20210114Comments(8).pdf

From:Sara Ajeti ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:16:20 PM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
Idaho Power's reliance on nonrenewable resources is detrimental to our current climate crisis. The movement
towards 100% clean energy by 2045 is not enough. Sustainable efforts by Idaho Power must be implemented sooner
to mitigate the effects of climate change on current and future generations. Fossil fuel extraction causes health
problems for residents living nearby power plants or mining pits. The demand placed on consumers to incorporate
sustainable energy practices such as installing individual solar panels has to end unless Idaho Power chooses to
incentivize consumers with plans that don't involve a 25 year return on investment. The demand needs to be placed
on industries practicing detrimentally harmful fossil fuel usage to change their practices to be more environmentally
and economically sustainable for a more resilient future. There needs to be a focus on efficient energy storage so at
peak energy times, there is enough for everyone in the community to utilize.
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Sara Ajeti
9602 W Telfair Dr
Boise, ID 83704
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From:Steve Benner ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:18:31 PM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
The IRP should include incentives to upgrade energy efficiency in existing buildings and Idaho Power should
encourage the Legislature to update the state energy code. The current code is based on a nine year old IECC, we
should be using the 2021 IECC.
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Steve Benner
2808 S. Colorado Ave
Boise, ID 83706
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From:Alissa Wolfe ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:40:36 PM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
I am an Idaho Power customer and I support Idaho Power's transition toward 100% Clean Energy in it's latest
Integrated Resource Plan. As an Idahoan, I believe communities throughout that state must have access to clean and
renewable energy to begin to reduce the impacts that climate change has caused. I hope the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission will urge Idaho Power to transition from it's coal and gas plants and achieve 100% clean energy before
the 2045 commitment. As an Idaho Power customer and someone that is interested in solar energy, I believe it is
extremely important and necessary that solar energy systems are affordable and accessible to individuals as well as
communities.
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Alissa Wolfe
1723 South Cloverdale Rd
Boise, ID 83709
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From:Kathy Noble ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:56:15 PM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
I have a 10 acre organic farm and I am reading studies about solar panels placed above vegetable production. For
farmers with small acreages, this could be a great way to cover irrigation costs and processing costs all of which
require a lot of electricity to pump the water. This kind of vegetable production can help make our small acreage
farmers profitable and is important to our food supply. Also, studies are showing increased power production
because the solar panels are cooler. However, the cost of the panels is significant so it is important that these
farmers know what their payback rate will be for the life of the panel. That requires that power sold to the grid be
locked into a consistent price over the life of the panel. My county is committed to 100% clean power by 2030 and I
want to help achieve that goal. Thank you
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Kathy Noble
86 Freedom Loop
Bellevue, ID 83313
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From:Lisa Hecht ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:02:32 PM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
I have two daughters, 24 and 27, who are inheriting an increasingly unstable climate: fires in California twice the
size of previous years, and more and bigger storms along the east coast and other parts of the world every year. I'm
worried about their survival, our food supply, our world. I've read the IPPC reports and the U.S.' National Climate
Assessments, We need a mobilization such as we undertook in WWII to turn around our fossil fuel use, including
removing them ASAP from our power supply. Economics have now supported this direction for at least several
years. Please support investments in clean energy, storage, demand response, and efficiency in this plan and all
going forward. I walk my talk in this.
Dear PUC Commissioners,
Please urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
I'm pleased that Idaho Power's 2019 IRP utilizes low-cost, clean solar, without the fuel risk of methane or coal,
though an intermittent resource. That intermittency is best accompanied not by intermittent methane peakers, which
include fuel risks (availability and cost), health issues to the air we breathe and our waters near Payette, but by
battery storage to match the short-term fluctuations, demand-response to shave peaks for capacity, and hydro storage
for seasonal storage solar. Note that batteries provide many values besides peak-shaving, and are instant-on to
match solar fluctuations.
The plan shows eight years between Jackpot Solar coming on-line and the next solar power plant, at a mere 40MW.
Why wait 8 years to remove coal plants? We have no time to lose in removing GHGs from our atmosphere.
