20060913IPC to staff 1-2.pdf

IDAHO POWER COMPANY
O, BOX 70
BOISE, IDAHO 83707
RECEIVED
200& SEP I 2 PH~: Monica B. Moen
Attorney An IDACORP Company
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September 12, 2006
Jean D. Jewell , Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re:Case No. IPC-06-
Idaho Power s Response to the First Production Request of the
Commission Staff to Idaho Power
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Please find enclosed for filing an original and two (2) copies of Idaho Power
Company s Response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho
Power regarding the above-described case.
I would appreciate it if you would return a stamped copy of this transmittal letter
to me in the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope.
Very truly yours
Monica B. Moen
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Enclosures
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone], E-mail MMoen~idahopower.com
RECEIVED
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BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526
MONICA B. MOEN ISB #5734
Idaho Power Company
O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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Attorneys for Idaho Power Company
Express Mail Address
1221 West Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY FOR REVISION OF
SCHEDULE 84 NET METERING
CASE NO. IPC-06-
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO
POWER
COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "the Company
and , in response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power
Company dated August 22 , 2006, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER, Page
REQUEST NO.1: Please provide a spreadsheet showing the following
for each of the 26 Idaho net metering customers:
excess generation by month for at least the past 12 months
rate schedule under which each customer is billed for consumptive
use
nameplate rating of the generating unit
type of generating resource (e., solar, wind, small hydro, etc.
Identities of individual customers do not need to be provided.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.
The requested information is included as an attachment to this response.
The response to this request was prepared by Scott Gates , Program
Specialist, and Jeannette Bowman , Analyst, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with
Monica Moen , Attorney II , Idaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER , Page 2
REQUEST NO.2: Please estimate the amount of costs that Idaho Power
believes are shifted to all customers within the Residential and Small General service
customer classes as a result of the Company s Schedule 84 net metering program.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.
Since Residential and Small General Service net metering customers
have a single meter, the Company is unable to determine how much energy was
produced by customers to offset their usage. Therefore, the Company cannot compute
the cost shifting within these classes for the energy offset portion of net metering
customers' generation.
However, the Company is able to determine how much energy was
generated in excess of a customer s usage. Currently, the Company is paying the retail
energy rate for these customers' generation. For Residential and Small General
Service customers, the energy charge attempts to recover not only the energy costs of
serving the customers, but also much of the fixed costs such as distribution and
transmission facilities. However, the Company is proposing to pay only for the value of
the energy cost component. The difference between the energy charge and the energy
cost component is the cost of net excess generation that is being shifted to all the other
customers within the net metering customer s rate class.
Based on the 12-month period between August 2005 and July 2006, the
summary of the cost-shifting to customers within the Residential and Small Service
customer classes resulting from net excess generation is:
Payment Under Payment UnderRate Schedule Net Excess Generation (NEG) Current R84 Proposed R84 Cost ShiftR1 - Residential 143,438 kWh $ 7 959 $ 6,769 ($1 190)
R7 - Sm Gen Srv 223 747 kWh $15 137 $10,404 ($4 733)
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER, Page 3
Please refer to the attachment included with the response to Request No.
1 for the details associated with these calculations.
The response to this request was prepared by Scott Gates, Program
Specialist , and Jeannette Bowman , Analyst , Idaho Power Company, in consultation with
Monica Moen , Attorney II , Idaho Power Company.
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Monica B. Moen
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER, Page 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day of September 2006 , I served a true
and correct copy of the within and foregoing IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE
TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF COMMISSION STAFF upon the
following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff
Scott Woodbury
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington (83702)
O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Hand Delivered
- U.S. Mail
Overnight Mail
FAX
Email:
scott. woodbu ry ~ puc. idaho. gov
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Monica B. Moen
IDAHO POWER'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER, Page 5
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
CASE NO. IPC-O6~7
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
OF COMMISSION STAFF
RESPONSE TO
REQUEST NOS. 1 and 2
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