20250314IPC Reply Comments.pdf

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MEGAN GOICOECHEA ALLEN March Idaho
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March 14, 2025
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Boulevard
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714
Re: Case No. IPC-E-25-01
Idaho Power Company's Annual Compliance Filing to Update the Substation
Allowance Amount Under Schedule 19, Large Power Service; Tariff Advice
No. IPC-TAE-24-06
Dear Commission Secretary:
Attached for electronic filing, please find Idaho Power Company's Reply
Comments in the above-entitled matter.
If you have any questions about the attached documents, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Sincerely,
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1221 W. Idaho St(83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707

MEGAN GOICOECHEA ALLEN (ISB No. 7623)
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
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mgoicoecheaallen(a)idahopower.com
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER )
COMPANY'S ANNUAL COMPLIANCE ) CASE NO. IPC-E-25-01
FILING TO UPDATE THE SUBSTATION )
ALLOWANCE AMOUNT UNDER ) IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
SCHEDULE 19, LARGE POWER ) REPLY COMMENTS
SERVICE )
COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company") and,
pursuant to Idaho Public Utilities Commission's ("Commission") Rule of Procedure 203,
and the Notice of Modified Procedure, Order No. 36491, hereby respectfully submits
these Reply Comments in response to Comments of the Commission Staff("Staff") in this
case dated March 13, 2025.
Idaho Power appreciates Staff's thorough review and assessment of the
Company's Annual Compliance filing to update the Substation Allowance under
Schedule 19, Large Power Service, which proposed to increase the per megawatt
Substation Allowance amount from $71,052 to $99,826. The Company agrees with
Staff's conclusions that the updated labor, vehicle, and material costs included in the
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allowance are reasonable and accurately represent the costs Schedule 19 customers
will pay and that the calculation of the overhead rate is accurate. The Company
appreciates Staff's recommendation to approve the Company's proposed Substation
Allowance amount of $99,826 though it notes that in two instances Staff's Comments
misstate that number presumably due to a typographical error.' In addition, Idaho
Power supports Staff's recommendation for the Company to provide information
related to the procurement process for all materials included in the allowance and the
resulting selection of vendors, and also the cost of material specific to the 44.8 MVA
transformer ("Transformer") and 4-Unit Metalclad Switchgear ("Metalclad"), which are
the two highest-dollar components included in the allowance, in next year's annual
filing.
Therefore, the Company respectfully requests the Commission issue an order:
(1) approving the proposed Schedule 19 Substation Allowance of $99,826, and (2)
directing it to provide information related to the procurement process for all materials
included in the substation allowance and the resulting selection of vendors and the
cost of material for the Transformer and Metalclad in next year's annual filing.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 14th day of March 2025.
Megan Goicoechea Allen
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
Staff's Comments at 2 and 4 state the amount as $99,926 instead of$99,826.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 14th day of March 2025, 1 served a true and
correct copy of Idaho Power Company's Reply Comments upon the following named
parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff Hand Delivered
Chris Burdin U.S. Mail
Deputy Attorney General Overnight Mail
Idaho Public Utilities Commission FAX
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8 FTP Site
Suite 201-A (83714) X Email Chris.Burdin(a)puc.idaho.gov
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Stacy Gust, Regulatory Administrative
Assistant
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