B2H is expensive and vulnerable to hackers. Local networks with solar and storage, DR, and microgrids could lower
risk.
Energy efficiency through building retrofits and efficient appliances could, per ACEEE, reduce demand by at least
25% and should be increased in the plan. Other cities and states are now incentivizing these things (NY, CO, VT,
etc.). Idaho can follow their lead.
Thank you,
Lisa Hecht
Sincerely,
Lisa Hecht
4920 E. Sagewood Drive
Boise, ID 83716
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From:Martha S. Bibb ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:31:06 AM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Martha S. Bibb
810 CD Olena Dr.
Hailey, ID 83333
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From:Elizabeth Jeffrey ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-19-19: Idaho Power 2019 IRP
Date:Thursday, January 14, 2021 10:20:01 AM
Dear R. Idaho PUC,
We are retired senior citizens and put solar panels on our roof 4 years ago and have enjoyed the sense of security
they have given us both in energy production and in financial support. They also make us feel that we are helping in
a significant way with the national transition to clean energy that is being called for in the next decade. We won't be
alive to see the final outcome of these efforts but we hope to leave the world just this much better.
The ability to recoup some of the financial upfront costs that we pulled together for this installation 5 years ago was
an important piece of assistance and the knowledge that it would be maintained for a ROI into our future in the
house were HUGE assets. Please make sure that your decisions offer this same security and help our power sector
move to protect our futures as well as our lands.
I support Idaho Power's move toward 100% Clean Energy in its latest Integrated Resource Plan. I hope the PUC
will urge Idaho Power to 1) Speed up its plan to achieve 100% clean energy, including earlier exits from its coal
plants and gas plants; 2) Invest in local clean energy projects (NOT new gas plants) that benefit Idaho?s economy;
and 3) Give customers and communities a fair chance to own their own solar energy systems.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Jeffrey
201 N 3rd Ave
Hailey, ID 83333
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From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Thursday, January 14, 2021 11:00:05 AM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Martha S Bibb
Submission Time: Jan 14 2021 10:04AMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 810 CD Olena Dr.
Hailey, ID 83333
Name of Utility Company: IP
Case ID: IPC-E-19-19
Comment: "I would like to comment on Idaho Powers's plan for providing energy to our communities. Idaho Power is a monopoly corporation so citizens are grateful that we have a
public commission to protect us as customers and to represent our best interests. Idaho Power uses 2 criteria to determine their plans. One is cost to their bottom line. That does not take into
consideration what might be best for customer rates or for communities that might be at risk for health problems from their power sources. We are dependent solely on a corporation and
that might put citizens' at risk to fire, methane releases, outages and other problems. We have seen from California that long transmission lines put huge swaths of land and entire
communities at risk from both causing and perpetuating fire and destruction and death. We need to consider moving away fro huge above ground transmission lines and toward
producing energy closer to end users. Idaho Power needs to: Develop more storage capacity for solar and wind projects. IP needs to move away from methane as an energy source.
Encourage local community generation of solar and wind. Make residential solar production and storage a rate-attractive option. Make Community solar part of your plan Spend some
advertising dollars to tell rate payers how to use their power to conserve energy during peak load hours. Recognize that solar is produced at peak load hours and is the best least polluting
energy source to preserve power capacity. Allow agricultural companies and small agricultural producers to generate solar to irrigate. This would be a huge savings for food producers. We
could feed more disadvantaged citizens if food production costs are reduced. Save money to invest in local solar and wind by not investing in distant power generation. Stop calling
methane power production "Natural gas" It is polluting fossil fuel and should not have a moniker that obscures that TRUTH. Do not add methane production plants during the 2030's.
Invest in renewable clean solar and wind. Recognize climate warming will reduce water supplies and that we need to move away from thinking that hydropower is unlimited as a
power source. Remove dams on the Snake River to protect all water-based life forms, plants and animals. Climate warming will lead to toxic conditions behind dans. Evaporation will
continue and increase water losses through evaporation. Once again I would like to thank the Public Utilities Commission's efforts to protect t"
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