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ID Code § 61-1202 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1202 - CREATION — QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.

61-1202. CREATION — QUALIFICATIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. There is hereby created in the office of the governor, a state office to be known and designated as "Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council Member," as provided in the pacific northwest electric power planning and conservation act. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint two (2) persons to the council to undertake the functions and duties of members of the council as specified in that act and appropriate state law. Council members may not hold another public office during their term as council members. They must be qualified electors of the state. Council members shall be appointed on the basis of their experience and education in matters pertaining to the economic, legal, social and political aspects of energy production and distribution, fish and wildlife propagation and protection, and the use, distribution, and protection of state water.  History: [61-1202, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 725.]
ID Code § 61-1203 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1203 - TERM OF OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS — FILLING OF VACANCIES.

61-1203. TERM OF OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS — FILLING OF VACANCIES. (1) Unless removed at the governor’s pleasure, each member appointed to the council shall serve for a term of three (3) years, except that, with respect to members initially appointed, the governor shall designate one (1) member to serve a term of two (2) years and one (1) member to serve a term of three (3) years. Absent removal by the governor, terms shall commence and end on January 15. (2) Initial appointments to the council shall be made within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this chapter. A vacancy on the council shall be filled for the unexpired term by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. If such appointment is made during the recess of the legislature, it shall be subject to confirmation during its next ensuing session. (3) Each member shall serve until a successor is appointed and qualified.  History: [61-1203, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 725.]
ID Code § 61-1204 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1204 - SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.

61-1204. SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. The annual salary of each council member shall be set by the governor. All expenses incurred by a council member pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements incurred while on business of the council, shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the council as provided by federal law. Salary and expense monies shall be paid from federal appropriations as provided for in the pacific northwest electric power planning and conservation act.  History: [61-1204, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 725.]
ID Code § 61-1205 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1205 - OFFICE — TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

61-1205. OFFICE — TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (1) The office of the council members shall be in Ada county. The department of administration shall furnish suitable office space for council members and staff and the department shall be reimbursed for such office space at the rates applicable to state agencies. (2) Subject to available resources, state agencies may provide technical assistance to council members upon request. State agencies providing technical assistance shall be reimbursed in full for all costs incurred in providing such assistance.  History: [61-1205, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 726; am. 2001, ch. 183, sec. 27, p. 637.]
ID Code § 61-1206 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1206 - ANNUAL REPORTS.

61-1206. ANNUAL REPORTS. The members of the council shall make and submit on or before the 1st day of January of each year a report to the governor and the legislature that describes the activities of the council. The report shall describe the potential effects the council’s activities will have on economic, environmental, natural resource, energy and water concerns of the state.  History: [61-1206, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 726.]
ID Code § 61-1207 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 12 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL|Section 61-1207 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

61-1207. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. The legislature may, by concurrent resolution, direct to the Idaho council members a statement reflecting legislative intent and concern relative to any actions or activities undertaken or sought to be undertaken by the council.  History: [61-1207, added 1981, ch. 351, sec. 1, p. 726.]
ID Code § 61-1301 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES|Section 61-1301 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.

61-1301. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT. Title IV of the Americans with disabilities act, public law 101-336, requires that on or before July 26, 1993, telephone corporations providing interstate or intrastate telephone services provide telecommunications relay services (TRS) for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired that will allow them to engage in telephone communication in a manner functionally equivalent to that of individuals without hearing loss or speech impairments. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to provide for the appointment of a TRS administrator who can coordinate TRS services and assist the state in applying for certification of the state TRS program by the federal deadline of October 1, 1992. This certification, if approved by the federal communications commission, will allow every telephone corporation providing intrastate service in Idaho to meet its obligations under federal law by participating in the state telecommunications relay services program.  History: [61-1301, added 1992, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 443; am. 2020, ch. 12, sec. 5, p. 25.]
ID Code § 61-1302 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES|Section 61-1302 - DEFINITIONS.

