20260714Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KELSEA E. ROSS
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 14, 2026
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPORATION'S APPLICATION FOR
AN ORDER AUTHORIZING TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ITS
NATURAL GAS DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; CASE
NO. AVU-G-26-01.
On June 12, 2026, Avista Corporation, doing business as Avista Utilities, ("Company")
applied to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting an order permitting
the Company's proposed revisions to its Schedule 190,"Natural Gas Efficiency Programs,"which
if approved, would temporarily suspend the Company's natural gas demand-side management
programs effective September 1, 2026 ("Application"). Application at 1.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and
Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing an August 4, 2026, public comment deadline, and an
August 11, 2026, reply comment deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure, establishing an August 4, 2026, public comment deadline, and an August 11, 2026,
reply comment deadline?
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Kelsea E. Ross
Deputy Attorney General
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