20251209Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2025
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER'S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL OF THE 2026 INTER-JURISDICTIONAL COST
ALLOCATION PROTOCOL; CASE NO. PAC-E-25-14.
On August 6, 2025, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp ("Company"),
applied for approval of the 2026 PacifiCorp Inter-Jurisdictional Cost Allocation Protocol. The
Company is proposing the 2026 Protocol to replace the 2020 PacifiCorp Inter-Jurisdictional
Allocation Protocol,which was approved on April 22, 2020, and extended on November 2, 2023.
See Order Nos. 34640 and 35984. The Company requests that a final order issue on its
Application no later than December 31, 2025.
On September 9, 2025, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline, setting a deadline for interested parties to intervene. Order No. 36757.
Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. ("IIPA") and P4 Production, L.L.C., an affiliate of
Bayer Corporation("Bayer") intervened. Order No. 36773 and 36796.
Since then, Staff and the parties involved in the Company's pending 2026 Protocol cases
in other states (excluding Washington) have met informally to work toward a single protocol
acceptable to multiple states. This has resulted in the initiation of formal settlement negotiations
with the Company opening on November 24, 2025. Negotiations are ongoing, with additional
discussions expected in January 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a
public comment deadline of April 1, 2026, and Company reply deadline of May 1, 2026.
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COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a public
comment deadline of April 1, 2026, and Company reply deadline of May 1, 2026?
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General
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