20250304Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 4, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY FOR REVIEW OF THE COMPANY'S CURRENT WILDFIRE
MITIGATION PLAN AND AUTHORIZATION TO DEFER NEWLY
IDENTIFIED INCREMENTAL WILDFIRE MITIGATION COSTS; CASE
NO. IPC-E-25-05.
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.
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?
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Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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