20180322Rivas Affidavit.pdf

Attorneys for the Snake River Alliance and NW Energy Coalition
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
John R. Hammond, Jr.- ISB No. 5470
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U.S. BANK PLAZA_ 7th Floor
101 S. Capitol Blvd., Suite 701
P.O. Box 1308
Boise,ID 83701
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 208.331.2400E-mail: [e-mail]
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH NEW SCHEDULES FOR
RESIDBNTIAL AND SMALL
GENERAL SERVICE CUSTOMERS
WITH ON-SITE GENERATION
STATE OF Montana
County of Lewis and Clark County
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AFFIDAVIT OF DIEGO RIVAS IN
SUPPORT OF INTERYENOR FUNDING
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DIEGO RIVAS being first duly sworn upon oath, deposes and says as follows, to-wit:
1. I am employed by the NW Energy Coalition as the Montana and Idaho Energy Policy
Associate and I make this Affidavit based on my own knowledge. My office is lo-
cated in Helena, Montana.
2. The NW Energy Coalition (the "Coalition"), a nonprofit entity is an alliance of about
100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, progressive utilities, and
businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia. We pro-
mote development of renewable energy and energy conservation, consumer protec-
tion, low-income energy assistance, and fish and wildlife restoration on the Columbia
and Snake rivers.
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3. Because of the Coalition's mission and the important issues raised in this proceeding
it felt it was absolutely necessary to participate as an intervenor.
4. Due to the expense of participating in this regulatory proceeding the Coalition de-
cided to partner with the Snake River Alliance.
5. The Coalition along with the Snake River Alliance retained the services of John R.
Hammond Jr., of the law firm of Fisher Pusch LLP to represent it in this matter.
6. The Coalition does not currently have legal counsel working in-house that could un-
dertake representation in this case.
7. The Coalition and the Snake fuver Alliance also retained Amanda Levin of the Na-
tional Resources Defense Council as an expert witness for this case.
8. Despite the partnership with the Snake River Alliance, participation in this proceed-
ing is due to its complexity and the public interest therein is expensive. Such ex-
penses incurred by the Coalition constitute a significant financial hardship for the Co-
alition and directly impacts its ability to participate in future regulatory proceedings
in furtherance of its interests and the interests of its members.
[Signature on following page]
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FURTLII:R YOLIR AFFIANT SAITI I NAUGI-I'f
DATED this a>u.y ol'Marclr. 2018
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ?2aorof March.20l8
Notary for
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that on th" Auy of March ,2078,1 served a true and correct
copy of the foregoing by delivering the same to each of the following individuals by electronic
mail, addressed as follows:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY:
Lisa Nordstrom
Idaho Power Company
1221W. Idaho St. (83702)
PO Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
lnordstrom@idahopower. com
dockets@idahopower. com
Timothy E. Tatum
Connie Aschenbrenner
Idaho Power Company
1221W. Idaho St. (83702)
PO Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
ttatum@idahopower. com
caschenbrenner@idahopower. com
COMMISSION STAFF:
Sean Costello
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington (83702)
PO Box 83720
Boise, lD 83720-0074
[e-mail]. sov
IDAHYDRO:
Idahydro
c/o C. Tom Arkoosh
Arkoosh Law Offices
802 W. Bannock Street, Suite 900
PO Box 2900
Boise, ID 83701
[e-mail]
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IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.:
Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc
c/o Eric L. Olsen
Echo Hawk & Olsen, PLLC
505 Pershing Avenue, Ste. 100
POBox6119
Pocatello,lD 83205
[e-mail]
Anthony Yankel
12700 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505
Lakewood, OH 44101
[e-mail]
IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE:
Matthew A. Nykiel
Idaho Conservation League
PO Box 2308
102 S. Euclid #207
Sandpoint,ID 83864
mnykiel@idahoconservation. org
AURIC LLC:
Elias Bishop
Auric Solar, LLC
2310 S. 1300 W.
West Valley City, UT 84119
elias.bishop@auricsolar. com
Preston N. Carter
Deborah E. Nelson
Givens Pursley LLC
601 W. Bannock Street
Boise, lD 83702
prestoncarter@ givenspursl ev. com
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SIERRA CLUB:
Kelsey Jae Nunez LLC
Sierra Club
920 N. Clover Drive
Boise, ID 83703
ke I s ey @,kel seyj aenunez. c om
Tom Beach
Cross Border Energy
2560 9th Street, Suite 213A.
Berkley, CA 94710
tomb@crossborderenergy. com
ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY
Michael Heckler
michael.p.heckler@ gmail.com
Zack Waterman
zack.waterman@ sierraclub. org
CITY OF BOISE CITY:
Abigail R. Germaine
Deputy City Attorney
Boise City Attorney's Office
150 N. Capitol Blvd.
PO Box 500
Boise, ID 83701-0500
Telephone: [phone]
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Deborah E. Nelson
601 W. Bannock Street
PO Box2720
Boise, ID 83701
prestoncarter@ givenspursley.com
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VOTE SOLAR:
David Bender
Earthjustice
3916 Nakoma Road
Madison, WI 53711
dbender@earthj usti ce. org
Briana Kober
Vote Solar
360 22"d Street, Suite 730
Oakland, CA 94612
[e-mail]
INTERMOUNTAIN WIND
AND SOLAR, LLC:
Ryan B. Frazier
Brian W. Burnett
Kirton McConkie
50 East Temple, Suite 400
PO Box 45120
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
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Intermountain Wind and Solar, LLC
1952 West 2425 South
Woods Cross, UTG 84087
doue@imwindandsolar. com
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