20230522News Release.pdf

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Case No. PAC-E-23-01
Order No. 35769
Case No. IPC-E-23-01
Order No. 35773
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS DIRECTORS, EDITORS: Corrects release to reflect customer hearing in Pocatello will
begin at 11:00 a.m. and conclude at 2:00 p.m.

NEWS RELEASE: Customer hearings scheduled in June on applications that would advance
transmission line project.

BOISE (May 22, 2023) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host customers hearings
in mid-June to take testimony on applications that are part of a proposed 500-kilovolt
transmission line.

Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power have partnered to work on the Boardman to
Hemingway transmission line. Plans call for the line to be 300 miles long. It will cross five
Oregon counties and connect to Idaho Power’s existing Hemingway Substation in Idaho’s
Owyhee County.

The two utilities have applied for certificates of public convenience and necessity as part of the
project. A certificate of public convenience and necessity is a certificate granted to a utility that
allows it to provide service to a new geographic area, enter into a franchise agreement, build and
operate a new facility or build an extension of an existing facility.

Four customer hearings will be held to take testimony for the record. Those who plan to submit
testimony are required to attend in-person. Those interested in listening only can call in.

A hearing to take testimony on Rocky Mountain Power’s application will be Monday, June 12, at
the Idaho Falls Public Library, 457 W. Broadway Street. It will begin at 6:00 p.m. (MDT) and
conclude at 9:00 p.m. or until all testimony has been submitted, whichever comes first. To listen,
please call 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2465 142 0344. When prompted, please
enter numeric password 925 67 866.

Customer hearings will be in Pocatello on June 13 and in Twin Falls on June 13 regarding Idaho
Power’s application. The Pocatello hearing will begin at 11:00 a.m. (MDT) at the Idaho
Department of Fish and Game Regional Office, 1345 Barton Road. It will conclude at 2:00 p.m.
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or until all testimony has been submitted, whichever comes first. To listen to the hearing, please
call 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2461 541 7580. When prompted, please enter
numeric password 993 93 292.

The Twin Falls hearing will be in the Roper Auditorium at Twin Falls High School, 1615 Filer
Avenue East. It will begin at 6:00 p.m. (MDT) and conclude at 9:00 p.m. or until all testimony
has been submitted, whichever comes first. To listen to the hearing, please call 1-415-655-0001,
and enter meeting number 2466 427 3060. When prompted, please enter numeric password 653
89 279.

The final hearing to take testimony on Idaho Power’s application will be in Boise on Wednesday,
June 14, at the commission, 11331 W. Chinden Boulevard, Building 8, Suite 201-A. It will begin
at 6:00 p.m. (MDT) and end at 9:00 p.m. or until all testimony has been submitted, whichever
comes first. To listen, please call 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2452 650 4011.
When prompted, please enter numeric password 447 89 853.

The commission is accepting written comments on Idaho Power’s application until May 23,
2023, and on Rocky Mountain Power’s application until May 25, 2023. To submit comments on
Rocky Mountain Power’s application online, please visit the commission’s homepage at
puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Case Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page and
complete the form using Case Number PAC-E-23-01. To file by e-mail, comments should be sent
to the commission secretary and Rocky Mountain Power at the e-mail addresses listed below. If
computer access is not available, comments may be mailed to the commission and the utility at
these addresses:

For the Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Rocky Mountain Power:

Mark Alder
John Hutchings
Carla Scarsella
1407 W. North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Katherine McDowell
Adam Lowney
McDowell Rackner & Gibson PC
419 SW 11th Avenue, Suite 400
Portland, Oregon 97205
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97232
[e-mail]

To submit comments on Idaho Power’s application for its certificate of public convenience and
necessity, please visit the commission’s homepage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Case
Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page and complete the form using Case
Number IPC-E-23-01. To file by e-mail, comments should be sent to the commission secretary
and Idaho Power at the e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is not available,
comments may be mailed to the commission and the utility at these addresses:

For the Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714

For Idaho Power:

Donovan E. Walker
Tim Tatum
1221 W. Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
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[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

For additional information on the utilities’ applications, please visit:
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6980 or puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6975.