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Home My WebLink About20120406Canal Companies to IPC 20-29.pdfR EP V ED C. Thomas Arkoosh, ISB No. 2253 CAPITOL LAW GROUP, PLLC 205 N. 10" St., 4th Floor P.O. Box 2598 Boise, Idaho 83701-2598 Telephone: (208) 424-8872 Facsimile: (208) 424-8874 e-mail: tarkooshcapitollawgroup.com IDAHO PUiL; UTILITIE$ COMMISSK)N Attorneys for Twin Falls Canal Company, Inc. and North Side Canal Company, Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF PURPA QF CONTRACT PROVISION INCLUDING THE SUBROGATE AVOIDED RESOURSE (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED COST RATES. Case No. GNR-E-1 1-03 SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER Pursuant to Rule 225 of the Rules of Procedure of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the "Commission"), Twin Falls Canal Company and North Side Canal Company hereby request that Idaho Power provide responses to the following with supporting documents, where applicable, as soon as possible, but no later than April 16, 2012. This production request is to be considered as continuing, and Idaho Power is requested to provide by way of supplementary responses additional documents that it or any person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the responses or documents produced. SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER - I Please provide one physical copy of your responses to the address above, and electronic copies, if available, to Mr. Arkoosh at the addresses noted above, Please begin each response on a separate page and provide page numbers on responses longer than one page. For each item, please indicate the name of the person(s) preparing the answers, along with the job title of such person(s) and the witness at hearing who can sponsor the answer. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 20: In the prefiled testimony of Ms. Park describing the Company's proposed Schedule 74, references are made to "must run" resources and the following sentences describe hydro and coal resources (see page 20 line 5 through page 22 line 6). However, Exhibit 5, Schedule 74 lists Langley Gulch as a "Base Load Resource." Please provide copies of all available Siemens documents showing the operating parameters and specifications for the Langley Gulch configuration (SGT6-5000F gas turbine and SST-700 and SST-900 steam turbines) including cold start, warm start, and hot start times, minimum up times, minimum down times, minimum capacity levels and planned maintenance parameters (for example, number of start- ups or running time hours). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 21: With regard to Exhibit 5, please provide a complete explanation on why IPC has included Langley Gulch in the list of Base Load Resources. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 22: With regard to the confidential EXCEL file provided as Attachment 1 in response to Commission Staff's First Production Request, Request No. 2 (partial title: "IPCO Hourly Incremental Cost Wrkbk.xlsx"), please provide copies of all documents relied upon by the Company in determining the minimum load value for the Langley Gulch resource used in this analysis. SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 23: Please provide an EXCEL workbook file containing the hourly net generation level for each gas-fired resource--Bennett Mountain, Evander Andrews Unit No. I (Danskin 1), Evander Andrews Unit No.2 (Danskin 2) Evander Andrews Unit No. 3 (Danskin 3)--for the past four years (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 24: For each of the existing gas-fired units and Langley Gulch, please describe and provide all the specific input parameters on how each unit was modeled within AURORA. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 25: With regard to each of the existing gas-fired units, please provide copies of all available manufacturer documents showing the operating parameters and specifications for the unit including cold start, warm start, and hot start times, minimum up times, minimum down times, minimum capacity levels and planned maintenance parameters (for example, number of start-ups or running time hours). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 26: With regard to the AURORA simulation used to create the confidential EXCEL workbook file provided as Attachment I in response to Commission Staff's First Production Request, Request No. 2 (partial title: "IPCO Hourly Incremental Cost Wrkbk.xlsx"), please provide an EXCEL file containing the IPC hourly loads at the generation level (including losses) for each of the planning years (2013 —2030). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 27: With regard to the EXCEL files provided as Attachments 3-6 in response to Commission Staff's First Production Request, Request No.2 (partial title: "PURPA Project Pricing... MW.xlsx"), please provide all workpapers and other supporting documents for the values contained in the worksheet entitled Capacity Cost 2016. SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -3 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 28: With regard to the EXCEL files provided as Attachments 3-6 in response to Commission Staff's First Production Request, Request No.2 (partial title: 'PURPA Project Pricing.. . MW.xlsx"), the worksheet entitled Notes references the fact that the avoided capacity values exclude the value of RECs. Please provide IPC's most recent projection of the value of RECs for each planning year (2013-2030). REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 29: With regard to the EXCEL files provided as Attachments 3-6 in response to Commission Staff's First Production Request, Request No.2 (partial title: "PURPA Project Pricing.. .MW.xlsx"), the worksheet entitled Cost ofCapacity distributes the avoided capacity value across all expected generation for an equal $/MWh rate. Please explain if other alternative methods were considered for assigning the avoided capacity cost to time periods (such as assigning the avoided capacity cost to just heavy load hours) and why IPC believes the proposed method is the most reasonable. AD DATED this(D day of April, 2012. CAPITOL LAW GROUP, PLLC By C. Thomas Aiio'h, Of the Firm Attorneys for Twin Falls Canal Company, Inc. and North Side Canal Company, Inc. SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this(t&ttay of April, 2012, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing upon each of the following individuals by causing the same to be delivered by the method and to the addresses indicated below: