20251105Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: JEFFREY R. LOLL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH BLACKS
CREEK ENERGY CENTER,LLC; CASE NO. IPC-E-25-27.
On September 5, 2025, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting: (1) approval of the 25-year Power Purchase
Agreement ("PPA") between Blacks Creek Energy Center, LLC and the Company and (2)
acknowledgement that the resulting expenses associated with the PPA are prudently incurred for
ratemaking purposes ("Application").
On October 6, 2025, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and a Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period. The Commission granted
intervenor status to the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. and Micron Technology, Inc.
(collectively"Intervenors").
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("Staff'), the Intervenors, and the Company have communicated via
email regarding a proposed procedural schedule for processing this case. Staff recommends the
Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a December 19, 2025, public
comment deadline, and a January 9, 2026, Company reply comment deadline.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a
December 19, 2025, public comment deadline, and a January 9, 2026, Company reply comment
deadline?
:Jeffrey R. Loll
Deputy Attorney General
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