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Home My WebLink About20030605Prehearing Conference.pdfBEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF) IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY ) Case TO IMPLEMENT A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT (PCA) RATE FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM MAY 16, 2003 THROUGHMAY 15, 2004. HEARING BEFORE OR I GI NAL !UP No. IPC-E- 03- Prehearing Conference COMMISSIONER DENNIS S. HANSEN (Presiding) COMMISSIONER MARSHA H. SMITH COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER PLACE:Commission Hearing Room 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho DATE:May 30, 2003 VOLUME I - Pages 1 - 6 -- -.:Ji HEDRICK COURT REPORTING .f-., tk .,.~.rl.ju ma c: ~-4 g ;: ~ --'l - ~.. c:::rr; -=. (J)L ' ()"~. ~c: (J)r:U'i POST OFRCE BOX 578 BOISE, IDAHO 83701 208-336-9208 q :;0 -- 1"';"1 c- (); 11 fT1 fT\ L... t::;;; For the Staff:LISA NORDSTROM , Esq. Deputy Attorney General 472 West Washington Boise , Idaho 83702 For Idaho Power Company:BARTON L. KLINE , Esq. Attorney at Law Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street Boise , Idaho 83702 For Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association: RACINE , OLSON , NYE , BUDGE & BAILEY , CHARTERED by ERIC L. OLSEN , Esq. Post Office Box 1391 201 East Center StreetPocatello, Idaho 83204 -13 91 (via telephone) For Industrial Customers of Idaho Power: RI CHARDSON & 0 I LEARY, PLLC by PETER J. RI CHARDSON , Esq. Post Office Box 1849 Eagle , Idaho 83616 HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578 , BOISE , ID APPEARANCES 83701 BOISE, IDAHO , FRIDAY , MAY 30 , 2003, 9:08 A. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen.This prehearing conference will come to order. I I m so used to sitting over in that side, I might have to trade you, Commissioner. This is the time and place set by the Idaho Public Utility Commission for a prehearing conference in Case No. IPC-03-5, known as In the matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company for authority to implement a power cost adjustment rate for electric service from May the 16th , 2003 through May the 15th , 2004. m Commissioner Dennis Hansen; I III be chairman of today' s prehearing conference.At my left is Commissioner Marsha Smith, and at my right is Commissioner President Paul Kj ellander. Let I S take the appearances of the parties.We'll start with Idaho Power. MR. KLINE:Thank you, Mr. Cha i rman .My name is Bart Kl ine .I I m appearing on behalf of Idaho Power Company. MS. NORDSTROM:m Lisa Nordstrom , deputy attorney general, representing the Commission Staff. MR. RI CHARDSON :And I I m Peter Richardson representing the Industrial Customer of Idaho Power. HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578, BOISE , ID COLLOQUY 83701 COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Thank you.And I believe we have the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers on the telephone hookup. MR. OLSEN:Yes.Eric Olsen, your Honor representing the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Thank you.Do we have any other parties here today that wish to be recognized?I think this is all that has filed. Okay, the purpose of this prehearing conference is to establish a hearing schedule to consider those issues described by the Commission in Order No. 29243 that warranted further investigation.Is there any business that needs to be brought before the Commission before we would go at ease and allow the parties to work out a filing and hearing schedule? MS. NORDSTROM:Yes, Mr. Chairman.The Commission may want to consider the Intervention Petition at this point.I think Idaho Power is prepared to tell the Commission whether or not they have an obj ection in this case, and that would allow a Notice of Parties to go out sooner than the seven days otherwise provided for in the Commission Rules of Procedure. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Commissioner Smith. COMMISSIONER SMITH:I 1 m just confused Mr. Chairman.Whatever Petition you I re speaking of is not in my file. MS. NORDSTROM:This is the petition for HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578, BOISE, ID COLLOQUY 83701 Intervention from the Industrial Customers. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Is there any obj ection? MR. KLINE:We have no obj ect ion. