20230814Comments_1.pdf

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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Elliot Werk
Submission Time: Aug 14 2023 8:08AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 6810 W. Randolph Drive
Boise, ID 83709

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Distributed power genera�on provides Idaho with the opportunity to avoid the cost of
building new genera�on while decreasing pollu�on. Residen�al customers that invest in roo�op solar
provide both Idaho Power and the state of Idaho with a valuable resource. Idaho Power gets added value
from these electrons in lower peak demand, less transmission loss and lower overall costs. Customers
that invest in solar power should be fairly compensated for the value they bring to Idaho Power.

Idaho Power's proposal seeks to punish residen�al solar to choke it so they can control all of the
electricity genera�on in Idaho. In their effort to enrich their company they've lost sight of their mission
to actually serve the public. This is the deal they signed into in becoming a regulated u�lity with a
guaranteed rate of return.

Since residen�al solar uses the power grid they should be allocated some cost for that. But the value of
their power genera�on should be compensated for the value it bring to them but most to the state of
Idaho. Our state benefits greatly from roo�op solar. And the PUC should be encouraging it's expansion to
lower overall costs, pollu�on and greenhouse gas emissions.

Please deny Idaho Power's request and work with all par�es to develop a reasonable cost sharing
arrangement for use of transmission facili�es.

Thank you."
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