61-1302. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means the person with whom the Idaho public utilities commission contracts to administer the program for delivery of telecommunications relay services. (2) "Commission" means the Idaho public utilities commission. (3) "Communications-impaired" means individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired as defined in title IV, section 401, Americans with disabilities act of 1990, public law 101-336, 104 stat. 327, 336-69 (47 U.S.C. section 225) or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. (4) "Local exchange company" means a telephone corporation that provides access lines to residential and business customers with the associated transmission of two (2) way interactive switched voice communication within a geographic area where basic local exchange rates rather than message telecommunications service rates apply. (5) "Message telecommunications service" shall have the meaning prescribed in section 62-603(8), Idaho Code. (6) "Program" means the effort directed by the administrator pursuant to this chapter to establish and operate an Idaho system to provide telecommunications relay services. (7) "Telephone corporation" shall have the meaning prescribed in section 62-603(14), Idaho Code. (8) "Telecommunications relay services" (TRS) means services through which a communications-impaired person, using specialized telecommunications equipment, may send and receive messages to and from a noncommunications-impaired person whose telephone is not equipped with specialized telecommunications equipment and through which a noncommunications-impaired person may, by using voice communication, send and receive messages to and from a communications-impaired person.  History: [61-1302, added 1992, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 443; am. 2020, ch. 12, sec. 6, p. 26.]
ID Code § 61-1304 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES|Section 61-1304 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES FUND.

61-1304. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES FUND. (1) The administrator shall establish a fund for the provision of relay services under this chapter, not including customer premises equipment, to be known and designated as the Idaho telecommunications relay services fund, in such depository and under such regulations as shall be established by the commission, to which shall be credited: (a) All monetary contributions, gifts and grants received by the administrator; (b) All charges billed and collected pursuant to section 61-1305, Idaho Code. (2) No funds derived from charges billed and collected pursuant to section 61-1305, Idaho Code, shall be used for the acquisition of end user text telephones. (3) All moneys deposited in the telecommunications relay fund shall be expended for the purpose of defraying the expenses, debts and costs incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and for defraying administrative expenses of the administrator, including necessary expenses for consultants to the administrator, expenses for travel, supplies and equipment and other expenses of the administrator necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. All moneys credited to the telecommunications relay services fund may be expended by the administrator at such times and in such manner as may be authorized by the commission.  History: [61-1304, added 1992, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 445.]
ID Code § 61-1305 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES|Section 61-1305 - PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.

61-1305. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM. (1) All telephone corporations providing basic local exchange service within the state of Idaho and all telephone corporations providing intrastate message telecommunications service within the state of Idaho, including those otherwise exempt from the jurisdiction of the commission pursuant to section 61-104, Idaho Code, and those providing local exchange services or message telecommunications services pursuant to the telecommunications act of 1988, chapter 6, title 62, Idaho Code, shall except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, provide TRS in accordance with the program established by the commission, and shall pay into the telecommunications relay services fund such sums as may represent the telephone corporation’s share of the cost of the program, based upon an allocation methodology duly adopted by the commission in accordance with its rulemaking procedures. (2) The commission shall permit a telephone corporation to provide telecommunications relay services to its customers by a TRS provider other than the provider approved by the commission and shall waive the telephone corporation’s obligation to participate in the program if the commission finds, upon application by a telephone corporation, that the following facts exist: (a) The telephone corporation will continue to meet its obligation to its Idaho customers in accordance with the standards set forth in the Americans with disabilities act; and (b) The nonparticipation of such telephone corporation will not substantially impair the operation or provision of TRS pursuant to the program adopted by the commission. (3) Each telephone corporation subject in whole or in part to the commission’s ratemaking authority may apply to the commission for authority to increase its rates and charges in an amount not to exceed its payments to the telecommunications relay services fund pursuant to this chapter or the costs it incurs in providing TRS through an alternative TRS provider as authorized by the commission pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. Such applications shall plainly state the amount of the proposed increase, its manner of calculation, and the proposed recovery method, but shall not require a full cost-of-service filing or general ratemaking presentation. The commission shall promptly consider and act upon such applications.  History: [61-1305, added 1992, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 446.]
ID Code § 61-1306 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 13 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES|Section 61-1306 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.

