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Ed Howell
Thursday, November 21 , 2002 8:37 PM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
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Thursday, November 21, 2002
8: 36: 36
Case: GNR-U-02-1
Name: Joel C1everley
Street Address: 10569 W. Carolina Drive
City: Boise
State: 10
ZIP: 83709
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: cfa4 4 &msn. com
Company: Intermountain Gas
mailing list yes no: noComment::::descriptIon: To continue my letter dated 11/20/02...
Again, my main concern is that customers are going through difficult times also and it
seems the action you eluded to would have those who pay slow penalized because of those
who never pay.
Suggestion Idea #1: Social Management Accounting (Splitting Hairs Method). Social
problems in many cases seem to be choice of management of important issues relating to it.
This requires that all customers pay their December thru February payments from the prior
year according to their percentage of delinquency months in the prior year into a trust or
interest bearing account held by Intermountain Gas over a full nine month period. These
funds would be used to keep an owner from shut off during December thru February. Forexample:1. Customer is delinquent 5 months out of prior year or fiscal year and owed a total of
$400 during the prior December, January and February, which would be added to their gas
bill in 9 equal payments of $18.67 to assure their would be funds during the cold months,
according to their contribution to delinquency. (5/12=42%*$400=$168/9=$18.67)2. The remaining amount they would be short would be held as outstanding by
Intermountain Gas should the customer make delinquent payments during those 3 months.3. The interest earnings from these delinquent customer payments would be held in trust
to pay for those with zero prior year delinquency who have their misfortune of becomingdelinquent during those 3 months, thus those who have any history of delinquency
contribute to those who have good pay history but have become past due during those 3
months. And those delinquent in the prior year also contribute the percentage they
contribute to that delinquency for the 3 month cold period. Would this not encourage less
delinquency overall?
Best Wishes,
Joel Cleverley
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Thursday, November 21 , 2002 3:22 PM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
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Thursday, November 21, 2002
3: 22 : 12
Case: GNR-U-02-1
Name: J & J Finlinson
Street Address: 3170 Western Ave
Ci ty: Ammon
State: 10
ZIP: 83406
Home Telephone: [phone]E-Mail: finj ed&ida. net
Company: Intermountain Gas Company
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Comment descriptIon: We appreciate greatly the efforts to make it possible for those who
in the past have been unable to pay their winter heating bills to have solutions to their
problem. We do not mind helping out, when we feel able, but do not like to have suchdonations" forced upon us when we have difficulty covering our own expenses on limited
income.
Thank you.
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Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:35 AM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
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Sunday, November 24, 2002
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Case: ?Utah Pow/winter moratorium
Name: Vonda Smith
Street Address: 546 E. 3000 N.
Ci t Y : Rexburg
State: Id
ZIP: 83440
Home Telephone: [phone]
E-Mail: vondaemma &aol. com
Company: Utah Power etmailinglist _~es 7 no: (f~ Comment descrlptlon:I Just received the power bill with the notice that you would
like comments on this yesterday. I hope you will consider my comments even though they
are past your deadline.
The winter moratorium must stay in place for those with elderly or children living
wi th them.It is often far below zero degrees F during those months. People who are too
poor to pay their heating bill on time because of how high the payment is during that time
of year obviously cannot invest money into another heat source or a different house. This
change would hurt those who already have so little, so much. It would be inhumane.
When I was a young newly-wed and pregnant our power was cut off because although wehad paid our rent (utili ties were included) our landlord did not pay the power bill. Itwas between -20 and -40 for two weeks and we had no electricity or heat. It took us ten
days to find another rental we could afford. It was awful. We could not cook, wash our
bodies, or even sleep as it was so cold we were afraid we wouldn t wake up. We would go to
my job early and wash in the restroom and cook in the microwave.
My baby was born with a birth defect that may well have been caused by that time ofhardship.
A friend of mine told me that people can sign up for a weatherization program that
can help keep power bills lower. Many people do not know about it and there is a three
year wait list for those that sign up. That is what I was told two years ago when I
signed up-and yes 1'm still waiting to hear from them.
I do believe that we must pay for the goods and services that are used. But as a
society we must be humane and merciful to those in need. The power companies rarely ifever go totally unpaid. Keep the moratorium and let people make it up the rest of the
year. I believe some children and elderly will die if this change is made.
If this was the wrong place to comment on this, please pass this on to the right
person or department.
Thank you,
Vonda Smith
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Saturday, November 23 , 2002 10:54 AM
Jean Jewell; Ed Howell; Gene Fadness; Tonya Clark
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Saturday, November 23, 2002
10:53:47 AM
Case: GNR-U-02-
Name: Mary A. Galles
Street Address:
City: Idaho Falls
State: Id
ZIP: 83404
Home Telephone:
E-Mail: knustgal&cableone. net
Company: Intermountain Gasmailinglist _yes _no: yes
Comment description: I work with Health & Welfare clients sent to the Work First Program.
Many of these people are renting and can t pay their utili ties. I do feel people have to
pay their bills but, where is the responsibility of the landlords who do not weatherize
the places they rent out? No one wants to, or is able to, go to the expense of
weatherization at a place they do not own. Shouldn I t landlords be made responsible to keeptheir places up to code? I knos this is passed the time frame for comments but wanted to
say my piece.
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