20220228Comments(14)_14.pdf

From:Linda Maguire ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 9:27:39 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Coal is not the cheapest fuel to provide us power. Not if you consider the cost to people who live on this planet. It's
the filthiest fuel available and makes every flood, hurricane and forest fire more deadly. It raises the danger to every
living thing that must breathe. Please require that our power companies move to clean fuels as they plan for the
future.
Dear Idaho Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Linda Maguire 2695 Mesa AvenueEmmett, ID [e-mail][phone]
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From:Judith Reilly ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 9:37:23 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
This plan is unacceptable. We need to have something that truly represents a transition form coal in a much shorter
time.
Dear Idaho Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Judith Reilly
13556 Paoletti St
Caldwell, ID 83607
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Robbie Leatham ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 9:38:45 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Dear Idaho Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Robbie Leatham
1726 S. Broxon Street
Boise, ID [e-mail][phone]
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From:Audrey Rhodes ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 9:41:07 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Dear Idaho Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Audrey Rhodes
600 W Hubbard Ave. #29
COEUR D ALENE, ID [e-mail][phone]
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From:Harrison Hilbert ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 9:41:24 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Burning coal makes it hard for humans and other living things to breath. Leave coal in the ground. Rocky Mountain
Power needs to join the 21st Century and develope less polluting power sources.
Dear Idaho Commissioners,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Harrison Hilbert
P.O. Box 714
Pocatello, ID 83204
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Caro Woodard ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 10:21:20 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Caro Woodard
219 S Latah St
Boise, ID 83705
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Brent Robinson ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 10:38:41 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Please use common sense. We are all in this together. Why work to increase climate warming??
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Brent Robinson
380 VALLEY CLUB DR
Hailey, ID [e-mail][phone]
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From:Emily Holmes ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 10:42:20 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Dependence on fossil fuels harms Idaho and Idahoans in the long-term. Supporting the coal industry sets Idaho up
for economic and social costs down the line - costs which can be avoided by transitioning to renewable and
sustainable energy sources in our state.
This issue is deeply important to me because I am an Idaho native and proud resident of our beautiful state. I will
not stand for the destruction of Idaho's air and water quality because of the pursuit of short-sighted energy
production. We all deserve better than coal.
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Emily Holmes
930 Kenneth St
Moscow, ID 83843
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Cathy Anderson ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 10:58:28 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
It's time and the right thing to do.
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. The
current 20-year plan and 5-year Action Plan represent a huge risk for Idaho?s future. I am deeply concerned that the
current IRP ignores critical information and employs wishful thinking on behalf of untested technologies to build an
unrealistic energy mix, without any viable contingency plan. Rocky Mountain Power?s failure to consider climate
change impacts, the continued decline of coal economics, and Clean Air Act compliance requirements for their
thermal plants does not mean those realities do not exist, but rather that Idaho communities will have to face the
consequences of inaction unprepared and unsupported by their public utility. We deserve a utility plan that ensures
least cost and least risk energy supply that is based in reality, not false solutions.
The Idaho Commission's own electric IRP guidelines (Order 22299) state that an IRP should analyze ?effects of
known or potential changes to existing resources [and] contingencies for upgrading, optioning and acquiring
resources at optimum times (considering cost, availability, lead-time, reliability, risk, etc.) as future events unfold.?
By this standard alone, the Idaho Commission should not accept the Rocky Mountain Power IRP for filing. The
utility has repeatedly failed to plan for existing and projected Clean Air Act compliance obligations on coal plants.
The utility manufactured a recent crisis because of this lack of planning, which required an emergency proclamation
from Wyoming?s governor to keep Jim Bridger Coal Plant Unit 2 operating in violation of federal law. Now, coal
communities and customers must contend with severe uncertainty because Rocky Mountain Power acted
irresponsibly by refusing to plan for the foreseeable eventuality of federal air regulations.
Additionally, the Natrium nuclear plant, targeted to be online relatively soon by 2028, is shockingly unsupported in
the IRP with no contract or permitting details and no reasonable accounting of costs and risks. Worse yet, Rocky
Mountain Power has forced the nuclear project into almost every single planning scenario. What happens when the
project runs into inevitable delays and procedural hurdles? What alternative resources would need to be built to
replace that capacity in the near term? We do not know, because Rocky Mountain Power has not included that very
foreseeable reality into planning assumptions.
