20191028Comments_(11).pdf

Diane Holt
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Diane Holt
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I would like added to your mailing list. I spent thousands of dollars on solar panels because the IPUC said I would be
grandfathered in at the current rate, this was 2 years a8o. Now it sounds like some underhanded deals are going on. I
can assure you that if you lied previously about the rates I will gladly join a class action suite that will force the
commission to do what they said and not change the rates for current solar owners. I am furious that IPUC either lied
before or are considering going back on what they said that caused others like myself to spend thousands of dollars on
solar. I trusted this commission to stand by what they said to not change the current structure.
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 11:58 AM
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Case Comment Form: Jeremy Boyd
Name: Jeremy Boyd
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Email: [e-mail]
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Address: 1511 N sth st
Boise ldaho, 83702
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: Regarding changes to ldaho Power's net metering program for solar customers: current solar generators like
myself shouldn't have the value of our investment diminished be decreasing the reimbursement rate for our energy
production. We should be grandfathered in under the rates as stated when we installed our solar projects.
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Case Comment Form: lVatthew Weatherley-White
Name: Matthew Weatherley-White
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2309 N. 18th St.
Boise lD, 83702
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: I am a residential solar supporter for several reasons:
- Distributed solar, while posing challenges to ldaho Power's business model, is the right thing for the future of energy in
our state.
- Residential solar takes some ofthe spike load requirements from the grid, particularly as summer is both peak use and
peak solar kWh generation time: a synergy that cannot be matched by any other energy complex.
- While the transition will be, and currently is, complicated and dislocating, the future is in renewable, clean energy. The
longer we delay this transition through disincentives like re-negotiating the existing net metering program, the more
painful it will be.
More specifically to the proposed renegotiation of the existing net metering program:
- ldaho Power should keep up its end of the barBain. ldahoans have invested in local clean energy expecting a consistent
deal based on economic terms that prevailed when these investments were made.
- Wlth this in mind, ldaho families and small businesses shouldn't have the rules changed on them after they have
already made their investment.
- lt appears to be dramatically unfair to use residential customers as a de facto profit center, as ldaho Power proposes to
create an embedded arbitrage between the net metering costs linked to excess energy produced by residental roof-top
arrays and the market value of those kWhs.
- Allowing existing solar customers to stay on the existing net metering program and applying the new program to new
customers is a commonsense compromise that allows all parties to keep agreements made in good faith.
I hope that you take into consideration this good-faith input, and maintain the existing net metering program for current
ldaho Power customers who have invested thousands of dollars in rooftop solar arrays.
Thank you,
Matthew Weatherley-White
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Diane Holt
Case Comment Form: Aaron Huntsinger
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: I hear a lot about fairness in maintaining the grid in this case. lf this case is approved, will ldaho Power
maintain my system?
Who is holding solar installers accountable for highlighting this case to future solar installers?
Who is holding ldaho Power's website accountable for omitting this case? Below is what is currently on ldaho Power's
Frequently Asked Questions. There is no mention of this ongoing case.
https://www.idahopower.com/energy-environment/green-choices/solar-power-options-customer-
generation/frequently-asked-questions/
What happens if I generate more electricity than I need? Will I receive a credit?
Currently, customers who generate more electricity than they need in a month will receive an energy credit measured in
kilowatt-hours (kWh). The credit will carry forward to offset the customers' ener8y needs in future months. Excess
energy credits carry forward indefinitely until they are used. However, if service is disconnected, any remaining credits
will be forfeited. A kilowatt-hour (kwh) is the unit ldaho Power uses to measure your electricity usage each month.
Kilowatt-hour is the most commonly-used unit of measure showing the amount of electricity consumed over time.
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Name: Aaron Huntsinger
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: a khu ntsi@Bma il. com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 3235 South Linder Road
Meridian lD, 83642
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Case Comment Form: Doug Harward
Name: Doug Harward
Case Number: lP-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 14248 Skys End Dr
Caldwell lD, 83607
Name of Utility Company: ldaho power
Comment: You made an investment under the rules at the time and lexpect those rules to remain in place.
-lf grandfathering is not successful, existing customers will default to the terms set for new customers.
We made investment into our home others chose not to. Don't punish us for making a wise decision. l'm timed of
hearing that everything has to be fair. lf others choose not to do something why are we picking up the slack, just to
make it fair. lf that is your deal how is it "fair/'for us?
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Case Comment Form: Gayle Gray
Name: Gayle Gray
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: h m agayle @gma il.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address:
Boise lD, 83705
Name of Utility Company: ldaho power
Comment: We purchased solar under the current rules. We expect to have them honored. lf the rules are cha nged we
need to come under a grandfather Period Of time. We are trying to be responsible and accountable by having our own
solar energy. We are getting into retirement and will be on a fixed income. We made this investment so that we could
afford to survive through retirement I need to have it honored.
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 4:49 PM
Diane Holt
Case Comment Form: Richard Gray
Name: Richard Gray
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 4213 W Grover St
Boise lD, 83705
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: We came in thinking we could save money with investment into solar panels. We need this savings now. I am
retired and can't afford the increase on my power bid. Please do not take the solar credits away.
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Diane Holt
Case Comment Form: Michael Nickerson
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: I am a long-time customer of ldaho Power (more than 40 years), but a relatively new Benerating customer. I
installed a 9 kW DC solar system in March of this year.
