20180126Avista to Staff_DR_012.docx

AVISTA CORP.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONJURISDICTION:WASHINGTONDATE PREPARED:11/20/2017CASE NO.:U-170970WITNESS:Patrick D. EhrbarREQUESTER:UTC StaffRESPONDER:Jennifer S. SmithTYPE:Data RequestDEPT:State & Federal RegulationREQUEST NO.:Staff – 012(AVA)TELEPHONE:[phone]EMAIL:[e-mail]:
Referring to Exhibit SLM-1T at 20, Table 2, please calculate the Washington-allocated share of the proposed guaranteed $0.95 million rate credit (i.e., the portion of the rate credit not subject to offsets), for both electric and natural gas service.
What would Avista’s rate of return have been in 2016, in both electric and natural gas service, if it had earned revenues reduced by the amounts found above?RESPONSE:Please see Staff_012(AVA), Attachment A for the Washington-allocated share of the proposed guaranteed $0.95 million rate credit.The rate credit that is not subject to offsets will be recorded as a non-utility or shareholder cost, therefore, there would have been no impact to the rate of return for 2016.