20210422Avista to Staff 119-124.pdf

AVISTA CORPORATION
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UTILITIES COMMISSION
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REQUEST NO.:
04/1912021
Heather Rosentrater
Karen Cash
GFRP
(509) 49s-2856
REQUEST:
Please provide a version of Ms. Rosentrater's Appendix A Exhibit No. I I that shows costs by
jurisdiction by year for the 2018 Baseline Model and 2018 2D-Year Replacement columns in the
current appendix.
RESPONSE:
The study provided in Company witness Ms. Rosentrater's Exhibit No. I l, Schedule 6 Appendix
A was prepared by Avista's third-party consultant, ARMS Reliability. The purpose of this report is
to perform the failure analysis and lifecycle cost modeling on the Company's Aldyl A pipe
currently in service, as both an update, and to validate the analyses performed by the Company in
2013, which established the overall replacement program. This study evaluates the risk of Aldyl A
pipe still in service, based on the total population of pipe segments remaining in our system. The
analyses are not performed on sub-populations of pipe because it would add complexity and cost
to the study, and reducing the sample size would only weaken the results. Therefore, the asset
management analyses and the forecasted lifecycle costs are presented for the overall population of
pipe in service and are not available on ajurisdictional or other geographical basis.
The Company budgets for pipe replacement to meet the long-term replacement horizon and
allocates annual funding by jurisdiction based on the amount of pipe to be removed in each area
and other risk-related factors that influence the timing of replacement. The table below shows
actual spend on an annual basis by jurisdiction for years 2018 through 2020.
ACTUAL SPEND
Jurisdiction
TDAHO
OREGON
WASHINGTON
Grand Total
2018
s 4,o5g,go2
$ 7,572,903
s 10,288,541
$21,920,246
2019
s 5,019,947
s 5,945,835
S to,o+g,z+o
522,014,523
2020
s 5,253,955
s 6,391,349
$ 9,363,482
S 2L008,695
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQITEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0411912021
CASE NO: AVU-E-21-01 / AVU-G-21-01 WITNESS: Elizabeth Andrews
REQUESTER: IPUC RESPONDER: Justin Baldwin-BonneyTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: Regulatory Affairs
REQUEST NO.: Stafl121 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please provide the flight logs for all flights by Company-owned aircraft for the years 2019 through
2021as available.
RESPONSE:
Refer to Sta[PR_121 Attachment A for flight logs detailing flights from January 1,2019 through
April 13, 202l.It is firttrer noted that flight activity significantly decreased during 2020 because
of COVID 19 resffictions and precautions, however Avista believes that air travel will resume at
levels consistent with 2019 during the rate effective period.
It is further noted that all air travel was reviewed and adjusted as necessary for the test period.
Refer to Ms. Andrews Testimony, specifically the Electic Adjustnent (2.08) and Gas Adjustment
(2.08) for the reductions in the amount of $18,821 and $20,318 for electic and gasi expense,
respectively.
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR rNF'ORMATION
IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0412112021
AW-E-21-01 / AW-G-21-01 WITNESS: Mark ThiesIPUC RESPONDER: Violet Makhanov
Production Request DEPARTMENT: Tax and SubsidiaryStaft-123 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Regarding the Company's response to Production Request No. 4(d), please provide copies of
invoices, contacts, engagement letters, etc. for the $115,000 paid to Moody's.
RESPONSE:
See Staff PR 123 Attachment A.
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0412112021
AW-E-21-01 / AW-G-21-01 WITNESS: Elizabeth AndrewsIPUC RESPONDER: Heidi Evans
Production Request DEPARTMENT: Environmental AffairsStaff-124 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Regarding the Company's response to Production Request No. 6, for the year 2Ol9,please provide
copies of invoices, settlement agreements, vendor payments for the following project numbers:o 77705250: $ 320,362.67
o 09800510: $ 127,743.61
o 09803014: $ 28,986.64
RESPONSE:
See Staff Px-_124 Attachments A-C. The attachments provided include transaction listing detail
for each project number requested representing hundreds of individual items. Due to the volume
of items, a copy of each invoice has not been provided here. The Company would, however,
provide copies of a sampling of items upon request by Staff.