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(text box: 1)BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE IN ITS PCA PROJECTION METHOD, COMMENCING WITH THE COMPANY’S 1999 PCA FILING, RECENT EXPENDITURES FOR QF POWER PURCHASE CONTRACTS.
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CASE NO. IPC-E-98-13
ORDER NO.  27854
On Tuesday, December 29, 1998, the Commission Staff filed a Motion for Extension of Time seeking an Order from this Commission extending the deadline for the filing of comments by Staff and all interested parties in this case for a period of 14 days.  The deadline is currently scheduled for Thursday, December 31, 1998.  Staff requests an extension of this deadline to Thursday, January 14, 1999.  
Staff represents that counsel for Idaho Power Company, the only other formal party to this proceeding as of this time, as no objections to Staff’s Motion.  We find that no party would be prejudiced by granting Staff’s Motion for Extension of Time and the Order is hereby approved.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Staff’s Motion for Extension of Time to file comments in response to Idaho Power Company’s Application in this case from the current deadline of December 31, 1998 to January 14, 1999 is granted.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  December 1998.
                                                                                DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT
                                                                                RALPH NELSON,  COMMISSIONER
                                                                                MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary
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