20260120Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: JEFFREY R. LOLL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JANUARY 20, 2026
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
A PRUDENCE DETERMINATION OF HELLS CANYON COMPLEX
RELICENSING COSTS FROM JANUARY 1, 2016, THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2025; CASE NO. IPC-E-25-35.
On December 24, 2025, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting an order designating the Company's
expenditures in Hells Canyon Complex relicensing costs from January 1,2016,through December
31, 2025, as prudently incurred("Application").
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("Staff') recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of
Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention
period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention period?
Jeffre R.toll
Deputy Attorney General
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