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Jean Jewell
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Ed Howell
Thursday, September 01 20058:44 PM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
Comment acknowledgement
WWW Form Submission:
Thursday, September 01, 2005
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Case: INT-G-05-2
Name: Anthony Rebel
Street Address: 6477 W. Kangaroo Ct
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83703
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: asrebe10cableone. net
Company: Intermountain J!Si9mailing list yes no: (yes .
Comment=desc ipt on: ~g~rding the proposed gas hike request: "The $67.6 million raised
from the increase would be passed through directly to the company s gas suppliers.
Intermountain Gas s earnings would not increase as a result of the proposed rate hike.
I believe one of my concerns (and those of some of my collegues) is that Intermountain Gas
behaves like it is exempt from the constraints of the current economic situation and the
resulting business practices of today.
For example, many business in the valley have had to take several methods to elimate
internal costs including reducing their labor force and/or salary reductions and/or wagefreezes. Intermountain Gas s proposal is (again) to simply "pass on the expense increases
to the consumer " without considering internal methods to reduce their own expenses.
Many consumers have already "stretched their dollar" in this economy by trading in for
more fuel efficient vehicles, riding their bike to work, during down their thermostat,
improving home insulation, etc. I believe we as consumers are reaching a breaking point.
At what point does Intermountain Gas go through this tough economic situation with the
rest of America?
Sincerely,
Anthony S. Rebel
asrebe10cableone. net
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