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Home My WebLink About20120210IPC 1-6 to Simplot.pdfJASON B. WILLIAMS Corporate Counsel jwilliams(âidahopower.com February 10, 2012 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 1SIDA.:PORCI An IDACORP Company 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 JBW:csb Enclosures Enclosed for filing please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's First Production Request to the J.R. Simplot Company in the above matter. Dear Ms. Jewell: Very truly yours,~ ú9..'?- Jason B. Willams 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 dwalkertcidahopower.com jwilliamstcidahopower.com RECEIVED lOll fEB i 0 PH 4: 43 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 THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet'), by and through its attorneys, and hereby requests that the J.R. Simplot Company ("Simplot") 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 THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 1 This production request is to be deemed continuing in nature and Simplot 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 facility projects Simplot or any of its Affliates 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 "Affiliates" shall mean any entity, corporation, person, joint venture, partnership, or joint development agreement in which Simplot 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 Simplot or its Affiliates has with the public utiity. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.3: For each project listed in response to Request for Production NO.1, please describe whether Simplot and/or its Affilates retain 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 Simplots or its Affilates' possession relating to the value, marketabilty, creation, title, and/or existence of RECs. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.5: Has Simplot 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 Simplot or any of its Affilates 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 Simplot 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 Simplot employee(s) or agent(s), and describe the efforts used to engage them. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 10th day of February 2012.\ /\ IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 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 THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY 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 2ih Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 -- Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email don.howelltcpuc.idaho.gov kris.sassertcpuc. idaho .gov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email michael.andreatcavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email daniel.solandertcpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email kaufmanntclklaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email petertcrichardsonandolearv.com gregtcrichardsonandolearv.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 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 -- Email jcarkulistcexergydevelopment.com Grand View Solar II Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar II 15690 Vista Circle Desert Hot Springs, California 92241 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email robertapaul08tcgmail.com 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 -- Email don.sturtevanttcsimplot.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 -- Email rkahntcnippc.org Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Bil Brown, Chair Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho P.O. Box 48 Council, Idaho 83612 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email bd brownCâfrontiernet. 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 -- Email marv.lewallentcclearwaterpaper.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 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 -- Email nelsonØlthneslon.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email jravenesanmarcosØlyahoo.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email ronØlwillamsbradbury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email wthomasØldynamisenergy.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email gregØlmimuralaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email bilpiskeØlcableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email joeØlmcdevitt-miler.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 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 meganØlrnp.org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail -: Overnight Mail FAX -- Email glenniØlenvisionwind.com margaretØlenvisionwind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email smdcmidahowaters.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email olmsteadcmtfcanal.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email nscanaicmcableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email tedcmtsorenson.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email blueribbonenergycmgmail.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 7 Arron F. Jepson Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 10660 South 540 East Sandy, Utah 84070 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -- Email arronesgcmaol.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 bottocmidahoconservation.org Snake River Allance Ken Miler Clean Energy Program Director Snake River Allance 350 North 9th Street #B61 0 P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email kmilercmsnakeriverallance.org\ A.~~-;~iiams IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY - 8