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Home My WebLink About20171228Notice of Appeal.pdfSAMUEL L. LINNET LINNET LAW OFFICE 115 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH HATLEY rD 83333 208.788.6688 FAX 208.788.7901 sam@linnetlaw.com RECEIVED t0ll I}IC 27 AH 9: 07 iu',\liC') irUHLlCii, iri;s c0HMlssloN December 22,20L7 Diane Hanian Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472W. Washington P.O. Box 83720 Boise, lD 83720-0074 RE: Case No.IPC-E-16-28 Notice of Appeal Dear Ms. Hanian: Enclosed are the following checks for Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell's Notice of Appeal filed today in the above-referenced matter: 1. Check #l-116 in the amount of $100.00 made payable to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for the estimated record fee on appeal; and 2. Check #LLl7 in the amount of $94.00 made payable to the Idaho Supreme Court to cover the cost of the appeal filing fee. Please contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. Your assistance is appreciated. L. Linnet Attorney for Appellant 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 REC E IVED 201? 0[C 2T Al{ 9: 07 iijil,l-i:, ;)ii3LlC I 1'-!l': :, 5; C0l,{fJ ISSION Attorney for Intervenor/Appellant Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO WITH PAUL KIELLANDE& ITS PRESIDENT AND KRISTINE RAPER Ai\D ERIC ANDERSON, C OMMISSIONERS, PRESIDING IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A CERTIFICAIE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO CONSTRUCT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WOOD RIVER VALLEY CUSTOMERS Case No. IPC-E-16-28 NOTICE OF APPEAL TO: RESPONDENTS IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION AND IDAHO POWER COMPANY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: L. The above-named Intervenor/Appellant, Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell ("Appellant"), appeals against the above-named Respondent, Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Respondent" or "Commission") and Idaho Power Company to the ldaho Supreme Court from the Commission's final order on reconsideration Order No. 33928 entered on November 17, 201-7 ("Order"), DEC 21 2017 Fiueo' Notice of Appeal - 1 rf 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 its discretion in failing to award intervenor funding to Appellant pursuant to Idaho Code $ 61-617A and the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01-.16L-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 interyenor funding request based solely on timing is arbitrary and capricious in light of previous Commission orders awarding intervenor funding to late applicants, as occurred in Commission Case No. IPC-E-17-03, and approving late intervenor applications, as occurred in the present Commission proceeding. c. Whether the August 8,20L7 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 31.01.01.164. 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 arbitrary 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 3. Appellant has a right to appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court, and the Order from which this appeal is taken is an appealable final order under and pursuant to Idaho Appellate Rule 11(e) and Idaho Code S 61-629. 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 included under Idaho Appellate Rule 2B(b)(3): Date 1/1312017 L/20/2017 t/26/20t7 2t2t20t7 2/3t20t7 2tr4/20t7 4/28/2017 5/3/20L7 5/3t20t7 6t27/2017 7n4/20t7 8/01./20L7 B/2L/2017 9/15/20L7 9/L5/20L7 Description CoxCom LLC's Petition for Late Intervention Staff Decision Memo Notice of Technical Hearing Order No.33705 lntervention Order No. 337lL Amended Notice of Parties First Amended Notice of Parties Staff Decision Memo Intervention Order No. 33760 Second Amended Notice of Parties Notice of Public Hearing Staff Press Release Staff Press Release Intervenor Sierra CIub Request for Intervenor Funding Staff Press Release Final Order No. 33872 Notice of Appeal - 3 ton2/20L7 rt/r7/20L7 6. No portion of the record has been sealed. 7. I certify: Final Order No. 33906 Reconsideration Order No. 33928 a. No notice has been made upon the reporter of the proceeding because a transcript 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 Attorney f or Intervenor/Appellant Notice of Appeal - 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 22nd day of December, 2017,I served a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing on the following person in the manner noted: Original Plus Eight Filed: Service Copies: Daphne Huang, Deputy Attorney General Camille Christen, Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 412W. Washington St. P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 daphn e.h uan g(g) puc. id aho. gov camille.christen @puc.idaho. gov / U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopy Email Donovan E. Walker Tim Tatum Idaho Power Company l22I W.Idaho St. (83702) PO Box 70 Boise,ID 83707-0070 dr.val ker@' i dalrooo wer. co m doc kcts(ri; i ilalr ooorvcr. co rn _ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopy ,-/Emall Kelsey Jae Nunez Kelsey Jae Nunez LLC 920 N. Clover Dr. Boise, lD 83702 ke I sey(O,kelse),j aenunez. c<lrn _ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopyy'Emall Michael Heckler 3606 N. Prospect Way Garden City,ID 83714 michael.p. heckler(lgmail. com _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail Teleconv -/Email^ " Notice of Appeal - 5 Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 N. Sixth Street Boise, lD 83702 botto@idahoconseryation. org _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid - Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail Teleconv LzlBmail Laura Midgley 231Valley Club Drive Hailey, ID 83333 y' u.s. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered Overnisht Mail _ Telecopy _ Email Mathew A. Johnson Wm. F. Gigray White Peterson Gigray & Nichols, PA 5700 E. Franklin Rd., Suite 200 Nampa,ID 83687 mj ohnson@whitepeterson. com _ U.S.Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail _ Telecopy -r'lEmail C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 802 W. Bannock St., Suite 900 PO Box 2900 Boise,ID 83701 tom. arkoosh@arkoosh. com _ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid - Hand Delivered Overnisht Mail _ Telecopy _ vlBmail Gregory M. Adams Richardson Adams, PLLC 515 N. 27th St. PO Box 7218 Boise, ID 83702 gre g@richardsonadams. com _ U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid _ Hand Delivered _ Overnight Mail -Teleconv/ Email ' Notice of Appeal - 6 Samuel L. Linnet