20210910Rocky Mountain Power Telephonic Hearing Press Release 0910.pdf

Case No. PAC-E-21-17
Order No. 35142
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission schedules telephonic public hearing to take verbal testimony on
Rocky Mountain Power application to sell assets

BOISE (Sept. 10, 2021) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host a public telephonic
customer hearing on Sept. 22 to take verbal testimony on an application from Rocky Mountain
Power to sell assets to the City of Idaho Falls.

Rocky Mountain Power is asking the commission for approval to sell electric facilities the city
needs to provide electric service to 733 customers in Idaho Falls. Rocky Mountain and Idaho
Falls reached an allocation agreement in 2017 to reduce duplication of service and promote
stability in their respective service areas.

If Rocky Mountain Power’s application is approved by the commission, the City of Idaho Falls
would purchase poles, wires, cross arms, insulators and other facilities no longer needed by
Rocky Mountain to provide service to customers. The city would pay Rocky Mountain Power
$4,152,351 for those items.

The telephonic customer hearing is on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 6:00 p.m. (MDT).
Commissioners will take verbal testimony from members of the public and Rocky Mountain
Power customers. To participate, please call 1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 177 851
2120 when prompted.

Written comments on Rocky Mountain Power’s application are being accepted. They are
required to be filed by e-mail unless e-mail is unavailable. To submit comments via e-mail,
please visit the commission’s webpage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Consumers” tab toward
the top of the page, then click on the “Case Comment Form.” Please use case number PAC-E-21-
17 when filling out the form. Any comments should also be e-mailed to Rocky Mountain Power
at the e-mail addresses listed below.

If e-mail is unavailable, comments may be mailed to the commission and Rocky Mountain
Power at these addresses:

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714

For Rocky Mountain Power:

Ted Weston
Emily Wegener
1407 W. North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97232
[e-mail]

Comments also can be mailed to the City of Idaho Falls, but it is not required.

For the City of Idaho Falls:

Bear Prairie
Idaho Falls City Power
140 S. Capital Ave.
P.O. Box 50220
Idaho Falls, ID 83405

For additional information on Rocky Mountain Power’s application, please visit:
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6732.