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Home My WebLink About20120409Exergy 9-14 to PAC.pdfPeter J. Richardson RECEIVED Gregory M. Adams Richardson & O'Leary, PLLC ZU!? APR 9 PM l: 148 515 N. 27th Street iDAHO PUB P.O. Box 7218 L SO UTILITIES OOMMIN Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 938-7901 Fax: (208) 938-7904 peter@richardsonandolearv.com greg(21richardsonando1eary.com Attorneys for Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S ) REVIEW OF PURPA QF CONTRACT ) CASE NO. GNR-E-1 1-03 PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE ) SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE ) SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR ) OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED ) GROUP OF IDAHO TO ROCKY COST RATES ) POWER COMPANY Pursuant to Rule 225 of the Rules of Procedure of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the "Commission"), Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC hereby requests that Rocky Mountain Power (or the "Company") provide responses to the following with supporting documents, where applicable, as soon as possible, but no later than April 30, 2012. This production request is to be considered as continuing, and Rocky Mountain 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. Please provide one physical copy of your responses to the address above, and electronic copies, if available, to Mr. Richardson and Mr. Adams at the addresses noted above, and one copy to Dr. Reading at 6070 Hill Road, Boise, Idaho 83703. Please provide Dr. Reading's copy in electronic format, if available, to dreadingmindspring.com . 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. 9: Reference Direct Testimony of Kelcey Brown, page 5, containing representative avoided cost rates calculated with the IRP Methodology. Please provide the 20-year, estimated, levelized rate based cost of Rocky Mountain Power's Lakeside 2 gas plant. Please provide all work papers used in calculating the rate base value. Please explain any difference in price from that provided in the testimony for the Base Load Thermal QF. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 10: Reference Direct Testimony of Kelcey Brown, Exhibit 201, page 3. Please provide the 20-year, estimated, levelized rate based cost of the Rocky Mountain Power's Rolling Hills Wind Project. Please provide all work papers used in calculating the rate base value. Please explain if the Company analyzed the value of the plant in its IRP Methodology approved by the IPUC prior to commissioning the plant, and provide any such analysis and work papers. If not, please explain why the Company does not require its own plants to prove cost effective in same IRP Methodology used for QF contract pricing. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11: Reference Direct Testimony of Paul Clements, pages 3-6. Please provide the Schedule 38 currently approved for Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. For each state, please state how many years the tariff has been in effect, how many QFs have requested indicative pricing under the tariff, and how many QFs have executed PPAs utilizing the Schedule. Page 2— SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF EXERGY TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - GNR-E-1 1-03 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 12: Please provide PacifiCorp's Schedule 37 for small QFs in Oregon. Please state how many years the tariff has been in effect, how many QFs have requested indicative pricing under the tariff, and how many QFs have executed PPAs utilizing the Schedule. Please explain why Rocky Mountain Power has not proposed use of Schedule 37 for small QFs in Idaho. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 13: Reference Direct Testimony of Paul Clements, page 9, stating "since the utility is buying the energy from that particular facility, no one else can truthfully claim to be doing so." Please state whether PacifiCorp has purchased renewable energy credits from entities which do not deliver their electrical output to PacifiCorp or its affiliated utilities such as Rocky Mountain Power. Please provide the number of renewable energy credits purchased by PacifiCorp (in MWh units) in each year 2006 through 2011. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14: Reference Direct Testimony of Paul Clements, page 9, stating double counting of renewable generation is false advertising at best and fraud at worst. (a)Please provide the IPUC Order declaring Rocky Mountain Power owns environmental attributes from QFs selling to it at the avoided cost rates. (b)Reference Oregon PUC Order No. Order No. 05-1229, at p. 8, ruling that Oregon QFs retain the RECs because the "rates based on avoided costs do not include compensation for any social or environmental benefits that may be associated with a particular facility's generation of electricity." Is it Rocky Mountain Power's position that the Oregon PUC committed a fraud in issuing this ruling? Are the Oregon QFs committing a fraud by separately conveying their RECs. (c)Please explain how a fraud is committed when RECs are sold. DATED: April 9, 2012 9c1t Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY PLLC Page 3—SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF EXERGY TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - GNR-E- 11-03 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 9th day of April, 2012, a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO, LLC TO PACIFICORP/dba ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER was served as shown to Jean D. Jewell, Secretary ) Hand Delivery Idaho Public Utilities Commission U.S. Mail, postage pre-paid 472 West Washington Facsimile Boise, Idaho 83702 X . Electronic Mail jean jewell@puc idaho gov Donald Howe!! 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