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May 25 , 2004 iL"ii;.) UfjLJl.or It IT iES COf'1f'1ISSION
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington S1.
Boise, ill 83720-0074
i\ttn: Scott Woodbury
Deputy i\ttomey General
Re:Production Request of the Commission Staff
in Case Nos. i\ VU-04-01 and i\ VU-04-
Mr. Woodbury,
I have attached an original and three copies of i\vista s response to Staff Data Request
No(s). 238, 256, 261 , and 290.
If you have any questions, please call me at (509) 495-4706.
Mike Fi
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Enc I 0 sures
Enclosures
Copy: C. Ward (Potlatch)
D. Peseau (Utility Resources, Inc)
A. Yankel (Yankel & Assoc., Inc)
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:Idaho Di\ TE PREP i\RED:05/24/2004
Ci\SE NO:i\ VU-04-01 1 i\ VU-04-WITNESS:Don Kopczynski
REQUESTER:IPUC RESPONDER:Don Falknerl
Sharon Vore
TYPE:Data Request D EP AA TMENT:Rates/Foresty
REQUEST NO.Staff 238 TELEPHONE:(509) 495-4326
REQUEST:
Don Kopczynski's testimony, on page 17, lines 16 -17, refers to the annual vegetation
management projects scheduled for 2004 through 2007. Please provide a schedule with at least
the following information separately identified:
The vegetation management projects;
The total amount budgeted for each year;
The amount broken out by project, by year;
The FERC account where the amounts are recorded;
Please provide the amounts on both a system-wide basis, and an Idaho
jurisdictional basis.
RESPONSE:
Please see the Company s response to DR 236. The requested information is shown in the
provided exhibit for the years requested above as well.
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VISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:
Ci\SE NO:
REQUESTER:
TYPE:
REQUEST NO.
Idaho
i\ VU-04-01 1 i\ VU-04-
IPUC
Data Request
Staff 256
i\ TE PREP i\RED:
WITNESS:
RES PO ND ER:
D EP AA TMENT:
TELEPHONE:
05/25/2004
Don Kopscynski
Don Falknerl
Rates
(509) 495-4326
REQUEST:
Please describe in detail the purpose of the transmission projects pro-formed into rate base
including any improvements in import/export capability outside the i\ vista control area and how
these projects are reflected in the power supply model.
RESPONSE:
Please see the attached information. Transmission projects are not directly reflected in the power
supply model. Indirectly, the benefit of being able to maintain full generation at the Noxon and
also maintain our current import/export capabilities are incorporated in the power supply mod~l.
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VISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:
Ci\SE NO:
REQUESTER:
TYPE:
REQUEST NO.
Idaho
A VU-04-01 1 A VU-04-
IPUC
Data Request
Staff 261
DATE PREP )\RED:
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
D EP AA TMENT:
TELEPHONE:
05/25/2004
Don Falkner
Don Falknerl
Rates
(509) 495-4326
REQUEST:
Please explain and quantify the benefits of the Accounts Receivable Sale program for the
ratepayer?
RESPONSE:
The Accounts Receivable Sale program is a cost effective approach of funding the cost of
carrying customer receivables on the Company s balance sheet. The alternative to factoring
accounts receivable would be a working capital addition to rate base at the Company
authorized rate of return. The Idaho authorized ROR is culTently 8.98% and the Company
requested ROR is 9.82%. Program fees were approximately 1.8% during the 2002 test year on
an average balance of approximately $61 million. The difference between the Company
requested ROR of 9.82% and the NR Sale program fees would have been approximately
050,000 during the test year. The current treatment of fees as customer accounting related
costs has been in place since 1988.
VISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:
Ci\SE NO:
REQUESTER:
TYPE:
REQUEST NO.
Idaho
A VU-O4-01 / A VU-O4-
IPUC
Data Request
290
Di\TE PREPARED:
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEP AATMENT:
TELEPHONE:
OS/25/2004
HirschkomlKnox
Tara Knox
Rates
(509) 495-4325
REQUEST:
Please provide the total therm usage by customer class for each month in the test year for all
customer classes.
RESPONSE:
Pro Forma Therms by Month before Weather and Unbilled Adjustments
Schedule 101 Schedule 111 Schedule 121 Schedule 131 Schedule 146 Total
January 669 247 939,247 204,488 60,327 378 706 252 015
February 606,192 728,687 197 331 50,236 322 536 904 982
March 340 150 692 575 212 566 47,471 288,421 581 183
April 539,446 341 524 173 782 298 332 710 7,430 760
May 3,472 019 922,419 160,172 45,422 400,459 000,491
June 133 758 690 086 162,413 61,922 402 740 3,450,919
July 134 052 440 893 170,358 233 367 126 181 662
August 911 807 393,719 249,081 73,936 350 042 978 585
September 082 985 452 826 187 025 373 309,268 096,4 77
October 996 874 645 263 192 375 653 292,446 179 611
November 148 821 269,795 222 157 , 1 381 259 082 182
December 649 173 535 662 225 555 009 374 138 846 537
Total 684 524 052 696 357 303 691 030 199,851 985,404
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