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From: Ed Howell
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Tonya Clark
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
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Name: Linda West
Street Address: 813 Warner Ave. #15
Ci ty: Lewiston
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83501
Home Telephone: [phone]
Work Telephone:
E-Mail: misskalie2~webtv. net
Home Business: Home
Business Name:
Business Street Address:Business Phone:
Complaint Company: Avista UtilityLocal Provider:
Contacted utility: yes
Complaint description: I am a widow and I am disabled. I can not afford any higher
utilities. How are we to live if our utilities keep going up?
Thank you for you time reading this.
Linda West.
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8:55:25 AM
Case: AVU-G-05-02
Name: Eric Petersen
Street Address: 2802 N. Stone Pines Ct
Ci ty: Coeur d' Alene
State: 10
ZIP: 83815
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: eleven20~verizon. net
Company:mailing list _yes _no:
Comment description: I oppose the rate hike for the following reasons:
1- Avista s profitability is not at risk.
2- Avista secured contracts for the 2004 - 2005 Winter season well in advance of the rapid
price hikes for natural gas, probably in early Spring. This is a ploy they are using to
get this rate hike. If you ll remember, you made this request in July and prepared
well before then. The spot price of natural gas has risen most dramatically over the past
45 days and has no affect on their profi tabili ty!3- I f a 24% increase is accepted by the commission it will be one more nail that impacts
the economic stability of the community. Jobs and disposable income will be adverselyimpacted.
Eric Petersen
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Case: AVU-G-05-02
Name: Tim McCormick
Street Address: 5321 E. Pinegrove Or
Ci ty: Coeur d' Alene
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83815
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: timmc~contractorsnorthwest. com
Company: AVISTA
mailing list yes no: no
Comment description: AVISTA wants to raise our costs again. They have gas contractrs
locked in. They have enough gas to run the Rathdrum power plant. They need to share in
more of the costs and not put it all on the shoulders of the customers. They are still
making money and good profit on the power they produce. 00 not punish the customers any
more.
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Case: AVU-G-05-02Name: Laura LaChapelle
Street Address: 1512 Frui tdale Ave
Ci ty: Coeur d' Alene
State: 10
ZIP: 83815
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: lalaurala~msn. com
Company: Avistamailinglistyes no:
Comment description: I wish to protest your rate hike. It is absurb to think us as people
and a community can afford the increase and still maintain a safe and healthy lifestyle
for our children and elderly parents. This while all the time filling the pockets of
people who have never been hungry, cold or unable to financially take care of themselves.
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Case: AVU-G-05-
Name: Henry L Grafton
Street Address: 8148 N. Marabou Orive
City: Hayden
State: 10
ZIP: 83835
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: 19rafton~emiproducts. com
Company: Avista Utilities
mailing list yes no:
Comment description: ~ Avista ' s profitability is not at risk.
2- Avista secured contracts for the 2004 - 2005 Winter season well in advance of the rapidprice hikes for natural gas, probably in early Spring. This is a ploy they are using to
get this rate hike. I f you ll remember, they made this request in July and prepared
well before then. The spot price of natural gas has risen most dramatically over the past
45 days and has no affect on their profitability!
3- If a 24% increase is accepted by the commission it will be one more nail that impacts
the economic stability of the community. Jobs and disposable income will be adverselyimpacted.
4- Has Avista CEO Gary Elycommercial? Of course not
Times are tough and as the
it with the rest of us.
cut back on the use of the company jet? Throttled back, flying
and until he does then they must be doing quite well thank you.
sole provider of natural gas in North Idaho they need to feel
Thank you,
Henry L Grafton
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Case: AVU-G-05-
Name: Laurie Kazlauskas
Street Address: 6010 E. Frazier Ori
Ci ty: Post Falls
State: Idaho
ZIP: 83854
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: FAKLC~aol. com
Company: Avista mailing list yes no:
Comment description: I cannot believe Avista wants a 24% price hike. Avista
profitability is not at risk. Avista secured contracts for the 2004 - 2005 Winter season
well in advance of the rapid price hikes for natural gas, probably in early Spring. The
spot price of natural gas has risen most dramatically over the past 45 days and has no
affect on Avista ' s profitability! If a 24% increase is accepted by the commission it will
be one more nail that impacts the economic stability of the community. Jobs and
disposable income will be adversely impacted. Has Avista CEO Gary Ely cut back on the use
of the company jet? And look at your stock. I think it's a disgrace.
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Case: AVU-G-05-02
Name: Oavid Wilson
Street Address: 3938 N. Playfair St
Ci ty: Coeur d Alene
State: 10
ZIP: 83815
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: tdwilson~adelphia. net
Company: Avista/Gas Kootenai Elec/Electric
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Comment description: appauled at the 24%
Please do not impact my pocket book, it seemsmore.
rate increase that Avista is seeking.
that all agencies just take and take any
Regards,
Oave Wilson
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Case: AVU-G-05-02
Name: Reid Harlocker
Street Address: 1635 E Miles Ave
City: Hayden Lake
State: 10
ZIP: 83835
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: rharlocker~transtector. com
Company: Avista
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Comment description: Please add my objection to the proposed Avista 24% rate hike fornatural gas. Although there have been recent rapid increases in the spot market price of
natural gas they should have limited impact on Avista. Market prices have risen
dramatically over the past sixty days and I can assure the commission that Avista had
secured contracts for this coming Winter season well before these very recent increases.
