20180627Comments (24).pdf

Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 4:02 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:CAROLYN KIESZ
Name:CAROLYN KIESZ
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1110 ELK RIDGE RD
GRANGEVILLEIDAHO,83530
Name of Utility Company:IDAHO COUNTY LIGHT &POWER
Comment:I am commenting about the sale of Avista to a Canadiancompany -Hydro One.I am against any such sale.DONOTLETTHISHAPPEN.The sale of a utilitycompany to any foreign corporation would be a violation of our NATIONAL
SECURITY.It matters not that the country is Canadian.The ONLY entity that should be responsible for running power to
OUR GRID should be a company that is whollyowned and operated by Americans!To even consider such a sale isinsanitylIcannotbelievethatanystateutilitywouldbeconsideredforsale.What kind of greed has brought this tofruition?Our Country has an electric grid that powers all our businesses and that power should ONLY be in the care,custody and control of an American corporation or an American Co-operative.No other nation will have the bestinterestoftheAmericanpeopleatheart.The bottomline will always prevail and that is not going to be in the bestinterestofourpeople.I have read a bit about the company that wants to purchase Avista and they are not even treatingtheirownCanadiancitizensverywell.How do you think they will be treating Americans?I would imagine with less carethantheirownpeople,who I understand have had HUGE increases in the cost of electricityl This deal MUST be stopped!
IF you allow a foreign nation to control your power --it will be very easy to be left POWERLESS!That is not something
we want to have happen to us.PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS SALE TO PROCEED.Sincerely,Carolyn Kiesz
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 3:58 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Pamela Secord
Name:Pamela Secord
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
St Maries ID,83861
Name of Utility Company:Avista &Clearwater PUD
Comment:I submit these comments on behalf of myself and as the Chairman of The North Idaho Water Rights Alliance
which represents over 250 households,the vast majority of them are Avista customers in Northern Idaho.This
proposed merger will significantly impact all of the customers in Northern Idaho and in neighboring States.Some of the
impacts that are of great concern include but are not limited to;increased power rates,decreasesin power reliability,fluctuations on the lake and river levelsfrom the operation of the Post Falls dam,infringement upon existing private
water rights and the 1927 water right to Lake Coeur d'Alene held by the State of Idaho for the benefit of all the peopleofIdaho.The economies of the region and the satisfaction derived from living in northern Idaho are at great risk of
being diminished significantly from policies and decisions made by a company that has no vested interest in serving U.S.
citizens.BC Hydro is a foreign government backed entity which has a sordid history of significantly causing harm to the
customers that they have acquired through past mergers.
Credible concerns for the impacts from loss of ownership and control of the assets of the Avista Corporation such as;significant increased costs to residential and commercial customers,the potential problems that could arise duringnegotiationsoftheColumbiaRiverTreatycurrentlyintalksbetweentheU.S and Canada,and the risks of losing
significant Avista assets to a foreign government,which could have national security consequencesshould cause
significant alarm to the Idaho PUC Commissioner's.It is imperative that the Idaho PUC denies the application for theproposedmergerofAvistaCorp.and BC Hydro One.To date none of these concerns have been addressed and no
detailed information regarding the issues mentioned above has been disclosed by Avista or BC Hydro One.Ifthe IPUCCommissioner's does not deny the merger outright they should at a minimum stop the transfer of the ownership andcontrolofAvistaassetstoanyentityotherthananotherU.S.owned corporation that will operate the facilities in the
best interests of the American People and in particular the citizen's that live in and rely upon the economies that areservedbytheAvistaCorporation.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 3:27 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Jeanne Moore
Name:Jeanne Moore
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:4210 Hwy 6
Harvard ID,83834
Name of Utility Company:Clearwater Power
Comment:Please keep our American Utilities American owned.
Unique Identifier:72.168.160.132
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June27,2018 2:40 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Carla &Verland Woempner
Name:Carla &Verland Woempner
Case Number:AVU E 17 09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6351 S ARNY's Rd
Harrison ID,83833
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I have done research on Hydro One in Ontario Canada.My research leads me to believe that Hydro One is interested inobtainingAvistatomeetCanadianrulesandtoavoidfinesbecausetheyarenotcurrentlyincompliance.I fear the raterebates&refunds that HO is offering are a meat smoke screen and that after the completion of this buyout I will faceincreasesratesanddecreasedservice.Hydro Ones record with current customers is atrocious at best.Further givingcontrolofpartsofourinfrastructuretoHydroOneisahugeconcern.Our power transmission lines,dams &water are
all at risk.PLEASE stop this atrocity.
