20250114Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JANUARY 14, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH
JACKALOPE WIND, LLC, AND A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE JACKALOPE WIND
PROJECT; CASE NO. IPC-E-24-46.
On December 27, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application
("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission("Commission") requesting an order:
(1)approving a 35-year Power Purchase Agreement("PPA")between the Company and Jackalope
Wind, LLC ("Jackalope"); and(2) granting the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity ("CPCN") to acquire 300 MW of generation to meet an identified capacity deficiency
in 2027. Application at 1-2.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("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?
Chris Burdm
Deputy Attorney General
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