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Home My WebLink About20180109Notice of Appeal.pdf,'silL%ttiliiil";^ ?fi? 0tl] ?8 Ptl l' l8 Samuel L. Linnet, Esq. Linnet Law Office, PLLC 115 Second Avenue South Hailey, Idaho 83333 Tel: 208.788.6688 Fax: 208.788.7901 sam@linnetlaw.com ISB#: 9788 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A CERTIFICME OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSIry TO CONSTRUCT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WOOD RIVER VALLEY CUSTOMERS RECEIVED ?0llOtC 27 AH 9:07 rjL lCt,{t,ilsst0N Attorney for Intervenor/Appellant Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell Sr^f* € _ I 1_o t IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO WITH PAUL KIELLANDER, ITS PRESIDENT, AND KRISTINE RAPER AND ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONERS, PRESIDING Supreme Court liro. 1A a4-4 TO Case No. IPC-E-16-28 NOTICE OF APPEAL R"ESPONDET{TS IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND IDAHO POWER COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: 1. The above-named Intervenor/Appellant, Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell ("Appellant"), appeals against the above-named Respondent, Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Respondent" or "Commission") and ldaho Power Company to the ldaho Supreme Court from the Commission's final order on reconsideration Order No. 33928 entered on November 17, 2017 ("Order"). FILED.ORIGINAL DEC 2 b 2017 9gsr'1€ Notice ol Appeal - I 2. The following is a preliminary statement of the issues on appeal which Appellant presently intends to assert in the appeal, subject to modification and development as appropriate: a. Whether the Commission abused is discretion in failing to award intervenor funding to Appellant pursuant to ldaho Code $ 51-617A and the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.0f .01.161-165, solely on the asserted grounds that Appellant did not timely submit an application for intervenor funding. b. Whether the Commission's denial of Appellant's intervenor funding request based solely on timing is arbitrary and capricious in light of previous Commission orders awarding intervenor funding to late applicans, as occurred in Commission Case No. IPC-E-17-03, and approving late intervenor applications, as occuned in the present Commission proceeding. c. Whether the August 8,2017 evidentiary hearing was "the last evidentiary hearing in a proceeding or the deadline for submitting briefs, proposed orders, or statements of position," as described in IDAPA 31.01.0f .164. d. Whether the Commission adequately provided notice to all parties that intervenor funding requests were due 14 days from the August 8,2017 evidentiary hearing. e. Whether IDAPA 31.01,01.164 is arbiuary and capricious. t. Appellant reserves the right to identify and raise other issues as the basis for this appeal to the extent permitted by law. Notice of Appeal - 2 t 3. Appellant has a right to appeal to the [daho Supreme Court, and the Order from which this appeal is taken is an appealable final order under and pursuant to Idaho Appellate Rule 1r(e) and ldaho Code $ 6l-629. 4. Appellant makes no request for a transcript. 5. Appellant requests that the following documents be included in the agency's record in addition to those automatically induded under ldaho Appellate Rule 28@)(3): Date UL3/2017 L/20t2017 Lt26t20L7 2/2t20L7 a3n0fl 2n4t2017 4t28t2017 5t3t2017 st3t20t7 6/27t2017 7tL4t20r7 8t0Lt2077 a2taaLT 9/ts/2017 9n5/2017 Description CoxCom LLC's Petition for Late Intervention Staff Decision Memo Notice of Technical Hearing Order No.33705 Intervention Order No. 33711 Amended Notice of Parties First Amended Notice of Parties Suff Decision Memo Intervention Order No. 33760 Second Amended Notice of Parties Notice of Public Hearing Staff Press Release Staff Press Release Intervenor Siena Club Request for Intervenor Funding Staff Press Release Final Order No. 33872 Notice of Appeal - 3 fi/L?i20fi ntLTnou Final Order No. 33906 Reconsideration Order No. 33928 6. No portion of the record has been sealed. 