20241001Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 1, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPORATION'S APPLICATION FOR
THE EXTENSION OF AVISTA'S ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS
FIXED COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS IN THE STATE OF
IDAHO; CASE NO.AVU-E-24-11; AVU-G-24-04.
On September 20, 2024, Avista Corporation ("Company") applied to extend its electric
and natural gas Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanisms ("FCA Mechanisms"). According to the
Application, the FCA Mechanisms will expire on March 31, 2025, absent Commission action
extending them. Consequently, the Company seeks an extension to the Company's electric and
natural gas FCA Mechanism Tariff Schedules 75 and 175, effective April 1, 2025, and expiring
on August 31, 2029.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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