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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20110113IPC to NIPPC 13-22.pdfDONOVAN E. WALKER Senior Counsel dwalkertæidahopower.com ?ΕΎ11W~POR~ An IDACORP Company January 12, 2011 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Re: Case No. GNR-E-10-04 IN THE MA ITER OF THE JOINT PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY, AVISTA CORPORATION, AND PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER TO ADDRESS AVOIDED COST ISSUES AND TO ADJUST THE PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATE ELIGIBILITY CAP Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filng please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Response to the Third Production Request of the Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition to Joint Utilties in the above matter. DEW:csb Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.o. Box 70 Boise. ID 83707 DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5317 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 dwalker(ãidahopower.com Inordstrom(ãidahopower.com Attorneys for Idaho Power Company Street Address for Express Mail: 1221 West Idaho Street Boise, Idaho 83702 RCA,,,t '\ L,~v C": r f-..,;-; ZOU JAN 12 PH~:49 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY, AVISTA CORPORATION, AND PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER TO ADDRESS AVOIDED COST ISSUES AND TO ADJUST THE PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATE ELIGIBILITY CAP. ) ) CASE NO. GNR-E-10-04 ) ) IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S ) RESPONSE TO THE THIRD ) PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE ) NORTHWEST AND ) INTERMOUNTAIN POWER ) PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT ) UTILITIES ) COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet' or "Company"), and in response to the Third Production Request of the Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition to Joint Utilties dated December 22, 2010, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 1 REQUEST NO. 13: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 3 (stating "Avista is now receiving proposals for utility scale projects" under PURPA). (a) Please admit or deny that Avista has submitted no evidence in this docket supporting this claim. (b) If Avista's response in (a) is to deny, please explain what evidence in the record supports this claim. (c) Please define "utilty scale." RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 13: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition's ("NIPPC") Production Request No. 13. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 2 REQUEST NO. 14: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 5 (stating "Today's published rates have attracted 450 MW of new development to Avista's system; 90% was received over the past year, and nearly half over the past 3 months"). (a) Please admit or deny that Avista has submitted no evidence in this docket supporting this claim. Please explain. (b) Please admit or deny that Avista has not entered into any PURPA PPAs in the time frame referenced. (c) If Avista's response in (b) is to deny, please provide a copy of the PPA and identify the IPUC case number where Avista sought approval. (d) If Avista's response in (b) is to admit, please explain why none of the 350 MW of requested PURPA PPAs were executed. (d) (sic)Please admit or deny that prior to filing of Avista's Initial Comments on December 22, 2010, Avista and/or the Joint Utilties had not specified in a filing in this docket any amount of PURPA development requests to Avista in the last year. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 14: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 14. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 3 REQUEST NO. 15: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 5 (stating that the published avoided cost rates are $15/MWh higher than Avista's avoided costs). (a) Does Avista believe this is an accurate estimate of the value of the capacity not provided by wind projects? (b) Please identify the pleading and Case number where the Joint Utilties "proposed recently" that the Commission adopt this $15/MWh capacity reduction. (c) Would this capacity reduction of $15/MWh include wind integration, or would the utilties also reduce the avoided costs paid to wind QFs by wind integration in addition to the $15/MWh capacity reduction. (d) Does Avista believe that $15/MWh is an accurate estimate of the value of RECs? Please provide supporting evidence. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 15: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 15. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 4 REQUEST NO. 16: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 6 (stating Avista cannot guarantee system reliabilty at the levels of PURPA project output being offered). (a) Please explain the level of wind output (nameplate MW) Avista believes it could safely integrate with existing resources. (b) Please explain the level of wind output Avista believes would require it to obtain new generating resources. Please identify the type and amount (nameplate MW) of resources needed at varying wind penetration levels (nameplate MWs). (c) Please identify the page number(s) in Avista's most recent wind integration study supporting the levels cited in (a) and (b). If none is available, please explain the basis for the levels asserted in (a) and (b), and provide any supporting work papers or other evidence. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 16: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 16. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 5 REQUEST NO. 17: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 6 (stating that projects above 100 kw can negotiate contract rates). This question is directed at all three utilties individually. NIPPC requests that Idaho Power, RMP, and Avista each provide separate answers to this request. (a) Please identify each PURPA PPA containing negotiated rates entered into in the last five years, including the case number for Commission approval of the PPA. (b) Please identify and explain and document the average length of time of negotiation from initial contact to final executed PPA for each PPA listed in response to (a). (c) Please explain how may QF requests for PPAs containing negotiated rates have not resulted in an executed PPA during that same time period. (d) Please identify all wind QF PPAs that were executed during the period of the reduction in the eligibilty cap to 100 kw in Case No. IPC-E-05-22. