20260625Minute_Order.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 25,2026
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA ) CASE NO.AVU-TAE-26-03
CORPORATION'S TARIFF ADVICE NO. )
AVU-TAE-26-03 FOR PROPOSED ) MINUTE ORDER
REVISIONS TO SCHEDULE 90 AND 91 )
On June 1, 2026,Avista Corporation, d/b/a Avista Utilities ("Company") submitted Tariff
Advice No. AVU-TAE-26-03, proposing revisions to Schedules 90 and 91 ("Tariff Advice"). In
its request, the Company stated the purpose of its revisions were to: (1) incorporate reference to
demand response ("DR") programs and/or services within the Company's Schedule 90, "Electric
Demand Side Management Programs;" (2)to provide an avenue for DR as part of its demand side
management ("DSM") offerings; and (3) to allow for a portion of DR administrative costs to be
charged through its associated Schedule 91, "Demand Side Management Rider Adjustment —
Idaho" ("DSM Rider"). Tariff Advice at 1. The Company did not propose any changes to rates in
its Tariff Advice.Id. at 3. The Company made additional revisions to improve the format and flow
of Schedule 90, to reference DR, and to replace the term "energy efficiency" with the term
"demand side management" or"DSM."Id. at 2.
At the Commission's Decision Meeting on June 23, 2026, Commission Staff presented a
Decision Memorandum stating that Staff discovered inconsistencies in the Company's Schedule
90 and 90B regarding the funding of DR programs. Decision Memorandum at 1. Staff explained
that the Company filed amended Schedules 90B and 90D ("Amended Tariff Sheets") to remove
the inconsistencies identified by Staff and to address typographical errors in Schedule 90D. Id.
Staff recommended the Commission accept the Company's proposed revisions to Schedule 90 and
Schedule 91, as filed in the Tariff Advice submitted on June 1, 2026, with the Amended Tariff
Sheets submitted on June 12, 2026. Id. at 2.
The Commission's Rule of Procedure 134.02 directs that no tariff advice will be effective
unless the public and the Commission have been notified pursuant to applicable sections of Title
61 of the Idaho Code. IDAPA 31.01.01.134.02. Additionally, no tariff advice takes effect on less
than 30 days' notice, "unless the Commission finds good cause to approve the earlier effective
date."Id.
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Having reviewed the record and Ending that the Company's notice of the proposed tariff
advice meets the requirements of Rule 134.02, the Company's revised tariff is approved, as filed
in the Tariff Advice submitted on June 1,2026,with the Amended Tariff Sheets submitted on June
12, 2026, effective July 1, 2026.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 25th day of
June 2026.
G
EDWARD LODGE, PRtAIDENT
J R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
DAYN HA IE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
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Commission Secretary
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