20110324Comments.pdf

Jean Jewell
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scott. vanevenhoven(§studsvik.com
Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:59 AM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Scott Vanevenhoven follows:
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Case Number: PAC-E-11-e1 through PAC-E-11-eS
Name: Scott Vanevenhoven
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City: Idaho Falls
State: ID
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Contact E-Mail: scott.vanevenhoven~studsvik.com Name of Utility Company: Rocky Mountain Power
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Please describe your comment briefly:
Please deny the requests by Cedar Creek Wind to obtain the purpa rate for their projects.
The PUC rightly reduced the eligibility cap from 1eMW to 1eekW recently. Cedar creek did notget their requests in before that change. Clearly they are not eligible for that rate.
Rocky mountain power is already rapidly increasing its customers electricity rates. They
just got about 7 percent from PAC-E-1e-e7, and are requesting another 7.4% from PAC~E-11-e7 _
and a large part of those rate increases is due to wind integration costs. If this request
is approved, there will be yet another rate increase because of it.
If we need more power in Idaho, let i s use something that' s available all the time like
natural gas, and something that the power companies actually plan for and desire as indicated
in their integrated resource plans. I have not seen Rocky Mountain Power request bids for
new wind generation, yet they have been required by purpa to keep adding it to the mix.
Continuing to pass rate increases due to intermittent and unnecessary wind on to customers is
going to drive our electric rates sky high and kill our local economy - if it hasn i t already.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is iea. 71.143.26
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Jean Jewell
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Wednesday, March 23,2011 5:07 PM
Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Richard lundberg follows:
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Case Number: PAC-E-11-e1 thru es
Name: Richard Lundberg
Address: 914 Clara Ct
City: Ammon
State: ID
Zip: 834e6
Daytime Telephone: 2e8 524 7e21
Contact E-Mail: richard~the-Iundbergs.org Name of Utility Company: Rocky Mountain Power
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Please describe your comment briefly:
Heavily subsidized wind energy developments who enjoy a sales tax holiday must NOT be
allowed to raise my electric rates while they make windfall profits from crazy Idaho energy
policies. Idaho gets 4e% of its power from surrounding states.
Does it make sense to generate wind power here and export all of it and make us pay for it?
Absolutely not.
Wind power must be forced to compensate the existing utili ties for any burden they place on
the grid, IN FULL.
If this means wind power is not economic, so be it, we already knew that.
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov /forms/ipucl/ipuc. html
IP address is 174.126.41.187
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