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:No obj ection.Okay, being no obj ection, then -- MS. NORDSTROM:Other than that, I think Staff would like an opportunity to speak with the parties about the possibility of narrowing some of the issues in this case or pursuing a possible settlement of some of the issues, in addition to scheduling whatever issues cannot be resolved. COMMISSIONER HANSEN:I wouldn I t see any obj ect ion there.Any obj ection from the other - - fine. Okay.Then I'll ask you , Ms. Nordstrom , if you III kind of coordinate and preside over the discussion; and when you have completed it , you've got all the issues resolved then we probably won I t need to worry about a hearing schedule. If not , then - - but we need to meet back , and so if you'll make us aware when you've completed the discussion or worked out a schedule, we I 11 meet back. And so right now then, we will go at ease. MS. NORDSTROM:Thank you. (Recess. ) COMMISSIONER HANSEN:Okay, we I 11 go back on the record and , Ms. Nordstrom, do you want to give us a report then of what you've accomplished? HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578, BOISE , ID COLLOQUY 83701 MS. NORDSTROM:Sure.I III go ahead and take a stab at it.If I leave anything out, I assume the other parties will add that as well. We talked about the issues identified in this case as set out in the Commission Orders.It seems to be the consensus of the parties that the first four issues, including the pricing of real-time transactions between Idaho Power Company and IE, the IE Tri-State transmission costs , any percentage sharing of the FERC settlement, and whether or not the IE contract benefits should continue to be paid going forward, these four issues we believe should be moved to the IPC-01-16 case so that they can be considered and resolved there. We have identified a date for a workshop in the 16 case of June 23rd at nine a. m. to be held at Idaho Power Company I S auditorium that would allow the parties to consider the issues, these four issues in the 16 case , which also relates to real-time pricing of transactions and transmission costs, and FERC-type issues.So they all seem to be of a similar nature that we think that they would better be handled together. The remaining issues would be the amount of normalized energy, true-up rate, and the recovery rate for the irrigation class deferral.We would like to continue discussing settlement on those issues, and what we would HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578, BOISE , ID COLLOQUY 83701 propose is that Idaho Power file a formal Settlement Proposal at the end of next week, by June 6th , for the parties to consider; and on June 13th at 9:30 a.m., here in the Commission I S hearing room , the parties would reconvene to find out if that settlement will work or if it needs to be fine-tuned.And if not, at that point, the parties would set hearing dates and testimony filing dates if it appeared that the settlement wouldn I t work; however , the parties appear to be hopeful that something will be resolved and I think we I re confident that that is likely to occur, and that's why we I re hesi tant to set formal proceeding dates at this point. I think that I s it.Does that sound about right? COMMISSIONER HANSEN:All right.Thank you. Is there any questions from any of the Commission. Okay.Well , the Commission , we will tentatively accept the scheduling process by the parties at this time , and we will follow up with a written Order very quickly. And this will bring this prehearing conference to a close, and with that, we will now adjourn. (The hearing adj ourned at 10: 16 a. m. HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578 , BOISE , ID COLLOQUY 83701 AUTHENTICATION This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct transcript to the best of my ability of the proceedings held in the matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company for authority to implement a power cost adjustment (PCA) rate for electric service from May 16, 2003, through May 15 , 2004 , Case No. IPC-03-5, commencing on Friday, May 30, 2003, at the Commission Hearing Room , 472 West Washington , Boise , Idaho, and the original thereof for the file of the Commission. ~~' ." """ MlJ :'\ ~. ~ I ':'.:::. '9 ..".... ~.d .. ~ ." ~~"/ .J. .... +o'f AR J-' \ \-.- * ::*, (, ':. . PUB\..\ .: .... . 0 ~ 4P . . .. ~ .. , r ......" ~ ~1'E Of \'9 - - if~"","..'I" L--. WENDY J. MURRAY , N6t r ubllc in and for the St t of Idaho residing at Meridian, Idaho. My Commission expires 2-2008. Idaho CSR No. 475 HEDRICK COURT REPORTING P. O. BOX 578 , BOISE , ID AUTHENTICATION 83701