20220915Comments(2)_2.pdf

From:Pei-lin Yu ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-22-22 Public Hearing Request
Date:Thursday, September 15, 2022 1:18:44 AM
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Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Goodness, with the warming climate Idaho's rooftop solar should be robustly supported! It will cut greenhouse gases
and at the same time generate power, greatly benefitting Idahoans everywhere. Please please give our Idaho citizens
a voice in this matter, you will be able to make your decision with much better information at hand.
I am very concerned about Idaho Power's newly published cost-benefit study on rooftop solar. It underestimates the
value of solar by intentionally excluding measurable environmental and related benefits. This impacts customer
rates and threatens fair compensation for Idaho families, businesses, farms, schools, and other local entities that
benefit from locally-owned solar.
Please hold in-person public hearings in multiple locations across Idaho Power?s service territory (and offer virtual
video options and a weekend option) to ensure as many people as possible can participate in this critical proceeding
and share their concerns directly with the Commission.
After gaining an understanding of public concerns and the technical flaws in the study, I urge you to reject Idaho
Power's study. Idahoans deserve solar rates based on a more fair, credible, comprehensive, and complete analysis.
Sincerely,
Pei-lin Yu
250 W Williams St
Boise, ID 83706
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From:PUCWeb Notification
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:Notice: A comment was submitted to PUCWeb
Date:Thursday, September 15, 2022 10:00:08 AM
The following comment was submitted via PUCWeb:
Name: Paul Cooperrider
Submission Time: Sep 15 2022 9:28AMEmail: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]Address: 8690 W. Atwater Dr.
Garden City, ID 83714
Name of Utility Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IPC-E-22-22
Comment: "In regards to Idaho Power's VODER and this case, I encourage the PUC to consider the following: 1) The value of the various components of the VODER should be
considered in real-time instead of fixed rate. While it may be initially easier to calculate the value of those various components using fixed rates, technology has allowed us to quickly
update energy market rates. Ultimately, it will be to the consumer's benefit as DER owners make investments for the grid of the future, not only avoiding further generation costs, but
also help in stabilizing the gird and avoiding costly peak demand purchases on the wholesale markets. A seamless market pricing mechanism between retail and wholesale energy markets
will provide the lowest cost and most reliable energy services to energy customers. 2) The PUC should consider using real-time measures of market pricing such as the ICE-Mid-C or
ELAP rather than the utilities's IRP's. IRP's cannot anticipate unforeseen shocks to the energy markets, such as precipitated by the Russian/Ukrainian war. Efficient and effective market
signals that reflect real-time energy prices will serve best for the energy customer. 3) The PUC should consider more support for the use of non-utility scale energy storage, and value how
they can contribute to required energy to meet dynamic demand loads. Components of the VODER that use Time of Use pricing should be supported to encourage deployment of energy
storage. 4) The PUC to consider a value for health and environmental benefits from DER's. While Idaho Power did not assign values to these benefits, the PUC, in its role as looking after
the energy customer and the public good, should recognize there is financial benefit for these variables, and should look to assign values for them Regards, Paul Cooperrider"
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