20031219Comment.pdf

Jean Jewell
From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Ed Howell
Friday, December 19, 2003 8:20 AM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
Comment acknowledgement
WWW Form Submission:
Friday, December 19 , 2003
8:20:09 AM
Case: PAC-E-03-
Name: Stanley Searle
Street Address: 6267 So. 55 West
City: Idaho Falls
State: ID
ZIP: 83402
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: stansear1e~ao1. com
Company: Pacifi Corp
mai1ing 1ist yes no: yes
Comment description: As a participant in the load control program in 2003 , I would like
to view PacifiCorp results in a different light. Item #1: The January 15th notification
date is great. My concern is how they will notify. In 2002 , the farmers were never
notified until the close of sign ups. The only notification was a small newspaper notice
which was only published in certain papers - what if I don I t take one of those certainpapers? They also put a notice in their offices , but no one goes to the office any moresince they are not manned. We need direct mailings! They also say they will provide a
credit amount in the notice , which is good. But last year (2003) we had problems with
those numbers due to misreads or computer errors. This takes time to resolve. There isno real policy on how to resolve this problem. Last year it was July 15th before we
resolved this issue! If all dates are met and all info is correct , everything works.
from past experience , this is not the case and we cann t make a decision without that
information. Yet , no avenue is set for those with problems. We are at the mercy of thepower company. Item #6: They limit the cost for participating customers. We as users
have no control over the cost. We cann I t install the equipment or purchase the equipment.
Many times we can go to the private sector and do a job cheaper than PacifiCorp, but we
don I t have that option! This cost shou1dn I t be billed to the user -- the Company has noincenti ve to hold down costs!
I would also like to comment on the Idaho 2003 Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider
Program Impact Evaluation. The report gives the impression that it was a success. I
would like to point out that there were 4 466 individually metered sites and only 402
sites participated - a 9% participation. 1'm not sure of the over all participation in
the old load control program, but we were 100% in past years. In 2003 we followed the
numbers with only an 8% participation. I feel from this standpoint , that the program didnot meet the needs of the users.
I found several errors in Item No. II Data and Assumptions. (1) Assumptions that the
irrigator didn I t make up for the off time usage. The company assumed because demand
didn I t go above normal demand that farmers were not making up for the lost time. Farmers
do not have another pump to make up with. If we look at KW usage , you will find that same
KW is used during off time which is more efficient for the company. My pump used more KWin 2003 than in 2002. (2) The above conclusion will affect the next assumption by the
company on cost analysis. They assume that the company lost power sales or KW usage due
to the load control and claim this as a cost to have the program. It should be consideredas a profit because there is no loss and the power is being used during off peak which is
a better and more efficient use of operation. Because of this , the return to the user
should be increased. The savings to the user are not enough to get wide spread
participation. If these were more in line , it would even show better savings to the
company.
I feel that the assumption that lost participants will easily be replaced is not so. We
participated in 2003 , but if the savings to the user are not increased , we found the 2003
But
program non-profitable and will not be participating in 2004. We also only participated
on the 400 hp pump because anything under this was not profitable in 2003. Our conclusion
is that 2004 is also non-profitable.
Transaction ID: 1219820.Referred by: http: / /www.puc. state. id. us/ scripts/po1yform. d11/ ipuc
User Address: 64.12.96.231
User Hostname: 64.12.96.231