HomeMy WebLinkAbout20251118Decision Memo.pdf DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ERIKA K. MELANSON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR
THE BENNETT GAS EXPANSION PROJECT AND FOR AN
ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTING ORDER; CASE NO. IPC-E-25-29.
On September 19, 2025, Idaho Power Company("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission("Commission")requesting the Commission: (1)grant a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") for the expansion of the existing Bennett Mountain Power
Plant to include the addition of the Bennett Gas Expansion Project; (2) confirm the Company's
application of accrual of Allowance for Funds Used During Construction ("AFUDC") for the
Bennett Gas Expansion Project upon initial procurement activities for the reciprocating internal
combustion engines; and (3) approve the commencement of the accrual of AFUDC on capital
expenditures associated with future resource procurements at the time the project has been deemed
viable by the Company.
On October 15, 2025, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline, setting a deadline for interested parties to file a petition to intervene. Order
No. 36802. Intervention was granted to Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. and Micron
Technologies, Inc. Order Nos. 36804, 36830.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure,
establishing a January 23,2026,public comment deadline, and a February 6, 2026,reply comment
deadline.
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COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a January
23, 2026, public comment deadline, and a February 6, 2026, reply comment deadline?
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Deputy Attorney General
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