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Home My WebLink About20120410Clearwater 11-16 to Avista.pdfPeter J. Richardson RE C E-7 1 V ED Gregory M. Adams Richardson & O'Leary, PLLC 2017 APR 10 PH 3: 52 515 N. 27" Street DA•HPULL.0 P.O. Box 7218 JTlLtTIES COMMiSS0N Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 938-7901 Fax: (208) 938-7904 peter@richardsonandoleary.com gregrichardsonandolearv.com Attorneys for Clearwater Paper Corporation 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 CLEARWATER PAPER CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED ) CORPORATION TO AVISTA COST RATES ) Pursuant to Rule 225 of the Rules of Procedure of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the "Commission"), Clearwater Paper Corporation hereby requests that Avista (or the "Company") provide responses to the following with supporting documents, where applicable, as soon as possible, but no later than May 1, 2012. This production request is to be considered as continuing, and Avista 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. For Request Nos. 11-15, please reference Direct Testimony of Clint Kalich, pages 32-33, advocating for a $45/kw delay security for QF contracts. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11: Please provide all studies, analysis, or documents used to develop this $45/kw amount. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 12: Please explain the basis for choosing the $45/kw amount. Please include explanation of whether this amount is a reasonable amount because it will provide the proper incentive for QFs to develop their projects as scheduled. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 13: Has Avista approximated its likely actual damages in the event that a QF were to delay its projected online date beyond the 180 day limit specified in the testimony? Please identify all likely costs and provide all work papers and analysis performed. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14: Has Avista ever guaranteed the online date of any of its utility-owned generation facilities, and promised to issue a rate payer refund, or otherwise reduce rates for the amount of estimated damages set at $4 5/kw or otherwise? If so, please explain the circumstances. If not, please explain why QFs need to provide such ratepayer protections but the utility does not. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15: Reference IPUC Order No. 30611, at p. 2, approving CWIP and AFUDC for the Reardan wind farm, which Avista intended to reach commercial online status by year end 2011, and stating "Avista believe[d] it [wa]s cost effective and prudent to secure land rights and equipment now, even though actual construction will not begin until 2011." Page 2— SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION TO AVISTA - GNR-E-1 1-03 (a)Please explain the status of the Reardan wind farm, whether it came online as projected in 2011, its approximate online date, and the reason for any delays. (b)Please identify and provide the costs spent by Avista on the Reardan project to date. Please identify any costs included in Avista' s retail rates implicitly or explicitly. (c)Please explain how Avista was able to change its plans for Reardan's projected online date without compromising Avista's need to acquire RPS compliant generation to meet Washington RPS targets. Did Avista acquire another RPS compliant resource instead of Reardan? (d)What were Avista's actual costs incurred in the delayed or permanently deferred online date for Reardan? Please provide all supporting work papers and an explanation. (e)Will Avista provide rate payers a $45/kw delay damages refund if Reardan is not online within 180 days of year end 2011, as projected in the application in Case No. AVU-E-08-04? Please explain why or why not. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 16: Reference Avista's Application, dated June 4, 2008, for CWTP and AFUDC for Reardan wind farm in Case No. AVU-E-08-04, stating "intent to meet a commercial operation date by the end of 201 1," and IPUC Order No. Order No. 30611, approving CWIP and AFUDC on August 6, 2008. If Avista expected to need over two years from time of approval of accounting treatment for its wind plant to reach online status, please explain why it is reasonable to require QFs to achieve online status within two years of PPA execution to obtain the fixed rates contained in the PPA, as proposed in the Direct Testimony of Clint Kalich at page 31? Does Avista believe two years is a reasonable time to develop a utility scale generation facility? Please identify all utility scale generation facilities built by or under contract with Avista in the past ten years, which were constructed within 2 years. Please include discussion of whether Reardan was constructed within two years of the order cited above. DATED: April 10, 2012 Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY PLLC Page 3— SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF CLEAR WATER PAPER CORPORATION TO AVISTA - GNR-E-1 1-03 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 10th day of April, 2012, a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION TO AVISTA CORPORATION was served as shown to: Jean D Jewell, Secretary )L Hand Delivery Idaho Public Utilities Commission U S Mail, postage pre-paid 472 West Washington - Facsimile Boise, Idaho 83702 ) Electronic Mail jean.iewe11vuc.idaho. gov Donald Howell - Hand Delivery Kris Sasser _U.S. Mail, postage pre-paid Idaho Public Utilities Commission - Facsimile 472 West Washington X Electronic Mail Boise, Idaho 83702 dona1d.howell(puc.idaho.gov krisine.sasser@puc.idaho.gov Donovan E. Walker - Hand Delivery Lisa D. 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