Idaho needs a plan that prepares us to address the very real challenges facing our state. We need a plan that takes our
carbon-constrained economy into account, and accurately represents transition timelines to coal workers and
communities. We need a plan that includes consideration of the causes, impacts, and risks of climate change, and
prepares Idaho for a more resilient future. We need a plan that invests in the untapped potential of energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and tested storage technology. Rocky Mountain Power?s 2021 IRP fails to reasonably address all
of these concerns, and should be rejected.
Our state?s other public utilities, Idaho Power and Avista, do a much better job at addressing these issues in their
own 2021 IRPs, including planning to stop burning coal by 2028 and 2025, respectively, due to the declining
economics of coal. It?s unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to
face these additional risks and costs.
Please protect the interests of Idaho?s Rocky Mountain Power customers and Idahoans across the state who will be
impacted by this large regional utility?s inadequate planning.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
Cathy Anderson
14580 Midway Rd
Nampa, ID [e-mail][phone]
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From:Thomas Poole ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 11:47:08 AM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
NO MORE COAL BURNING!!!!!!!!!!
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. As one
of the region?s largest utilities?and largest polluters?the actions of this utility impact our entire state, including all
Idaho customers this Commission represents. Rocky Mountain Power?s Plan relies on continued coal use even in
the face of declining coal economics and Clean Air Act violations at its coal plants. It also relies on last minute plans
to build new gas pipelines and convert some coal plants to gas, even in the face of highly volatile future gas prices.
Lastly, it relies on a last minute plan to build a new nuclear power facility using never-before-used technology with
an unrealistic timeline and budget. This all represents a huge risk for Idaho's future, from our air and the impacts of
climate change down to our pocketbooks.
Our state's other public utilities, Avista and Idaho Power, plan to stop burning coal by 2025 and 2028, respectively,
and are doubling down on investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tested storage technology. It?s
unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to face additional risks and
costs from their utility?s reckless planning. Idahoans deserve a utility Plan that ensures least cost and least risk
energy supply that is based in reality and thoughtful planning, not wishful false solutions. Please reject Rocky
Mountain Power?s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan.
Sincerely,
Thomas Poole
PO Box 3924
Ketchum, ID 83340
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Alida Bockino ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 12:17:35 PM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I breathe!!
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. As one
of the region?s largest utilities?and largest polluters?the actions of this utility impact our entire state, including all
Idaho customers this Commission represents. Rocky Mountain Power?s Plan relies on continued coal use even in
the face of declining coal economics and Clean Air Act violations at its coal plants. It also relies on last minute plans
to build new gas pipelines and convert some coal plants to gas, even in the face of highly volatile future gas prices.
Lastly, it relies on a last minute plan to build a new nuclear power facility using never-before-used technology with
an unrealistic timeline and budget. This all represents a huge risk for Idaho's future, from our air and the impacts of
climate change down to our pocketbooks.
Our state's other public utilities, Avista and Idaho Power, plan to stop burning coal by 2025 and 2028, respectively,
and are doubling down on investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tested storage technology. It?s
unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to face additional risks and
costs from their utility?s reckless planning. Idahoans deserve a utility Plan that ensures least cost and least risk
energy supply that is based in reality and thoughtful planning, not wishful false solutions. Please reject Rocky
Mountain Power?s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan.
Sincerely,
Alida Bockino
1104 Pine Crest Rd
Moscow, ID 83843
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Britney Brougham ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 1:25:14 PM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
As a resident of Idaho, our state faces several challenges from climate change. The worst drought in decades paired
with a fast growing population (this past February was the driest on record since the 1800s). Ever worsening
wildfires which compact and are fueled by the aforementioned drought. The IPCC report just issued this day spells
out plainly that we are headed directly off a cliff, and we will not be able to adapt to survive the landing. I recognize
the dire consequence of humanities collective inaction, and thankfully don't have children. At just 30 years old I
know that the chances I live a long life similar to the first 30 years is incredibly unlikely if we continue on this path.
