20240916AVU to Staff 7.pdf

RECEIVED
Monday, September 16, 2024
AVISTA CORPORATION IDAHO PUBLIC
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UTILITIES COMMISSION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 09/10/2024
CASE NO: AVU-E-24-09/AVU-G-24-03 WITNESS: N/A
REQUESTER: IPUC RESPONDER: Kim Boynton
TYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: Energy Efficiency
REQUEST NO.: Staff-07 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please provide a listing of all legal and consulting fees, including, but not limited to Evaluation,
Measurement and Verification, charged to the Idaho electric and gas DSM tariff rider during 2022
and 2023.
RESPONSE:
Please see Staff-PR-07-Attachment A for the invoices for third-party evaluation services in 2022
and 2023. During the 2022-2023 period, Avista contracted with both ADM Associates and
Cadmus Group for program evaluation.
Additionally, see below for a summary of EM&V costs separated by task (Impact Evaluation,
Process Evaluation, and Cost-Effectiveness). Staff-PR-07-Attachment A provides more detailed
support for this summary.
All EM&V-Electric Total Impact Process CE
Total EM&V $346,776 $278,785 $67,991 $0
All EM&V- Gas Total Impact Process CE
Total EM&V $l 83,496 $152,667 $30,829 $0
It is important to note that amounts listed in Staff-PR-07-Attachment A include charges that were
split between both Washington and Idaho; these charges were those provided to Applied Energy
Group for conducting conservation potential assessments in both states.