20260324Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KELSEA E. ROSS
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 24, 2026
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR
THE SOUTH HILLS AND PEREGRINE POWER PLANTS AND FOR AN
ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTING ORDER; CASE NO. IPC-E-26-04.
On March 10, 2026, Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting: (1) a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity("CPCN") for the South Hills Power Plant, a natural gas-fueled facility providing up to
222 megawatts("MW")of nameplate generation to meet an identified capacity deficit in 2029; (2)
a CPCN for the Peregrine Power Plant, a natural gas-fueled facility providing 430 MW of
nameplate generation to meet an identified capacity deficit in 2030; and (3) an order confirming
the Company's application of accrual of Allowance for Funds Used During Construction for the
South Hills Power Plant and the Peregrine Power Plant to coincide with initial procurement
activities for the natural gas-fueled facilities.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff("Staff') recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application
and Notice of Intervention, establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention,
establishing a twenty-one (21) day intervention period?
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Kelsea E. Ross
Deputy Attorney General
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