20120817Staff 1-3 to Avista.pdf

KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
P0 BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 5156
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Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attorneys for the Commission Staff
BEFORE TH IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA
CORPORATION'S APPLICATION TO REVISE
ITS ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY RIDER
ADJUSTMENT, SCHEDULE 91.
CASE NO. AVU-E-12-07
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO
AVISTA CORPORATION
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Karl T. Klein, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Avista Corporation (Company; Avista)
provide the following documents and information as soon as possible, by FRIDAY, AUGUST
31, 2012.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and the Company is requested
to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it or any person acting
on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents or information produced.
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name, job title and telephone number of
the person preparing the documents. Please identify the name, job title, location and telephone
number of the record holder.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO AVISTA CORPORATION 1 AUGUST 17, 2012
In addition to the written copies provided as response to the requests, please provide all
Excel and electronic files on CD with formulas activated.
REQUEST NO. 1: Page 27 of the 2011 Business Plan states that, due to the expiration
of federal tax credits for residential appliance and shell measures in 2011, the Company is
expecting a "significant decline in 2011 residential throughput ... Additional focus and
refinement of the residential outreach program may mitigate this impact to some extent." Has
the Company increased or modified its residential outreach through marketing and/or
partnerships? If so, please state and describe how the Company has increased or modified its
attempts.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide the forecasted amount of revenue, expenditures,
program participation, energy savings, and cost effectiveness (yearly basis and program life) for
each Idaho Demand-side Management (DSM) program in 2012 and 2013. Please provide the
amount of Idaho incentives projected separately for 2012 and 2013. Please detail all
assumptions made.
REQUEST NO. 3: Does the Company anticipate funding electric to gas conversions
with the electric DSM Rider? If so, what is the forecasted funding level for 2012 and 2013?
1L DATED at Boise, Idaho, this I- day of August 2012.
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Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General
Technical Staff: Nikki Karpavichl 1-3
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FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO AVISTA CORPORATION 2 AUGUST 17, 2012
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 17 " DAY OF AUGUST 2012,
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO AVISTA CORPORATION, IN CASE NO. AVU-E-12-07,
BY E-MAILING AND MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
DAVID J MEYER
VP & CHIEF COUNSEL
AVISTA CORPORATION
P0 BOX 3727
SPOKANE WA 99220-3727
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
LINDA GERVAIS
MANAGER, REGULATORY POLICY
AVISTA CORPORATION
P0 BOX 3727
SPOKANE WA 99220-3726
E-MAIL: 1inda.gervais(2avistacorp.com
SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE