20100513AVU to Staff 6.pdf

Avista Corp.
1411 East Mission P.O. Box 3727
Spokane. Washington 99220-0500
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington St.
Boise, il 83720-0074
Attn: Donald L. Howell, II
Krstine A. Sasser
Deputy Attorney General
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Re: Production Request of the Commission Staff in Case Nos. AVU-E-10-01 and
A VU-G-10-01
Dear Mr. Howell and Ms. Sasser,
Enclosed is an original of Avista's response to IPUC Staffs production request 006 in the above
referenced docket. A CD with the attachment is enclosed due to the voluminous size of the
attachment.
If there are any questions regarding the enclosed information, please contact me at (509) 495-
4584 or via e-mail atpaul.kimball~avistacorp.com
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Paul Kimball
Regulatory Analyst
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMTION
JUSDICTION:
CASE NO:
REQUESTER:
TYE:
REQUEST NO.:
IDAHO
AVU-E-IO-Ol / AVU-G-10-01
IPUC
Production Request
Staff-006
DATE PREPARD:
WITSS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMNT:
TELEPHONE:
05111/2010
Dave DeFelice
Jeane Pluth
State & Federal Reg.
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Please provide a copy of any reports, studies or other analysis demonstrating the
ofthe following generation capital projects:
a. Noxon Units 2 and 3 upgrades,
b. Kettle Falls capital projects,
c. Colstrp capital additions,
d. Nine Mile upgrade,
e. Coyote Springs 2 capital projects,
f. Boulder Park control network replacement, and
g. any other generation capital projects that individually exceeded $1 milion.
In those instances in which justification for a paricular capital project was not based solely on
economics, please describe any non-economic benefits and quantify those benefits to the extent
possible.
RESPONSE:
See attached documentation (electronically only, due to the amount of infonnation) for the
following generation projects:
Supporting
Amount Documentation
ER#ER Description (millons)Schedule
4137 Noxon Unit # 2 Upgrade $9.245 Schedule 2
4138 Noxon Unit # 3 Upgrade $9.265 Schedule 1
4101 Kettle Falls Capital Project $1.754 Schedule 3
4116 Colstrip Capital Additions $2.275 Schedule 4
4104 Nine Mile Upgrade $3.954 Schedule 6
4132 CS2 $0.855 Schedule 19
4113 Boulder Park $0.410 Schedule 20
4105 Noxon Capital Project $7.551 Schedule 7
6103 Clark Fork Implementation $3.595 Schedule 8
These materials were initially prepared for the Washington jurisdiction and include system
numbers.