20250318Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 18, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR
AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE SOUTHWEST INTERTIE
PROJECT—NORTH 500-KV TRANSMISSION LINE AND APPROVAL OF
THE UTILIZATION OF CAPACITY ON THE LINE; CASE NO. IPC-E-25-
08.
On March 7, 2025, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application
("Application") with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission("Commission") requesting an order:
(1) granting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") for the Company's
ownership interest in the Southwest Intertie Project-North, 500-kilovolt("kV")transmission line
("Project"), including the rights to 250 megawatts ("MW") of the northbound capacity, and (2)
approving the Company's utilization of an additional 250 MW of GBT Northbound,LLC's("GBT
Northbound")rights to the northbound capacity,both via the SWIP-North agreements.Application
at 1-2.
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?
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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