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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20260930Tariff Advice No. INT-TAG-26-03 - Attachments 1-3.pdf ATTACHMENT NO. 1 CASE NO. INT-TAG-26-03 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY REDLINE TARIFF (2 pages) I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Section C Approved Effective NinlhTenth Revised Sheet No.4 October 28. 2025 December 1, 2025 Name Intermountain Gas Company Commission of Utility p y Secretary Natural Gas Appliances Annual Therm Estimates Range 23 Seasonal Fireplace 50 Grill 15 Clothes Dryer 28 Water Heater 240 (b) For commercial applicants: The therm usage estimate will be determined by the Company on a case-by-case basis. The estimate will be based on the climate zone,the heated structure square footage, commercial property type, and applicable gas appliances. 4.3 To determine the Allowable Investment per applicant, multiply the estimated annual therm usage per applicant by the applicable Allowable Investment Factor below to calculate the Allowable Investment in dollars: Allowable Investment Factors Customer Type Service Main Combined Residential 0.6-94806 0.8461.066 1.548872 Commercial 0.546553 0.629731 1.445284 4.4 The applicant agrees to install and activate gas appliances pursuant to the signed agreement(s) and the therm usage estimates used to determine the Allowable Investment. 4.5 The Company may calculate the Allowable Investment for applicants with structures or business operations which are non-permanent on a case-by-case basis. 5. PROJECT COST 5.1 In the event the Company can defray any of the trench and backfill costs,for example by sharing a trench with other utilities, the cost reduction will be included in the Main extension cost or Service cost estimates. 5.2 The Service Line Project Cost estimate is determined by multiplying the on-property Service Line length by$49.7523.08 per foot. Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company By. Leri A. Bla t,o°~Michael Parvinen Title: Director—Regulatory Affairs Gas Tariff Section C IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Secti evepth^+" Ei hth Revised Sheet No. 5 Approved Effective Name Intermountain Gas Company October 28, 2025 December 1. 2025 an of Utility p y Commission Secretary 5.3 The Main Extension Project Cost estimate is based on the Gas Facilities (excluding Services) required to serve the gas load of the requesting applicant. This includes but is not limited to Main, regulator stations, valves and Main fittings. (a) The Company will provide a Project Cost estimate to the applicant prior to execution of an agreement. (b) The estimate will exclude costs for Company Betterment. (c) The Company includes construction overhead charges. On the a,,,,,, nt of 1 1 630 (d) The Main extension Project Cost will be divided by the number of estimated Service Points to calculate the Main extension Project Cost per applicant. 6. OTHER PAYMENTS 6.1 The Company may require advanced payment from the applicant in the following situations: (a) As a guarantee when proposed structures and Services are temporary in nature or the gas load is unpredictable. (b) When the Company conducts pre-construction engineering studies to improve the accuracy of cost estimates. 6.2 If an advanced payment is collected according to Section 6.1(a), the Company will refund an amount equal to the Allowable Investment to customers who meet the terms outlined in the General Agreement for guaranteed usage. Refunds will not exceed the amount of the advanced payment. 6.3 If an advanced payment is collected according to Section 6.1(b), and the actual cost of installation is less than the estimated cost, the difference will be refunded to the customer. 7. VESTED INTEREST AND DEPOSIT REFUNDS 7.1 A customer or developer is eligible for refund of a payment made for Project Costs in excess of the Allowable Investment for Mains when additional Service Points, not used in the original calculation or in a previous refund calculation, connect to the Main extension within five years from installation. (a) The Company will conduct annual reviews to determine if additional customers have connected to the Main and turned on gas service. (b) Intermountain will take the steps outlined in Section 4 to calculate the Allowable Investment for Mains for each additional customer. (c) The Company will refund to the original applicant or developer the equivalent of the Allowable Investment for Mains for each additional customer. Refunds will be made up to the total upfront payment, but not to exceed the Project Cost in excess of Allowable Investment for Mains. Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company By. Leri A. Bla t,o°~Michael Parvinen Title: Director—Regulatory Affairs ATTACHMENT NO. 2 CASE NO. INT-TAG-26-03 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY CLEAN TARIFF (2 pages) I.P.U.C. Gas Tariff Section C Tenth Revised Sheet No.4 Name Intermountain Gas Company of Utility Natural Gas Appliances Annual Therm Estimates Range 23 Seasonal Fireplace 50 Grill 15 Clothes Dryer 28 Water Heater 240 (b) For commercial applicants: The therm usage estimate will be determined by the Company on a case-by-case basis. The estimate will be based on the climate zone, the heated structure square footage, commercial property type, and applicable gas appliances. 