20240830PAC to Staff 159.pdf

1407 W North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116

August 30, 2024

Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Bldg. 8, Ste. 201-A
Boise, ID 83714
[e-mail]
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RE: ID PAC -E-24-04
IPUC Set 9 (155-174)

Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power’s Response to IPUC 9th Set Data Request 159.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].

Sincerely,

____/s/____
Mark Alder
Manager, Regulation

Enclosures
C.c.: Eric L. Olsen/IIPA [e-mail] (C)
Lance Kaufman/IIPA [e-mail] (C)
Matthew Nykiel/ICL [e-mail]
Brad Heusinkveld/ICL [e-mail]
Thomas J. Budge/Bayer [e-mail] (C)
Brian C. Collins/Bayer [e-mail]
Greg Meyer/Bayer [e-mail]
Kevin Higgins/Bayer [e-mail] (C)
Neal Townsend/Bayer [e-mail] (C)
Ronald L. Williams/PIIC [e-mail]
Brandon Helgeson/PIIC [e-mail]
Bradley Mullins/PIIC [e-mail]
Val Steiner /PIIC [e-mail]
Kyle Williams/PIIC [e-mail]

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PAC-E-24-04 / Rocky Mountain Power
August 30, 2024
IPUC Data Request 159

IPUC Data Request 159

Please provide the following information for the “VMWare ELA” project
referenced in Production Request No. 15 response from the Company. Please
include any available workpapers with formulas intact. If any of the information
requested below cannot be provided or is not available, please explain why it is
not available or cannot be provided.

(a) Please provide a detailed explanation for the need of the project including
the analysis justifying the need.

(b) Please provide a list of all the potential alternatives the Company
considered to fulfill the need and explain why the project was selected
among the alternatives supported by the Company’s economic analysis
(costs and benefits) comparing them.

(c) If a RFP or RFQ was submitted, please provide the following:
i. A copy of the RFP or RFQ that was submitted;
ii. A detailed explanation of the selection process including the
scorecard and list of the criteria used to select the project;
iii. The short-list bidder scorecard; and
iv. A copy of the winning bid.
(d) Please provide the approved Initial Project Plan including the following:
i. Initial project scope;
ii. Initial project budget;
iii. Initial proposed schedule; and
iv. Evidence that the Initial Project Plan and budget were approved at
the appropriate level.
(e) Please provide the following for the Baseline Construction Project: NA
i. Baseline project scope;
ii. Baseline project budget broken down by WBS;
iii. Baseline project schedule broken down by WBS;
iv. If the baseline construction project scope, budget, and/or schedule
deviated from the Initial Project Plan, please explain the
differences, explain the reason for the change, and provide
evidence that the changes were approved at the appropriate level;
v. Project status reports and action items; and
vi. Contractor change orders.
(f) Please provide the following related to completion of the project:
i. Baseline construction budget-to-actual comparison by WBS and by
year;
ii. Baseline construction schedule-to-actual comparison by WBS;
iii. For any budget-to-actual cost overages by major WBS category
that is over 5%, please explain the reason for the differences and
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IPUC Data Request 159

provide evidence that the amount was approved at the appropriate
level; and
iv. Please explain any slips in schedule from the baseline construction
schedule.

Response to IPUC Data Request 159

Please provide the following information for the “VMWare ELA” project
referenced in Production Request No. 15 response from the Company. Please
include any available workpapers with formulas intact. If any of the information
requested below cannot be provided or is not available, please explain why it is
not available or cannot be provided.

(a) The existing compute virtualization environment at the North Temple
Office is not designed to, nor can meet the needs of common infrastructure
and modern internal cloud computing. This project ‘VMWare Enterprise
Licensing Agreement (ELA)’ is necessary to meet the current demands of
storage and server capacity, obsolescence management and business
transformation hosting. The assets purchased and implemented by this
project are as follows

• VMWare virtualization software
• VMWare Carbon Black App Protect cyber security software
• VMWare Horizon Virtual Desktop software

(b) No other technology alternatives were considered. VMWare virtualization
technology is the Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) standard. Not
executing on the VMWare ELA would increase maintenance cost and
would not allow PacifiCorp to meet customer demand for information
technology resources.

(c) A request for proposal (RFP) or request for quote (RFQ) was not
submitted

(d) This was a license purchase and agreement only. No construction was
required.

(e) Since this is a software licensing agreement, there is no baseline
construction scope or schedule for comparison.

(f) Since this is a software licensing agreement, the Company has not broken
this project down by WBS.

PAC-E-24-04 / Rocky Mountain Power
August 30, 2024
IPUC Data Request 159

Recordholder: Dan Grines

Sponsor: Shelley E McCoy