7. I certify: a. No notice has been made upon the reporter of the proceeding because a uanscript is not being requested. b. The estimated fees for preparation of the agency's record have been paid. c. The appellate filing fees have been paid to the Commission in the amount of $94.00. d. Service has been made upon all parties required to be served pursuant to Idaho Appellate Rule 20. Dated this 22nd day of December 2017 Linnet Law Office, PLLC Samuel L. Linnet Attomey for Intervenor/Appellant Notice of Appeal - 4 I CERTIFTCATE OF $#RVICE I hereby certiry that on the 22nd day of December, 2017,I served a true and correct copy of the within and forcgoing on the following person in the manrer noted: Originel Plus Eight Filed: Service Copies: Daphne Huang, Deputy Attorney General Camille Christen, Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472W. Washington St. P.O. Box 83?20 Boise, ID 83720-0074 dap bne. huan g(g)puc. id aho. g ov cami lle.christen@nuc.idaho.gov ,/ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Ovemight Mail _ Telecopy Email Donovan E. Walker Tim Thtum Idaho Power Company l22l W.Idaho St. (E3702) PO Box 70 Boise, ID 83707-0070 drva lkerfE i dahopowcr. c om dockcts(rDidahooowcr. coln _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail TelecoovTemail" Kelsey Jae Nunez Kelsey Jae Nunez LLC 920 N. Clover Dr. Boise, lD 83702 kel sey(gike I se),j aenunez. cont _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopyv! Email Michael Heckler 3606 N. Prospect Way Garden Ciry,ID 83714 michael.p.heckler(4; grnail.com _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivcred _ Overnight Mail - /elecoPYv/Email Notice of Appeal - 5 _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid - Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopy sz'emat Benjamin J. Ono Idaho Conseruation League 710 N. Sixth Street Boise, ID 83702 botto@idahocons ervation. org -{ u.s. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail Telecoov Email Laura Midgley 23l Valley Club Drive Hailey, ID 83333 _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered - Ovemight Mail Telecoov y'lEmail Mathew A. Johnson Wm. F. Gigray White Peterson Gigray & Nichols, PA 5700 E. Franklin Rd., Suite 200 Nampa,ID 83687 mj ohnson @whi tepeterson.com - U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopy rramail C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 802 W. Bannock St,, Suite 900 PO Box 2900 Boise, ID 83701 tom.arkoo lh @)a rkoosh. com _ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid - Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail *,Telecopyy' nmat Gregory M. Adams Richardson Adams, PLLC 515 N.27th St. PO Box 7218 Boise, ID 83702 greg@ richardsonadams. com Samuel L. Linnet Notice of Appeal - 6 Sue- €- t-7-o / It].FORE THE IDAHO I'l;BI.!(' t'Tll.tTtl-S ('Ot\tNilSStON Ollicc of thc Sccrctarl Scn,ice Datc Nor'embcr 17, 2017 .OHIGINAL ('ASI., N(). llD( -["-16-2tt 0RI)ER l{O, 33e2t Supreme Court 71o. 1E O+q ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 8E ::f**- - c.., "1 . el \3,a.tr', ,\)€ :l, - 't:irn :'fn--p=(-ornfnrs*irS# :Dt'T-F,;', E*tl>m-:'of a!rnfn Ego'r.,'r,= In Noventber 2016. tdaho Porvcr ('onrpan1,.. filed an Application lirr a ('errilicale ol'PuU. ('onveniencc and Necessity trc construct a second transmission line in the Wood River Vallq. 'l'hc Commission granted scven intcrvc'ntion petitions, including one liom Kiki 'l'idwell. Oi@r No. -13675. I"he Commission conducled a public hearing on July'26.2017. and a techniBlt hearing on August t,2017. both of uhich $erc attended by Ms. Tidwelt and hcr counsel. Petr Richardson. At the conctusion of rhe technical hcaring, Chair Andersr.rn sct a deadtine of nugLr.O 22,2017 for intervenor l'unding rcquests. On September 15.2017. the ('ommission issued Final Order No.3-itt72 granting thc Cornpanl's Application and granting Sicna ('lub's tinrely intcrvcnor funding rcgucst. On September 20,2017, Kiki 'l'itls'cll tiled a late requcst for inten'enor funding.l On October 12. 