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Home My WebLink About20120529IPC Objections to Exergy.pdfHO POWER RE C E f V E r An IOACORP Company 2012..A.29 PM 12: 45 DONOVAN E. WALKER ujc i-io Lead Counsel UTILITIESSscv dwaIkertidahopower.com May 29, 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 PURPA SAR and IRP Methodologies - Objections to Exergy Development Group of Idaho's Request for Production Nos. 52 and 53 Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Objections to Request for Production Nos. 52 and 53 of Exergy Development Group of Idaho's Fifth Production Request to Idaho Power Company in the above matter. 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 dwalkercidahopower.com IwiIliams(didahopower.com RE CE WED 'iF IJLLLtC UT 1,I11ES COMMSSON 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 OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power") and objects to Request for Production Nos. 52 and 53 of Exergy Development Group of Idaho's ("Exergy") Fifth Production Request to Idaho Power Company dated May 15, 2012, as follows: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -1 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 52: Reference Idaho Power's Response to Exergy Production Request No. 44. Please list the names and job titles of the individuals involved in developing the confidential Schedule 72 policy. Please provide all work papers and supporting documents used in development of the policy. Please identify QFs to which Idaho Power has provided the policy. OBJECTION TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 52: As Idaho Power described in its response to Exergy's Request for Production No. 44, the Schedule 72 "policy was developed following internal discussions among Idaho Power's operations and legal personnel . . . ." Accordingly, Idaho Power objects to this Request on the grounds that the requested material is or may be privileged and protected by the attorney-client privilege as well as the attorney-work product doctrine Idaho Power also objects to this Request on the grounds of relevance. Schedule 72 is an existing, Idaho Public Utilities Commission- ("Commission") approved tariff schedule and the current version has been on file and in place since 2008. Idaho Power is not proposing any modifications to Schedule 72 related to its right to curtail as stated therein. Accordingly, information related to Idaho Power's curtailment rights under Schedule 72, including the names of the individuals and the workpapers used to develop the Schedule 72 policy, are irrelevant in this proceeding. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 53: Reference Idaho Power's Response to Exergy Production Request No. 45, containing a list of curtailments implemented under Schedule 72. For each event, please explain why the Company's Schedule 72 policy applied. Please document each decision to implement curtailment, including all internal communications regarding the curtailment. Please explain why the Company continued generating at its own plants at the specific generation levels provided. For example, the explanation should include why the Company was generating at far above its minimum hydroelectric generation level at 1434 MW during the curtailment on April 6, 2012. OBJECTION TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 53: Idaho Power objects to this Request on the grounds of relevance. Schedule 72 is an existing, Commission- approved tariff schedule and the current version has been on file and in place since 2008. Idaho Power is not proposing any modifications to the currently-approved Schedule 72 related to its right to curtail generators as stated therein. Accordingly, information related to Idaho Power's curtailment rights under Schedule 72, including all internal communications regarding curtailment, are irrelevant in this proceeding. Idaho Power also objects to this Request on grounds that the Request is overly broad and unduly burdensome. Idaho Power further objects to this Request on the grounds that the requested material is or may be privileged and protected by the attorney-client privilege as well as the attorney-work product doctrine. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -3 DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 29th day of May 2012. NOVAN E. WALK E L Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 29th day of May 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST 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 Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC James Carkulis, Managing Member Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don. howelkpuc.idaho.qov kris.sasserpucidaho.ciov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email michael.andreaavistacorD.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email danieI.solanderpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email DetercrichardsonandoIeary.com qreqrichardsonandoleary.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email icarkuIisexerQvdeveloDment.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -5 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 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 dr(beniohnsonassociates.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertaDauI080mail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don.sturtevantsimDlot.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahn(nipDc.orc1 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email bd browncfrontiernet. net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email marv.lewallen1clearwaterpaper.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -6 Renewable Energy Coalition and Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Williams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Renewable Energy Coalition John ft 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 Renewable Northwest Project, Idaho Windfarms, LLC, and Ridgeline Energy LLC Dean J. Miller Chas. F. McDevitt McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. 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Thomas Arkoosh CAPITOL LAW GROUP, PLLC 205 North I 0th Street, 4th Floor P.O. Box 2598 Boise, Idaho 83701-2598 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY Lori Thomas CAPITOL LAW GROUP, PLLC 205 North 10th Street, 4th Floor P.O. Box 2598 Boise, Idaho 83701-2598 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY Donald W. Schoenbeck RCS, Inc. 900 Washington Street, Suite 780 Vancouver, Washington 98660 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY Twin Falls Canal Company Brian Olmstead, General Manager Twin Falls Canal Company P.O. 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Humphries Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 3470 Rich Lane Ammon, Idaho 83406-7728 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 Liz Woodruff, Executive Director Ken Miller, Clean Energy Program Director Snake River Alliance 350 North 9th Street #B610 P.O. 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Box 2720 kin(cIivensDursley.com Boise, Idaho 83701-2720 Christa Bearry, Legal Assistant IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTIONS TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NOS. 52 AND 53 OF EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF IDAHO'S FIFTH PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -10