20170907Petition to Intervene.pdf

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Briana Kobor
Vote Solar
360 22"d Street, Suite 730
Oakland, CA946l2
Phone: [phone]
brian '.org
Representative of Vote Solar
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH NEW
SCHEDULES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND
SMALL GENERAL SERICE CUSTOMERS
WITH ON.SITE GENERATION
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CASE NO. IPC-E-I7-13
PETITION TO INTERVENE
OF VOTE SOLAR
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Vote Solar petitions the Commission to intervene in this matter on behalf of itself and its
members who are customers of Idaho Power Company ("the Company") pursuant to the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01 .071-073. As discussed in
more detail below, Vote Solar has direct and substantial interests in these proceedings.
Vote Solar
l. The name and address of Vote Solar is:
Vote Solar
360 22"d Street, Suite 730
Oakland, CA94612
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]
2. Vote Solar is a nonprofit working to foster economic opportunity, promote energy security
and fight climate change by making solar a mainstream energy resource. Vote Solar works at
the state level across the country to support the policies and programs needed to bring solar
to scale. Vote Solar seeks to promote the development of distributed generation solar
resources, wholesale distributed generation and large-scale solar. Vote Solar is working to
implement, maintain and enhance the policies necessary to build robust solar markets in key
Petition to Intervene of Vote Solar
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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states including Idaho. Vote Solar has over 100,000 members nationally including members
in Idaho Power Company's service territory. Vote Solar has a direct and substantial interest
in this proceeding due to the impact to its members served by Idaho Power and to its role
advocating for solar energy.
3. Vote Solar's intervention in this proceeding will not unduly broaden the issues or delay the
proceeding because the interests of Vote Solar are directly related to the subjects addressed in
the Company's application.
4. Until further notice and appearance of counsel, Vote Solar requests that all future pleadings,
correspondence, discovery, and other documents be served on the following representative:
Briana Kobor
Vote Solar
360 22"d Street, Suite 730
Oakland, CA946l2
(4ls) 817-5060
[e-mail]
WHEREFORE, Vote Solar respectfully requests that the Commission issue an order
granting Vote Solar permission to intervene in this matter.
Dated this 6th day of Sept ember,2017 .
Respectfully
Briana Kobor
Regulatory Director, Vote Solort
t Vote Solar recognizes the obligation to appear further in this case through an attomey pursuant to Rule 43, IDAPA
3 I .01 . L043.02. It is Vote Solar's understanding that intervention requests must comply with Rules 41 , 6l and, 62,
but not Rule 43. See IDAPA 31.01.01.72. Therefore, this request to intervene is filed by Vote Solar's non-lawyer
representative, but further appearance in this case will be through counsel.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have this 6th day of September 2017 served the foregoing
PETITION TO INTERVENE OF VOTE SOLAR upon all parties of record in this proceeding,
vie the method of service noted:
FedEx:
Diane Hanian
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington St. Boise, \D 83702
diane.holt@puc. idaho. gov
(Original and seven copies provided)
Electronic Mail:
Lisa D. Nordstrom
Idaho Power Company
l22lWest ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Idahydro
c/o C. Tom Arkoosh
Arkoosh Law Offices
802 W. Bannock Street, Suite 900
P.O. Box 2900
Boise,ID 83701
[e-mail]
er in. c ecil @arkoo s h. com
Eric L. Olsen
ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC
505 Pershing Ave., Ste. 100
P.O. Box 6l l9
Pocatello, Idaho 83205
Telephone : [phone]
Facsimile: (208) 47 8-l 67 0
Email : [e-mail]
Timothy E. Tatum
Connie Aschenbrenner
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise,Idaho 83707
ttatum@idahopower. com
[e-mail]
Matthew A. Nykiel
Idaho Conservation League
P.O. Box 2308
02 S. Euclid #207
Sandpoint, ID 83864
Ph: (208) 26s-9565
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]
Anthony Yankel
12100 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Email: tonv@)uankel.net
JPetition to Intervene of Vote Solar
Elias Bishop
Auric Solar,LLC
2310 s. 1300 w.
West Valley City, UT 84119
Telephone: [phone]
Email : [e-mail]
Kobor
Representative of Vote Solar
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