20231018Comments_8.pdf

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From: Mitch <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 3:13 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: IPC-E-23-14; Hearings on Idaho Power’s solar rates

I understand that rate hearings are coming up on October 24 and November 8 regarding Idaho Power’s
rates that they want to set for roo�op solar. I am disappointed to see that the dates of the hearings was
set for so soon with litle advance no�ce, as well as being only during the day�me, where those working
may not be able to atend. I would encourage you to schedule some later and evening hearings as this is
a very important topic that impacts a lot of people who will want to weigh in on what is happening.

Sincerely,

Mitch Long
420 Sage Rd.,
Ketchum, ID, 83340
208–484–6866.
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RE: Case No. IPC-E-23-14
From: linda amanarts.com <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 6:48 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: Idaho Solar Rooftop Case
Oct 17, 2023
Leter to Idaho Public U�li�es Commission and Idaho Power
I am not sure what is coming up again about our solar power.
My husband and I are in our third concern. In 2019, 2021 and now in 2023.
Please keep what you promised us when we put in our solar panels with a great deal of our personal
finances. We are promised to have “zero net metering” . I am very concerned this has come up again.
With a growing area we have helped the power grid with giving extra power from our personal costs.
Please con�nue to “Grandfather” the ini�al agreement so we can use the power we have paid in our
solar costs.
Also:
I'm an Idaho Power customer. I'm concerned about the very limited public access to the upcoming
hearings on Idaho Power's roo�op solar changes. The hearings need to be a�er general working hours,
be long enough to allow everyone to speak, be located in at least two more ci�es, and include a virtual
tes�mony op�on for all the people who can't atend in-person. Please help people par�cipate in our
democracy, par�cularly on proposals coming from a monopoly u�lity."

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Linda Aman
Star Idaho
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RE: Case No. IPC-E-23-14
From: Claire Casey <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:26 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: ROOF TOP SOLAR

MY NAME IS CLAIRE CASEY
P. O. BOX 2112
HAILEY, ID, 83333

DEAR COMMISSIONER,
I HAVE HAD ROOFTOP SOLAR FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN SO SATISFIED WITH IT. BUT EVERY
YEAR, IDAHO POWER GOES AFTER US AND CUSTOMERS TO TRY TO TAKE AWAY THAT AMOUNT OF $$$$
THAT THEY PAY US OR CREDIT US. YET THEY WILL GET POWER FROM A LARGE SOLAR FARM AND WILL
RECEIVE %10 PAYMENT FOR THEIR SHAREHOLDERS.I AM ABLE TO PROVIDE POWER FOR THE GRID
DURING THE SUMMER TIME WHEN AGRICULTURE NEEDS IT MOST.
I HOPE YOU WILL SEE THE BENEFIT THAT WE ROOFTOP SOLAR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY
TO HELP WITH ENERGY PRODUCTION TO HELP WITH THE ELIMINATION OF COAL OR GAS FIRED ENERGY
USE..
ALSO, IDAHO POWER IS NOT ALLOWING MANY PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE AS THEY ARE ONLY
HAVING HEARINGS IN SEVERAL PLACES. HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO HELP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
WHEN OUR MAIN SOURCE OF ENERGY IS RUN BY A BIG CORPORATION WHO SEEMS TO BE IN THE
PROCESS OF PROTECTING ITS SHAREHOLDERS AND NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING IN THEIR SMALL
WAY.
CLAIRE CASEY
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RE: Case No. IPC-E-23-14

