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(text box: 1)BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY FOR AN ORDER APPROVING
INCREASED RATES AND CHARGES FORELECTRIC SERVICE IN THE STATE OF
IDAHO.

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CASE NO. WWP-E-98-11
ORDER NO.  27896
Potlatch Corporation petitioned to intervene in this case on January 5, 1999, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-75.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed this Petition to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case, intervention by this party would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.
O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by Potlatch Corporation is hereby granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record.  This Intervenor is represented by the following for purposes of service:
Conley WardGerald Myers
GIVENS PURSLEY LLPPotlatch Corporation
277 North 6th Street, Suite 200805 Mill Road
PO Box 2720PO Box 1016
Boise, ID 83701Lewiston, ID 83501-1016
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this         day of  January 1999.
                                                                                DENNIS S. HANSEN, PRESIDENT
                                                                                RALPH NELSON,  COMMISSIONER
                                                                                MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary
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