Jean Jewell, Commission Secretary U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Idaho Public Utilities Commission Hand-Delivered 427 W. Washington St. Overnight Mail Boise, Idaho 83702 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail jean.iewelh2Iipuc.idaho.ov Daniel Solander U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Rocky Mountain Power Hand-Delivered 201 S. Main St., Ste. 300 Overnight Mail Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail daniel.solaner@pacificorp.com Ronald L. Williams Williams Bradbury PC 1015 W. Hays St. Boise, Idaho 83702 Bill Piske, Manager Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 E. Carter Boise, Idaho 83706 U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail ron@williamsbradburv.com U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail robertpau108gmail.com U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile X_ Via E-Mail gregmimura1aw.com U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail billoiske@cableone.net Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar II 15690 Vista circle Desert Hot Springs, CA 92241 R. Greg Ferney Mimura Law Offices, PLLC 2176 E. Franklin Rd., Ste. 120 Meridian, Idaho 83642 SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -5 Robert D. Kahn, Executive Director Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition 1117 Minor Ave., Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98101 U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail rkahnnippc.org Michael G. Andrea U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Avista Corporation Hand-Delivered 1411 East Mission Ave. Overnight Mail Spokane, WA 99202 Facsimile X_ Via E-Mail michael.andrea@avistacorv.com Dean J. Miller McDevitt & Miller, LLP P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Don Sturtevant, Energy Director J.R. Simplot Company P.O. Box 27 Boise, Idaho 83707 U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile X_ Via E-Mail joe@mcdevitt-miller.com U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile _X Via E-Mail don.sturtevan@simulot.com James Carkulis, Managing Member U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Exergy Development Group of ID, LLC Hand-Delivered 802 W. Bannock St., Ste. 1200 Overnight Mail Boise, Idaho 83702 Facsimile X Via E-Mail jcarkulisexergvdevelopment.com M.J. Humphries U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Blue Ribbon Energy LLC Hand-Delivered 4515 S. Ammon Rd. Overnight Mail Ammon, Idaho 83406 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail blueribbonenergvgmail.com Brian Olmstead, General Manager Twin Falls Canal Company P.O. Box 326 Twin Falls, Idaho 83303 U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Hand-Delivered Overnight Mail Facsimile Via E-Mail o1mstead(jcanal.com SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -6 John R. Lowe U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Consultant to Renewable Energy - Hand-Delivered Coalition Overnight Mail 12050 SW Tremont St. Facsimile Portland, OR 97225 _X_ Via E-Mail jravenesanmarcosvahoo.com Donovan E. Walker U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Jason B. Williams Hand-Delivered Idaho Power Company Overnight Mail P.O. Box 70 Facsimile Boise, Idaho 83707-0700 X Via E-Mail dwalker(Jidahopower.com williams@idahonower.com Ted Sorensen PE U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Birch Power Company Hand-Delivered 5203 South I 1k" East - Overnight Mail Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 Facsimile X_ Via E-Mail ted(â.itsorenson.net Bill Brown, Chair U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Board of Commissioners of Adams Hand-Delivered County, ID Overnight Mail P.O. Box 48 Facsimile Council, Idaho 83612 _X_ Via E-Mail bdbrownfrontiernet.net Donald L. Howell, II U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Kristine A. Sasser Hand-Delivered Deputy Attorneys General Overnight Mail Idaho Public Utilities Commission Facsimile 472 W. Washington St. _X_ Via E-Mail don.howellpuc.idaho.gov Boise, Idaho 83702 kris.sasserouc.idaho.gov Ken Miller U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Snake River Alliance Hand-Delivered P.O. Box 1731 Overnight Mail Boise, Idaho 83701 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail kmilIer(äsnakeriveralliance.org Arron F. Jepsen U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Blue Ribbon Energy, LLC Hand-Delivered 10660 South 540 East Overnight Mail Sandy, UT 84070 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail arrones@aol.com SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -7 Wade Thomas, General Counsel U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Dynamis Energy, LLC Hand-Delivered 776 W. Riverside Dr., Ste. 15 Overnight Mail Eagle, Idaho 83616 Facsimile Via E-Mail wthomas@dvnamisenerSY.COm Glenn Ikemoto U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Margaret Rueger Hand-Delivered Idaho Windfarms, LLC Overnight Mail 672 Blair Ave. Facsimile Piedmont, CA 94611 _X_ Via E-Mail glennienvisionwind.com margaretenvisionwind.com Ted Diehl, General Manager - U.S. Mail, postage prepaid North Side Canal Company Hand-Delivered 921 N. Lincoln St. Overnight Mail Jerome, Idaho 83338 Facsimile Via E-Mail nscanal@cableone.net Megan Walseth Decker U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Senior Staff Counsel Hand-Delivered Renewable Northwest Project Overnight Mail 917 SW Oak St., Ste. 303 Facsimile Portland, OR 97205 _X_ Via E-Mail meganrnp.org Peter J. Richardson U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Gregory M. Adams Hand-Delivered Richardson & O'Leary, PLLC Overnight Mail P.O. Box 7218 Facsimile Boise, Idaho 83702 _X_ Via E-Mail peter@richardsonandolearv.com gregrichardsonandolearv.com Mary Lewallen U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Clearwater Paper Corporation Hand-Delivered 601 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 1100 Overnight Mail Spokane, WA 99201 Facsimile Via E-Mail marv.lewallen@clearwaterpaper.com Benjamin J. Otto U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Idaho Conservation League Hand-Delivered P.O. Box 844 Overnight Mail Boise, Idaho 83701 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail botto(idahoconservation.org SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -8 Thomas H. Nelson U.S. Mail, postage prepaid Attorney at Law Hand-Delivered P.O. Box 1211 Overnight Mail Weiches, OR 97067-1211 Facsimile _X_ Via E-Mail nelson@thnelson.com -) C. Thomas Arkoosh" SECOND PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -9