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Home My WebLink About20120416IPC Objections 1 & 7 to Canal Companies.pdfRE CE Ell ,ui_ An IDACORP company L JASON B. WILLIAMS Corporate Counsel J jwiIIiamscidahopower.com April 16, 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 Objections to Requests for Production Nos. I and 7 of the First Production Requests of Twin Falls Canal Company and North Side Canal Company to Idaho Power 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(äidahoDower.com iwiIIiamscidahopower.com Attorneys for Idaho Power Company 2012 APR 16 PM [: 50 IDAHO P1J2•LK J r7IES CO' : 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 OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power'), and objects to Requests for Production Nos. I and 7 of the First Production Requests of Twin Falls Canal Company and North Side Canal Company to Idaho Power Company dated April 2, 2012, as follows: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -I REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 1: Please provide an electronic copy in the original software with all formulae intact of all supporting workpapers and documents used to calculate the values, table, charts and exhibits in the prefiled testimony of Idaho Power Company witnesses Stokes, Park and Bokenkamp. OBJECTION TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 1: Idaho Power objects to this Request, as written, as it is overly broad, unduly burdensome, expansive, and oppressive. The response to this Request was prepared by Jason B. Williams, Corporate Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AI4D NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 7: With regard to the testimony of Mr. E. Mark Stokes, page 46, lines 17-21, does the Company have any views on how the 5 year term will impact the ability of a QF to finance a facility or execute a purchase power agreement with the Company? OBJECTION TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 7: Idaho Power objects to this Request on the grounds that it calls for speculation and requests a statement of opinion or policy proscribed by RP 225.01(a). The response to this Request was prepared by Jason B. Williams, Corporate Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 16 th day of April 2012. I Zj WILLlAMS :=t Alt&ney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 16th day of April 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER 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 dlbla 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. howeIkpuc.idaho.qov kris.sasserpuc. idaho.ciov _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email michael.andreaavistacoriicom _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email daniel.solanderpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email peter(richardsonandoleary.com qreqrichardsonandoIearv.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -4 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 icarkulis(ãexerqydevelopment.com Dr. Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates, Inc. 6070 Hill Road Boise, Idaho 83703 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email dreadinq(mindsprinq.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertapaul08cgmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don.sturtevant(simplot.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahncnipDc.orc1 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email bd brown (äfrontiernet.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -5 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 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 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email mary. lewallen(cIearwaterpaper.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ronwiIIiamsbradbury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email nelsonthnesIon.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email iravenesanmarcos(vahoo.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email wthomasdynamisenerqy.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email qreq(mimuraIaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email billpiske(cabIeone.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 1 AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -6 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 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 _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email joemcdevitt-milIer.com chasmcdevift-miller.com - Hand Delivered U.S. Mail - Overnight Mail FAX X Email meqan(rnp.orci Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email qlenni(envisionwind .com marcaret(envisionwind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tarkooshcapitolIawQroup.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email oImstead(ffcanal.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email nscanakcableone.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION NOS. I AND 7 OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY TO IDAHO POWER -7 Birch Power Company Ted S. Sorenson, P.E. Birch Power Company 5203 South 11th East Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 Blue Ribbon Energy LLC M. J. Humphries Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 4515 South Ammon Road Ammon, Idaho 83406 Arron F. Jepson Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 10660 South 540 East Sandy, Utah 84070 Idaho Conservation League Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 North Sixth Street (83702) P.O. Box 844 Boise, Idaho 83701 Snake River Alliance Ken Miller, Clean Energy Program Director Liz Woodruff, Executive Director Lisa Young, Clean Energy Organizer Snake River Alliance 350 North 9th Street #13610 P.O. 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