Re: Avista Surcharge

["John Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

Okay, I'll bite!!
Why would lower rates not be approved?

John Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Trail" <ttrail@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@whale2.fsr.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:37 PM
Subject: Avista Surcharge


> Visionaries:   Recently Avista filed a request to cointue the existing
> Power Cost surcharge of
> 19.4% for an additional 12 months.   An article that appeared several days
> ago indicated that
> Avista had requested the Idaho Public Utility Commission to lower the
rates
> on natural gas.
> The fact is that over the past 25 years the utility companies have
> requested lowering of rates
> on several occasions.   I suspect the number of increases outweighs the
> requests for lowering
> rates.  But lower rates have, on occasions, been approved.
>
> Rep. Tom Trail
>
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 1375 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel:  (208) 882-6077
> Fax:  (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail@moscow.com
>
>