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Jean Jewell; Beverly Barker; Gene Fadness
PUC Comment Form
A Comment from Anastasia Telesetsky follows:
Case Number: AVU-G-1e-e2
Name: Anastasia Telesetsky
Address: 2665 E. 6th Street
City: Moscow
State: Idaho
Zip: 83843
Daytime Telephone: 2e8885751e
Contact E-Mail: atelesetsk~yahoo.com
Name of Utility Company: Avista
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Please describe your comment briefly:
Dear Public Utilities Commission,
I am writing to submit public input on the proposed increase in natural gas rates proposed by
Avista to cover programs for natural gas energy efficiency. While I whole-heartedly support
achieving better energy efficiency, I believe that at this point in the efficiency program
the rebates especially appliance rebates should not be funded by other rate payers. When high
efficiency gas appliances and heaters were new to the market, the rebates were necessary to
create large scale behavioral changes. Given that energy efficiency has become a widely
shared economic and environmental value, I do not believe that current rate payers should be
rewarding late adopters and hold outs who have not previously taken advantage of the programs
over the last decade. Responsible rate payers who have undertaken energy efficiency
precautions in the 18 years since Energy Star appliances have been made available should not
be subsidizing irresponsible rate payers who have chosen to do nothing about replacing their
energy inefficient appliances. Regarding its non-rebate programs, Avista has not justified
why it needs to raise rates for all Idaho rate payers in order to continue to deliver its
energy efficiency educational programs and its low- income programs. To the extent that energy
efficiency programs for low- income households are not sufficiently capitalized under Avista i s
current budget allocations, these programs should not be funded by rate payers but rather as
part of Avista' s community outreach service programs serviced by the Avista Foundation. I
encourage the Public Utilities Commission to decline Avista i s request to raise rates and ask
Avista to instead be more efficient with the funds it already has from ratepayers.
Yours sincerely,
Anastasia Telesetsky
The form submitted on http://www . puc. idaho. gov Iforms/ipuc1/ipuc. html
IP address is 216.98.237. 2e
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