20210816Comments(7).pdf

From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Friday, August 13, 2021 5:00:05 PM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Joanie Fauci
Submission Time: Aug 13 2021 4:22PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 2944 Hillway Dr
Boise, ID 83702
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "Please accept and approve Idaho Power’s request to get out of the North Valmy Power Plant. We need to move away from coal as quickly as possible. And we don’t need to
be burdened with their debt any longer than necessary. Let them break free! Thanks for listening, Joanie Fauci"
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From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Saturday, August 14, 2021 7:00:20 AM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Tyler Harris
Submission Time: Aug 13 2021 11:02PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 646 S. Granite Way
Boise, ID 83712
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "The science linking man-made causes of climate change to catastrophic weather events is overwhelming. The most recent UN Report makes this clear. We must transition
away from fossil fuels as soon as possible. I fully support Idaho power is decision to pull away from the North Valmy Power Plant in 2025. If possible, I would urge them to pull out sooner.
We are seeing the effects of climate change grow stronger with each year. This year, the fireworks on Payette Lake on the Fourth of July were obscured by wildfire smoke. This has
not happened previously in my lifetime. Every Day that passes without definitive action is a day we will need to justify to our children and grandchildren. The status quo is unacceptable.
Thank you, Tyler Harris"
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From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Friday, August 13, 2021 1:00:09 PM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Sherri Lechten
Submission Time: Aug 13 2021 12:08PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 601 W Sandstone Ct
Boise, ID 83702
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "I support Idaho Power’s application to exit the North Valmy Power Plant by 2025 as it is a necessary step toward combating climate change."
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From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Monday, August 16, 2021 9:00:08 AM
The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Kiki Leslie Tidwell
Submission Time: Aug 16 2021 8:09AMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 704 North River St #1
Hailey, ID 83333
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "To quote investment manager Paul S. Herman, "The Nobel-prize-winning IPCCgroup of scientists have updated the latest forecast - there is a "code red for humanity" to take
climate action (https://twitter.com/i/events/1424568170749202438)." I disagree with IdahoPower's plan to keep the Valmy Unit 2 coal-fired power plant running until 2025, rather than
retiring it in 2022. As a longtime Idahoan, I know that the climate-impacted West can notafford to continue to run coal plants. I have farmer friends who are very unsure that they can
continue to keep farming due to dwindling water supply in Carey, Idaho. Ratepayers andIdahoans should not suffer because of Idaho Power's slowness to explore and adopt new
technology. Idaho Power has done a poor job of integrating battery storage into its powerproduction portfolio. Currently, the company shows that batteries will not be incorporated
until 2029 in its 2021 IRP. Idaho Power is pinning its hopes on getting to its 100%-renewable-energy-by-2045 goal on a plan that it devised in 2006- to bring power 305 miles from Oregon
to Idaho. The company is not going to build its own renewable energy solar or wind farms inIdaho, where the naturally-occuring wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro sources are
outstanding. Unfortunately, this 2006 plan leaves Idaho ratepayers at risk; what will the powercost in the future from this out-of-state plant and will it even be available when we need it, if
we are competing with others for this same power at the same time? In 2006, Idaho Powerhated renewables and as late as July, 2012, ran a media campaign against wind power. For
perspective on the pace of technology change since 2006, note that the IPhone was firstintroduced in 2007. Now solar power is the least cost resource, with the Jackpot Solar power
purchase agreement coming in at 2.175 cents per kWh. When Idaho Power had to agree to amajority of shareholders in 2008 to reduce carbon in its power production, ratepayers actually
benefitted; ratepayers saved $17.5 million last year when coal plants were shut down early.But unfortunately, Idaho Power is still very much behind other states when it comes to
embracing and incorporating batteries as a way to ‘firm’ renewables to be on-demand powerand to replace expensive transmission and fossil peaker plants. Idaho Power’s 2019 Integrated
Resource Plan, which maps out the next 20 years of projects for the companies, shows thatbatteries are slated to be introduced ten years down the road, in 2029, and then only 30
megawatts’ worth. Every other state is building 400, 770, 1,000 and 3,000 megawatts ofbatteries now! “Hawaiian utility backs 460 megawatts of solar and nearly 3 gigawatt-hours of
batteries as state moves to close its fossil plants.” (Hawaii also has a 2045 100% clean energygoal.) “Earlier this month Southern California Edison selected seven projects adding up to 770
