961108.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
GARY RICHARDSON
WORKING FILE
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:NOVEMBER 8, 1996
RE:CASE NO. UPL-E-96-5
DECLARATORY RULING
IPCO CONCURRENCE/EARTH POWER MOTION TO STRIKE
The Commission in Order No. 26595 granted Idaho Power Company intervenor party status in Case No. UPL-E-96-5.  On August 30, 1996, the Commission issued a Notice of Scheduling in Case No. UPL-E-96-5.  The following scheduling for prefile of testimony was adopted:
September 13, 1996Prefile of direct testimony by Earth Power
October 18, 1996Prefile of direct testimony by Staff/Utilities/Intervenors
November 1, 1996Prefile of rebuttal testimony by all parties
Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power; Company) filed no direct testimony in Case No. UPL-E-96-5.  On October 31, 1996, Idaho Power filed a document entitled “Concurrence of Idaho Power Company” (attached).  
On November 1, 1996, Earth Power Resources, Inc.  Filed a Motion to Strike from the record Idaho Power’s concurrence (attached).
Public hearing in Case No. UPL-E-96-5 is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13, 1996.
Commission Decision
Staff recommends that the Commission take up Earth Power’s Motion to Strike as a preliminary matter at the beginning of Wednesday’s hearing.  What is the Commission’s preference?
Scott Woodbury
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