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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Andrew Descalso
Submission Time: Jun 27 2023 12:48PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1619 Primrose Drive
Nampa, ID 83686

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Idaho Power is only in it for the profit, especially as a publicly traded company (NYSE: IDA)
that's not a ques�on.

The problem they are overlooking, or maybe they are not (they make more profit off of new projects)...,
is that reducing residen�al solar genera�ng customers will be MORE of a strain and demand on the grid
during peak �mes. Reducing credits will change solar customers habits to recoup the loss of credits.

Currently in the heat of the day I export most of my solar back into the grid. I'm either gone or outside
working so that 14-18kw an hour during the heat go right to the grid, a �me when Idaho Power wants
everyone to conserve because their system can't handle it. Currently I irrigate my field and charge my car
at night when the grid isn't strained. In this case I am helping them in the a�ernoon and night and am a
net posi�ve.

If this change goes through I will have to change my habits in order to not get the significant reduc�on in
credits (No the slightly higher credit they might give those few hours doesn't make up the deficit the rest
of the day). I will no longer be expor�ng in the a�ernoon, instead I will be running my irriga�on for the
field, charging my electric car, doing laundry, and pre cooling the house with the A/C before the sun goes
down. I will be doing as much as I can to use all of my solar and I might even have to draw from the grid
meaning I am a nega�ve draw at this point. A double nega�ve actually since I am not expor�ng and am
now impor�ng.

Idaho Power will no longer have access to all this solar genera�on when they need it most and the
thousands of customers in Idaho will also change their habits meaning Idaho Power will need to make
more power genera�ng plants, which is what they want because that's where they make the most profit.

Just remember that Idaho Power is only in it for the profit, especially as a publicly traded company
(NYSE: IDA) if they wanted whats best for Idaho and Idahoans they wouldn't be doing exactly what PG&E
does in California."
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