20101203Comments.pdf

Jean Jewell
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kaymhodges8~q.com
Thursday, December 02, 2010 11 :03 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Kermit L Hodges follows:
Case Number: PAC-E-10-07
Name: Kermit L Hodges
Address: Box 84
Ci ty: Dayton
State: Idaho
Zip: 83232
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Contact E-Mail: kaymhodges8~g.com
Name of Utility Company: Rocky Mountain Power
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Please describe your comment briefly:
We are trying yo survive on Social Security. I am 78 and my wife is 73.
We are opposed to any rate increase, until the economy is corrected.
You need to change your attitude and correct the waste in your Company. Wages need to be
curtailed and bonus payments need to be curtailed until the economy has returned to normal.
Your projected increase will stop us from irrigating our property. and that will cause an
increase in taxes because it will move our property from agricultural to residential property
because of Idaho state laws of the 5 acre minimum. We have 4.7 acres of land that is
irrigated. We cannot assume any more increases in our taxes and then pay a 13.7 percent
increase in power. Thank you, Kermit L Hodges
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Jean Jewell
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Friday, December 03, 2010 7:52 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from John L. Hoopes follows:
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Case Number: PAC-E-10-07
Name: John L. Hoopes
Address: 300 S. 3rd W.
City: Soda Springs
State: ID
Zip: 83276
Daytime Telephone: [phone]
Contact E-Mail: hoopes~cariboumemorial.org Name of Utility Company: Rocky Mt. Power
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I am the administrator of the county hospital in Caribou County, located in Soda Springs.
Fortunately, we do not get our power from Rocky Mt. Power. If we did, we couldn't absorb a
huge increase in electricity costs, because there isn't anyone left to pass the costs on to.
The State of Idaho can't afford to pay us what it costs now to care for Medicaid patients;
the number has almost doubled over the past year, because of the depression. And the state
contracted with Molina, which has caused us even more problems. When we do have cash to
invest, we are only getting .2337% on our cash from the Idaho Local Government Investment
Pool. Certainly, Rocky Mt. Power should not be allowed to get a 10.5% rate of return in this
economic climate. That is 45 times more than we are getting from the state! From what I've
been able to learn, demand for power has declined and Rocky Mt. Power is expanding way too
much in other parts of the country, at their Idaho customer's expense . Neither has Rocky Mt.
Power demonstrated cost efficiency. Rates should be based on a "fair and reasonable" basis,
not what other utilities are charging. We certainly can't charge Boise or Salt Lake City
prices for heal thcare in Soda Springs. I believe that if Rocky Mt. Power is granted an
obscene increase in rates, as they are requesting, our local Monsanto plant, our county's
largest employer won't be able to compete and will have to close the local plant, which would
essentially bankrupt our county, including our county hospital and clinics. I was an
administrator of the county hospital in Douglas, Arizona, when the smelter closed
there, (because of EPA rules)making it cheaper to smelt the ore in nearby Mexico. It bankrupt
the hospital, and we had to move to Oregon, and I would really hate to see that happen here.
Thank you.
John L. Hoopes, CEOI Administrator
Caribou Memorial Hospital & Living Center LakeView Medical Clinic Specialty Medical Clinic
Dredge Rehabilitation Clinic Grace Clinic (in Grace, Idaho) 300 South Third West Soda
Springs, Idaho
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