Please think of the future, those younger generations, and make wise choices to safeguard whatever we can on this
planet. Reject the burning of coal, reject this plan. Do the right thing.
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. As one
of the region?s largest utilities?and largest polluters?the actions of this utility impact our entire state, including all
Idaho customers this Commission represents. Rocky Mountain Power?s Plan relies on continued coal use even in
the face of declining coal economics and Clean Air Act violations at its coal plants. It also relies on last minute plans
to build new gas pipelines and convert some coal plants to gas, even in the face of highly volatile future gas prices.
Lastly, it relies on a last minute plan to build a new nuclear power facility using never-before-used technology with
an unrealistic timeline and budget. This all represents a huge risk for Idaho's future, from our air and the impacts of
climate change down to our pocketbooks.
Our state's other public utilities, Avista and Idaho Power, plan to stop burning coal by 2025 and 2028, respectively,
and are doubling down on investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tested storage technology. It?s
unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to face additional risks and
costs from their utility?s reckless planning. Idahoans deserve a utility Plan that ensures least cost and least risk
energy supply that is based in reality and thoughtful planning, not wishful false solutions. Please reject Rocky
Mountain Power?s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan.
Sincerely,
Britney Brougham
12001 Fiddler Dr
Boise, ID 83713
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:gisela zech ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 4:01:01 PM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. As one
of the region?s largest utilities?and largest polluters?the actions of this utility impact our entire state and all Idaho
utility customers like me. Rocky Mountain Power?s Plan relies on continued coal use even in the face of declining
coal economics and Clean Air Act violations at its coal plants. It also relies on last minute plans to build new gas
pipelines and convert some coal plants to gas, even in the face of highly volatile future gas prices. Lastly, it relies
on a last minute plan to build a new nuclear power facility using never-before-used technology with an unrealistic
timeline and budget. This all represents a huge risk for Idaho's future, from our air and the impacts of climate
change down to our pocketbooks.
Our state's other public utilities, Avista and Idaho Power, plan to stop burning coal by 2025 and 2028, respectively,
and are doubling down on investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tested storage technology. It?s
unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to face additional risks and
costs from their utility?s reckless planning. Idahoans deserve a utility Plan that ensures least cost and least risk
energy supply that is based in reality and thoughtful planning, not wishful false solutions. Please reject Rocky
Mountain Power?s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan.
Sincerely,
gisela zech
907 n balsam st
boise, ID 83706
[e-mail]
[phone]
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From:Sonya Crum ([e-mail]) Sent You a Personal Message
To:Jan Noriyuki
Subject:PAC-E-21-19 Rocky Mountain Power IRP
Date:Monday, February 28, 2022 4:23:15 PM
Dear Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
Please reject the Rocky Mountain Power's 20-year plan. I am a health care provider and see the effects of our air
quality on patients everyday. We cannot afford more time before we make changes to clean energy.
I am writing to urge you to not accept the Rocky Mountain Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for filing. As one
of the region?s largest utilities?and largest polluters?the actions of this utility impact our entire state and all Idaho
utility customers like me. Rocky Mountain Power?s Plan relies on continued coal use even in the face of declining
coal economics and Clean Air Act violations at its coal plants. It also relies on last minute plans to build new gas
pipelines and convert some coal plants to gas, even in the face of highly volatile future gas prices. Lastly, it relies
on a last minute plan to build a new nuclear power facility using never-before-used technology with an unrealistic
timeline and budget. This all represents a huge risk for Idaho's future, from our air and the impacts of climate
change down to our pocketbooks.
Our state's other public utilities, Avista and Idaho Power, plan to stop burning coal by 2025 and 2028, respectively,
and are doubling down on investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and tested storage technology. It?s
unfair for Idaho customers whose only electric utility option is Rocky Mountain Power to face additional risks and
costs from their utility?s reckless planning. Idahoans deserve a utility Plan that ensures least cost and least risk
energy supply that is based in reality and thoughtful planning, not wishful false solutions. Please reject Rocky
Mountain Power?s 2021 Integrated Resource Plan.
Sincerely,
Sonya Crum
4747 W Sage Glenn CT
Garden City, ID 83714
[e-mail]
[phone]
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