61-1306. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. The commission shall promulgate such rules, policies and procedures as may be necessary to govern administration of the program and ensure that the program is in compliance with any applicable federal laws or regulations including, but not limited to, regulations providing for: (1) An advisory committee of the telephone industry to assist the administrator; (2) Consultation by the administrator with the Idaho state council for the deaf and hard of hearing; (3) Periodic recontracting with and auditing of the administrator and TRS provider; (4) Timetables for the administrator’s duties that will require the administrator to meet the deadline of October 1, 1992, for applying for certification of the state TRS program; (5) Formulas apportioning the costs of the administrator and TRS provider among the telephone corporations that will share those costs pursuant to section 61-1305, Idaho Code; (6) Consideration by the commission of customer complaints from TRS users; and (7) Any other matters deemed necessary for the implementation of TRS in Idaho.  History: [61-1306, added 1992, ch. 148, sec. 1, p. 446.]
ID Code § 61-1501 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 15 - ENERGY COST RECOVERY BONDS|Section 61-1501 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

61-1501. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a process by which the recovery of large energy rate increases caused by fuel or power cost adjustments, purchased gas adjustment tracker rates, commodity tracker rate adjustments or purchased power tracker rates will be facilitated by the issuance of bonds. This legislation will provide electric and gas utilities with a mechanism for recovery of their increased costs while leveling the rate impact of such increase on the utilities’ customers. The legislature believes that this type of securities legislation is in the public interest but should not be considered as an endorsement of, or intended to provide, a mechanism for restructuring of the utility industry in the state of Idaho.  History: [61-1501, added 2001, ch. 380, sec. 1, p. 1326.]
ID Code § 61-1506 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 15 - ENERGY COST RECOVERY BONDS|Section 61-1506 - TRANSFERS IN INTEREST.

61-1506. TRANSFERS IN INTEREST. (1) A transfer of energy cost property by a public utility to an assignee, or by an assignee to another assignee, that the parties have in the governing documentation expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer, in a transaction approved in an energy cost financing order, shall be treated as an absolute transfer of all of the transferor’s right, title and interest, as in a true sale, and not as a pledge or other financing, of the energy cost property in each case notwithstanding any contrary treatment for federal and state income and franchise taxes, accounting or other purposes. (2) A transfer of energy cost property shall be deemed perfected as against third persons and shall vest title in the transferee when both of the following have taken place: (a) The commission has issued the energy cost financing order authorizing the energy cost bond charges included in the energy cost property. (b) An assignment of the energy cost property in writing has been executed and delivered to the transferee. (3) As between bona fide assignees of the same right for value without notice, the assignee first filing a financing statement in accordance with chapter 9, naming the assignor of the energy cost property as debtor and identifying the energy cost property has priority. Any description of the energy cost property shall be sufficient if it refers to the energy cost financing order creating the energy cost property. A copy of the financing statement shall be filed by the assignee with the commission, and the commission may require the assignor or the assignee to make other filings with respect to the transfer in accordance with procedures it may establish, but these filings shall not affect the perfection of the transfer. (4) The interest of an assignee or pledgee in energy cost property and in the revenues and collections arising from such property are not subject to set-off, counterclaim, surcharge or defense by the public utility or any other person or in connection with the bankruptcy of the public utility or any other person.  History: [61-1506, added 2001, ch. 380, sec. 1, p. 1335.]
ID Code § 61-1507 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 15 - ENERGY COST RECOVERY BONDS|Section 61-1507 - SUCCESSORS.

