20240827Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 27, 2024
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF COMMISSION STAFF'S APPLICATION TO UPDATE
INPUTS TO THE SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE METHOD
AVOIDED COST RATES; CASE NO. GNR-E-24-01.
On August 16, 2024, Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Staff') applied for an
order (1) updating Surrogate Avoided Resource Model ("SAR Model") inputs; (2) making
administrative changes to the SAR Model; and(3) approving SAR-based avoided cost rates included
with the Application. Staff asserts that updating the SAR Model inputs is necessary because the U.S.
Energy Information Administration ("EIA") did not publish an Annual Energy Outlook in 2024,
which previously served as the basis for annual SAR Model updates. Staff proposes using different
inputs to update the SAR Model until a new EIA forecast becomes available.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application; Notice of Intervention
Deadline; and Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a 21-day intervention period, an October
10, 2024,public comment deadline, and an October 24, 2024, Staff reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application;Notice of Intervention Deadline;
and Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a 21-day intervention period, an October 10, 2024,
public comment deadline, and an October 24, 2024, Staff reply deadline?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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