HomeMy WebLinkAbout20240813Decision Memo.pdf DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 13, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S COMPLIANCE
FILING TO UPDATE THE CUSTOMER SURCHARGE TO COLLECT
INCREMENTAL COSTS OF DISTRIBUTION UNDERGROUNDING OF
THE NEW 138 KV TRANSMISSION LINE IN THE WOOD RIVER
VALLEY AND ESTABLISH NECESSARY REGULATORY
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT; CASE NO. IPC-E-24-22.
On May 31, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") submitted a compliance filing
requesting the Commission update the surcharge paid by Blaine County, Idaho customers for
distribution undergrounding related to the new 138 kV Wood River Valley Transmission Line as
required by Order No. 35452 ("Filing"). The Company requested issuance of the final order with
rates effective by December 1, 2024.1
On July 9,2024,the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline. Order No. 36251. No parties intervened.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has communicated with the parties and recommends the Commission issue a Notice
of Modified Procedure establishing an October 25, 2024, public comment deadline, and a
November 8, 2024, Company reply deadline. Further, Staff recommends that the Commission
direct Staff to conduct a Virtual Public Workshop on September 17, 2024.
1 The Filing stated that the Company expected the line"to be energized in November 2024,placing the distribution
surcharge on customers'bills beginning December 2024"unless the project was delayed.Filing at 17-18.
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COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to:
1. Issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing an October 25, 2024, public
comment deadline, and a November 8, 2024, Company reply deadline?
2. Direct Staff to conduct a Virtual Public Workshop on September 17, 2024?
3. Anything else?
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Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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