Most sincerely Carla &Verland Woempner
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 2:55 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Alissa Gold
Name:Alissa Gold
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:221 Village Ln
Boise Idaho,83702
Name of Utility Company:Idaho Power
Comment:As an Avista customer,I support the negotiated settlement for the merger with Hydro One.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 2:58 PM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Linda Rider
Name:Linda Rider
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6219 S Wolf Lodge Ck Rd
COEUR D ALENE ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Please do not let Avista sell to Hydro One.I would much rather pay more,if needed,to an American
company rather than have my utilities owned by a foreign company.
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Matthew Evans
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Sent:Saturday,June 9,2018 3:01 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:James Hollingsworth
Name:James Hollingsworth
Case Number:AVU-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:1203 W.Orchard Ave
Hayden Lake Idaho,83835
Name of Utility Company:Mr.
Comment:Sirs:I have reviewed the material available on the Avista and Hydro-One merger and see no benefits to eithercompany.I am against the merger because I do not believe a Canadiancompany should own any of our transmissionequipmentincluding:
No Hydro Electric generation equipment
No Gas fired electric generation equipment No Coal fired electric generation equipment No Nuclear electric generation
equipment None of our transmission lines None of our transformers,both major or minor None of our meteringequipment,both residential and commercial
I think it would be a huge mistake to allow a foreign government,or a foreign entity to own our own generationequipment.
Please do not approve this merger.
Thanksso much.
Jim Hollingsworth
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 2:40 PMTo:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Carla &Verland Woempner
Name:Carla &Verland Woempner
Case Number:AVU E 17 09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6351 S ARNY's Rd
Harrison ID,83833
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Idaho Public Utilities Commission,
I have done research on Hydro One in Ontario Canada.My research leads me to believe that Hydro One is interested inobtainingAvistatomeetCanadianrulesandtoavoidfinesbecausetheyarenotcurrentlyincompliance.I fear the raterebates&refunds that HO is offering are a meat smoke screen and that after the completion of this buyout I will faceincreasesratesanddecreasedservice.Hydro Ones record with current customers is atrocious at best.Further givingcontrolofpartsofourinfrastructuretoHydroOneisahugeconcern.Our power transmission lines,dams &water areallatrisk.PLEASE stop this atrocity.
Most sincerely Carla &Verland Woempner
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Sandy Hemenway
6030 W.Outlook Drive
Boise,ID 83703
208-761-0280
6/27/18
I object to Hydro 1 acquiring Avista Corp.due to concerns that it will drive up rates.
Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 12:27 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Wanda Mosegard
Name:Wanda Mosegard
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:82720 Lost Creek Rd #4
Dexter OREGON ,97431
Name of UtilityCompany:EPUD
Comment:Please don't do the merger.I live in Oregon on a low fixed income.I can barely pay the bill I currently have.
Thank you for reading this.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 12:59 PM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Steven Neill
Name:Steven Neill
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:10820 E 18th Ave
SpokaneValley WA,99206
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:To whom it may concern,
I am respectfully requesting that you do your duty and prohibit the sale of a vital piece of American infrastructure to a
foreign company.Not only will it subject American ratepayers such as myself to outrageous increases in cost,it will allow
persons unknown to have a stake in America's power grid,a vital component of our infrastructure.
I do not believe I need to remind you that the Avista executives stand to profit personally and scandalouslyfrom thisdealbutthoseunderthecompany's clutches will not.In fact,from the articles I have read about Hydro-One,they are aCanadianversionofEnron,just there to gouge little old ladies and laugh about it.
It is my understanding that you are placed in this position to look out for the ratepayers since this is a legalized
monopoly and the ratepayers cannot look for another electric/gas company.We are,effectively,trapped by this merger
and it is your responsibility to stop this before it begins.
Thank you for your time and for doing what is right,Steven Neill
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 1:00 PMTo:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Melissa Sinkler
Name:Melissa Sinkler
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Coeur d'Alene ID,83814
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Please keep control of our electric power with an American company.Turning over control to a foreigncompany(Hydro One)seems foolish.
Unique Identifier:104.240.26.3
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 1:10 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:JOHN FREDRICK
Name:JOHN FREDRICK
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:
SPOKANEVALLEY WA,99016
Name of Utility Company:AVISTA
Comment:Please consider if the Avista/Hydro One buy out is approved,American's will be at the mercy of foreign law.
