20230721News Release.pdf

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Case No. AVU-E-23-01
Case No. AVU-G-23-01
Order No. 35844
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Technical hearings scheduled on proposed natural gas, electric revenue
increase

BOISE (July 21, 2023) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is holding technical hearings in
early August on an application from Avista Utilities to increase revenues for natural gas and
electric service it provides to customers.

Avista, which serves customers in northern Idaho, is asking for approval to increase base
revenues in 2023 and 2024. Under the terms of a proposed settlement involving parties in the
case, base revenues for natural gas service would increase by 2.7 percent beginning Sept. 1,
2023, and increase by 0.01 percent beginning Sept. 1, 2024.

Base revenues for electric service would increase by 8.03 percent beginning Sept. 1, 2023, and
increase by 1.37 percent beginning Sept. 1, 2024.

Technical hearings are scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 2 and Thursday, Aug. 3. They will start at
9:00 a.m. each day and conclude at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. They may conclude
before 5:00 p.m. on Aug. 3 if the full two days are not needed.

To listen to the Aug. 2 hearing, please call 1-415-655-0001 and enter meeting number 2452 863
7546 when prompted. Next, enter this numeric password: 933 63 732. To watch the hearing
online, please visit idahogov.webex.com and enter meeting number 2452 863 7546. Then click
on the green “Join” button. At the next window, please enter this password: WednesdayHearing.
Next, please click on the green “Join Webinar” button. At the next window, please enter your
name and e-mail address, and then click on the “next” button. Then click on the green “Join
Webinar” button.

To listen to the Aug. 3 hearing, please call 1-415-655-0001 and enter meeting number 2460 458
1126 when prompted. Next, enter this numeric password: 848 77 329. To watch the hearing
online, please visit idahogov.webex.com and enter meeting number 2460 458 1126. Then click
on the green “Join” button. At the next window, please enter this password: ThursdayHearing.
Next, please click on the green “Join Webinar” button. At the next window, please enter your
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name and e-mail address, and then click on the “next” button. Then click on the green “Join
Webinar” button.

Written comments on the proposed settlement are being accepted until July 26, 2023. Comments
are required to be filed using the commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is
not available. To comment using the website, please visit puc.idaho.gov. Please click on the
“Case Comment Form” link on the upper left side of the page. If commenting on the proposed
natural gas revenue increase, please use case number AVU-G-23-01. If commenting on the
proposed electric revenue increase, please use case number AVU-E-23-01. Those submitting
comments using e-mail are required to send them to the commission secretary and Avista at the
e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is not available, comments can be mailed to the
commission and Avista at these addresses:

For the 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 Avista:

David J. Meyer, Esq.
Vice President and Chief Counsel for
Regulatory & Government Affairs
Avista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Ave.
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
[e-mail]

Patrick D. Ehrbar
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Avista Utilities
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Ave.
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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Additional information on Avista’s applications is available at puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6971
or puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6970.