20240611Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JUNE 11, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR
THE BOISE BENCH BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY; CASE NO. IPC-E-
24-16.
On April 3, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application
("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting an order
granting the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to acquire new
dispatchable energy storage with 150 megawatts of operating capacity.
On April 23, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 36152. The Commission granted intervention to Micron
Technology, Inc. Order No. 36190. On June 5, 2024, a Notice of Parties was issued.
Petition to Intervene
On May 21, 2024, Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho ("CEO") filed a Petition to
Intervene ("Petition"). The Petition provides in relevant part:
CEO requests the Commission grant this Petition to Intervene despite its
filing after the intervention deadline. Due to its small staffing level (two
individuals) and matters that staff recently faced related to family health issues,
CEO has not been able to timely respond to Idaho Power's application in this
docket. Upon reviewing the testimony in this docket, and in light of related issues
raised by Staff in comments submitted under IPC-E-23-14, CEO believes it
essential to fully understand the matters raised in this case in order to most
effectively perform its obligations for holding workshops related to how a
supplemental hourly informed cost of service analysis could affect future time-of-
use and other rate design matters.For that reason,CEO has determined that it would
be in its best interest to intervene in this case. CEO believes that its intervention
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will not prejudice any parties to this matter or otherwise delay this matter. CEO
agrees to accept the record and the schedule for this case as it stands.
Petition at 3-4 (footnotes omitted).
As of June 11, 2024, no party has objected to CEO's Petition.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to grant the Petition?
L.,- ,
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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