20230530Comments_2.pdf

The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: HAROLD JACKSON
Submission Time: May 29 2023 1:40PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2594 NE Reservoir Rd
Mountain Uome, ID 83647

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "I adamantly oppose Idaho Powers proposed 50% cut to on-site genera�on per Idaho Powers
leter of May 1, 2023. The leter stated, “A change in the excess exported energy from kilowat-
hour(kWh) credit, valued around 10 cents for residen�al customers, to a �me differen�ated financial bill
credit ranging from approximately 5 to 20 cents per kWh, that would be updated annually.”. A reduce
rate from 10 cents to 5 cents is a 50% cut. I doubt anybody will receive more than 5 cents per kWh.
What is meant by approximately 5 to 20 cents per kWh. Does it mean 4 to 19 cents per kWh or less. Did
Idaho Powers study include how much the company sells excess residen�al generated power for? It is
reasonable to assume that Idaho Power sells excess power at a price higher than the credits residen�al
solar customers receive. Thus, making money from excess power residen�al solar customers generate.
If this proposal is approved, then it shows that the Idaho Public U�li�es Commission (IPUC) works for
Idaho Power. The IPUC should have never allowed Idaho Power to study themselves. By allowing Idaho
Power to study themselves. It appears that the IPUC is working for the power company and not the
residents of Idaho. Maybe the IPUC was concerned that the Value of Distributed Energy Resources
(VODER) study by an independent company would not show what Idaho Power wanted the study to
show. Thus, allowing Idaho Power to do the VODER study on themselves.
This 50% cut in compensa�on is nothing more than a way to generate more profit for greedy Idaho
Power. It is a shame greedy Idaho Power is helping to destroy this country over profits. Remember what
President Kennedy said, “Ask what you can do for your country not what your country can do for you.”.
"

Idaho Power
Maurice (Maurie) Denner
1233 W. Deer Crest Dr., Meridian, lddZ3 ['L� y 30 AM 9: 5 7
541-953-3849
PO Box 70, Boise, Idaho 83707
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074
May 25, 2023
Re: Changes regarding Net Metering for Idaho Power Solar Installations
I understand that Idaho Power is requesting a change in reimbursement for Net Metering on
properties with owner-owned generation. I object to the proposed changes and want to
express my concerns. We installed solar roof top panels in the spring of 2021 for two reasons.
First, the installation was an investment in our home and secondly, the solar roof panels were
environmentally positive. Since that installation, we have managed to offset 30,442.35 lbs of
carbon emissions from the national utility grid, roughly the equivalent of 230 trees planted.
My objections are based upon the following issues:
•Idaho Power is a monopoly provider in the city of Meridian; we have no options
not to connect to their service. As the sole provider of grid connectivity there is
a tangible duty to provide efficient, and dependable service. Importantly, those
services need to be cost effective. Idaho Power hired a study of cost effective
service that differs greatly from another study by using outdated data and
questionable assumptions. A separate study, done independently, and available
through the Sierra Club of Idaho arrived at different conclusions.
•Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the Commission) has a duty to review and
balance the relationship between public service and private profit. The private
study generated a different export rate than that of Idaho Power. It reflected a
value to Idaho Power and their customers, like me, of 3.8 cents/kwh and
18.3/kwh cents in the customer's favor. (The rate of re-imbursement is currently
between 8 and 10 cents/kwh.)
•The Idaho Power case advocates for improvements to the power grid. That is a
true need; I would argue that solar roof top systems are improvements to the
grid and off-set power generation from carbon-producing plants, and aging water
generation (dams) on the western rivers. In fact, Idaho Power is partner to a
large solar installation in Idaho.
• The Idaho Power request is arbitrary. The date of change in net metering is not
set for a particular reason and imposes on me and other customers a rather
extreme change in net metering rates. There is a "grandfather" date which is
arbitrary and without explanation. There might be some logic to using a date
following consideration by the Commission of one year, or something less
impactful on customers who are using solar roof top generation.
• I would estimate that the proposed changes will slow the consumer demand for
owner-owned solar power in the market. That decline in demand for solar would
be exaggerated if the federal government or the state government chose to
eliminate tax incentives for installations.
Please consider these and other objections in a public setting with time for the public to provide
input to the Commission and for the press to report on the issues.
Respectfully submitted,
Maurie Denner