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Benjamin J. Young
1551 N 700 E
Shelley, ID 83274
July 6,2011
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W Washington
Boise, ID 83702
Regarding: Case Number PAC-E-II-12, filed 04/27/2011
Dear Idaho Public Utilties Commission:
I am wrting to you regarding the most recent request for a rate increase from Pacificorp. This case
is currently under investigation, and I strongly encourage you to deny the request.
The Commission approved rate increases for Rocky Mountain Power customers in December of
2010. Less than four months after the newly increased rates went into effect, Pacificorp fied
another request for rate increases far greater than those approved just four months prior. The
circumstances surounding the previous rate increase have not changed. Rocky Mountain Power
costs are similar to those they were facing in 2010. The gross mismanagement of revenue and
expenses does not justify the outrageous rate increases which have been requested.
While Pacificorp has provided no significant reasons for the increases, there are severalreasons
why the request should be denied. The curent economy does not create an environment which
increases consumers' disposable income. On the contrar, disposable income is being pulled and
stretched farer than ever before in order to meet the needs of Eastern Idaho's families. If inflation
continues to increase at current rates, it wil exceed 6% by December 2011. National
unemployment has been at its highest levels since the early 1980's, and remained above 9% for a
period of21 months. Recent reports issued by the USDA indicate that 2011 food prices are
expected to increase at higher rates than in previous years. We are reminded of the impact of oil
prices each time we fill our vehicles with fueL. As each of us are required to make adjustments to
our budgets in order to make ends meet, I suggest that Pacificorp be required to do the same. As
long as the requests are being approved, even though they are less than requested, Pacificorp wil
continue to ask for more. If they are only getting half of what they ask for, that means they wil ask
for twice as much as they need, or ask twice as often. Their April 2011 request for rate increases is
nothing more than an attempt to obtain the rate increase they were denied in December 2010.
This is an importt issue to families in Eastern Idaho, and should not be taken lightly by the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission. Please carefully consider all the facts involved, including the current
state oftheieconomy, and the pressure thisis plachig on household budgets. Thank you for your
time and consideration.
Sincerely,~~'J..i¡~
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2011 JUL II AM 9: 23
July 7, 2011
Ashton, Idaho 83420
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Case number: Rocky Mountain Power-PAC- E-11-12
Name: Steve Knapp
Address P.O. Box 97, Ashton, Idaho 83420
Phone number:208-652-3933
Contact E-mail: steveknapp(âi:mail.com
Name of Utilty: Rocky Mountain Power
Dear Commission Members:
I would like to comment on the proposed rate increase from Rocky Mountain Power
which the commission has postponed until a later date. Thank you for your efforts in
trng to control this outrageous onslaught of rate increases from this corporation.
Having worked in the power industr for nearly fort years, I understand the need
for rate increases, and the hope for rate relief, which never seems to be an option.
We here in Idaho have put up with Utah Power and Light, then Pacific Corp. and now
Rocky Mountain Power. All of these companies have provided poor service and a
lack of concern for their consumers. I once witnessed a feed from UP&L on an old 46
KV line from Rigby to Ririe substation. The company installed a new servce to a
potato plant and instlled a 69KV transformer in the new substtion. Then they
upgraded the line servng the substation by increasing the voltage on the old 46 KV
line to 69 KV. Everyhing was going prett well until we had a bad rain storm and
wind and dust The old insulators sparked over and burned down several poles and
cross arms. My utilty, which had a distribution feed from this new substation, was
without power for two or three days. We had to reroute our power to an old line
that fed out of the Rexburg substation so we could keep our customers in power
while UP&L made repairs.
More recently there used to be a local servce man in Ashton. Then they moved him
to St. Anthony. Now the service man comes from Rexburg. We had a power outage
this spring and we were out of power for about three hours. After about two hours,
I went out looking for the problem. I am not familar with their feeds from the
substation, but I soon found out by checking meters in my neighborhood, that one
phase of a three phase line was without power. I followed the line back a couple of
blocks and discovered a broken cutout on a pole that had failed when a limb broke
off a tree and hit a guy wire. The servce man had been driving all over town and
didn't discover the problem until about the same time I found it He then called a
crew from Rexburg and in about another hour, we finally had servce restored.
July 6 2011 f/I,f-II-/'7 RECE D
To Whom It May Concern: 201' Jut II AM 9: 22
!DA.I"10 PUD,c;(!" ,'" ¡I am curently a Rocky Mountain residential customer and ha'(~lm W O'0t:OOSi.ürll:~ I
am very disturbed by yet another proposed rate increase to our utility bil. In this very
difficult economic time, I can't imagine why you need to increase our rates again in such
a short period of time. We have been struggling as it is - and now yet another increase is
very very dishearening. Please do not make life any more difficult than it is at this time
for so many of us.
~cerelY, , ~ Jl
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4943 Hidden Canyon Dr.
IF,ID 83406
208-522-6600
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Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,7/3/11
Well Rocky Mountain Power is at it again, tring to raise our rates
even higher after getting a rate increase, not one, but two this last few
months. You can get only so much from a person before you completely
break them.
My wife and I live on a small fixd income, without any cost of
living increases in the last coupe years to help us pay these. never ending
increases in everything you need to survive.
We don't go on vacations, eat at restaurants, buy toys that we don't
need, so we can do things to get our power rates down, etc.. We have put in
energy effcient windows, put on a energy effcient roof, put in a energy
effcient wood burning stove to heat our home. We spend many hours
cuttng old trees to heat our home, through the pain of a bad back and
arthritis. We use fans to cope with the heat in the summer, because we
sure couldn't oJord an air-conditioner if we wanted to. There isn't much
more we can do to save energy, but what ever we save, we just end up
getng more and more rate increases to the point where you start ging
up, and saying no matter what, they are going to get more money from us,
and they just don't give a hoot about what it costs us.
I beg you to give my wife and 1, and the other people in our
situation a chance to catch up with the rising costs of electric power, and
not drain us dry with more rate increases this year. Two was already too
much!!!!! Please let us catch our breath and deny Rocky Mountain Power
another increase this year, and nex year if at all possible.
Thank youfor listening to us, and have a great day.
Ray & Kath)' Bozzo
9729 N. 75' E.
Idaho Falls, ID 83401-5536
1-208-523-6230
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176 North 3rd West
Rigby, Idaho 83442
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July 6, 2011
Idaho Public Utilties Commssion
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idao 83720-0074
Re: Rocky Mountain Power request for an additional rate increse
Ths request is beyond the scope of human imagtions, as Rocky Mountan power ha already
received 2 (two) recent rate increaes.
You people ar out of touch with reality, all of you should resign your position on the
commssion out of shae.
Rocky Mounta Power's request for their 3rd rate incree in less than one yea should be
denied.
spectively,~Jerr Gaford
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In regard to Rocky Mountain Power wa"'~~f~."\ON
rate hike. .1 hope you will consider the senior citizens.
It is very hard to pay the power bill as it is. We will
soon have to go with out food to pay the bill.
Thank you for your consideration in this problem.
Sinc.ereiy, :¿., ~, ìê~i~~Karen Burtenshaw
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