I have several comments about this proposal:
Against ldaho Power's Goals
ldaho Power has a public goal of being 100% renewable energy by2045. Presumably, some of this was expected to
come from customer generation. linstalled my system myself and previously expected a 6-7year payback period. The
payback period would be at least twice as long if I had it installed professionally. Now, with a generation rate less than
% of previous rates, payback periodswill be much longer. Rooftopsolarwill no longer be feasible for most customers
any longer.
As a former Time of Day customer, it was clear that ldaho Power was looking to move some of the usage load from Peak
to Off Peak periods. This proposal will have the opposite effect. Any customer with solar generation will rapidly move
their discretiona ry loads to the midd le of the day, when their generation is highest. Forexample, l've already changed
my electric car to recharge immediately, rather than waiting for 10 pm as I previously did.
Under the existing programs, it's easy to predict solar benefits, by taking monthly usage, subtracting predicted
generation, and calculating new usage. That can then be placed into the appropriate usage tiers for pricing. That can all
be obtained from a power bill. ln order to predict solar benefits in this proposed program, a homeowner will need
hourly usage estimates. This can't be done from a power bill. lt will require a special data extract and sophisticated data
analysis (if ldaho Power can provide the detailed data). Homeowners won't have that level of data available themselves.
Unequal Generating Rates
ln summary, I am very concerned that this new proposal will substantially chill the adoption of solar power in the ldaho
Power service area, just when we should be making steps to expand it, and just when costs were starting to be low
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Diane Holt
Name: Michael Nickerson
Case Number; IPC-E-18-15
Email: m ike @ nicke rso n ra nc h.co m
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Middleton lD, 83644
Difficult To Predict Solar Benefit
It is not clear at all why the generation credit rates for Schedule 6 should be substantially less than Schedule 8
customers. We paythe same costs for our generation equipment. lalso believe that Schedule 6 customers represent a
better chance for ldaho Power to amortize their other generation and support costs, since many of us exceed the limit of
2000 kwh of usage more than twice a year (makinB us ineligible for Schedule 8).
enough to be feasible. I know several homeowners that were previously considerinB solar. l'm sure the complexity of
calculating ROI and the increased payback periods will ensure they move away from solar and install natural gas anstead
of electricity for heating and water heating, in new construction.
I also believe that it makes sense for the ldaho PUC to allow existing customer generation to continue using the existing
system, at least until the expected payback period originally assumed when installing the system has passed. Customers
install these systems assuminB a certain set of costs and returns.
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Case Comment Form: Debra Miller
Name: Debra Miller
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address:1185 Condor Dr
Middleton lD, 83644
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: lfeel that what the power company is trying to do is extremely unfair. Solar is the future. We invested a lot
of money to go solar believing it would help us save money as we head into retirement. Bottom line, as always, the big
company has to stick it to the people to make more money for themselves. What a sad world we live in.
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Case Comment Form: Rodney Burks
Name: Rodney Burks
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address: 5425 W Hill Road
Boise IDAHO, 83703
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: I would like the Commission to allow existing users to stay at the rate structure under which l/we invested in
a Clean Energy alternative. My 537,000 investment was Biven considerable thought as well as spending an additional
525,000 to update my electric heat pumps. I calculated my investment in solar power would payout in 12 years, which is
the half life of my panels. Under the current proposal before you, IPC wants to change the rate structure and make
investing in Clean Energy unaffordable. lronic that IPC is toutin8 Clean Energy sourcing by 2045.
I urge you to grandfather current generators from this proposal, based on the facts l/we invested in Solar Power under a
structure which made our investment affordable.
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Case Comment Form: Brian Baker
Name: Brian Baker
Case Number: IPC-E-18-15
Email: [e-mail]
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Address: 3119 N 26th St
Boise lD, 83702
Name of Utility Company: ldaho Power
Comment: Hello,
We have a small solar system (3.5kw peak). We installed the system in order to be close to electric net-o based on the
current rate structure. Typically we use a little more (15%)from ldaho Power than we generate annually.
I understand the desire to decrease the rate for on-site generators, "more profit." However the proposed rate structure
is far too low. ldaho power would be using the power on-site solar customers create and doubling the price to sell it to
my neighbor at virtually no cost to them. The rate structure is 2 times the transmission cost they charge for the same
energy coming from a dam or natural gas plant.
The cost of tra nsmission is roughly 25-30% of the per KW charge. I would think the differential between creating a nd
consumption of solar power should not exceed this number. Logic would say it should be even less since the power from
on-site solar doesn't have to travel nearly as far or through huge transmission stations.
We already pay lda ho Power 55+ per month to use the billing, lines and meters on our homes. By taking the power at
4.4 cents and selling it back hours later at 8.5 cents, on-site generators are being charged disproportionately to subsidize
ldaho Power.
ldaho Power would like to be 100% clean energy by 2045. Over time on-site generators will reduce or even eliminate the
need for ldaho Power to generate power during peak solar hours, effectively eliminating well over half of ldaho Powers
expenses durinB those hours, yet they would still sell that consumer generated power back to their customers at the full
rate. This too increases their profit for selling a product they didn't create.
ln addition, the hourly expenses occurred discourages on-site solar users with electric cars from charging during off
hours. Many EVs have software which schedules charging overnight, during 'off' hours, to help the power companies.
We have a Chevrolet Volt. lf I know I am paying nearly twice as much to charge my vehicle as they are crediting me, I
will only charge during'my'peak solar hours.
Their proposal is not only financially disproportionate, but environmentally retrograded as well.
This proposal is win win for ldaho Power and all loss for on-site solar generators and the people of ldaho
Tha nk You,
Bria n Baker
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