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Home My WebLink About20120210IPC 1-6 to Clearwater.pdfRECEIVED 1SIDA~POR~ JASON B. WILLIAMS Corporate Counsel jwilliamstâidahopower.com An IDACORP company February 10,2012 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Re: Case No. GNR-E-11-03 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF PURPA OF CONTRACT PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (lRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULA TlNG PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATES Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filng please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's First Production Request to Clearwater Paper Corporation in the above matter. Very truly yours, \ c/ac2Jason B. Willams " r: JBW:csb Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) JASON B. WILLIAMS (ISB No. 8718) Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5317 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 dwalker(âidahopower.com jwilliams(âidahopower.com RECEIVED 2012 FEB l 0 PH 4: 41 iD,ô~J~lCj P1JE,LIC, '. UTILITIES COMMISSiON Attorneys for Idaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S ) REVIEW OF PURPA QF CONTRACT ) PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE ) SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE ) (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE ) PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR ) CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED )COST RATES. ) ) CASE NO. GNR-E-11-03 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet'), by and through its attorneys, and hereby requests that Clearwater Paper Corporation ("Clearwatet') answer the following production requests and provide the following information and documents in accordance with the Idaho Public Utilties Commission's ("Commission") Rules of Procedure and applicable scheduling orders and notices issued by the Commission in this proceeding. Idaho Power requests responses to these production requests be provided as soon as possible, but no later than March 2, 2012. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 1 This production request is to be deemed continuing in nature and Clearwater is requested to provide, through supplementation, additional documents or information that are responsive to this request that it, or any person acting on its behalf, may later come into possession or become aware of. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.1: Please provide a list of all qualifying facilty projects Clearwater or any of its Affilates owns, developed, is currently planning or developing, and/or has or had any type of ownership or control of in the state of Idaho. For the purposes of these production requests, the term "Affliates" shall mean any entity, corporation, person, joint venture, partnership, or joint development agreement in which Clearwater has any ownership or control. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.2: For each project listed in response to Request for Production No.1, please identify the point of interconnection and provide a , copy of the firm energy sales agreement and/or power purchase agreement Clearwater or its Affiliates has with the public utilty to which it sells energy. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.3: For each project listed in response to Request for Production NO.1, please describe whether Clearwater or its Affiliates retains the environmental attributes, including any and all renewable energy credits ("RECs") or green tags resulting from the generation of energy from the project. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.4: Please provide all studies, analyses, reports, and any other documentation whether electronic or in writing in Clearwater's or any of its Affiliates' possession relating to the value, marketability, creation, title, and/or existence of RECs. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.5: Has Clearwater or any of its Affiliates conducted any lobbying or attempted to influence the Idaho Legislature at any time on any proposed or draft legislation relative to REC ownership? If yes, please document all resources used by Clearwater and its Affiliates in doing so, including costs and time devoted by individual employees or consultants. Please also explain and document said attempt(s). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.6: Has Clearwater or any of its Affilates attempted to recruit, influence, or otherwise engage non-legislators to support REC legislation? If yes, please provide copies of all draft legislation and other documents used or relied upon in doing so and identify the individuals, including the Clearwater or its Affiliates employee(s) or agent(s), and describe the efforts used to engage them. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 10th day of February 2012.l\. , ÄS B. WILLIAMS rney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 10th day of February 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Donald L. Howell, II Kristine A. Sasser Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Avista Corporation Michael G. Andrea Avista Corporation 1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-23 P.O. Box 3727 Spokane, Washington 99220-3727 PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power Daniel E. Solander PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Kenneth Kaufmann LOVINGER KAUFMANN, LLP 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 925 Portland, Oregon 97232 Exergy Development, Grand View Solar II, J.R. Simplot, Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition, Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, and Clearwater Paper Corporation Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 2¡th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 -l Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email don.howell(âpuc.idaho.gov kris.sasser(âpuc. idaho .gov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email michael.andrea(âavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email daniel.solander(âpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email kaufmann(âlklaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email peter(ârichardsonandoleary.com 9 reg(ârichardsonandoleary. com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 4 Exergy Development Group James Carkulis, Managing Member Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email jcarkulis(âexergydevelopment.com Grand View Solar II Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar II 15690 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email robertapaul08(âgmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email don.sturtevant(âsimplot.com 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email rkahn(ânippc.org Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Bill Brown, Chair Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho P.O. Box 48 Council, Idaho 83612 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email bdbrown(âfrontiernet.net Clearwater Paper Corporation Marv Lewallen Clearwater Paper Corporation 601 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100 Spokane, Washington 99201 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email marv.lewallen(âclearwaterpaper.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 5 Renewable Energy Coalition Thomas H. Nelson, Attorney P.O. Box 1211 Welches, Oregon 97067-1211 John R. Lowe, Consultant Renewable Energy Coalition 12050 SW Tremont Street Portland, Oregon 97225 Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Willams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Wade Thomas, General Counsel Dynamis Energy, LLC 776 East Riverside Drive, Suite 150 Eagle, Idaho 83616 Interconnect Solar Development, LLC R. Greg Ferney MIMURA LAW OFFICES, PLLC 2176 East Franklin Road, Suite 120 Meridian, Idaho 83642 Bil Piske, Manager Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 East Carter Boise, Idaho 83706 Renewable Northwest Project and Idaho Windfarms, LLC Dean J. Miler McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX -l Email nelson(âthneslon.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email jravenesanmarcos(âyahoo.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email ron(âwillamsbradbury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX -l Email wthomas(âdynamisenergy.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email greg(âmimuralaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email bilpiske(âcableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email joe(âmcdevitt-miler.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 6 Megan Walseth Decker Senior Staff Counsel Renewable Northwest Project 917 SW Oak Street, Suite 303 Portland, Oregon 97205 Idaho Windfarms, LLC Glenn Ikemoto Margaret Rueger Idaho Windfarms, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, California 94611 North Side Canal Company and Twin Falls Canal Company Shelley M. Davis BARKER ROSHOLT & SIMPSON, LLP 1010 West Jefferson Street, Suite 102 (83702) 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 Birch Power Company Ted S. Sorenson, P.E. Birch Power Company 5203 South 11 th East Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 Blue Ribbon Energy LLC M. J. Humphries Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 4515 South Ammon Road Ammon, Idaho 83406 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email megan(ârnp.org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email glenniayenvisionwind.com margaretayenvisionwind.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email smdayidahowaters.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email olmsteadaytfcanal.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email nscanaiaycableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email tedaytsorenson.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email blueribbonenergyaygmail.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 7 Arron F. Jepson Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 10660 South 540 East Sandy, Utah 84070 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email arronesgayaol.com Idaho Conservation League Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 North Sixth Street (83702) P.O. Box 844 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email bottoayidahoconservation.org Snake River Allance Ken Miler Clean Energy Program Director Snake River Allance 350 North 9th Street #B610 P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email kmileraysnakeriverallance.org /\ , IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION - 8