4.3 To determine the Allowable Investment per applicant, multiply the estimated annual therm usage per applicant by the applicable Allowable Investment Factor below to calculate the Allowable Investment in dollars: Allowable Investment Factors Customer Type Service Main Combined Residential 0.806 1.066 1.872 Commercial 0.553 0.731 1.284 4.4 The applicant agrees to install and activate gas appliances pursuant to the signed agreement(s) and the therm usage estimates used to determine the Allowable Investment. 4.5 The Company may calculate the Allowable Investment for applicants with structures or business operations which are non-permanent on a case-by-case basis. 5. PROJECT COST 5.1 In the event the Company can defray any of the trench and backfill costs, for example by sharing a trench with other utilities, the cost reduction will be included in the Main extension cost or Service cost estimates. 5.2 The Service Line Project Cost estimate is determined by multiplying the on-property Service Line length by$23.08 per foot. Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company By: Michael Parvinen Title: Director—Regulatory Affairs IRILI.C. Gas Tariff Section C Eighth Revised Sheet No. 5 Name Intermountain Gas Company of Utility 5.3 The Main Extension Project Cost estimate is based on the Gas Facilities (excluding Services) required to serve the gas load of the requesting applicant. This includes but is not limited to Main, regulator stations, valves and Main fittings. (a) The Company will provide a Project Cost estimate to the applicant prior to execution of an agreement. (b) The estimate will exclude costs for Company Betterment. (c) The Company includes construction overhead charges. (d) The Main extension Project Cost will be divided by the number of estimated Service Points to calculate the Main extension Project Cost per applicant. 6. OTHER PAYMENTS 6.1 The Company may require advanced payment from the applicant in the following situations: (a) As a guarantee when proposed structures and Services are temporary in nature or the gas load is unpredictable. (b) When the Company conducts pre-construction engineering studies to improve the accuracy of cost estimates. 6.2 If an advanced payment is collected according to Section 6.1(a), the Company will refund an amount equal to the Allowable Investment to customers who meet the terms outlined in the General Agreement for guaranteed usage. Refunds will not exceed the amount of the advanced payment. 6.3 If an advanced payment is collected according to Section 6.1(b),and the actual cost of installation is less than the estimated cost, the difference will be refunded to the customer. 7. VESTED INTEREST AND DEPOSIT REFUNDS 7.1 A customer or developer is eligible for refund of a payment made for Project Costs in excess of the Allowable Investment for Mains when additional Service Points, not used in the original calculation or in a previous refund calculation, connect to the Main extension within five years from installation. (a) The Company will conduct annual reviews to determine if additional customers have connected to the Main and turned on gas service. (b) Intermountain will take the steps outlined in Section 4 to calculate the Allowable Investment for Mains for each additional customer. (c) The Company will refund to the original applicant or developer the equivalent of the Allowable Investment for Mains for each additional customer. Refunds will be made up to the total upfront payment, but not to exceed the Project Cost in excess of Allowable Investment for Mains. Issued by: Intermountain Gas Company By: Michael Parvinen Title: Director—Regulatory Affairs ATTACHMENT NO. 3 CASE NO. INT-TAG-26-03 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY ALLOWABLE INVESTMENT CALCULATIONS (5 pages) Attachment No.3 Case No.INT-TAG-26-03 Intermountain Gas Company Page 1 of 5 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY Line Extension Allowable Investment Factors Line No. Description Residential Commercial (a) (b) (c) 1 Services Allowable Investment Factor 2 Service Line Extension Embedded Cost per Therm: 3 FERC Account3801't $ 0.055134 $ 0.037808 4 FERC Account385121 0.002599 0.001783 5 Total $ 0.057734 $ 0.039590 6 Compound Inflation Factori'l 102.6% 102.6% 7 Service Line Extension Embedded Cost per Therm(Line 5 times Line 6) $ 0.059235 $ 0.040619 8 Weighted Asset Life: 9 FERC Account 380-Asset Lifel4t 60 60 10 FERC Account 380-Embedded Cost per Therm"' $ 0.055134 $ 0.037808 11 Weighting Factor(Line 9 times Line 10) 3.308061 2.268455 12 FERC Account 385-Asset Lifel8l 42 42 13 FERC Account 385-Embedded Cost per Therm l2, $ 0.002599 $ 0.001783 14 Weighting Factor(Line 12 times Line 13) 0.109177 0.074866 15 Weighted Asset Life(Sum of Lines 11 and 14 divided by Line 5) 59.2 59.2 16 Weighted Average Cost of Capitalist 7.23% 7.23 17 Services Allowable Investment Factor($/therr i $ 0.806 $ 0.553 18 Mains Allowable Investment Factor 19 Main Line Extension Embedded Cost per Therm: 20 FERC Account374181 $ 0.000319 $ 0.000218 21 FERC Account37619t 0.071949 0.049338 22 FERC Account3781'0t 0.003400 0.002331 23 Total $ 0.075668 $ 0.051888 24 Compound Inflation Factor131 102.6% 102.6% 25 Main Line