20250822 Order_No_36736.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 22,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER'S ) CASE NO. IPC-E-25-10
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A )
POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND )
ENERGY STORAGE AGREEMENT WITH ) ORDER NO. 36736
CRIMSON ORCHARD SOLAR,LLC )
On March 13, 2025, Idaho Power Company ("Company") filed an application with the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission("Commission") for an order: (1) approving the 20-year Power
Purchase Agreement("PPA")between Crimson Orchard Solar LLC ("Crimson Orchard") and the
Company, supplying the 100 megawatts ("MW") output to the Company; (2) approving the 20-
year Energy Storage Agreement ("ESA") between Crimson Orchard and the Company for 100
MW of dispatchable energy storage capacity; and (3) acknowledgment of the lease accounting
necessary to facilitate the transaction and that the resulting expenses associated with both the PPA
and the ESA are prudently incurred for ratemaking purposes.
On April 25, 2025,the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure, establishing an August 1, 2025, deadline for public and Commission Staff("Staff')
comments, and an August 22, 2025, deadline for the Company to file reply Comments. Order No.
36577. The Commission granted intervention to Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. and
Micron Technologies, Inc. Order Nos. 36538 and 36598.
On August 15,2025,the Company filed a Supplemental Application with the Commission,
providing an Amendment to the PPA and ESA proposed in the Application. At the Commission's
August 19, 2025, decision meeting, Staff requested that the Commission vacate the existing
comment deadlines to allow parties additional time to confer on new deadlines for comments on
the Supplemental Application and submit a recommendation to the Commission for a subsequent
procedural schedule.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission finds it reasonable to vacate the currently scheduled comment deadlines
based upon the Company's filing of its Supplemental Application. The Commission will
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reconsider and establish a revised procedural schedule after the parties confer and submit a
proposed schedule.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the August 1,2025,public comment deadline,and August
22, 2025, reply comment deadline are vacated.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one(21) days of the service date of this Order regarding any matter
decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration,
any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code § 61-626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 22°d day of
August, 2025.
G
ED ARD LODGE, RE ENT
bj1N R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HA IE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
M is o n c h e z
Commission Secretary
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