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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN ACCOUNTING ORDER TO DEFER AND AMORTIZE EXTRAORDINARY COSTS OF CORPORATE REORGANIZATION AND APPROVAL TO MODIFY AMORTIZATION METHODS FOR ACCUMULATED DEFERRED INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS

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CASE NO. IPC-E-95-11
ORDER NO.  26157
The United States Department of Energy petitioned to intervene in this case on August 28, 1995, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.
O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by the United States Department of Energy is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record.  This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:
Lawrence A. Gollomp (GC-42)
Assistant General Counsel
United States Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue S.W.
Room 6D-033
Washington, DC 20585
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  September  1995.
                                                               RALPH NELSON, PRESIDENT
                                                               MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
                                                               DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

MYRNA J. WALTERS
COMMISSION SECRETARY
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