20081121IPC to Staff 9.pdf

DONOVAN E. WALKER
Corporate Counsel
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November 21, 2008
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. IPC-E-08-16
Advanced Metering Infrastructure ("AMI' Technology
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power
Company's Supplemental Response to the First Production Request of the Commission
Staff.
Also, enclosed in a separate envelope are copies of confidential information (four (4)
copies each of a disk and documents) which Idaho Power has produced in response to
Staffs production request. Please note this information should be handled in accordance
with the Protective Agreement between the parties.
i would appreciate it if you would return a stamped copy of this letter for Idaho
Power's file in the enclosed stamped, self-addressed envelope.
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Donovan E. Walker
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Enclosures
P.O. Box 70 (83707)
1221 W. Idaho St.
Boise. ID 83702
DONOVAN E. WALKER, ISB No. 5921
BARTON L. KLINE, ISB No. 1526
Idaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
T élephone: 208-388-5317
Facsimile: 208-338-6936
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Attorneys for Idaho Power Company
Street Address for Express Mail:
1221 West Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
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i IOAHO PUBLICUTILITIES COMMiSSION
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND NECESSITY TO INSTALL ADVANCED
METERING INFRASTRUCTURE ("AMI"
TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT ITS
SERVICE TERRITORY
)
) CASE NO. IPC-E-08-16
)
) IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
) SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO
) THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
) OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO
) IDAHO POWER COMPANY
)
COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "the Company"), and in
supplemental response to the Commission Staffs First Production Request to Idaho
Power Company dated October 28,2008, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 1
REQUEST NO.9: Please provide the written version of the Strategic Sourcing
Process the Company used to select vendors and contracts to secure hardware,
softare and labor for AMI deployment.
a. Please provide all information related to the RFI and RFP process
the Company used to evaluate and assess possible AMI solutions.
b. Please show how the Company used this process to determine
whether a vendor or a contractor is the right fit for the Company's AMI objective.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.9: In addition to the
response provided to this question on November 18, 2008, the Company hereby
submits this supplemental response and additional information. In the Company's initial
answer to Request NO.9, it indicated, "The information related to the RFI and RFP
process that the Company used to evaluate and assess possible AMI solutions is quite
voluminous, and much of it exists and is archived in electronic form." The initial answer
stated that the materials would be made available to view at the Company's offce.
These materials have now been compiled onto the enclosed confidential disc, and
provided herewith. The response to this Request contains confidential information and
is being produced subject to the Protective Agreement.
For a written version and explanation of the Strategic Sourcing Process, please
see the enclosed AMI Kick Off Meeting, November 7,2006, presentation. This was for
the procurement of the AMI Technology components. The same or substantially similar
process was followed for the AMI Meters and the AMI Exchange Labor. The
information related to the RFI and RFP process the Company used to evaluate and
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 2
assess possible AMI solutions through the Strategic Sourcing Process is included on
the enclosed disc.
This response to this Request was prepared by Kelly Hewlett, Buyer II, Corporate
Services, Procurement, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Donovan E.
Walker, Corporate Counsel, Idaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 21st day of November 2008.
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Attorney for Idaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 3
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 21st day of November 2008, I served a true and
correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE TO THE
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER
COMPANY upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and
addressed to the following:
Commission Staff
Neil Price, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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Michael L. Kurt
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BOEHM, KURTZ & LOWRY
36 East Seventh Street, Suite 1510
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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