150219_newPUCcommissioner.pdf

(Editor’s note: The following press release identifies Kristine (Sasser) Raper using her married
name. The commissioner recently married and will be using her married surname.)

Governor Otter appoints Kristine Raper
to six-year term on Idaho Public Utilities Commission

BOISE (Feb. 19, 2015) – Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter this week
announced the appointment of Kristine (Sasser) Raper to a six-year term
on the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. While Raper’s term officially
begins today, her appointment is subject to confirmation by the Idaho
State Senate.

Raper, 43, succeeds Commissioner Marsha Smith, who is retiring after
serving four terms as a commissioner and nearly 35 years in state
government.

Before her appointment to the commission, Raper served for seven years as a state deputy
attorney general assigned as legal counsel to the Public Utilities Commission. She represented
the commission on two cases that were appealed to the state Supreme Court and one case in
federal district court.

Prior to her work in the attorney general’s office, she served for eight years as a law clerk to
Commissioner R.D. Maynard of the Idaho Industrial Commission.

Raper was born in Delaware and moved to Utah with her family in the early 1980s. In 1995, she
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Boise State University and in 2001
received her juris doctor from the University of Idaho.

Raper will serve with Commission President Paul Kjellander and Commissioner Mack Redford
on the three-member commission.

“I’m pleased to be appointed by Governor Otter to serve the citizens of Idaho in this important
role. I will work diligently alongside President Kjellander and Commissioner Redford to continue
the PUC’s tradition of integrity and fairness,” Raper said. “Commissioner Marsha Smith served
the state and the commission with great distinction and it is an honor to succeed her.”

In his statement, Gov. Otter said, “Over the past seven years, Kristine has distinguished herself
as someone who is thorough, professional, collegial and devoted to fulfilling the vital role of an
ombudsman for ratepayers and regulator for our public utilities. The electricity, natural gas and
other services enjoyed by Idaho citizens are in good hands with Kristine’s knowledge, skills and
temperament ensuring that our system works.”

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