megawatts of 4-hour-duration battery systems slated to be completed by August 2021.”Batteries are also replacing expensive peaker plants which only run for certain peak times of
the year, “Strata Solar will begin construction in July on its 100-megawatt/400-megawatt-hourbattery plant in Ventura County.” Massachusetts has already installed 108 megawatt hours as
of Feb 2020, and has a plan for 1000 megawatt hours by 2025- five years! As an Idaho Powerratepayer and shareholder, I am dismayed that my power company is so far behind
technologically. The company is not maximizing its business returns by clinging to 14-year-old plans when it could be building its own power plants in Idaho. As well, it is leaving
ratepayers at risk of future price increases, transmission line losses, and lack of supply if itcontinues to rely on power plants outside of Idaho. It is high time for this company to get with
it and install megawatts of batteries now in 2021. The Company may not have received anyresponses to its RFP but it can build its own power plants itself. There are tremendous solar
and wind resources as well as public lands to build on in Southern Idaho. Idaho Power shouldretire the Valmy Unit #2 coal fired power plant in 2022. We in the West cannot afford to
exacerbate our climate degradation with one more minute of coal. "
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Name: Elizabeth JeffreySubmission Time: Aug 16 2021 8:43AM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-309-0336
Address: 201 North 3rd AvenueHailey, ID 83333
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "The latest forecast from IPCC scientists is that there is a "code red for humanity"
to take climate action right now! And each one of our power companies have the people andthe powers that can make the biggest impact on that crisis. I am against Idaho Power's plan to
keep the Valmy Unit 2 coal-fired power plant running until 2025, rather than retiring it in2022. There are tremendous solar and wind resources - as well as public lands to build on - in
Southern Idaho. Idaho Power should retire the Valmy Unit #2 coal fired power plant in 2022.We in the West cannot afford to exacerbate our climate degradation with one more minute of
coal. Right now, solar power is the least costly resource, with the Jackpot Solar powerpurchase agreement coming in at 2.175 cents per kWh. When Idaho Power had to agree to a
majority of shareholders in 2008 to reduce carbon in its power production, ratepayers actuallybenefitted; ratepayers saved $17.5 million last year when coal plants were shut down early.
Unfortunately, Idaho Power is still very much behind other states when it comes to embracingand incorporating batteries as a way to ‘firm’ renewables to be on-demand power and to
replace expensive transmission and fossil peaker plants. Idaho Power’s 2019 IntegratedResource Plan shows that batteries are slated to be introduced ten years down the road, in
2029, and then only 30 megawatts’ worth. Every other state is building 400, 770, 1,000 and3,000 megawatts of batteries now! As an Idaho Power ratepayer and shareholder, I am
dismayed that my power company is so far behind technologically. The company is notmaximizing its business returns by clinging to 14-year-old plans when it could be building its
own power plants in Idaho. As well, it is leaving ratepayers at risk of future price increases,transmission line losses, and lack of supply if it continues to rely so heavily on power plants
outside of Idaho. It is high time for this company to get with it and install megawatts of batteries now. There are tremendous solar and wind resources as well as public lands to build
on in Southern Idaho. Idaho Power should retire the Valmy Unit #2 coal fired power plant in 2022. We in the West cannot afford to exacerbate our climate degradation with one more
minute of coal. "
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From:PUC Consumer Comments
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Friday, August 13, 2021 3:00:07 PM
The following comments were submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Gregg Servheen
Submission Time: Aug 13 2021 2:25PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 2816 South Colorado Ave
Boise, ID 83706
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "Hi, I am strongly concerned about how climate change is going to impact Idaho. I am further concerned that these impacts will only grow increasingly worse if we do not take
large and important steps to reduce carbon emissions and to sequester carbon. For this reason I ask that Idaho Power be approved to exit the North Valmy Power Plant by 2025. This is an
important and necessary step for reducing climate impacts in Idaho. Thank you."
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Name: Todd DavisSubmission Time: Aug 13 2021 2:27PM
Email: [e-mail]: 208-891-8191
Address: 3855 N Collister DriveBoise, ID 83703
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-21-12
Comment: "I strongly support Idaho Powers's efforts to transition from fossil fuels to clean,
renewable energy and the effort to exit from the North Valmy Power Plant on December 31, 2025. Drought, unprecedented heat, and ongoing abnormal wildfires over many consecutive
years now speaks to the urgency of making these changes as soon as feasible. There is frankly no downside to moving in this direction from both an economic or quality of life standpoint.
Thanks for considering my input. "
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