200402021st Response of ID Power to NW Energy Part I.pdf

BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526
MONICA B. MOEN ISB #5734
Idaho Power Company
P. O.Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
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1221 West Idaho Street
Boise , Idaho 83702
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MA TIER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS INTERIM)
AND BASE RATES AND CHARGES FORELECTRIC SERVICE.
CASE NO. IPC-03-
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'
RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
NW ENERGY COALITION
COMES NOW , Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "the Company
and in response to the First Production Request of the NW Energy Coalition to Idaho
Power Company, herewith submits the following information:
REQUEST NO.1: For each customer class , how much of the proposed
2003 Test Year revenue requirement represents distribution 'and customer fixed costs
transmission fixed costs , and generation fixed costs , respectively? For each customer
class, how much of those fixed costs would be recovered from: (1) volumetric energy
charges; (2) demand charges; and (3) fixed charges, respectively? How would the
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION Page
numbers change if fixed charges were set at existing levels rather than at the
company s proposed levels?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.1: The requested information is
enclosed.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz , Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.2: For each customer class , please provide the annual
rate increase or decrease associated with the company s Power Cost Adjustment over
each of the last five years.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.2: The requested information is
enclosed.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz , Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.3: Please provide actual and normalized retail electricity
sales by customer class over each of the past ten years.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.3: The requested information is
enclosed.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz , Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.4: Please provide any work papers supporting the
Company s request for a $10 customer charge for the residential customer class.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION Page 2
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.4: Exhibit No. 42 , page 1 , details the
cost components supporting the Company s proposed $10 service charge for residential
customers. The Company does not have any workpapers associated with the
requested service charge.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline , Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.5: For each customer class, please provide the portion of
fixed costs associated with meter reading and billing.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.5: All costs associated with meter
reading and billing are fixed. The costs for meter reading and billing for each customer
class can be found on Exhibit No. 42 under the functions labeled "Meter Reading" and
Customer Accounts
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.6: What components of the Company s fixed costs of
service are covered 'by the $10 customer charge for the residential class?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.6: The components identified as fixed
for residential service are itemized on Exhibit No. 42 under Column (I). As described on
page 36, lines 1 through 5 of the testimony of Company witness Brilz , the proposed $10
service charge represents approximately 40 percent of the total fixed costs for
residential service.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION Page 3
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.7: Please provide the number of Idaho Power residential
customers residing in each of the different types of homes: single family homes, multi-
family buildings , and trailer/mobile home parks.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.7: Idaho Power does not maintain its
records by dwelling type. As a result, the requested demographic information is not
available.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.8: What are the Company s relative distribution and
customer costs incurred in serving different types of residential customers (e.g. single
family residence , multi-family buildings , and trailer/mobile home parks)?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.8: See Response to Request No.
Idaho Power does not have the demographic information available to identify the
relative costs to serve residential customers residing in different types of residences.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline , Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION Page 4
REQUEST NO.9: Please provide any studies or information showing the
predicted impact on peak demand of the Company s higher customer charge for
residential customers.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.9: Idaho Power has not performed any
studies to predict impact on peak demand resulting from a higher service charge for
residential customers.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
REQUEST NO.1 0: Has the Company conducted any surveys of
customers to determine support or opposition to the higher residential customer
charge? If the Company has conducted such surveys, please provide the results.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 10: No.
The response to this request was prepared by Maggie Brilz, Pricing
Director, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Barton L. Kline, Senior Attorney,
Idaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this day of January, 2004.
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BARTON L. KLINE
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION Page 5
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 3D-ft\day of January, 2004, I served a
true and correct copy of the within and foregoing IDAHO POWER COMPANY'
RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF NW ENERGY COALITION upon
the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the
following:
Lisa D. Nordstrom
Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy Attorneys General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington Street
O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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S. Mail
Overnight Mail
FAX [phone]
Randall C. Budge
Eric L. Olsen
Racine, Olson , Nye , Budge & Bailey
O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello , ID 83204-1391
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S. Mail
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FAX [phone]
Anthony Yankel
29814 Lake Road
Bay Village, OH 44140
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S. Mail
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FAX [phone]
Peter J. Richardson
Richardson & 0' Leary
99 East State Street, Suite 200
O. Box 1849
Eagle, ID 83616
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x U.S. Mail
Overnight Mail
FAX [phone]
Don Reading
Ben Johnson Associates
6070 Hill Road
Boise , ID 83703
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FAX [phone]
Lawrence A. Gollomp
Assistant General Counsel
U. S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington , D.C. 20585
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, Page
Dennis Goins
Potomac Management Group
5801 Westchester Street
Alexandria , VA 22310-1149
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Conley E. Ward
Givens, Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock Street
O. Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701-2720
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x U.S. Mail
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Dennis E. Peseau, Ph.D.
Utility Resources, Inc.
1500 Liberty Street S., Suite 250
Salem, OR 97302
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FAX [phone]
Dean J. Miller
McDevitt & Miller LLP
O. Box 2564
Boise , ID 83701
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Jeremiah Healy
United Water Idaho, Inc.
O. Box 190420
Boise , ID 83719-0420
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William M. Eddie
Advocates for the West
O. Box 1612
Boise , ID 83701
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Nancy Hirsh
NW Energy Coalition
219 First Ave. South , Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98104
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Brad M. Purdy
Attorney at Law
2019 N. 17th Street
Boise, ID 83702
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Michael Karp
147 Appaloosa Lane
Bellingham, WA 98229
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FAX [phone]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, Page 2
Michael L. Kurtz, Esq.
Kurt J. Boehm , Esq.
Boehm , Kurtz & Lowry
36 East Seventh Street, Suite 2110
Cincinnati , OH 45202
Kevin Higgins
39 Market Street, Suite 200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Thomas M. Power
Economics Department, LA 407
University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Missoula, MT 59812
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NW ENERGY COALITION
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