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Home My WebLink About20060127DOE 1st set requests to IPC.pdf(jJ ~ '" ~ % it ",), ~ES Department of Energy Washington , DC 20585 :~D .'!?7 r:iID:D5 January 26, 2006 UTJi--'1 jiC:~.; c d:';;;i SiU;i VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 372 West Washington Street P. O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Re: Case No. IPC-f-28 S. DOE First Set of Data Requests to Idaho Power Company Dear Ms. Jewell: Please find enclosed for filing an original and two (2) copies of the First Set of Data Requests of the United States Department of Energy to Idaho Power Company in the above-captioned proceeding. I would appreciate it you would return a stamped copy of this transmittal letter to me in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. Thank you for your assistance. Jt::=Lawrence A Assistant General Counsel United States Department of Energy Enclosures . ( t. 'Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS :JijLiTiE~; t. ;fSslOiJ January 26 2006 Barton L. Kline, Esq. Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707-0070 Re: Docket No.IPC-05- Dear Mr. Kline: Enclosed please find the First Set of Data Requests of the United States Department of Energy to Idaho Power Company. Please provide an original copy of your responses to: Dennis Goins Potomac Management Group 5801 Westchester Street Alexandria, Virginia 22310-1149 DGoinsPMG~aol.com Tel: 703-313-6805 Any questions regarding these Data Requests should be directed to Mr. Goins. Thank you. twrence A. Gollomp Assistant General Counsel United States Department of Energy Cc: To all parties by u.S. mail and electronic mail. Printed with soy ink on recycled paper , -~!' /ED -': LA WRENCE A. GOLLOMP ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1000 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SW WASHINGTON, DC 20585 PHONE: (202) 586-4219 FAX: 202.586.7479 LA WRENCE.GOLLOMP~HQ.DOE.GOV ,- ""'" i1:0.. .: L - ,(~ I L,' I" JiiL..I:ILjCLL-j,'iiSSiO;; STREET ADDRESS FOR EXPRESS MAIL: 1000 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SW WASHINGTON, DC 20585 Attorney for US DOE BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY) TO INCREASE ITS BASE RATES AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE IN THESTATE OF IDAHO. CASE NO. IPC-O5- FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF US DOE TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY The United States Department of Energy, by and through its attorney of record, Lawrence A. Gollomp, Assistant General Counsel, requests that Idaho Power Company provide the following documents and information as soon as possible. This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Idaho Power Company is requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it or any person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents or information produced. Please provide answers to each question; supporting workpapers that provide detail or are the source of information used in calculations; the name and telephone number of the person preparing the documents; and the name, location and telephone number of the record holder. For each item, please indicate the name of the person(s) preparing the answers, along with the job title of such person(s) and the witness who can sponsor the answer at hearing. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY JANUARY 25 , 2006 DOE- DOE- DOE- DOE- DOE- Please provide copies of all integrated resource plans prepared and filed by Idaho Power since 2000. Referring to the direct testimony of Maggie Brilz at 21 :9-21: (a) Please explain the difference between months determined by firm generation supply acquisition needs (2003 marginal cost analysis) and peak-hour deficiency months (2004 IRP). That is, would not Idaho Power have a firm generation acquisition need in a month in which it also had a peak-hour deficiency? (b) Please identify the peak-hour deficiency months identified in each IRP prepared by Idaho Power since 2000. (c) Please identify by month and amount the firm generation purchases that Idaho Power has made since 2000. (d) Please identify by month and amount the firm generation purchases that Idaho Power expects to make from 2006-2010. Referring to the direct testimony of Maggie Brilz at 21 :21-22: 11: (a) Please provide the monthly maximum demand and kWh purchases for each customer class and special contract customer from 2003-2005. (b) Please identify the actual and projected system and Idaho retail jurisdictional monthly peaks for 2001-2010. (c) Please identify the actual and projected system and Idaho retail jurisdictional monthly MWh sales for 2001-2010. Referring to the direct testimony of Maggie Brilz at Exhibit No. 49:4, please identify the rate of return for each rate schedule and special contract customer shown under the final revenue allocation. Please provide all workpapers supporting and/or underlying the estimated rates of return. Referring to the direct testimony of Peter Pengilly at 32:22-, please provide any analyses of billing impacts by customer load factor that Idaho Power conducted. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY JANUARY 25 , 2006 DATED at Washington, DC, this -.a k:. day of January 2006. Lawrence . Gollomp Assistant General Counsel United States Department of Energy FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY JANUARY 25 , 2006 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 26th day of January, 2006, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing via overnight mail or U.S. mail, and addressed to the following: Jean Jewell Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 Barton L. Kline Monica B. Moen Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise ill 83707 John R. Gale Vice President Regulatory Affairs Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise, ill 83707 Donald L. Howell, II Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 , Peter J. Richardson Richardson and 0 'Leary 515 N. 27th Street Boise, ill 83702 u.s. DOE's FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates 6070 Hill Road Boise, ill 83703 Conley E. Ward Givens Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock Street O. Box 2720 Boise, ill 83701-2720 Randall C. Budge Eric L. Olsen Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge, Bailey 201 E. Center O. Box 1391 Pocatello, ill 83204-1391 Anthony Yankel 29814 Lake Road Bay Village, OH 44140 William M. Eddie Advocates for the West O. Box 1612 Boise, ill 83701 Ken Miller NW Energy Coalition 5400 W. Franklin, Suite G Boise, ill 83705 Michael L. Kurtz, Esq. Kurt J. Boehm, Esq. Boehm, Kurtz and Lowry 36 E Seventh Street, Suite 1510 Cincinnati, OH 45202 S. DOE's FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY Dennis E. Pesau, Ph. Utility Resources, Inc. 1500 Liberty Street SE, Suite 250 Salem, OR 97302 ~u~ awrence A. Go ump S. DOE's FIRST SET OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY