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Susan E. Hamlin
Deputy Attorney General
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID  83720-0074
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472 W. Washington
Boise, ID  83702-5983
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS:
THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY AND SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
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DOCKET NOS.EC94-23-000
ER95-808-000
MOTION OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
FOR GRANTING OF LATE FILED INTERVENTION
TO THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION:
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) hereby moves that it be granted intervenor status in the above captioned consolidated proceedings.  In support of this Motion to Intervene, the IPUC states the following:  
1.  The names and addresses of the persons upon which communication concerning this proceeding should be made are:
Brad Purdy, Deputy Attorney GeneralRandy Lobb
Idaho Public Utilities CommissionIdaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington472 W. Washington
PO Box 83720PO Box 83720
Boise, ID  83720-0074Boise, ID  83720-0074
2.  The IPUC is the state regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over the rates and services of utilities providing electric and gas service to customers in the state of Idaho.  It is authorized by state law to require public utilities to provide reasonable services and facilities at just and reasonable rates.
3.  The Washington Water Power Company, a combined electric and gas utility,  provides services to Idaho customers and is subject to IPUC jurisdiction.
4.  The Application before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the above referenced cases concerns a merger of Washington Water Power with Sierra Pacific Power Company which will affect Idaho customers.
5.   The IPUC approved a merger of Washington Water Power and Sierra Pacific in Order No. 26122 issued September 19, 1995, contingent on the agreement between the IPUC Staff and the two companies.
6.  The IPUC interest in this case is to assure that Idaho customers are held harmless such that the post-merger rates and charges to Idaho customers shall not be higher than they otherwise would have been had the merger not occurred. The IPUC intends to represent public interest which are not necessarily represented by other parties in this proceeding.  The Commission’s Rule 214(a)(2) recognizes that state regulatory commissioners have a right to intervene in any proceeding if such intervention is timely.
7.  The granting of the IPUC’s Motion for Intervention will cause no disruption to the proceeding because the Applicant’s case in chief will not be filed until February 1, 1996 and granting of this Motion for Intervention will not impose any prejudice or hardship upon the existing parties.
8.  The IPUC accepts the procedural schedule issued December 13, 1995, and the record prior to this late filed Motion for Intervention.
WHEREFORE, the IPUC respectfully requests that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grant the IPUC’s Motion for Intervention and that it be afforded the status of party with the right to cross-examine, present evidence, make argument, and engage in any other activity permitted of parties in these proceedings.
RESPECTFULLY submitted this                  day of  January 1996.

Susan E. Hamlin
Deputy Attorney General for
the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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