20240903Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES IN
IDAHO; CASE NO. PAC-E-24-04 .

On May 31, 2024, PacificCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”) applied for
authority to increase its Idaho jurisdictional revenue requirement by $92.4 million, or
approximately 26.8 percent. The Company proposes the first increase of $66.7 million, or 19.4
percent, take effect on January 1, 2025, and a second increase of $25.7 million, or 7.4 percent,
take effect on January 1, 2026.
On June 20, 2024, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 36229. The Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc., Idaho
Conservation League, Bayer Corporation, and PacifiCorp Idaho Industrial Customers intervened.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Virtual Public Workshop, setting
a virtual public workshop on September 18, 2024.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Virtual Public Workshop, setting a
virtual public workshop on September 18, 2024?

_____________________________
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General

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