20240906Notice_of_Application_Order_No_36303.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
ORDER NO. 36303 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
September 6, 2024
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATIONS
OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR A
DETERMINATION OF 2022-2023 ELECTRIC
AND NATURAL GAS ENERGY
EFFICIENCY EXPENSES AS PRUDENTLY
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CASE NOS. AVU-E-24-09
AVU-G-24-03

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS

NOTICE OF
INTERVENTION DEADLINE

ORDER NO. 36303

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 Natural 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.
At the August 13, 2024, Decision Meeting, Commission Staff recommended the
Commission process the Applications together, and establish a 21-day intervention deadline.
The Commission finds that processing these cases together is reasonable and will be an
efficient use of resources for any parties wishing to join. If circumstances change, or the issues
diverge, the Commission may consider bifurcating the cases at that time.
NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company represents that its Energy Efficiency
Program (“Program”) consist of options for residential, non-residential and low-income customer
segments, and includes offerings through traditional prescriptive channels along with site-specific
projects, upstream buy-down programs, and other options. The Program is funded through the

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Company’s Electric and Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Rider Adjustments (Schedule 91 and
Schedule 191), or tariff riders.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company represents that each option is
designed to meet cost-effectiveness requirements and is evaluated by a third-party evaluator each
year, and the results of both the Company’s and the third-party evaluator’s annual assessments of
the Program are contained within the Annual Conservation Report (“ACR”) that the Company has
filed with the Applications.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company requests a Commission
determination that $15,972,882 of expenditures incurred during 2022 and 2023 for the Company’s
Program and electric services were prudent and in the public interest.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company also requests a Commission
determination that $4,149,757 of expenditures incurred during 2022 and 2023 for the Company’s
Program and natural gas services were prudent and in the public interest.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Applications have been filed with the
Commission and are available for public inspection during regular business hours at the
Commission’s office. These documents are also available on the Commission’s website at
www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “ELECTRIC” or “NATURAL GAS” icon, select “Open Cases,”
and click on the case number(s) as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code, and that all proceedings in this
matter will be conducted pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000
et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 71-73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072-073. Persons who
wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than twenty-one (21)
days after the date of service of this Order. Persons desiring to present their views without
parties’ rights of participation do not have to intervene and may present their comments without
prior notification to the Commission or the parties.

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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of
Parties after the deadline for intervention has passed. The Notice of Parties shall assign exhibit
numbers to each party in this proceeding.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that once the Notice of Parties is issued, Commission
Staff (“Staff”) will informally confer with the parties to discuss a schedule to process this case,
and other issues as may be raised by the parties.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following persons are designated as the
Company’s representatives in this matter:
David J. Meyer, Esq.
Avista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC 27
Spokane, Washington 99220-3727
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Shawn J. Bonfield
Avista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC 27
Spokane, Washington 99220-3727
[e-mail]

ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this case for the purpose
of obtaining parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission,
under Rules 71-73, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-073, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the service
date of this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Secretary issues a Notice of Parties, Staff will
informally confer with the parties to discuss the appropriate scheduling of this case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.

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ORDER NO. 36303 4
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 6th day of
September 2024.

__________________________________________
ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

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JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

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EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

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Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Commission Secretary

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