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
APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE FIRM ENERGY
SALES AGREEMENT BETWEEN IDAHO POWER COMPANY AND
CYCLE HORSESHOE BEND WIND,LLC; CASE NO. IPC-E-26-01.
On January 12, 2026, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting the Commission issue an order approving the
Second Amendment to the Firm Energy Sales Agreement ("FESA") between the Company and
Cycle Horseshoe Bend Wind, LLC ("Application").
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff("Staff') recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application
and Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a public comment deadline seven (7) days after
service of the order and a reply comment deadline fourteen (14) days after service of the order.
The Company requested the Commission process the Application without issuing a Notice
of Application or Notice of Modified Procedure. See Application at 4. The Company represented
that the FESA will reach the end of its full term in February 2026,making approval of the requested
amendment a time-sensitive issue.Id. The Company requested the Commission issue an order"as
soon as possible."Id.
Staff believes that the Commission can accommodate the Company's practical timing
concerns without forgoing a process for interested persons to file written comments by exercising
its discretion to establish an abbreviated modified procedure timeline.
DECISION MEMORANDUM I

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure, establishing a public comment deadline seven (7) days after service of the order and a
reply comment deadline fourteen (14) days after service of the order?
6x
Jeffrey R. Loll
Deputy Attorney General
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