20240820Decision Memo (CA).pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 20, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY TO INCREASE RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO
RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREMENTAL CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS AND CERTAIN ONGOING OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE EXPENSES; CASE NO. IPC-E-24-07.
On May 31, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application
("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting an order
approving a revision to the Company's schedules of rates for electric service in the state of Idaho.
The Company requests an increase in annual Idaho jurisdictional revenue of $99,293,220. The
Company proposed an effective date of July 1, 2024, with the understanding that the Commission
would likely suspend the proposed effective date. The Company's Application is structured around
an anticipated effective date of January 1, 2025.
On June 21, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of Application, Notice of Suspension
of Proposed Effective Date, and Notice of Intervention Deadline. Order No. 36238. The
Commission granted intervention to: Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.; Industrial
Customers of Idaho Power; Micron Technology, Inc.; the city of Boise City; The United States
Department of Energy on behalf of the Federal Executive Agencies; and the Idaho Conservation
League. Order Nos. 36235, 36237, 36277. On July 26, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of
Parties.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff("Staff'), Intervenors, and the Company have communicated via email
regarding a proposed procedural schedule for processing this case. Staff recommends the
Commission issue a Scheduling Order establishing:
• September 4, 2024: Virtual Public Workshop conducted by Staff starting at 6:00
p.m. (MDT) and ending at 9:00 p.m., or until all customer questions have been
answered, whichever comes first.
• September 5, 2024: Virtual Public Workshop conducted by Staff starting at
12:00 p.m. (MDT) and ending at 3:00 p.m., or until all customer questions have
been answered, whichever comes first.
• November 6, 2024: Staff and Intervenor Written Testimony
• November 27, 2024: All Party Rebuttal Testimony
• December 9, 2024: Technical Hearing starting at 9:00 a.m. (MST)and ending at
5:00 p.m.
• December 10, 2024: Technical Hearing starting at 9:00 a.m. (MST) and ending at
5:00 p.m.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Scheduling Order establishing the above procedural
schedule?
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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DECISION MEMORANDUM 2