This is an issue of sovereignty and is unconstitutional.Do we really want to give over control of our energy to a foreign
nation...Not to mention one that is at ends with us and is socialist.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 1:10 PM
To:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Tom &Peg Carver
Name:Tom &Peg Carver
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:2301 Cromwell Drive
St.Maries ID,83861
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:We are extremely concerned about Canadianbased Hydro One purchasing Avista which is an American
owned company.
In our opinion,little or no consideration has been made on the impact the proposed merger will haveon the ownership
and control of Avista's Dams,particularly the Post Falls Dam;lake and river levels,water rights;increases in our utility
rates and all of the associated economies and our way of life.
Since Hydro One and Avista have not addressedthese concerns or provided information to the PUC on these issues,we
feel the merger application should be denied.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 1:23 PM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Heather Scott
Name:Heather Scott
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09&AVU-G-17-05
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:27091 hwy 41
Blanchard Idaho,83804
Name of Utility Company:Avista Corp.
Comment:I am writing to express my concerns over the purchase of Avista Corp.by Hydro One.
Idaho PUC is required to do its due diligence on the cost allocation."Cost allocation is the process of identifying,
aggregating,and assigningcosts to cost objects.A cost object is any activity or item for which you want to separately
measure costs."
I do not believe the Idaho PUC has adequately addressed claims that that there will be no increased costs to current
Avista customers.Cost methodology is different from rate setting and I do not believe the Idaho PUC has shown the
relationship between the cost allocation and rate formulas.If we as Idahoans can't see or be shown a simple factual
cost allocation methodology prior to the merger,then the Idaho PUC has done citizens a great disservice.
Citizens are being told that there will be "benefits of scale".I am requesting what exactly these benefits of scale are and
how the fit in to the cost methodology formula.
The foreign corporation Hydro One is regulated by the Canadian Government,which is compliant with the Paris Climate
Treaty.Hydro One intends to implement their renewable energy polices through Avista,and costs will likely be passed
on to Idaho citizens who are ultimately and unknowingly paying the rates.Hydro One currently chargesalmost three
times the rates that Idaho rate payers currently pay.It also chargesa 70%surcharge (known as the global adjustment
fee)to pay its suppliers for its outrageously expensive green energy.The US is not a signatory to the Paris Climate
Treaty and thus its citizens shown are to be bound by;penalized for it;or taxed through it as a result.It is the Idaho
PUC's duty protect Idaho citizens from this.
I am requesting the methodology details of how the cost allocation is tied to the rates,in relationship with the Paris
Treaty,the current operation under Canadian law,and how the new company would be governed by the Green Energy
Act and other international energy policies here in Idaho.I do not believe that the Idaho PUC has shown any substantial
data insuring these policies would not increase costs to Idaho citizens through the cost allocation.
Another concern is Idaho citizens have repeatedly been told that the parent company would absorb costs ("spreading
costs")and there will be credits applied so there would be no increase.What happens to rates and Idaho citizens'
abilities to fight future rate increases after these credits are gone or expired?
Hydro One is currently charging three times the rates in Canada that we are paying here in Idaho.If Canadian law
requires the new Avista to operate under Paris Treaty (which is more expensive)how will the new Avista avoid passing
that cost on to Idahoans?How can the new Avista spread costs one direction and after the merger,not spread costs for
Paris Treaty compliance in another direction?
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Diane Holt
From:Diane Holt
Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 1:35 PMTo:Diane Holt
Subject:FW:Thank you from North IdahoAttachments:20180625_232157-picsayn-picsay.jpg;20180620_095741-picsay.jpg;20170323_114924-picsay.jpg;20170323_115715-picsay.jpg;20170316_151908-pipf-picsay.jpg
From:Alan Golub [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 11:21AM
To:Paul Kjellander<[e-mail]>
Subject:Thank you from North Idaho
Dear Commissioner Kjellander,
Thankyou for your recent tour of North Idaho,meeting with us citizens and your courage,vision and leadershipin preservingAmericansovereigntyoverourldahowatersandyourworkonourbehalfintheIdaholegislature.
I can tell you that everyoneI have spoken with,across the entire political spectrum desires to keep our precious waterresourcesinAmericanhands.
