20220823Comments(3)_3.pdf

From:Shasten T Jolley
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Idaho Solar Installer Representation
Date:Monday, August 22, 2022 5:50:13 PM
Attachments:Solar Company Sign-on Letter to PUC_Idaho Power Solar Study_August 2022 (1).pdf
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To the PUC,

I ask that you review the attached document before making any decisions regarding Idaho Power’s
study on net metering (Case # IPC-E-22-22).

In the attached, you will find a list of solar installation companies across the state (employing over
500 people locally, among many others) that will be drastically impacted by the decision on this
Case.

Please keep these hard working people in consideration, as well as their thousands of homeowner
customers that rely on solar power every day to feed their families.

Thank you for your time.

Shasten Jolley
Manager - CED Greentech Boise & Pocatello
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Boise, ID 83714
August 18, 2022
Re: Case # IPC-E-22-22, Idaho Power VODER Study Hearing Request
Dear Commissioners,
As solar installation and distribution companies servicing thousands of Idaho Power customers across southern Idaho and eastern Oregon, and
employing hundreds of local residents, we write to you today to request a robust public input process for evaluating Idaho Power’s Value of
Distributed Energy Resources (VODER) Study, which will impact everyone involved with our businesses.
Specifically, we urge you to hold multiple public hearings at different venues across the state and at different times (including a weekend). This
will assure that as many people as possible have a chance to attend and share their perspective. There are numerous customers and other interested
parties who live in the Pocatello area, Twin Falls area, Ketchum area, McCall area, and even the Ontario area1 who will be impacted by the
outcome of this case. Holding public hearings in each of those locations would provide a fair and reasonable opportunity for those individuals to
speak directly with the Commission without having to drive for several hours to the PUC Office in Boise, likely followed by waiting for several
more hours in a long queue to finally testify.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Tyler Grange
Owner
Idahome Solar
1 OR statute 757.300(9) exempts Idaho Power customers from Oregon state net metering law (as long as Idaho Power has fewer than 25,000 Oregon customers) and places them
under the jurisdiction of the Idaho PUC. This means that the results of the VODER study will impact Oregon Idaho Power customers.
Company Location(s)Name Title # of Idaho
Employees
Email
CED Greentech Boise/ Pocatello Shasten Jolley Manager 20 [e-mail]
Big Dog Solar Boise/Pocatello Kenneth
Pfannenstiel
Manager 108 [e-mail]
EGT Solar Boise Rob Black VP 30 [e-mail]
RALOS Boise Daniel Harder Manager 25 [e-mail]
RevoluSun Mountain
States
Boise, Lapwai Rachael Miller Manager 49 [e-mail]
Sun Driven Solar Boise Robert Kelley Owner 14 [e-mail]
Rundle Boise Bill Stokes Manager 8 [e-mail]
Blue Raven Solar Boise Jerry Craner Director 24 [e-mail]
Moment Solar Boise Trenton Kemp Owner 7 [e-mail]
Black Diamond Electric Boise Rob Smith Owner 12 [e-mail]
Sunergy Solar Solutions Burley Tim Cottom Owner 15 [e-mail]
Mickelsen Electric Blackfoot Marcus Mickelsen Owner 9 [e-mail]
Horizon PWR Rexburg Judd Ferguson Owner 87 [e-mail]
Bluebird Solar / John
Reuter Greenworks LLC
Hailey John Reuter Owner 3 [e-mail]
Pell Solar
Zurita Construction Inc
Boise, McCall Josh Pellerin Owner 4 [e-mail]
CED Greentech Pocatello Tyson Chavis Operations
Manager
3 [e-mail]
Electric Authority, Inc Boise Seth Stears Owner 7 [e-mail]
Prizm Solar Idaho Falls Ben Heffron Owner 29 [e-mail]
Idahome Solar Boise Tyler Grange Owner 25 [e-mail]
Comet Solar Boise Jay Jenkins Manager 4 [e-mail]
Aurora Power & Design
Inc.
Boise Derek Manager 7 [e-mail]
Great SolarWorks!Hailey Dana Orzel Owner 3 [e-mail]
From:PUCWeb Notification
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Tuesday, August 23, 2022 7:00:16 AM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Lyle Zufelt
Submission Time: Aug 22 2022 9:03PMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 9965 GRAND TARGHEE TRL
Middleton, ID 83644
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-22-22
Comment: "I continue to contemplate the proposed change in the Export Credit Rate we receive for the electricity created by the solar panels that we have paid to install on our homes.
It seems like a gross abuse of those who have paid a very high price to install panels on their property. I will again question the $5.00/month service charge that we are required to pay in
spite of the amount of electricity we provide. We will be required to pay $5.00/month in perpetuity. This monthly service charge should cover our part of the maintenance of the power
lines and office staffing. Again, I remind you that Idaho Power obtains the electricity we create at no cost to them. Once the Export Credit Rate is reduced, the number of customers
inclined to consider paying the high price for solar panel installation will also be reduced substantially. Idaho Power will forever lose the increased electricity that they could have
relied on in times of greatest need. I urge you to deny the request to change/LOWER the Export Credit Rate. Such a decision will lead to serious regrets in the future. Thank you. "
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From:Front
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:FW: CASE COMMENT FOR IPC-E-22-22 RE: Notice: A complaint was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:05:23 AM
From: PUCWeb Notification <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 11:00 AM
To: ConsumerComplaintsWeb <[e-mail]>
Subject: Notice: A complaint was submitted to PUCWeb
The following complaint was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Jesse Hutchinson
Submission Time: Aug 23 2022 10:24AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 3201 college ave
caldwell, ID 83605
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Contacted Utility: No
Comment: "I have a Question about the study done for solar. i have
skimmed a good portion of the document but have failed to see where
Idaho power has taken into consideration the hard cost the customer has
incurred installing solar. It appears they take into consideration the hard
cost they incur changing there pay out rate for solar for a valued cost of 8
to 10 cents down to 2 to 3 cents . I would assume I could have batteries
installed and then totally pull off of Idaho powers grid. I'm not a lawyer or
even that smart of a guy but how are we not dabbling in a monopile if this
can not be done."
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