20180126Avista to Staff_DR_208(H1).DOCX

HYDRO ONE LIMITED
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:OREGONDATE PREPARED:November 6, 2017
CASE NO.:UM 1897WITNESS:Chris Lopez
REQUESTER:PUC StaffRESPONDER:Adele PantusaTYPE:Data RequestDEPT:Law
REQUEST NO.:Staff – 208(H1)TELEPHONE:[phone]EMAIL:[e-mail]:
Please explain how Hydro One allocates shared costs to all jurisdictions in which the company operates and provides electric services; please also explain how Hydro One allocates shared costs to its affiliates. In your response, please also include the following information for Hydro One’s most recent completed rate case:
Written policies and procedures regarding allocation methodologies;
The allocation factors worksheets used to prepare the rate case;
Any modifications to the allocation methodology proposed by intervenors; and,
The allocation factors used as applied in the ordered rates
RESPONSE:
Hydro One operates solely in Ontario. Hydro One allocates shared costs between its utilities and their affiliates in accordance with the Ontario Energy Board’s Affiliate Relationships Code for Electricity Distributors and Transmitters. The company uses a spreadsheet based methodology for allocating said costs.Hydro One’s Shared Corporate Services Cost Allocation and Transfer Pricing Policy (Staff_DR_208(H1) Attachment A) and the latest version of the Ontario Energy Board’s Affiliate Relationships Code for Distributors and Transmitters (Staff_DR_208(H1) Attachment B) deal with allocation methodologies, with which Hydro One complies.
“Review of Allocation of Common Corporate Costs (Distribution)-2015” (Staff_DR_208(H1) Attachment C), which outlines the allocation factors used to prepare the rate case.
c.In respect of Hydro One’s most recently completed rate case, intervenors did not propose any modifications to Hydro One’s allocation methodology.
d.Please refer to our response to b. above.