20211215Comment(1)_1.pdf

From:PUCWeb Notification
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 12:00:07 PM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: John Hafen
Submission Time: Dec 15 2021 11:50AMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 75E 1stAve
Glenns Ferry, ID 83623
Name of Utility Company: King Hill Irrigation District
Case ID: IPE-E-21-32
Comment: "I would like to comment on the way Peak Rewards, as proposed, will economically harm the irrigators within the King Hill Irrigation District. 1) To have more than
one event a week will make it impossible for irrigators of high value crops to keep water field capacity above 80% to grow a healthy and stress-free crop. When crops are stressed, they
become susceptible to disease and insect infestations. Which directly impacts theIrrigators/farmers in an economically harmful way. I would ask that the maximum number of
events be one per week--not four. One interruption can be adsorbed by water scheduling and water holding capacity of the soil, but more interruptions cannot be managed to maintain an
ideal growing conditions in high heat and water demand by crops. 2) The maximum number of events needs to be changed from 15 to 13 in one season. For the reasons explained in 1) above.
One event max per week for the deration of Peak Rewards summer program. King Hill Irrigation District would prefer maximum of events to be six. The economic benefit of the
program becomes undesirable after four events, because the cost to turn pumps off and on after four hours, in addition to keeping people employed to watch water fill canal, is equal to
the lower Peak Rewards pay out and does not cover the opportunity cost of not shutting off and participating in event. 3) The King Hill Irrigation District's water users get their water
from pumps that lift water out of Snake River into an open canal system that takes up to 24 hours to deliver water to the end of canal and another 24 hours to ensure reliability and
stability of the irrigation water at the end of canal system. When there is more than one event in a week, there becomes an interruption at the end of the canal that inhibits the
irrigators/farms from getting a dependable water supply for irrigation. With one event per week the interruption can be managed by the irrigators/farms, thus preventing economic harm
to them and their crops. "
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