20200903Comment.pdf

From: Lisa Young <[e-mail]>
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 5:23 PM
To: Edward Jewell <[e-mail]>
Cc: "Nordstrom, Lisa" <[e-mail]>, IPCDockets
<[e-mail]>, "Aschenbrenner, Connie" <[e-mail]>,
"Tatum, Tim" <[e-mail]>, Abigail Germaine <[e-mail]>,
Ben Otto <[e-mail]>, "Eric L. Olsen" <[e-mail]>, Anthony
Yankel <[e-mail]>, Austin Rueschhoff <[e-mail]>, Thor Nelson
<[e-mail]>, "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>, Adele Lee
<[e-mail]>, "Gina L. Gargano-Amari" <[e-mail]>,
Russell Schiermeier <[e-mail]>, Michael Heckler <[e-mail]>,
KELSEY NUNEZ <[e-mail]>, Terri Carlock <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: IPC-E-20-26 Proposed Procedure and Schedule - UPDATED

Hi Ed,

Thanks so much for this update. I just wanted to lift up what Kelsey had shared last week on behalf of
Idaho Sierra Club regarding the proposed schedule (pasted below). We'd be grateful if these concerns
about the proposed schedule can be shared with and considered by the Commissioners at the decision
meeting tomorrow. Farmers are a key stakeholder in this docket, and the timing of these public
information and input opportunities are during a very busy time of the year for much of the farming
community, limiting their availability to meaningfully participate. Pushing the dates back would make it
much more accessible for interested and impacted farmers to communicate their feedback with the
Commission, which we know the Commission wants to hear. We're hopeful that this can be taken into
consideration when finalizing the schedule. Thank you!

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Sierra Club can work with this timeline, and we appreciate the opportunities outlined for public input
and information-sharing on this important docket. The timeline makes sense in order to reach a decision
by the Company's proposed Effective Date of December 1, 2020.

That said, we hope the Commission will take into consideration the difficulty that many irrigation
customers (i.e. farmers) may have in meaningfully participating in the workshop, hearing, and written
comment opportunities due to the nature of farming operations at that time of year. Pushing the public
comment opportunities and Effective Date back a month or more could help ensure that affected
irrigation customers who want to participate are better able to.

Lisa Young (she/her/hers)
Director, Idaho Chapter Sierra Club
503 W Franklin St. Boise, ID 83702
[e-mail] | 208.841.8587
www.sierraclub.org/idaho
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