20231026Comments_7.pdf

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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:
Name: james fleming
Submission Time: Oct 23 2023 3:49PM
Email: jamespfl[e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1098 Pinewood Cir
Twin Falls, ID 83301-3337
Name of U�lity Company: PDZ Co.
Case ID: LLL-U-23-14
Comment: "We installed a solar array in summer of 2021 to supplement our current and long-term
future energy costs and to be good environmentally responsible ci�zens and ease the ever increasing
demand on our already outdated and weak electrical grid. Privately owned homes only represents a
litle over 1% of all solar genera�on in Idaho - how can this be an issue for Idaho Power business?
Don't let Idaho Power change the current credit rate/compensa�on structure - If it is reduced, it would
affect our monthly bill and more so, have a detrimental impact on the adop�on of new solar systems on
residen�al roofs in Idaho. We need these types of alterna�ve and sustainable sources of energy as the
popula�on of Idaho ever increases and taxes our electrical grid.
Solar and wind are key power sources available to us and should be welcomed by Idaho Power, not seen
as a compe�tor. Don't let this type of "free" energy be s�ll-born in Idaho by a large energy company
that simply needs to learn to embrace it and begin to work along with it - it only makes sense and
benefits all of us in the long run.
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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:
Name: Richard Williams
Submission Time: Oct 24 2023 8:23AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2422 n turnberry way
Meridian, ID 83645
Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power
Case ID: IOC-E-23-15
Comment: "I find this proposal to be counter intui� e, the way our economy is and the push to green
energy.
The solar generatord should not be given a basic rate incresse. We are trying to be good stewads of our
environment ann we penalizes Sincerly Rick Wiilliams "
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IPC-E-23-14
IPC-E-23-14
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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: James Marconi
Submission Time: Oct 25 2023 3:53PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 2841 S Brookridge Way
Boise, ID 83716

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "My main concern with the proposed change is the real �me billing. Every u�lity I have ever
used has taken a reading at the end of the billing period. This concept of charging as you go is completely
unprecedented. The net per month metering seems like an honest atempt to capture customer use and
charge accordingly. I’d like the op�on to sell my excess power to other buyers on the grid the same as
Idaho Power. "
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kathryn Herndon <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 10:16 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki
Subject: IPC-E-23-14

Please reject Idaho Power’s proposal in this case. Their proposal diminishes the value of the electricity I
put out to the grid (neighbors). I don’t understand why the power company doesn’t give customers
incen�ves to reduce our carbon footprint.

Thank you,

Kit Herndon
208-861-1704

Sent from my iPhone
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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Kit Herndon
Submission Time: Oct 25 2023 10:13PM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 7198 W Cascade Dr
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Boise, ID 83704

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Please reject Idaho Power’s proposal in this case. Their proposal diminishes the value of the
electricity I put out to the grid (neighbors). I don’t understand why the power company doesn’t give
customers incen�ves to reduce our carbon footprint. "
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The following comment was submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Jean Powell
Submission Time: Oct 26 2023 10:47AM
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: "I don’t understand how real-�me net billing works but it seems like a money grab on the
part of Idaho Power. It certainly is unfair to current solar customers to change the rules and backdate
that change to 2019. All current solar customers should be allowed con�nue the previous billing
arrangement. We made a large investment in solar and had no idea that the rules could change like
this."
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-----Original Message-----
From: margit Donhowe <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 2:52 PM
To: Jan Noriyuki <[e-mail]>
Subject: Case IPC-E-23-14

I am very disappointed in Idaho Power’s proposal to devalue homeowner owned solar power and urge
you to reject their proposal. Independent analysis reveals markedly different values for the benefits that
Idaho Power gives to the electricity produced by ratepayers. Idaho Power’s study appears to have been
reverse engineered to try to give values to get the results they wanted. A more independent study is
needed.

Addi�onally, this is an issue that affects many people from ratepayers to businesses that are in the green
energy sector. Hearings are needed that give more advanced no�ce and that are in �mes that allow
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those who are working to atend. Your current �mes shut out the vast majority of those who work,
unless they are fortunate enough to take �me off from work. Public u�li�es, and the commission, need
to have input from the public.

Sincerely,

Mitch Long
420 Sage Rd
Ketchum, ID 83340
208-484-6866
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