20250306Notice_of_Application_Order_No_36494.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 6,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) CASE NO. IPC-E-25-05
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR )
REVIEW OF THE COMPANY'S CURRENT ) NOTICE OF APPLICATION
WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN AND )
AUTHORIZATION TO DEFER NEWLY ) NOTICE OF
IDENTIFIED INCREMENTAL WILDFIRE ) INTERVENTION DEADLINE
MITIGATION COSTS )
ORDER NO. 36494
On February 13, 2025, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application
("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting an order
authorizing the Company to defer newly identified costs associated with the Company's expanded
wildfire mitigation efforts, as detailed in the Company's 2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan("WMP").
Application at 1.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company represents it has reviewed its wildfire
mitigation efforts and identified several new and expanded actions to further reduce wildfire risk.
Id. at 17. The Company requests to defer approximately $23.2 million in incremental O&M
expenses associated with new or expanded wildfire mitigation efforts.
Table 1. Forecast of Idaho Power System New Incremental O&M Expenditures
Related to Wildfire Mitigation, 2025 ($000s)
2025
Quantifying Wildland Fire Risk
Dynamic Risk Modeling Tools $ 2,030
Situational Awareness
Weather Forecasting-System development and support $ 215
Drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight Waiver $ 120
Aerial Drone Inspection Pilot Project $ 214
Standby Helicopter Service $ 358
Wildfire Program&Personnel
Wildfire Team Program Labor $ 618
Patrolmen for Wildfire Safety Inspections $ 253
PSPS and Event Management Support $ 188
Vegetation Management
Transition tolMaintain 3-year Vegetation Management Cycle $ 18,522
Enhanced Pracuces for Distribution Red&Yellow Risk Zones
(Pre-Fire Season PatrolsNitigation,Pole Clearing,Removals,
Work A $ 715
Forecast New Incremental O&M Expenditures Total $ 23,233
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
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Id. at 8. The Company states that these estimates are measured on a system-wide basis, but the
Company is only seeking to defer the Idaho jurisdictional share of new incremental expenses.Id.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company requests that the Commission
confirm the Company's current authority to defer incremental vegetation management and
insurance costs as measured from a 2022 cost base, and authorize the Company to defer, for later
ratemaking treatment, the Idaho jurisdictional share of the newly identified incremental O&M
costs associated with the actions and measures identified in the Application,beginning January 1,
2025.Id. at 17.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the
Commission's office. These documents are also available on the Commission's website at
www.puc.idaho. og_v. Click on the "ELECTRIC" icon, select"Open Cases," and click on the case
number as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission's jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code, and that all proceedings in this
matter will be conducted pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000
et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties' rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission's Rules of Procedure 71-73,IDAPA 31.01.01.072-073. Persons who
wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than twenty-one (21)
days after the date of service of this Order. Persons desiring to present their views without
parties' rights of participation do not have to intervene and may present their comments without
prior notification to the Commission or the parties.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of
Parties after the deadline for intervention has passed. The Notice of Parties shall assign exhibit
numbers to each party in this proceeding.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that once the Notice of Parties is issued, Commission
Staff("Staff')will informally confer with the parties to discuss a schedule to process this case and
other issues as may be raised by the parties.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following persons are designated as the
Company's representatives in this matter:
Lisa D. Nordstrom Kelley Noe
Megan Goicoechea Allen Regulatory Consultant
Idaho Power Company Idaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70 P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707 Boise, Idaho 83707
lnordstromkidahopower.com knoegidahopower.com
mgoicoecheaallen(kidahopower.com
dockets(a,idahopower.com
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this case for the purpose
of obtaining parties' rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission,
under Rules 71-73, IDAPA 31.01.01.071-073, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the service
date of this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Secretary issues a Notice of Parties, Staff will
informally confer with the parties to discuss the appropriate scheduling of this case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary.See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 6t' day of
March 2025.
EDWARD LODGE, PRE ENT
�HN HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HA DIE, COMMISSIONER
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION
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