20230907Comments_3.pdf

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The following comments were submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Jean Powell
Submission Time: Sep 6 2023 5:50PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 4417 Middlesboro Way
Caldwell, ID 83607

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "We just invested $24,000 in solar. Return on investment was supposed to be 8 to 10 years.
Based on this proposal we would die before we saw a ROI.

Net metering - based on the proposal, only Idaho Power and those who have no investment in solar
energy would benefit.

Why date of 2019 for grandfathering? Unfair to change the rules without grandfathering current solar
users. If idaho Power’s proposal is granted, grandfathering should be the the the of implementa�on, not
a previous year."
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Name: Doug Lamm
Submission Time: Sep 6 2023 5:59PM
Email: dlamm@nicholsaccoun�ng.com
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 11454 Hill Road
Payete, ID 83661

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Good evening - I am providing comment on the Idaho Power applica�on seeking to make
changes to the u�lity's on site and self-genera�on tariffs.

A�er 42 years of serving the public with my own firm, I have re�red and now consult on a more leisurely
pace for specific clients and projects that interest me. Not a bad gig!

One constant I encountered in my years as a CPA - working on many complex legal, tax, real estate, and
yes, u�lity maters - If you allow the accountants and atorneys to mess with the details, we will make
things much more complicated than needed, create uncertainty, and with that, mistrust by the users.
This request from Idaho Power is totally in line with that constant I expressed.

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Let's please follow the KISS method here - keep it so that the u�lity users - and those who have invested
their own money in an effort to create alterna�ve sources of energy - can understand the trade off and
the return on their investment.

This idea of real �me net billing is simply a methodology to shorten the measurement period of crea�on
of alterna�ve energy vs use of energy. The shorter the measurement period, the bigger the win for
Idaho Power and the bigger the loss for the folks brave enough to do something on their own for energy
genera�on and managed use.

If i create a Kwh of power, give me that same Kwh back to use. I would propose an annual Jan to Dec
measurement that would apply to all, regardless of when our projects are completed. If we start our
projects up late in a year, we probably lose ini�ally but in the long run, we level out once we get to an
annual cycle. I don't care what you charge for that Kwh on the market and i don't want paid for my Kwh i
created. I want a simple one for one exchange. I personally hope you can sell the excess i create - that
you pay for in Oregon but not in Idaho - and you can sell it for as much as possible to help out those of us
who are shareholders of Idaho Power.

Thanks for listening - take it out of the hands of us number crunchers and legal types. Keep it a simple
exchange of power for power on an annual basis and everyone will understand it beter and trust you
more.

Sincerely,

Doug Lamm, CPA"
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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Anne Stringfellow-Brookman
Submission Time: Sep 7 2023 1:00PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 20 Purdue Ave
Pocatello, ID 83201

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "1. A higher fixed rate is regressive. It economically punishes lower-income households who
tend to have smaller homes and use less electricity.
2. Higher fixed rates will discourage lower/middle income households who are considering installing a
solar system.
3. To discourage bias, the PUC should require ALL studies on solar issues to be done by an independent
research group (and not Idaho Power itself). "
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