20240813Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 13, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATIONS OF AVISTA CORPORATION
FOR A DETERMINATION OF 2022-2023 ELECTRIC AND NATURAL
GAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPENSES AS PRUDENTLY INCURRED;
CASE NOS. AVU-E-24-09 AND AVU-G-24-03.
On August 1, 2024, Avista Corporation, doing business as Avista Utilities ("Company"),
filed two applications with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting
prudence determinations of its 2022-2023 Electric and Gas Energy Efficiency Expenses
(collectively"Applications").
The Company requests an order designating its electric energy efficiency expenditures
from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023, funded through the Company's Schedule 91
Energy Efficiency Rider Adjustment in the amount of$15,972,882, as prudently incurred.
The Company also requests an order designating its natural gas energy efficiency
expenditures from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023, funded through the Company's
Schedule 191 Energy Efficiency Rider Adjustment in the amount of $4,149,757, as prudently
incurred.
The Company requests that the Commission process the Applications by Modified
Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Due to the similarities in each Application, Commission Staff("Staff') recommends the
Commission process the Applications together. Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice
of Applications and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Applications and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?
Chris Burdm
Deputy Attorney General
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