20160223Comment.pdf

RE CE I V EDPublicUtilitiesComm.february 12,2016
472 Washington 9 p 2:[9Boise,Id.83702
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Dear Sir,
The Rocky Mountain Power Co.is not worthy of a reimbursement for their
Energy Efficiency Surcharge.The letters they send out every other month to tell us we
are using too much electricity are rude and insulting.Most of my neighbors recognize
them as they arrive in our mail and aren’t even opened but promptly thrown away.Two
of my neighbors and I compared letters and found almost identical faults ofover using
electricity.I thought that we had a right to use whatever electricity we felt we needed as
long as we paid our bills on time.They compare our usage to 100 fictitious neighbors.
We don’t have 100 people living in a five mile radius of our homes.Six of the houses are
very new and four are over fifty years old,hardly a fair comparison or 100 homes in our
area.These letters cost money to print and mail out only to feed the landfill.
Their other expense is their T.V.ads that rant the same story--turn down your
thermostat,change light bulbs,buy a new refrigerator and hot water heater.Have you
priced them lately?
It would be much more to the point if Rocky Mountain Power would give us
better service.It is ridiculous in this climate to have oue1ectricity go out every other
month.Of course they blame it on dust,ice,wind,and always the squirrels.Most of the
time the outage is from the substation and I don’t think the previous excuses hold water
there.Rocky Mountain has a monopoly on our service.We should be allowed to choose
either Rocky Mountain or fall River,especially as Fall River has equipment often across
the street from us.Rocky Mountain’s use of these funds is wasteful and inefficient.
Please refuse their request.
Sincerely,
1uanne Owen