It took unbelievablecourageto stand up to powerfulinterests but that is keeping with our proud heritagehere in Idaho.Weapplaudyourwillingnesstodoso.Just know sir,that we the citizens of the five northem counties haveyour back.My two year old granddaughterAdaline will learnofwhatyoupreservedforhergeneration.As my little thank to you I created this special poster to commemorate you beautifulheart and keeping our waters free and wild.
Please let me you if I can be of any help to you telling your story.
Warmest regards,
Alan Golub
The Digital Storyteller
P.O.Box 776
208.661.7717
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 11:57 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:ERIN LOVETT
Name:ERIN LOVETT
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:36388 CUNNINGHAMRD.
ECHO OREGON,97826
Name of Utility Company:Umatilla Electric Comp.
Comment:I wish to express my concerns over this Avista-Hydro One deal.I do not agree with any of the merger or sale
of any Pacific NW Resources,toa Foreign-CanandianCompany..or the US..to be put under their law and control of our
electrical,and natural resources...NO MERGER,NO SALE,NO LAW....NO AVISTA-HYDRO ONE DEAL !
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 11:29 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Susan Reisenauer
Name:Susan Reisenauer
Case Number:AVUE-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:PO BOX 1015
Rathdrum ID,83858
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:Please do not allow the merger between Avista and Hydro One!!!The USA will have no control over anything
Hydro One wants to do.The one thing I am concerned about is when they will start diverting the electric to other more
lucrative places.How much right to they haveof our waterways.No foreign country should own our public utilities.This
is the beginning of the end.Please vote NO!
This would make them so big,that they can't handle it.
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 9:17 AM
To:BeverlyBarker;Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Andrea McCoy
Name:Andrea McCoy
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:6001 N Pinegrove
Coeur dAlene Idaho,83815
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I am very unhappy that my utility company is owned by a company in a foreign country.I want my utilitiesto
be subject to United States Laws and not a foreign countries laws.I wish I could choose who I do business with.This is a
very unfortunatesituation.
Unique Identifier:98.146.133.39
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 10:10 AMTo:Beverly Barker;Diane Holt;Erik Jorgensen;Matthew EvansSubject:Case Comment Form:Rick Miller
Name:Rick Miller
Case Number:
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:[phone]
Address:60 Evergreenlane
Priest River ID,83856
Name of Utility Company:Northern Lights
Comment:Don't let Canada control our electric rates by merging with Avista people pay enough all ready.Thank you foryourtime.
Unique Identifier:72.168.160.125
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 9:24 AM
To:BeverlyBarker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Sandra Pass
Name:Sandra Pass
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:
Deary Idaho ,83823
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:I believe this proposed merger with Canadian company HydroOne is bad for Idaho and the USA.We need to
keep control and ownership of these dams.I see no benefit in this merger and will only cause harm and financial
difficulties for the current electrical customers of Avista including my family.
Unique Identifier:72.168.160.153
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Diane Holt
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Sent:Wednesday,June 27,2018 9:33 AM
To:Beverly Barker Diane Holt;Matthew Evans
Subject:Case Comment Form:Angelo Lonzisero
Name:Angelo Lonzisero
Case Number:AVU-E-17-09
Email:[e-mail]
Telephone:
Address:24 humbug lane
Sagle Idaho ,83860
Name of Utility Company:Avista
Comment:My family is against the merger/acquisition of Avista by Hydro One.No one can predict what rates Hydro
One would charge in the future.Judging by past performance,the IPUC usually grants rate increases that are
outrageously high if the utilityasks for the moon.We do not want outrageous increasesin our bills.It is unconscionable
that a state commission would ascent to this open ended,theft of our infrastructure with unknown "GOLDEN SHARE
HOLDERS",unknown formulas for balancing debts between the companies,loss of control of 13 dams and the water
flows and water rights,when the US is sitting across the table from Canadarenegotiating the Columbia RiverTreaty.
Who is minding the store?Surely any agencythat approves this pack of smoke,mirrors &manipulations does not truly
protect the citizens from harm .Do the tight thing and disallow this theft by payoffs and outright lies.
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27 AM 8:52
Idaho Public Utilities Commission šslo
AVU-E-17-09;AVU-G-17-05
Gentlemen:
Avista is an American owned corporation and should remain
so!I do not want my power company controlled by a foreign
corporation in a foreign country.
This should be a no brainer.
VOTE NO!
Put America and its people first.
Respectfully,
A.Shiner
1314 E.Hofmeister Court
Hayden Lake,Idaho
83835
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