20231031Comments_5.pdf

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The following comments were submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Dan Har�gan
Submission Time: Oct 31 2023 9:15AM
Email: ruff[e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 267 E Schmeizer Ln
Boise, ID 83706

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Commissioners, I am not sure how to begin a meaningful analysis or comment on this case
un�l IPC-E-23-11, general rate case, is resolved. That case is under sealed provisional setlement and no
comment period deadline. Please vacate the comment deadline un�l IPC-E-23-11 is setled and then
proceed with this case. Thank you."
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Name: Caren DeAngelis
Submission Time: Oct 31 2023 9:18AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 214 Sunrise Drive East
Sun Valley, ID 83353

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "Idaho Power is making a power play! Their proposed net metering is disingenuous to
customers that already have solar panels. Their argument that solar customers don't pay "their fare
share" is simply ridiculous! Solar customers DO pay for the grid but we also assist the grid- which in our
neighborhood is strained at peak �mes. We are inves�ng in the grid by spending on solar panels! Idaho
Power is being greedy, dishonest and should not be permited to ask for even more!"
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Name: Sue Krohn
Submission Time: Oct 31 2023 9:40AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1811 W Sunny Slope Dr
Meridian, ID 83642-4338

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

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Comment: "When I got my solar panels, probably about 5 years ago, it was to make my electric bill lower
so I could con�nue to afford it through my re�rement years. However, only the first 2 years did I see a
real difference. And it sounds like I am now going to have to split my "lower bill" with those who don't
have it to be fair to them. I do not agree with this as "they" have not had the expense of pu�ng in solar
to save money, nor do I feel it is fair to take away what litle I now get and divide it up with all those who
don't have it. Am I completely wrong in my assump�on?"
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The following comments were submited via PUCWeb:

Name: Chad Miller
Submission Time: Oct 31 2023 11:11AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 6375 W. Tobi Dr
BOISE, ID 83714

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "I read the ar�cle in Sunday's Idaho Press about the case before the PUC regarding
reimbursement rates for customers genera�ng their own power. I have been approached by companies
supplying solar panels and my impression is that it is more profitable for those companies than for the
consumers. I read the posi�on of Idaho Power stated by Jordan Rodriquez and I agree with the posi�on
of Idaho Power. I support the freedom of consumers installing solar power but I believe the proposed
changes in rates will be more fair to all of the Idaho Power customers."
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Name: Samuel Davidson
Submission Time: Oct 31 2023 11:23AM
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Address: 1402 Everet Street
Caldwell, ID 83605

Name of U�lity Company: Idaho Power

Case ID: IPC-E-23-14

Comment: "I am a homeowner who is months away from purchasing solar panels, and it is apparent that
the proposed changes to the compensa�on structure (from net metering to net billing) is, at best, an
atempt to discourage future installa�on of solar generators. More likely, it is a short-term money grab
and a long-term atempt to prolong the unsustainable status quo.

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Surely the benefit of being recognized as a public u�lity, namely a guaranteed customer base for the
foreseeable future, outweighs the costs, and as such, the primary considera�on of any such en�ty
should be the public good. I sincerely hope this ideal is at the heart of any decisions made by the PUC.

As I understand it, under the current net-metering system, homeowners who wish to stay connected to
the grid s�ll have to pay a nominal monthly fee for the privilege. If, as Idaho Power ostensibly claims,
homes with solar panels shi� the cost of maintenance to the rest of the customers, this monthly fee is
the mechanism through which those costs should be recouped. The proposed net-billing structure is
overly complicated and its primary goal seems to be the minimiza�on of compensa�on for solar-
genera�ng homes, and consequently the minimiza�on of solar panel installa�on.

I urge the commission to consider the public good that would be provided by widespread adop�on of
solar panels. Especially when these panels are coupled with on-site batery storage, the reduc�on in
blackouts and brownouts is immense, almost to the point where such events could be eliminated
completely. It's not much of an exaggera�on to call this a mater of life and death, as many in-home
medical pa�ents rely on uninterrupted electric power to stay alive, not to men�on the rest of the
popula�on who needs heat in the winter. A smart grid of decentralized power genera�on, the
technology for which is *already built-in* to many current batery solu�ons, could sense local power
outages and help to temporarily meet the needs of those affected. This is the future of electricity
genera�on, and net-billing serves mainly to delay that future."
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