2017. thc Commission dcnied Ms.'l'idwell's reguest as untimell'. Ordcr No,33906. Mr. Richardson withdreu' as Ms. 'l'idwell's counsel on October 17, 2017. On Octobcr 25, 2()17, Ms. 'l'idu'cll liled a timely ptition asking the ('ommission to rcconsidcr its decision dcnying her requesl lbr intervenor lunding. We nou deny Ms. Tidwcll's Fretition. PETITIOT\S FOR RECONSI DERATION Rcconsidcration provides an opportunity lbr a partl trr bring to the Commissiorr's atlention anf issuc prcviousll detemrineil, and thcrcb1 allbrds lhc ('onrmission an opfx)rtunit) t() correcl any nristake rtr omission , ll'ushington llitter l'ov'cr ('o. r'. Kootanui Enyircnncntol .4lliunca,99 ldaho 875. 591 l'.2d 122 119791. Under Commission Rule 3:il.0l. "ltctitiorrs lhr reconsideralion musl sct tirrth spcilically' thc ground or grounds u'h1' the ;rctitioner contcnds lhat the ordcr or any issuc decidcd in the ordcr is unrcasonable. unlau'lul, crr()ncous or rrol in conlbrmitv rvith thc |au...." lI)APA 31.01.01.331.01. rAlthough lvls l iducll filcd thc pcrtitm hcrscll. Mr. Richardson conlirmed that his ollice still represented her al the lltt)c DEC 21 20t7 ( )R l)l.t( \( , I i()tf FILED t\ 1il1. i\tA'l"l'I.tR or .l'H]: Al,t,t.t('tT't()N()r il)AHO l'O\1}:R ('()IIPANY t()R .\ ('ERTt ['t('AT1] O[ Pt rBLIC ('()N \' llliil [: N(' [: A N D N r:('l..ssl't'\'t-() ('oNsTRt i('T sYsTl:M I I\l PRo\'1. l\l EIiTS roR \r'ooD RtvER vAl,l,El' (.T'STOMERS ^ l,I^S. TIDW ELL'S PDTlTl ON t{ OR R.UCONSI DERA TION Ms. Tidwell asserts the Commission should reconsider its denial of hcr requcst for intervenor funding for two ncasons. Firsl, she argues lrcr rcquesl "was timely as it was submitted during rhe period that a petition for reconsideration could have been submitted" regarding the Commission's Final Order No. 338?2. Pctition for Reconsideration at l. Second. she argues the Commission "failed to prot'ide a fair proceeding by failing to providc adcquate information about Section 6l-617a [thc statutc providing for intervenor fundingf to intervenots." Id. COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND FTNDINGS In dcnying Ms. Tid$,ell's rcquesl for intervcnor funding. we noted that it "was rcccived almost a month after thc deadline." Ordcr No. 33906 at 2. Although Ms. Tidwell now asserts her requert for intcrvcnor funding was timety, she stated in her intervenor funding request, "l apologizc that this requcst is bcing submittcd late duc ltol the lack of communication lo mc that this compensation was available to nre as an Intervenor." [,ate Requcst for lntervcnor Funding at 2. Commission Rulc 164 provides, "Unless othcrwise provided by order, an intervenor requesting intervenor funding ntust apply no laler than fourteen (14) days afier the last evidcntiary hcaring in a proceeding." IDAPA 3 1.01.01.164. The evidentiary trcaring took place August 8,2017, thus the deadline for inlervenor funding reguests was August 22 pl Rulc 164. Moreovcr, Chair Anderson gave explicit nolice to all panies at the conclusion of the technical hearing, including Ms. Tidwell and her counsel, ahout the dcadline for intervenor funding requests. Transcript at 686; Order No. 33$6 at 2. Consegucntly, we find no reasonable basis for reconsideration of our prior decision finding Ms. Tidwell's request f()r intcrvcnor t'unding unlirnely. We thus deny Ms. Tidwell's petition for rcconsideration. oRt)LR NO 33elE ORDIlR l'l' IS Ill-.R['.lJ\ ORDIRI:l) th:rt \1ls 'l'irlu't'll's Pctiliort lirr Rcr'onsidc'ration is dt'nrr.'d I HIS I.S ,\ I;INAL ORI)HR DL,NYING Rt:('ONSll)hRAl'lON. 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