From: JIMMY Schmidt <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 10:11 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: Solar mee�ng
"Hi, my name is Jimmy Schmidt, and I'm an Idaho Power customer. I'm concerned about the very limited
public access to the upcoming hearings on Idaho Power's roo�op solar changes. The hearings need to be
a�er general working hours, be long enough to allow everyone to speak, be located in at least two more
ci�es, and include a virtual tes�mony op�on for all the people who can't atend in-person. Please help
people par�cipate in our democracy, par�cularly on proposals coming from a monopoly u�lity."
Idaho power is using the people in our area as a test case and has locked us into not being able to
modify our systems while being grandfathered unless we break our grandfather agreement. My system
was underbuilt because we used billing statements that didnt include enough power because of sporadic
higher power demands at my house which wasnt taken into account on the year statement that we
used. I wanted to run it and add to it if it was not genera�ng enough power to keep me at zero or at a
posi�ve genera�on niumber at years end. Also, we use very litle infrastructure to send our power out as
local neighbors use the excess power. So, the argument that Idaho Power has on this subject is moot.
We got no no�ce of the lockdown of our rights in order to get our systems in order before that
happened.
LETS NOT FORGET THAT THE FIRST DECISION THAT THE IPUC MADE HAD US GRANDFATHERED PERIOD!
NO TIME FRAME WITH THE HOUSE THAT IT WAS INSTALLED ON. THEN IDAHO POWER MET WITH THE
IPUC FOR "CLARIFICATION" AND ENDED UP WITH A BUNCH OF NEW RESTRICTIONS, WHICH WENT
BEYOND CLARIFICATIONS OF THE EXISTING PROGRAM. I feel that my rights have been infringed upon
since no no�ce was given about a change in the program from the original writen decision, thus denying
me the chance to set my system as needed for me to recoup my substan�al investment in my
system. Other people are observing our program asbit is a test program, and ge�ng their systems
modified if needed before their program is adopted. Let us have the freedom to do what we want with
our systems and retain our 1 to one genera�on/use plan and freedom to modify our systems as we
should according to our grandfathers agreement without �me frame and without restrici�ons in our
genera�ng capacity if we want to increase it as we need to.
Thank you for reading this and i hope you give this careful considera�on.
Sincerely
Jimmy Schmidt
5227 Stuart Ave
Chubbuck, Idaho 83202
[e-mail]
208-244-8899
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RE: Case No. IPC-E-23-14
From: Jay Kanrich <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 8:35 AM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: Idaho PUC hearing on Idaho Power's roo�op solar case
Hello,
My name is Jay Kanrich and I'm an Idaho Power customer in Middleton, Idaho. I'm concerned about the
very limited public access to the upcoming hearings on Idaho Power's roo�op solar changes. The
hearings need to be a�er general working hours, be long enough to allow everyone to speak, be located
in at least two more ci�es, and include a virtual tes�mony op�on for all the people who can't atend in-
person. Please help people par�cipate in our democracy, par�cularly on proposals coming from a
monopoly u�lity.
Regards,
Jay Kanrich
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From: Ron Greene <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 9:04 AM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: IPC-E-23-14
Hi,
My name is Ronald Greene and I'm an Idaho Power customer. I'm concerned about the very limited
public access to the upcoming hearings on Idaho Power's roo�op solar changes. The hearings need to be
a�er general working hours (8-5). The hearings need to be long enough to allow everyone to speak, be
located in at least two more centrally located ci�es, and include a virtual tes�mony op�on for all the
people who can't atend in-person mee�ngs. Most of us work for a living.

Thank you for your �me.
--
Ron Greene
503-504-2833
23742 State Line Rd
Parma, Idaho 83660
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From: Michelle Reagan <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 10:29 AM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: IPC-E-23-14 Hearing
Hi, my name is Michelle Reagan and I'm an Idaho Power customer in McCall/Donnelly. I'm concerned
about the very limited public access to the upcoming hearings on Idaho Power's roo�op solar changes.
The hearings need to be a�er general working hours, be long enough to allow everyone to speak, be
located in at least two more ci�es, and include a virtual tes�mony op�on for all the people who can't
atend in-person.
I live in McCall/Donnelly and both of the loca�ons are over 100 miles from me - thus a virtual op�on is
the least you can do to make this inclusive of areas that are affected. Please help people par�cipate in
our democracy, par�cularly on proposals coming from a monopoly u�lity.

Thank you,
Michelle Reagan
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From: Alex McKinley <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 11:35 AM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: IPC-E-23-14
I'm wri�ng to express my concern about the short no�ce and strange �mes set for public hearings in the
current net-metering case with Idaho Power. The case has been open since May, but the commission has
given the public extremely short no�ce for hearings. The hearings have also been scheduled during the
workday. From the current case record and past cases in this process, it is clear that many members of
the public would appreciate the ability to par�cipate in this public process and have their thoughts
heard. Instead it seems as though the commission is inten�onally trying to limit public par�cipa�on.
Everyone gets tons of emails and it is much easier to skim a writen comment than ignore someone who
is speaking directly to you. In person (and even virtual) hearings are much more meaningful than writen
comments. The op�on to send in writen comments is not a subs�tute for in person tes�mony.
Most of the PUC's cases do not garner much public interest, and so when a case does, the commission
should go out of its way to provide ample opportunity for public involvement - that should be one of the
main goals of the commission.
It is very challenging for the average person to find �me to atend and speak at a public hearing, so the
PUC ought to do everything it can to encourage par�cipa�on and make it easy for people. It is
extremely disappoin�ng that instead, the commission is thumbing its nose at everyone who would like
to share their ideas and have their opinion heard.
Alex McKinley
Idaho Power customer
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