Understandably Avista is a for profit company, but at the same time they are also this
communi ties sole source supplier. Avista would be well advised to submit to the same
struggles faced by its customers during these radical market swings. The effect of such a
dramatic and I feel unwarranted increase will significantly impact both commercial and
residential customers alike, causing economic hardship and possibly job lay offs resulting
from the rapid increases driven by all sectors of the energy market. It is my hope that
Mr. Ely has taken the Presidents request to cut back seriously as well and curtailed use
of the company jet during these trying times. Rej ecting Avista ' s request or limiting it
to a more manageable level will not impact the long term profi tabili ty of this company.
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Case: AVt.1 - G- -05
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Name: John and Nora McNall
Street Address: 1824 Powers Ave.
City: Lewiston,
State: 10
ZIP: 83501
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: calami tyj ane~lewiston. com
Company: Avistamailinglistyes no:
Comment description: It is my understanding that Avista is soon to raise our gas and
electric bills. We live on a fixed income, and have exorbitant medical bills. This raise
will effect us greatly. We now dress in three layers of clothing, and turn the heat off
totally at night, and have all the windows covered with plastic. The insulation in the
house is excellent. I do hope you will reconsider in granting this raise in our utili ties.
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Case: AVU-G-O5-02
Name: Ruth Briggs
Street Address: 1609 north Bill streetCity: Post falls
State: idaho
ZIP: 83854
Home Telephone:
E-Mail:
Company: Avista
mailing list yes no: no
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Comment description: I don t want another rate increase with Avista. But my ideas don
mean anything. It seems the government gave the energy corportations tax breaks just
recently. Why all the greed?? The company makes probably enough to give the consumers
free energy costs for one year.. Maybe the executives and shareholders and such could learn
to live with less like the rest of the real world. Humanity where is it??? my voice meansnothing. /
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Mr. Paul Kjellander, President
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472 W. Washington
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Dear Mr. Kjellander:
I am enclosing a copy of the article which appeared
the local paper regarding a request by Avista to increase the
natural gas rates.
I would like to respectfully point out that unemploy-
ment in Shoshone County ranks among the highest in the state
of Idaho. In addition , the economy of the Silver Valley continues
to be depressed as a result of several mine closures.
We respectfully ask that you review the request for a
natural gas price increase very closely and keep the increase , if
any, to a minimum.
I wish to thank you in advance.
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THE NEWS-PRESS W de nesday, September 14, 2005
Avista requests natural gas hike
for Idaho customer~
By BRIAN WALKER,
Hagadone News Network
- POST FALLS Avista
Utilities is turning up the heat
with natural gas prices.
The investor-owned utility,
which has 66 000 natural gas
customers in North Idaho, hasrequested an overall increase
in gas revenues of about
$15. million (23.8 percent) iil
Idaho.
A residential or small busi-
ness customer using the aver-age of 70 therms per monthwould see an average increase
of $16.36 per month, or about23.4 percent. The total bill
including the increase, would
be $86.36.
The upward trend of crude
oil prices has a direct correla-
tion on natural gas prices " said
Avista spokeswoman Catherine
Markson. "Wholesale natural
gas prices are also 40 percent
higher than last year.
Avista has requested thatthe Idaho Public UtilitiesCommission start the pro-
posed increase on Nov. 1. ,
The increase is a "purchase. gas adjustment" to cover
the rise in wholesale prices
Markson said. It is not a baserate hike.
The increase would come
on the heels of last year s com-bined 21 percent jump (14percent for PGA; 7 for baserate), said IPUC spokesman'
Gene Fadness. The base rate
increase was the, first in sev- .eral years. '
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Avista's electric rates woilld-
refficlinunchanged. Avista ,has
also applied for a one-yearextension of a 2.45 percent sur-
charge that allows the utility
to recover above-normal costs
of supplying electricity to its
customers.
The proposed gas increas-es do not reflect Hurricane
Katrina s impact, Markson said.Any lasting effects of Katrinaon prices would be reflected
in future Avista filings. The
Department of Energy projects
a national average increase of
52 percent for natural gas cus-
tomers this winter.
Fadness said IPUC will set a
public comment period on the
proposed increases in about a
week. A determination on the
request will be made at the end
of October.
There very little wiggleroom to deny them if they
made prudent (wholesale) pur-
. chasing decisions " Fadness
said.
In Washington where
Avista has 135 000 natural
gas customers, the average
household would see an aver-age increase of $16.39 per
month, or about 23.5 percent.
Avista has requested an overall
increase in revenues of $38.
million in that state.
tarry Bryant, marketing
manager for the nonprofit
Kootenai Electric Cooperative
in Hayden, said the firm hasno scheduled electricity tate
hikes. The co-op doesn t sell
natural gas.
Markson said homeowners
can reduce their natural gasbill by as much as 10 per-
cent by reducmg air leaks with
caulking around windows and
adding weather strips to doors.
Turning the thermostat down
10 to 15 percent for eight hours
a day also helps.
Avista offers payment pr
grams and an energy assistant
program called. Project Sha:
for those in need. Informatio
[phone], www.avista
tilities.com
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We'll work with any Clltomer who has difficulty
ing the bills " Markson sai,The key is to call early. 11
longer you put it off, the hardE
it is for us to create options.
To comment on the pn
posed increases, write th
IPUC at 472 W. Washingtor
P.O. Box 83720, Boise
83720-0074 or call (208) 33L
0300. Copies of the propose
changes are available at Avist
or the IPUC.
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