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 17: (a) In the last five years, Idaho Power has negotiated power purchase agreements with Rockland Wind Project LLC, IPC-E-10-24, and Tuana Springs Expansion and Cassia Gulch Wind Park, IPC-E-09-24. (b) The time required to negotiate these agreements varies for each specific project. One of the key items in any negotiation is the proposed energy pricing. In the case of a negotiated-rate PURPA agreement, Idaho Power is required by the Idaho Public Utilties Commission ("Commission") to develop an initial energy price by executing the IRP/AURORA modeL. In order to run this model accurately, the project must supply at least one yeats estimated hourly generation. Upon receipt of this IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 6 generation data, Idaho Power executes the model and is typically able to supply an energy value back to the proposed project within a couple weeks of when the data is received. In reviewing the two projects listed in item (a) above, there is no definitive point in time when actual contract negotiations began. After initial contact from both parties, various discussions and processes were initiated. This included discussion and work related to the issues of transmission, interconnection, data requests, price modeling, and other general contract concepts. As these discussions and processes moved forward, draft agreements were exchanged between the parties. Many factors that affect the length of time of negations are outside of Idaho Powets control (i.e., the project's responsiveness to negotiations, project indecision, and unique circumstances of the proposed project - to name a few). (c) Idaho Power keeps no specific records of the information requested. Based upon recollection, approximately 3 or 4 initial contacts interested in contracts progressed to the point that energy pricing proposals were developed. For whatever reason, none of those projects desired to move ahead with their proposed projects. (d) The initial Application in Case No. IPC-E-05-22 was filed on June 17, 2005. The 100 kilowatt ("kW") eligibilty cap was put in place by Commission Order No. 29839, issued on August 4, 2005. The eligibilty cap was raised from 100 kW to 10 average megawatts ("aMW") by Commission Order No. 30488, issued on February 20, 2008. During the period of time that the 100 kW eligibilty cap was in place from August 4, 2005, thru February 20, 2008, the following wind contracts were executed: Lava Beds, Milner Dam, Notch Butte, Salmon Falls, Cassia Gulch, Cassia Wind Farm, Magic IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 7 Wind Park, Alkali, Bennett Creek, and Hot Springs. These contracts contained the published avoided cost rates for projects less than 10 aMW. The response to this Request was prepared by Randy C. Allphin, Senior Energy Contracts Coordinator, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 8 REQUEST NO. 18: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 7 (stating that non-wind projects have the abilty to "break their facilties into smaller pieces with the express intent of obtaining a rate that in many cases wil not equal avoided costs"). (a) Please explain how the following resources would break their facilties into smaller pieces, as described in the filng: (i) small hydropower, (ii) biomass, (iii), co- generation, (iv) anaerobic digester, (v) solar. Does Avista believe these pieces of larger facilties for each of these resource types could have generation equipment separated by one mile yet remain financially viable? Please provide examples of projects that have done so or other evidence supporting the claim that any of these resources could do so. (b) If none of these resources listed in (a) could be split into smaller pieces separated by one mile, please explain what non-wind QF resources could do so and explain how. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 18: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, as this question is directed to Avista only, please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 18. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 9 REQUEST NO. 19: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 7 (stating that QF resources do not provide capacity). (a) Please explain how much Avista would pay to a QF for capacity through the current published rates. (b) Please explain whether Avista's current published rates would compensate a QF at times when it is not delivering energy. (c) Does Avista provide capacity payments to any QFs at times when no energy is delivered? Please explain. (d) In the past five years, has Avista made capacity payments to any generation resources owned by independent producers at times when no energy is delivered? If yes, please provide the contract under which such payments were made. (e) Please provide the Lancaster Plant agreement effective January 1, 2010, referenced in Direct Testimony of Randy Lobb, Commission Staff, Case Nos. AVU-E- 09-1 and AVU-G-09-1, pp. 17-18 (May 29,2009). (f) Are the cost estimates to ratepayers for the Lancaster plant agreement in that case stil accurate? If not please provide updated estimates with supporting work papers. Reference Direct Testimony of Randy Lobb, Case Nos. AVU-E-09-1 and AVU- G-09-1, at p. 22 (estimating 2010 fixed costs of $20.87 per MWh, and a projected generation cost range of from $58 to $72 per MWh). RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 19: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 19. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 10 The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 11 REQUEST NO. 20: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, footnote 3 (stating Avista is concerned about non-wind variable resources for which the wind integration charge would not apply). (a) Please identify the resource type(s) that would be non-wind and impose integration costs on Avista's system. (b) Please provide supporting evidence for Avista's concern regarding this resource type(s), such as requests or inquiries for PURPA PPAs from developers of such resource types in the last year. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 20: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 20. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 12 REQUEST NO. 21: Reference Avista's Initial Comments, page 9 (stating that QF wind projects taking the published rates wil force ratepayers to pay higher rates than they would for similar projects built by utilties). (a) Please explain the construction status of Avista's Reardon wind farm. Wil the project be online in 2012 as projected in the most recent IRP? When wil the project be online, and what wil its nameplate capacity be at that time. (b) If the Reardon project wil not achieve the online date projected in the IRP, wil Avista's customers incur damages? Please estimate those damages and explain the basis for the estimate. Does Avista believe that $45/kw is an accurate estimate of potential damages? If so, wil Avista issue a ratepayer refund in that amount? (b) (sic)Please provide an accounting of the amounts Avista has spent on the project to date. (c) (sic)Please explain the amount Avista wil charge to its ratepayers for the Reardon project. (d) (sic)Please provide a cost estimate (of $/MWh) to ratepayers for the future output of this project. Please provide supporting work papers. (e) (sic)Please explain whether Avista selected the Reardon project in an RFP. If the RFP included a PPA template, please provide it. Did the IPUC approve the RFP? Please explain. Has the IPUC authorized any activity related to Reardon. Please explain. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 21: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 21. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 13 The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 14 REQUEST NO. 22: If Avista is permitted to negotiate the avoided cost rate with QFs larger than 100 kw, what role wil the current SAR methodology play in determining that rate? RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 22: Answering hereto on behalf of Idaho Power Company only, Idaho Power does not have this information. Please see Avista's response to NIPPC's Production Request No. 22. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Senior Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 12th day of Jan DONOVAN E. WALKER Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 15 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 12th day of January 2011 I served a true and correct copy of the IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Donald L. Howell, " Kristine Sasser Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 -- Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email don.howell(ãpuc.idaho.gov kris.sasser((puc. idaho.gov Avista Corporation Michael G. Andrea Clint Kalich Avista Corporation 1411 East Mission Avenue - MSC-23 P.O. Box 3727 Spokane, Washington 99220-3727 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email michael.andrea((avistacorp.com clint. kalich((avistacorp .com PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power Daniel E. Solander J. Ted Weston Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email daniel.solander((pacificorp.com ted. weston((pacificorp.com Bruce Griswold PacifiCorp 825 NE Multnomah Portland, Oregon 97232 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email bruce.griswold((pacifiCorp.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES - 16 Exergy, Grand View Solar, J. R. Simplot, Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition, & Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Peter J. Richardson Greg Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 27th Street P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83702 Exergy Development Group James Carkulis, Managing Member Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 Boise, Idaho 83702 Grand View Solar II Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar" 15960 Vista Circle Desert Hot Springs, California 92241 J.R. Simplot Company Don Sturtevant, Energy Director J.R. Simplot Company One Capital Center 999 Main Street P.O. Box 27 Boise, Idaho 83707-0027 Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Robert D. Kahn, Executive Director Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition 1117 Minor Avenue, Suite 300 Seattle, Washington 98101 Renewable Energy Coalition Thomas H. Nelson, Attorney P.O. Box 1211 Welches, Oregon 97067-1211 Hand Delivered -- U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email peter((richardsonandolearv.com greg((richardsonandoleary.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email jcarkulis((exergydevelopment.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email robertapauI08((gmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email don.sturtevant((simplot.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email rkahn((nippc.org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email nelson((thnelson.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES -17 John R. Lowe, Consultant Renewable Energy Coalition 12050 SW Tremont Street Portland, Oregon 97225 Cedar Creek Wind, LLC, & Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Wiliams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Cedar Creek Wind, LLC Scott Montgomery, President Cedar Creek Wind, LLC 668 Rockwood Drive North Salt Lake, Utah 84054 Dana Zentz, Vice President Summit Power Group, Inc. 2006 East Westminster Spokane, Washington 99223 Dynamis Energy, LLC Wade Thomas, General Counsel Dynamis Energy, LLC 776 East Riverside Drive, Suite 15 Eagle, Idaho 83616 Idaho Windfarms, LLC Glenn Ikemoto Margaret Rueger Idaho Windfarms, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, California 94611 Interconnect Solar Development, LLC R. Greg Ferney MIMURA LAW OFFICES, PLLC 2176 East Franklin Road, Suite 120 Meridian, Idaho 83642 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email jravenesanmarcos((yahoo.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email ron((willamsbradbury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email scott((westernenergy.us Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email dzentz((summitpower.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email wthomas((dynamisenergy.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email glenni((EnvisionWind.com Margaret((EnvisionWind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email greg((mimuralaw.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST AND INTERMOUNTAIN POWER PRODUCERS COALITION TO JOINT UTILITIES -18 Bil Piske, Manager Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 East Carter Boise, Idaho 83706 Intermountain Wind LLC Dean J. Miler McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Paul Martin Intermountain Wind LLC P.O. Box 353 Boulder, Colorado 80306 North Side Canal Company and Twin Falls Canal Company Shelley M. Davis BARKER ROSHOLT & SIMPSON, LLP 1010 West Jefferson Street, Suite 102 P.O. Box 2139 Boise, Idaho 83701-2139 Brian Olmstead, General Manager Twin Falls Canal Company P.O. Box 326 Twin Falls, Idaho 83303 Ted Diehl, General Manager North Side Canal Company 921 North Lincoln Street Jerome, Idaho 83338 Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Bil Brown, Chair Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho P.O. 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