20221108Comment(1)_1.pdf

From:Georgia Konkoly ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:IPC-E-22-22 Public Comment
Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 10:45:04 AM
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Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I am a 77 year old woman living on a fixed retirement income. I had solar panels installed as a means of saving on
my utility bills. An increase in what I have to pay Idaho Power will significantly impact my ability to pay my bills
and purchase food! It scares me to think I might have to make a choice between keeping warm and eating!
Please look carefully at the independent study conducted by Crossborder Energy, which points out several
shortcomings in Idaho Power's own study on the costs and benefits of customer-owned rooftop solar. Idaho Power
will use this study to justify trying to reduce compensation rates to solar owners. To arrive at fair rates, we first
need a fair study.
Crossborder's study states, "We conclude that Idaho Power?s choice of assumptions and calculation methods
significantly undervalue the five components that the utility quantified. We present our own calculations of an ECR
with these five elements. In addition, the VODER Study fails to quantify important benefits of distributed solar that
the Commission directed the utility to analyze in Order No. 35284 -- benefits that are known and measurable, will
impact rates, and will benefit Idaho ratepayers and citizens.?
Idahoans deserve solar rates based on a more fair and complete analysis. I urge you to reject Idaho Power's study
and look to Crossborder's study as a more accurate measure of the value (to ALL ratepayers) of customer-owned
solar power.
Sincerely,
Georgia Konkoly
3790 S lone Pine Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
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