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I find many of the propsals of the PUC Sta to be sod choices in a chaging
economic envinment. In the near futue ther wil stil be profound rets on the
availabilty of energy and natu resources. It is despicable th Idao Power Company
(ipe) refuses or neglects the addition of Gren Power, espeially the development of
geotherma across the Snake River Plain whch Google Enviomnent says cotai a
greaer amoun of power genertion th al of the Bonnevlle Projec.
Energy Afordalility in Idao
Submittd Friday, Decembe 19, 2008
By Ronad Mattews
The proposa of 3 tier beginning at 0.. i OOOkwh, 1000-2000 kwh for 1he send tier and
a thd tier beginning at 2000kw is th most sound and forward-lookig propos on the
tale.
I find it wise to dig deep into the !P customer profiles to discver the tre, yet well
known reasons tht people sígn up for payment plans an an increaing number of
peple fail to negotiate that pla. People ar ruing out of disposale income.
I do not find it at all agreeable th at times of high poer demad th !P says publicly
that it has to pW'hae out of state power at top prices, yet plUcha much of tht power
from such sours as the Coal Fire Pla in Boardman Oregon makg a prett penny of
net profit for the owner of that plat. An who own the plant? Idao Power Company.
Although. it is an exceptonally good idea to increse the fudig towads weateron
pians~ it i$ foreseable th ths win not be enough and an ~~invisib1e'" wa will be
reached Wherein findig aplications for the fudig will be increaingly diffcult.
Consider it as a ')¡eighbohoo sation" of good weaeration. At th point another
tred and tr applícation needs to be made of the fuding. Solar pre-heatg of the cold
water intae to the residence hot water ta. That ba wored as a naton policy for
Israel sinee the 1967 six day war. Power cosumption neede to be reduced by haf and
prehea the hot water ta reduce nationa power coumtion by 30%.
Idao Powe, its' executives and its' pat CorpraonIDACORP, nee to do some
serious belt-tightening right along with its customers. We ar in a recession. One
measure of Recession or Depsion is the number of jobless. We have enough jobless
people tody to show we ar ín a dee and long latig recssion. So fa, we have one-
thd of the requid numbe of jobless to offcially indicate a Depression. When by
April 2009 conumer infation begis to match fiat inflation of 20% a grter number of
jobless people will significantly push Idao into a Depession.
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Idao Power is CUently Dot plang for ths.
Idao Power has place in pri: "Our improved finacial peormce is due (in par) to
progress frm prolonged and puros reguatory efforts. Ths year reguator
accomplishments both ín Oregon and Idao highight the achievement of key milestonesof our strategy. We are still not eag our alowed mte of ret. Looking foiwar we
must continue our strtegy of tiely regulatoi filings.
Idaho Power Companies (I) net income, the priar component ofIDACORP's net
income, was $86.4 million, an incre over last qu of $22.8 millon. This wa due'
mostly to an increase of base rate, and an incre of $65.7 million in PeA rates. U
What this says to the aveage peon is tht !P wil contiue filing at the PUC for more
increases, multiple ties though the year until they feel th the income is close to what
they percive as how much they are wort.
In the meantime, ther is stong evidence th !P is buying sml companes and then
purchaing though those compaes. The Idao rate payer pay for IP demaded
products like the thousad 500KV monople th have ben instled in the last 4 yea,
and the profit from the company between the Chi maufacer and IP purch
goes back to !P. Not an acy acsaon, becaus the dummy paprwork behind the
purcha of those monopoles is extensive and some hidde frm the public.
Idao Powe's spokesprsn, Michael Yben ha gone on pubic record durg
December 2008 stag tht Idao Power will contiue to supplement increaing
demands with coa Gas and purhag import electrcity. There is no clea co, no
matter what the co companies adrtsements say-- ther are no clean coal pla on
lie or planed. Dug the last year ther wa a 20% drop in avalability of natual gas.
Yet, Idao Power ha no pla for gr energy. Ybarguen sted tht Wind Power wa
too messy to deal with, that it ha some "stcky points." In fact you know tht Idao
Power has ased for a vaance of the PURA ruing so wid power ca be avoided.
He also said that Idao Power plas to ru a 500kv line frm the coal plat in Boardman
Orgon t~ Pacifcorps SOOkv line near Twi Falls. Do we need this? The Idao rate
payers wil have to pay for ths, but there ar no ""drops'" plad for Idao ìn the !PC
servce area accordig to Yben.
Idao sits on enough geother energy in the Snae Rive Plain to give Idao more
power th al of the Bonnevile complex, yet Idao Power wíU not coside ths new
direction, instead, they plan to be her mont after month at the PUC.
Respectfly submtted, Ron Matews 15926 Swiurt, Cadwell 83607455..155