61-1507. SUCCESSORS. Any successor to the public utility, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to any merger, sale or transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall perform and satisfy all obligations of the public utility pursuant to this chapter in the same manner and to the same extent as was required of the public utility before such proceeding or merger, sale or transfer including, but not limited to, billing, collecting and paying to the energy cost recovery bondholders or their representatives or the applicable financing entity energy cost recovery charges and any other revenues arising with respect to the energy cost property sold to the applicable financing entity or pledged to secure energy cost recovery bonds and seeking energy cost bond charge adjustments, as necessary and permitted by the pertinent energy cost financing order, to recover all energy cost amounts designated in such energy cost financing order.  History: [61-1507, added 2001, ch. 380, sec. 1, p. 1335.]
ID Code § 61-1508 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 15 - ENERGY COST RECOVERY BONDS|Section 61-1508 - SEVERABILITY.

61-1508. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this chapter is held to be invalid or is invalidated, superseded, replaced or repealed, or expires for any reason, that occurrence does not affect the validity or continuation of this chapter or any other provision of this title that is relevant to the issuance, administration, payment, retirement or refunding of energy cost recovery bonds or to any actions of the public utility, its successors, an assignee or other issuer or a collection agent, which shall remain in full force and effect.  History: [61-1508, added 2001, ch. 380, sec. 1, p. 1335.]
ID Code § 61-1601 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 16 - UTILITY COST REDUCTION BONDS|Section 61-1601 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

61-1601. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this chapter to authorize the public utilities commission to approve certain cost reduction charges or rates as a method of financing or refinancing costs incurred or to be incurred by electric and gas utilities that will accrue benefits to Idaho consumers through reduced utility rates. The legislature believes that this type of securities legislation is in the public interest but should not be considered as endorsement of, or intended to provide, a mechanism for restructuring of the utility industry in the state of Idaho.  History: [61-1601, added 2005, ch. 372, sec. 1, p. 1186.]
ID Code § 61-1604 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 16 - UTILITY COST REDUCTION BONDS|Section 61-1604 - LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF COST REDUCTION FINANCING.

61-1604. LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF COST REDUCTION FINANCING. The amount of approved costs in a cost reduction order, either individually or in the aggregate with previously approved costs included in cost reduction orders that remain outstanding, may not exceed an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the public utility’s total capitalization, including both debt and equity, as of the end of the fiscal year of such public utility preceding the application for such cost reduction order.  History: [61-1604, added 2005, ch. 372, sec. 1, p. 1189.]
ID Code § 61-1605 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Chapter 16 - UTILITY COST REDUCTION BONDS|Section 61-1605 - COST REDUCTION RATE.

61-1605. COST REDUCTION RATE. (1) Each cost reduction order shall specify a procedure for making adjustments to the cost reduction rate that is the subject of the order. (2) Upon application by a public utility the commission may: (a) Authorize the making of adjustments to the cost reduction rate at more frequent intervals than those specified in such order; and/or (b) Authorize a change in the method for calculating the cost reduction rate from that specified in such order so as to better ensure the timely and complete recovery of all approved costs. (3) The cost reduction rate shall be treated as a charge for utility services for purposes of determining both the credit and collection standards and the remedies for nonpayment that are available to a public utility. (4) A cost reduction rate shall constitute cost reduction property when, and to the extent that, a cost reduction order authorizing such cost reduction rate has become effective in accordance with this chapter, and the cost reduction property shall thereafter continuously exist as property for all purposes with all of the rights and privileges of this chapter for the period and to the extent provided in the cost reduction order, but in any event until the approved costs are paid in full. (5) Any surplus cost reduction rate collections in excess of the amounts necessary to pay approved costs shall be used in such manner as the commission may reasonably determine. (6) The obligation to pay amounts in respect of a cost reduction rate cannot be avoided by the formation of a local publicly owned utility or other entity, or by annexation of any portion of the service territory of the public utility by a local publicly owned electric utility or other entity.  History: [61-1605, added 2005, ch. 372, sec. 1, p. 1189.]