19961022.docx

THIS IS THE IPUC’S AGENDA FOR ITS NEXT  DECISION MEETING, to be held on TUESDAY,  OCTOBER 22,  at 9:30 a.m.   Meetings are usually scheduled the first
of each month and the agenda is published forty-eight (48) hours in advance of each meeting.    Meetings take placein the Commission's Hearing Room at 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho, but the time and the agenda are subject to change.  Please check with Myrna Walters, Commission Secretary, at 334-0338.
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REGULATED CARRIER MATTERS
1.  Regulated Carrier Division Agenda dated 10-22-96.
TARIFF ADVICES AND MATTERS IN PROGRESS
2.  Weldon Stutzman’s October 18, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: Requests from Preston and Montpelier Telephone Exchange Customers for Inclusion in the Southeast Idaho EAS Region.
3.  Complaint by Rocky Mountain Communications vs. U S WEST Communications; Motion for Order to Show Cause.  (Decision Memo to follow from Weldon Stutzman.)
4.  Brad Purdy’s October 15, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. IPC-E-96-19 - Idaho Power Petition for a Declaratory Ruling that Risk Management Transactions are not Securities Subject to Title 61.
5.  Brad Purdy’s October 18, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. IPC-E-96-17 - Idaho Power’s Application to Amend Schedule 19 to Provide for Special Contract Options to Customers 10 MW and Above.
6.  Bill Eastlake’s October 17, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: GTE-T-95-3 - Local Calling Plan.
7.  Joe Cusick’s October 18, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. USW-S-94-4 - Compliance Filing on Switched Access Rates for Purchased Exchanges in U S West Sale Case.
8.  Idaho Power Advice No. 96-06 - Off-site Meter Reading Service.  (Decision Memo to follow from Bev Barker.)
9.  Susan Hamlin’s September 26, 1996 Decision Memorandum re: Case No. GNR-T-96-4 - Proposed Procedural Order, Summary of Comments.  (Held from 10-7-96 Decision Meeting.)
SECURITIES ISSUANCE
   NONE.
RULEMAKING
   NONE.
FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS
10.  IPC-E-95-18 - In the Matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company for Approval of New Tariff Provisions Relating to the New Service Attachments and Distribution Line Installments or Alterations.
11.  UP-RR-96-2 - In the Matter of the Union Pacific Railroad’s Proposed Abandonment of the Gay Branch Between Fort Hall and Gay in Bannock and Bingham Counties, Idaho.
EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS
  NONE.