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Home My WebLink About20130221IPC to Canal Companies 33-35.pdfIDAHO PAIER® An IDACORP Company 2O3FEB21 PMII 51 JULIA A. HILTON Corporate Counsel jhiItonidahopower.com UTILITI ES C3MMS0i February 21, 2013 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 - Idaho Power Company's Response to the Fourth Production Requests of Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing are an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Response to the Fourth Production Requests of Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 ("Canal Companies") to Idaho Power in the above matter. Also enclosed are four (4) confidential disks containing information produced in response to the Canal Companies' Requests. Please handle the confidential information in accordance with the Protective Agreement executed in this matter. Very truly yours, Julia A. Hilton JAH:csb Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) JULIA A. HILTON (ISB No. 7740) 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 jhiItonidahopower.com 2013 FEB 21 PM t: 51 IDAHO P~A Attorneys for Idaho Power Company 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 ) IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE ) RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR ) PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF CALCULATING PUBLISHED AVOIDED ) TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, COST RATES. ) NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, ) BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, ) AND AMERICAN FALLS ) RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO. 2 TO ) IDAHO POWER COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power"), and in response to the Fourth Production Requests of Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 to Idaho Power dated February 8, 2013, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -1 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 33: Please provide in electronic form (EXCEL) with all formulae intact the data and workpapers used to derive the Average Peak-Hour Capacity Factor and 90th Percentile Peak-Hour Capacity Factor for each resource type as presented in Mr. Stokes Exhibit No. 3 page 18 of 47. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 33: Please see the confidential Excel file, Peak-Hour Capacity Factor Calculations, provided on the confidential CD. The confidential CD will be provided to those parties that have signed the Protective Agreement in this proceeding. The response to this Request was prepared by M. Mark Stokes, Director of Water and Resource Planning, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 34: Please provide an electronic copy (EXCEL) of Idaho Power Company's response to the Fourth Production Request of the Commission Staff Request No. 22. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 34: Please see the confidential Excel file produced with Idaho Power's response to Staff's Production Request No. 22 The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -3 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 35: Please provide a copy of Idaho Power Company's response to all data requests submitted after February 6, 2013 by any party in this proceeding. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 35: As a matter of course, copies of Idaho Power's responses to all parties' discovery requests in this docket will be provided to Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2. The response to this Request was prepared by Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 21st day of February 2013. 10A~/- a&W=S=, ALHWfTON Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 21st day of February 2013 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO. 2 TO IDAHO POWER upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Kristine A. Sasser Deputy Attorney 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 Spokane, Washington 99202 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 kris.sasserDuc.idaho.Qov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email michael .andreacavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email daniel .soIanderpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email Deter(ärichardsonandolearv.com greqrichardsonandoleary.com Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC 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 jcarkulis(exerqydevelorment.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -5 Dr. Don Reading 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 dreadincj(mindspring.com drbeniohnsonassociates.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertapau108(gmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don.sturtevantcsimDIot.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahn(nippc.orQ _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email bd brown (frontiernet.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email marv.IewaIIenclearwaterpaper.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -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 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 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. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email roncwiIIiamsbradbury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email iravenesanmarcos(äyahoo.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 biIIpiskecableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ioe(ämcdevitt-miIIer.com chas(ämcdevitt-miller.com Megan Walseth Decker Hand Delivered Senior Staff Counsel U.S. Mail Renewable Northwest Project Overnight Mail 421 SW6 t Avenue, Suite 1125 FAX Portland, Oregon 97204 X Email meqan(ämp.orq IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO. 2 TO IDAHO POWER -7 Idaho Windfarms, LLC Glenn Ikemoto Margaret Rueger Idaho Windfarms, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, California 94611 Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 C. Tom Arkoosh ARKOOSH EIGUREN PLLC 802 West Bannock, Suite 900 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, Idaho 83701 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. Box 326 Twin Falls, Idaho 83303 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY 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 qIennicenvisionwind.com marqaretcenvisionwind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tom.arkooshcaelawIobby.com erin.cecikaelawlobby.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX X Email dwscr-c-s-inc.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email oImsteadtfcanaI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email nscanalccabIeone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ted(tsorenson.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FOURTH PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY, NORTH SIDE CANAL COMPANY, BIG WOOD CANAL COMPANY, AND AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO.2 TO IDAHO POWER -8 Blue Ribbon Energy LLC M.J. 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 P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Energy Integrity Project Tauna Christensen Energy Integrity Project 769 North 1100 East Shelley, Idaho 83274 Idaho Wind Partners I, LLC Deborah E. Nelson Kelsey J. Nunez GIVENS PURSLEY LLP 601 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2720 Boise, Idaho 83701-2720 Mountain Air Projects, LLC J. 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