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Home My WebLink About20040218Revised 1st Response of ID Power to Micron.pdfr::;ECEIVEO LED BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526 MONICA B. MOEN ISB #5734 Idaho Power Company P. O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-2682 FAX Telephone: (208) 388-6936 2UGI\ rES I 8 Ari 8: 4 ; ~ f.. ; L ~,- i lJ UTILn itS CQt;H'iISSION Attorney for Idaho Power Company Street Address for Express Mail 1221 West Idaho Street Boise, Idaho 83702 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER 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' REVISED RESPONSE TO MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC.'S FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "the Company and in response to the First Set of Discovery Requests to Idaho Power Company dated January 13, 2004 , herewith submits the following revised response: REQUEST NO.4: If the answer to 3 above is yes, please reference Company testimony in these proceedings that explains this , or state why the referenced weighted demand allocators 010 and 013 where not used , despite testimony saying they were. REVISED RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.4 (with changes highlighted): Lines 2 through 9 on page 17 of the testimony of Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REVISED RESPONSE TO MICRON TENHOLOGY INC.'S FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS Page witness Brilz describes the steps taken to compute the average of the actual and weighted generation and transmission demand ratios. The referenced section of the testimony refers generically to the ratios 010 and 013 for simplicity in describing the steps taken to compute the averages. As pointed out by Micron the ratios 010 and 013 arois not used as allocators in the cost-of-service study. Lines 2 through 11 on page 18 of the testimony of Company witness Brilz explains how weighted factors for both the summer and non-summer seasons were computed and specifies that the factors used to allocate the demand- related portion of production plant and tram;mission plant are the factors designated as 01 OS, and D10NS, 0138 , and D13N8 The factor used to allocate the transmission plant is desiqnated as 013. No seasonal factors are developed for the allocation of transmission plant.Exhibit No. 40 details the derivation of these allocation factors. REVISED RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.4 (final form): Lines 2 through 9 on page 17 of the testimony of Company witness Brilz describes the steps taken to compute the average of the actual and weighted generation and transmission demand ratios. The referenced section of the testimony refers generically to the ratio 010 for simplicity in describing the steps taken to compute the average. As pointed out by Micron the ratio 010 is not used as an allocator in the cost-of-service study. Lines 2 through 11 on page 18 of the testimony of Company witness Brilz explains how weighted factors for both the summer and non-summer seasons were computed and specifies that the factors used to allocate the demand-related portion of production plant are the factors IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REVISED RESPONSE TO MICRON TENHOLOGY INC.'S FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS Page 2 designated as D10S and D10NS. The factor used to allocate the transmission plant is designated as 013. No seasonal factors are developed for the allocation of transmission plant. Exhibit No. 40 details the derivation of these allocation factors. 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 1 ih day of February, 2004. fltcl BARTON L. KLI N E Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REVISED RESPONSE TO MICRON TENHOLOGY INC.'S FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 17th day of February, 2004, I served a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST OF IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION 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. 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