Extension Embedded Cost per Therm(Line 23 times Line 24) $ 0.077635 $ 0.053237 26 Weighted Asset Life: 27 FERC Account 374-Asset Life"t 65 65 28 FERC Account 374-Embedded Cost perThermtet $ 0.000319 $ 0.000218 29 Weighting Factor(Line 27 times Line 28) 0.020710 0.014202 30 FERC Account 376-Asset Life1121 71 71 31 FERC Account 376-Embedded Cost per ThermEs $ 0.071949 $ 0.049338 32 Weighting Factor(Line 30 times Line 31) 5.108378 3.502997 33 FERC Account 378-Asset Wel1s] 45 45 34 FERC Account 378-Embedded Cost per Therm""' $ 0.003400 $ 0.002331 35 Weighting Factor(Line 33 times Line 34) 0.152997 0.104915 36 Weighted Asset Life(Sum of Lines 29,32 and 35 divided by Line 23) 69.8 69.8 37 Weighted Average Cost of Capitalist 7.23% 7.23 38 Mains Allowable Investment Factor($/therm)l'41 $ 1.066 $ 0.731 NOTES I']See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 7 and 19,Column(g) IZt See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 10 and 22,Column(g) I']See Attachment No.3,Page 4,Line 2,Column(n) 141 See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 7 and 19,Column(b) I't See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 10 and 22,Column(b) Ist Case No.INT-G-25-02,Stipulation and Settlement,Exhibit No.1 In The present value of Line 7 discounted by the weighted average cost of capital on Line 16 over the weighted life of the assets on Line 15 let See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 2 and 14,Column(g) I91 See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 4 and 16,Column(g) Eml See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 5 and 17,Column(g) l"t See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 2 and 14,Column(b) l'ZI See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 4 and 16,Column(b) 173t See Attachment No.3,Page 3,Lines 5 and 17,Column(b) I'41 The present value of Line 25 discounted by the weighted average cost of capital on Line 37 over the weighted life of the assets on Line 36 Attachment No.3 Case No.INT-TAG-26-03 Intermountain Gas Company Page 2 of 5 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY Class Line Extension Embedded Costs Line No. Description Total Company Residential Commercial (a) (b) (c) (d) 1 Line Extension Costs Embedded in Current Rates 2 Case No.INT-G-25-02 -Depreciation(see line 21) $ 27,731,374 3 Case No.INT-G-25-02 -Operating Income at 7.23%111 37,941,092 4 Tax Gross-Up[" 13,032,006 5 Line Extension Embedded Costs(Sum of Lines 2-4) $ 78,704,472 6 Class Allocation of Line Extension Embedded Costs 7 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Distribution&Customer Rate Base(sum of line 29&32) $ 485,506,689 8 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Rate Base[" 524,773,059 9 Proposed Distribution Rate Base Percentage(Line 7 divided by Line 8) 92.52% 10 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Class Base Revenue Requirementl2l $ 90,489,383 $ 29,800,424 11 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Total Base Revenue Requirementl2l 132,595,341 132,595,341 12 Class Base Revenue Requirement Percentage(Line 10 divided by Line 11) 68.24% 22.47% 13 Class Line Extension Embedded Costsl3l $ 49,692,685 $ 16,365,048 14 Derivation of Settled Depreciation Expense 15 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Proposed Net Operating Income Before Adjustment[" $ 25,743,472 16 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Net Operating Income Settlement Adjustment[" 2,521,257 17 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Settled Net Operating Income[" $ 28,264,729 18 %Settlement Adjustment of Proposed Net Operating Income Before Adjustment 9.79% 19 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Proposed Depreciation Expense Before Adjustment,<, $ 30,742,195 20 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Depreciation Expense Settlement Adjustment (3,010,821) 21 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Settled Depreciation Expense $ 27,731,374 22 Derivation of Settled Distribution&Customer Rate Base 23 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Proposed Total Rate Base Before Adjustment[" $ 578,473,094 24 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Total Rate Base Settlement Adjustment[" (53,700,035) 25 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Settled Total Rate Base[" $ 524,773,059 26 %Settlement Adjustment of Proposed Total Rate Base Before Adjustment -9.28% 27 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Proposed Distribution Rate Base Before Adjustmentj51 $ 262,641,841 28 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Distribution Rate Base Settlement Adjustment (24,381,214) 29 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Settled Distribution Rate Base $ 238,260,627 30 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Proposed Customer Rate Base Before Adjustment[', $ 272,546,755 31 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Customer Rate Base Settlement Adjustment (25,300,693) 32 Case No.INT-G-25-02-Derived Customer Rate Base $ 247,246,062 NOTES Ill Case No.INT-G-25-02,Stipulation and Settlement,Exhibit No.1 121 Case No.INT-G-25-02,Stipulation and Settlement,Exhibit No.2 131 Line 5,Column(b)times Line 9,Column(b)times Line 12 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