M
Unique Identifier:65.101.72.126
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Diane Holt
From:[e-mail]
Sent:Thursday,March 1,2018 12:28 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Patricia Young
Name:Patricia Young
Case Number:IPC-E-17-13
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:3106 N.Hawthorne Dr
Boise ID,83703
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:Believing that we all have a responsibility to care for our resources,I invested in a solar system to heat and
light my home.I believe with my new installation of photovoltaic panels I am near "net zero".In making the decision to
install solar I relied on your fair net metering program.I ask that the current program continue in order to foster
responsible investments in solar by other homeowners and businesses.
Unique Identifier:75.174.16.218
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