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Home My WebLink About20120412IPC to Staff 2.pdfIHO RECEIVED PIVER® An IDACORP Company 4:47 DONOVAN E. WALKER lDAH Lead Counsel dwalker(idahoDower.com April 12, 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 Supplemental Response to Request No. 2 of the First Production Request of the Commission Staff ("Staff') to Idaho Power Company in the above matter. Also enclosed are four (4) copies each of non-confidential and confidential disks containing updated information responsive to Staff's First Production Request. Please handle the confidential information in accordance with the Protective Agreement executed in this proceeding. Donovan E. Walker DEW: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(idahopower.com jwiIIiams(äidahopower.com RECE WEE 212 APR 12 PM 4: 47 J3L 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 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power"), and supplements it response to Request No. 2 of the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company dated March 8, 2012, as follows: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -1 REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide a copy of all spreadsheets used by Idaho Power to analyze and or apply the results of the AURORA incremental hourly costs results referred to in Request No. I to derive proposed avoided cost rates for specific resource types. Please include in the spreadsheet(s) sample data for each resource type analyzed. Please provide an executable copy of the spreadsheet with all formulas intact. SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: Included on the respective confidential and non-confidential CDs provided are five updated Excel files originally identified as Attachments I and 3-6 in Idaho Power's original response to Staff's Production Request No. 2. The updated files, Supplemental Attachments I and 3-6, update the hourly incremental cost values and incorporate the most recent natural gas forecast from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Attachment I is confidential and will be provided to those parties who have executed the Protective Agreement in this proceeding. The response to this Request was prepared by M. Mark Stokes, Manager Power Supply Planning, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 12th day of April 2012. DONOVAN E. WALKER Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 12 th day of April 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don. howellpuc.idaho.pov kris.sasser(äpuc. idaho.gov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email michael. and rea(äavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email daniel .solandercpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email peterrichardsonandolearv.com qregrichardsonandolearv.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -3 Exergy Development Group James Carkulis, Managing Member Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 Boise, Idaho 83702 Grand View Solar II 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 _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email icarkuIis(ãexergydevelopment.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertapaul08(qmaiI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don.sturtevant(äsimDIot.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahncnippc.om Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email bdbrownfrontiernet.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email mary. IewaIIen(äclearwaterDaper.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -4 Renewable Energy Coalition and Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Williams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ron(wiIIiamsbradburv.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email neIsoncthneslon.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Dynamis Energy, LLC 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 Bill Piske, Manager Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 East Carter Boise, Idaho 83706 Renewable Northwest Project and Idaho Windfarms, LLC Dean J. Miller Chas. F. McDevitt McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 X Email i rave nesanmarcoscvahoo.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email wthomasdynamisenerav.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email qregcmimuralaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email bill piskeccableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ioemcdevitt-milIer.com chasmcdevitt-miIIer.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -5 Megan Walseth Decker Senior Staff Counsel Renewable Northwest Project 421 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1125 Portland, Oregon 97204 Idaho Windfarms, LLC Glenn Ikemoto Margaret Rueger Idaho Windfarms, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, California 94611 Twin Falls Canal Company and North Side Canal Company C. Thomas Arkoosh CAPITOL LAW GROUP, PLLC 205 North 10th Street, 4th Floor P.O. Box 2598 Boise, Idaho 83701-2598 Twin Falls Canal Company Brian Olmstead, General Manager Twin Falls Canal Company P.O. Box 326 Twin Falls, Idaho 83303 North Side Canal Company 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 11th East Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email meqan(rnp.orq Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email qlenni(envisionwind.com marqaretenvisionwind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tarkoosh(äcapitoIIawgroup.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email oImstead(tfcanaI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email nscanaI(äcableone.net _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email ted(tsorenson.net Blue Ribbon Energy LLC Hand Delivered M. J. 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