20260804Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER HARDIE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 4, 2026
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER'S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL OF THE SALE OF ITS WASHINGTON SERVICE AREA
AND FOR AN ACCOUNTING ORDER; CASE NO. PAC-E-26-04.
On April 6, 2026, PacifiCorp, d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power ("Company") applied to the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requesting (1) Commission approval of the
sale of the Company's Washington service area and certain Washington-based assets and (2)
Commission approval of an accounting order that would authorize the recording of a regulatory
liability for Idaho-allocated goodwill value from the sale.
On April 30, 2026, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 37016. The Commission granted intervention to Ruveon LLC,
an affiliate of Bayer Corporation ("Bayer"), and the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.
("IIPA"). Order Nos. 37043 and 37058.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff ("Staff') now recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a January 7, 2027, initial comment deadline, and a January 28,
2027, reply comment deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a January
7, 2027, initial comment deadline, and a January 28, 2027, reply comment deadline?
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Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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