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Home My WebLink About20120403IPC Objection to Exergy No.11.pdfIDAHO RECEIVE 1 90130MR. An IOACORP Company ?R3 PMI2"57 JASON B WILLIAMS Corporate Counsel TILT1ES .JSMM IwiIliams(äidahopower.com April 3, 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 QF CONTRACT PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATES Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Objection to Production Request No. 11 of Exergy Development Group of Idaho's Second Production Request to Idaho Power Company in the above matter. Very truly yours, Jason B. Williams 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 dwaIker(äidahopower.com iwilIiamscidahopower.com RECE WED 2012 APR PM 12:57 IDAHO F1JB!.JC 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 OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power") and objects to Production Request No. 11 of Exergy Development Group of Idaho's Second Production Request to Idaho Power Company dated March 20, 2012, as follows: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -1 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11: According to the Commission's accepted "IRP Methodology' [sic] (IPUC Order No. 26576, IPC-E-95-9) and IPUC Staff Witness Rick Sterling's direct testimony Exhibit 101, "the avoided cost of the QF project is the difference in the present value of the revenue requirements (PVRR) between the base case resource plan and a modified resource plan that includes the QF resource." (Exhibit 101, IPC-E-95-9, R. Sterling, page 14.) Under the existing IRP Methodology in place on the date of this request, please explain in detail how the Company incorporates the "revenue requirement" as it would in filing for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN, i.e. return of and on investment, all taxes, etc.), in the calculation of rates offered in contracts to QFs. OBJECTION TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11: Idaho Power objects on the grounds that the request is vague, ambiguous, imprecise, or utilizes terms that are subject to multiple interpretations but are not properly defined or explained. The response to this Request was prepared by Jason B. Williams, Corporate Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 3 rd day of April 2012. 4A8'ON B. WILLIAMS Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 3 d day of April 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER 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 Utilities 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 dibla Rocky Mountain Power Daniel E. Solander PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 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 27th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 X Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don. howeII(äpuc.idaho.qov kris.sasser(äpuc.idaho.cov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email michaeI. and reaavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email danieI.so land ercpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email Pete rrichardsonando lea rv.com qreq(ärichardsonandoleary.com Exergy Development Group Hand Delivered James Carkulis, Managing Member U.S. Mail Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC Overnight Mail 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 FAX Boise, Idaho 83702 X Email icarkuIisexeravdevelopment.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -3 Grand View Solar It 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 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 Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Bill Brown, Chair Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho P.O. Box 48 Council, Idaho 83612 Clearwater Paper Corporation Mary Lewallen Clearwater Paper Corporation 601 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100 Spokane, Washington 99201 Renewable Energy Coalition and Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Williams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertapauI08cqmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don.sturtevantsimDlot.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahnnippc.orcj _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail —Overnight Mail FAX X Email bdbrown(frontiernet.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email mary. lewaIlen(clearwaterpaper.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ron(wilIiamsbradbury.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 11 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -4 Renewable Energy Coalition Thomas H. Nelson, Attorney P.O. Box 1211 Welches, Oregon 97067-1211 John R. 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