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Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:22 AM
Tanya Clark; Jean Jewell; Gene Fadness; Ed Howell
PUC Comment/Inquiry Form
A Comment from James F. Key follows:
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Case Number: PAc.. - (' -0'7 - i:J-
Name: James F. Key
Address: 2510 Eldorado St.
City: Idaho Falls
State: 10
Zip: 83402
Home Telephone: [phone]Contact E-Mail: j fk10cableone. net
Name of Utility Company: Rocky Mountain Power
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Please describe your question or comment briefly:
Subj ect: Service Transfer from Rocky Mountain Power
Cooperati ve
to Fall River Rural Electric
To Whom It May Concern:
Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) , previously Utah Power and Light, has provided electrical
service to my vacation home in the Teton Valley (Packsaddle Estates) since the early days
of construction in 1978. Shortly after, I opted for the time-of-day service rate and built
the house to maximize efficiency with this attractive rate option. I incorporated
significant amounts of stone and large diameter log walls to store heat during the night-time heating cycle. Al though this construction method was considerably more expensive than
standard stick built homes, my utility bills have remained minimal considering the sizeand environmental conditions.
As far as I know, Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative (FRREC) does not offer a time-of-
day rate structure. To meet the intent of the recent (May 8, 2007) RMP letter to Teton
Valley customers that "Fall River s commitment to maintain Rocky Mountain Power s rate
structure for a period of five years from the close of this transaction" will require anew time-of-day rate from FRREC.
RMC held a meeting for comment on May 11, 2007. Given that the notification was dated May
8, by the time the letter was delivered it was too late to attend and comment.
Having invested significantly in a home designed around the time-of-day rate, I feel
justified in requesting the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to require FRREC to include
a time-of-day rate (at present rates) for RMC customers affected by this transition. If
electrical rates are truly cost-neutral and FRREC meets the other commitments listed in
the May 8 letter, I have no obj ection to the transfer.
Thank you for considering this request,
James F. Key
The form submited on http://www.puc.idaho.gov/forms/ipucl/ipuc.html
IP address is 24.119.194.220
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We had some 1 some letters from Fall Rif~r Rural
Elettrtc. 1qis letter is rather late but I had
how felt. In thearly 1980' s my wife get amswers
from fall but there was too few permenent residence
in Pack~addle States at that and Fall river Power
was not close enough to make it worth while. i
In my 2g years in Packsaddle estates we had nothing
but power outageges. Wth Utah Power repair crews
Forty miles and sometimes slow in getting because
of drifting snow on Rt 33. Some of the outages
were up to ten hours., I would down in the' valley
and they had power. I started out with a wood
stove and the a pellet stof and botj were affected by
lack of electricity aand there no way to cook.
My wife died in 1994 and 1998 I had two Renie wall
furnaces which burned pronane. A generator was too
noisy and the installation men put me on to
Power inverters and use RV batteries so that I could
get power to the furnaces and this did keep in heat
for a time and then changed the electric cook
stove for a propane supply which I had and could
light the top burner tith matche. This works during
0~tage54~ut, ~;~ould rather have a more constant
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