20210319Intervention_Order_No_34967.pdf

ORDER NO. 34967 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 19, 2021
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES
AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC AND
NATURAL GAS SERVICE FOR ELECTRIC
AND NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS IN THE
STATE OF IDAHO
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CASE NOS. AVU-E-21-01
AVU-G-21-01

ORDER NO. 34967

Idaho Forest Group LLC (“IFG”) and Clearwater Paper Corporation (“Clearwater”)
both petitioned to intervene in the electric portion of this general rate case only, Case No. AVU-
E-21-01, on March 5, 2021, pursuant to Rules of Procedure 71 through 75 of the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-.075.
FINDINGS OF FACT
We find that no party timely opposed these Petitions to Intervene.
We further find that based on the pleadings and other documents filed in this case,
intervention by these parties would serve the purposes of intervention as described by Rule 74 of
the Rules of Procedure and should be granted.
O R D E R
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that IFG’s Petition to Intervene in Case No. AVU-E-
21-01 is granted.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Clearwater’s Petition to Intervene in Case No.
AVU-E-21-01 is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties in this proceeding serve all papers
hereafter filed in this matter on all parties of record. This Intervenors are represented by the
following for purposes of service:

Idaho Forest Group:

Ronald L. Williams
Williams Bradbury, P.C.
P.O. Box 388
Boise, ID 83701
[e-mail]

Larry A. Crowley, Director
The Energy Strategies Institute, Inc.
3738 S. Harris Ranch Ave.
Boise, ID 83716
[e-mail]

ORDER NO. 34967 2

Clearwater Paper Corporation:
Peter J. Richardson
Richardson Adams PLLC
515 N. 27th Street
Boise, ID 83702
[e-mail]

Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, ID 83703
[e-mail]

Via Electronic Service Only:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 19th day
of March 2021.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER

ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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