20130402Staff to Canal Companies 3.pdf

KRISTINE A. SASSER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
P0 BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 6618
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2813 APR -2 PM 3: 49
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UTILITIES, COMMISS
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W WASHINGTON
BOISE ID 83702-5918
Attorney for the Commission Staff
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 AVOIDED COST RATES.
CASE NO. GNR-E-11-03
COMMISSION STAFF'S NON-
CONFIDENTIAL RESPONSE TO
THE SECOND PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF TWIN FALLS
CANAL COMPANY AND NORTH
SIDE CANAL COMPANY
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Kristine A. Sasser, Deputy Attorney General, responds as follows to the Twin Falls Canal
Company and North Side Canal Company's Second Production Request to Commission Staff.
REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 3: Please provide an electronic copy (EXCEL—
with all formula intact) of all the workpapers used to support the Comments of the Commission
Staff submitted on March 25, 2013 in Case No. GNR-E- 11-03. This should include the
workpapers regarding the table on page 9 and Attachments 1, 2, 3, and the model used to derive the
avoided cost rates contained in Attachment No. 5.
STAFF'S NON-CONFIDENTIAL
RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF TFCC, NSCC c...
BWCC AND AFRD NO.2 1 APRIL 2, 2013
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3: Please see the following Excel files provided:
• Reply to TFCC et al 2nd prod req req 3 # 1 .xis
• Reply to TFCC et al 2nd prod req req 3 # 2.xls
• Reply to TFCC et a! 2nd prod req req 3 # 3.xls
• Reply to TFCC et a! 2nd prod req req 3 # 4.xls
The confidential file "CONFIDENTIAL Reply to TFCC et al 2nd prod req req 3.xls" will
be provided to those parties that have signed the Protective Agreement in this proceeding.
Workpapers related to Staffs recommendations for capacity factors for "other" project
types consisted of Appendix I of the Sixth Power Plan of the Northwest Power and Conservation
Council, available at the following link:
http://www.nwcouncil.org/mediaJ631 7/SixthPowerP!an_Appendix_I.pdf
Additional workpapers consisted of Appendices A, Definitions, and B, Equations from the
2007-2011 Generating Availability Report (GADS) of the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC), available at the following link:
http://www.nerc.com!page.php?cid=443
This response was prepared by Dr. Cathleen McHugh, Utilities Analyst, and Rick Sterling,
Engineering Supervisor.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this AS day of April 2013.
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Kristi e A. Sasser
Deputy Attorney General
Technical Staff: Rick Sterling
Cathleen McHugh
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STAFF'S NON-CONFIDENTIAL
RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF TFCC, NSCC
BWCC AND AFRD NO.2 2 APRIL 2, 2013
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 2ND DAY OF APRIL 2013,
SERVED THE FOREGOING STAFF NON-CONFIDENTIAL REPLY TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF TFCC ET AL., IN CASE NO. GNR-E- 11-03, BY E-
MAILING A COPY THEREOF TO THE FOLLOWING:
DONOVAN E WALKER
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
P0 BOX 70
BOISE ID 83707-0070
E-mail: [e-mail]
DANIEL B SOLANDER
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
201 S MAIN ST STE 2300
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111
E-mail: [e-mail]
MICHAEL G ANDREA
AVISTA CORPORATION
1411 EMISSION AVE
SPOKANE WA 99202
E-mail: [e-mail]
ROBERT D KAHN
NW & INTERMOUNTAIN POWER
PRODUCERS COALITION
1117 M1NORAVE STE 300
SEATTLE WA 98101
E-mail: [e-mail]
ROBERT A PAUL
GRAND VIEW SOLAR II
15690 VISTA CIRCLE
DESERT HOT SPRINGS CA 92241
E-mail: robertapau108(gmai1.com
ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY:
DR. DON READING
E-mail: dreadingmindspring.com
MARV LEWALLEN
CLEAR WATER PAPER CORP
601 W RIVERSIDE AVE STE 1100
SPOKANE WA 99201
E-mail: [e-mail]
PETER J RICHARDSON
GREGORY M ADAMS
RICHARDSON & O'LEARY
515 N 27TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-mail: [e-mail]
gregrichardsonandoleary,com
DON STURTEVANT
ENERGY DIRECTOR
J R SIMPLOT COMPANY
P0 BOX 27
BOISE ID 83707-0027
E-mail: [e-mail]
JAMES CARKULIS
EXERGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF
IDAHO LLC
802 W BANNOCK ST STE 1200
BOISE ID 83702
E-mail: [e-mail]
BILL BROWN CHAIR
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF ADAMS COUNTY ID
P0 BOX 48
COUNCIL ID 83612
E-mail: [e-mail]
TED S SORENSON P E
BIRCH POWER COMPANY
5203 SOUTH 11TH EAST
IDAHO FALLS ID 83404
E-mail: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
R GREG FERNEY BILL PISKE MGR
MIMURA LAW OFFICES PLLC INTERCONNECT SOLAR DEVELOPMENT LLC
2176 E FRANKLIN RD STE 120 1303 E CARTER
MERIDIAN ID 83642 BOISE ID 83706
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
RONALD L WILLIAMS WADE THOMAS
WILLIAMS BRADBURY DYNAMIS ENERGY LLC
1015 W HAYS ST 776 E RIVERSIDE DR STE 15
BOISE ID 83702 EAGLE ID 83616
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
JOHN R LOWE LIZ WOODRUFF
RENEWABLE ENERGY COALITION KEN MILLER
12050 SW TREMONT ST SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE
PORTLAND OR 97225 BOX 1731
E-mail: jravenesanmarcosc2i1,yahoo.com BOISE ID 83701
E-mail: lwoodruffisnakeriveral1iance.org
[e-mail]
C THOMAS ARKOOSH ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY:
ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES
802 W BANNOCK, 9TH FL BRIAN OLMSTEAD
P0 BOX 2900 GENERAL MANAGER
BOISE ID 83701 E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail] TED DIEHL
GENERAL MANAGER
E-mail: [e-mail]
DON SCHOENBECK
RCS
E-mail: [e-mail]
M J HUMPHRIES MEGAN WALSETH DECKER
BLUE RIBBON ENERGY LLC SR STAFF COUNSEL
3470 RICH LANE RENEWABLE NW PROJECT
AMMON ID 83406 421 SW 6TH AVE STE 1125
E-mail: [e-mail] PORTLAND OR 97204
E-mail: megan(mp.org
DEAN J MILLER
CHAS McDEVITT THOMAS H NELSON
McDEVITT & MILLER LLP RENEWABLE ENERGY
P0 BOX 2564 COALITION
BOISE ID 83701 P0 BOX 1211
E-mail: [e-mail] WELCHES OR 97067
[e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
GLENN IKEMOTO
MARGARET RUEGER
IDAHO W1NDFARMS LLC
672 BLAIR AVE
PIEDMONT CA 94611
E-mail: gIenni(envisionwind.com
margaret(envisionwind.com
TAUNA CHRISTENSEN
ENERGY INTEGRITY PROJECT
769N 1100E
SHELLEY ID 83274
E-mail: taunaenergyintegrityproject.org
BENJAMIN J OTTO
IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE
P0 BOX 844
BOISE ID 83702
E-mail: [e-mail]
DEBORAH E NELSON
KELSEY J NUNEZ
GIVENS PURSLEY
601 W BANNOCK ST (83702)
P0 BOX 2720
BOISE ID 83701-2720
E-mail: dengivonspurslev.com
kjn(givenspursley.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE