20250304Order Initiated.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
February 18,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
RECEIVED
March 4, 2025
Idaho Public
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) CASE NO. IPC-E-24-08 Utilities Commission
COMPANY'S PETITION TO MODIFY A ) Case No.:
COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT RELATED ) ORDER NO. 36466 IPC-E-25-07
TO UPDATING SCHEDULE 87 )
On February 27, 2024, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed a petition ("Petition")
with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting to modify a compliance
requirement in Commission Order No. 36048,issued in Case No. IPC-E-23-14,regarding updating
the Company's Schedule 87, Intermittent Generation Integration Charges ("Schedule 87").
The Company requested that the Commission modify the Company's compliance
requirement to: (1) authorize the Company to update Schedule 87 integration costs based on the
forthcoming 2024 Variable Energy Resource("VER") Study, instead of the 2020 VER Study; and
(2)authorize the Company to file both the forthcoming 2024 VER Study and updated Schedule 87
no later than December 31, 2024.
On June 10, 2024, the Commission issued Order No. 36219, granting the Company's
request to modify the compliance requirement in Order No. 36048, and directing the company to
file both the 2024 VER Study and updated Schedule 87 proposed rates no later than December 31,
2024. Order No. 36219 at 2. On December 31, 2024, the Company submitted a compliance filing
with its 2024 VER Study and Updated Schedule 87 proposed rates.
On February 4, 2025, during the Commission's decision meeting, Commission Staff
recommended that the Commission open a new docket for this matter and that the Commission
issue a Notice of Filing and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention
period in the new docket.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over this matter under Idaho Code §§ 61-501, 61-502,
and 61-503. The Commission is vested with the power to "supervise and regulate every public
utility in the state and to do all things necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of the [Public
Utilities Law]."Idaho Code§ 61-501.The Commission is empowered to investigate rates,charges,
rules,regulations,practices,and contracts of public utilities and to determine whether they are just,
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reasonable,preferential,discriminatory,or in violation of any provision of law,and to fix the same
by order.Idaho Code §§ 61-502 and 61-503.
Having reviewed the record, the Commission finds it appropriate to open a new docket for
this matter and issue a Notice of Filing and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day
intervention period in the new docket to allow for all interested parties to fully consider the issue
presented and participate in the Commission's consideration of the matter.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a new docket with a case number shall be opened to
consider this matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission shall issue a Notice of Filing and Notice
of Intervention Deadline in the new docket establishing a 21-day intervention period, followed by
further proceedings as deemed appropriate by the Commission.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code §§ 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 18t'day of
February 2025.
G O
EDWARD LODGE, PR DENT
HN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HARDIE, COMMISSIONER
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