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Home My WebLink About20101208IPC Objection to ICIP 1.pdfLISA D. NORDSTROM \r'\P,Jj~~Lead Counsel .. 11";::;,) InordstromCãidahopowe'dÓlr \-" esIDA~POR(I An IDACORP company December 7,2010 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Re: Case No. IPC-E-10-27 IN THE MA TTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REQUEST TO MODIFY RECOVERY OF INCENTIVES PAID TO SECURE DEMAND-SIDE RESOURCES Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing please find an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Objection to the Industrial Customers of Idaho Powets Production Request No. 1 in the above matter. Very truly yours, Jf~J2Ct~ Lisa D. Nordstrom LDN:csb Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, 10 83707 LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 Inordstrom(ëidahopower.com dwalker(ëidahopower.com fjCì"C nr,\Li""L,- 261MJEC -1 PM 4:46 \DpJ1C) UTiLITIES Attorneys 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 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REQUEST TO MODIFY RECOVERY OF INCENTIVES PAID TO SECURE DEMAND-SIDE RESOURCES. ) ) CASE NO. IPC-E-10-27 ) ) IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S ) OBJECTION TO THE ) INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF ) IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION ) REQUEST NO.1 ) COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet' or "Company") and objects to the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power's Production Request No. 1 contained in the First Production Request of the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power dated November 23, 2010, as follows: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO.1 - 1 REQUEST NO.1: Reference Direct Testimony of Darlene Nemnich, p. 7, lines 3-7. For the FlexPeak program, please provide a breakdown specifying, on an annual basis, the Company's incentive costs paid to customers and the Company's incentive costs paid for the demand-aggregator contractor for the Flex Peak program. Please provide a copy of the contract with the demand-aggregator for Flex Peak program. OBJECTION TO REQUEST NO.1: Idaho Power does not pay Flex Peak incentives to customers. The Company instead pays EnerNOC, who negotiates with customers on an overall basis. Idaho Power paid EnerNOC $451,808 in 2009 and the forecasted 2010 payment to EnerNOC is $1,760,563. Idaho Power objects to the Industrial Customers of Idaho Powets ("ICIP") request that it provide a copy of the contract with the demand-aggregator for the Flex Peak program. Idaho Power believes that disclosure of such information would provide ICIP's members with substantial competitive advantages over other participants in negotiating with EnerNOC, thus decreasing the margins and substantially damaging the aggregator business model that supports the effectiveness of the Flex Peak program. Furthermore, the contract between Idaho Power and EnerNOC contains sensitive information, including business model and pricing information, that EnerNOC considers to be proprietary and a trade secret. If this confidential information was disclosed, current and potential EnerNOC competitors and potential program participants would be able to gain important insights into EnerNOC's unique pricing, business, and technical strategies causing substantial harm to the competitive position of EnerNOC and, consequently, adversely affecting the Flex Peak program. The nondisclosure of the confidential information wil prevent substantial, identifiable harm to the Flex Peak IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO.1 - 2 program and does not conflict with the ICIP's need for information; the ICIP should be concerned with the overall viabilty of the Flex Peak program and not the unique confidential terms of EnerNOC's relationships with program participants or similar third parties. The response to this Request was prepared by Darlene Nemnich, Senior Regulatory Analyst, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 7th day of December 2010. clÆ~~ LISA D. NORDST . M Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO.1 - 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this ¡th day of December 2010 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 1 upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff . Weldon B. Stutzman Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 -X Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email Weldon.Stutzman(ëpuc.idaho.gov Industrial Customers of Idaho Power Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 27th Street P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered -X U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email peter(ërichardsonandolearv.com greg(ërichardsonandoleary.com Dr. Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates 6070 Hill Road Boise, Idaho 83703 Hand Delivered -X U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email dreading(ëmindspring.com Idaho Conservation League Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 North Sixth Street P.O. Box 844 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered -X U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email botto(ëidahoconservation.org NW Energy Coalition Nancy Hirsh NW Energy Coalition 811 1st Avenue, Suite 305 Seattle, Washington 98104 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email nancy(ënwenergy.org IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO.1 - 4 Snake River Allance Ken Miler Snake River Allance 350 North 9th Street #B61 0 P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. Eric L. Olsen RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE & BAILEY, CHARTERED 201 East Center P.O. Box 1391 Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391 Anthony Yankel Yankel & Associates, Inc. 29814 Lake Road Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email kmiler(ësnakeriverallance.org Hand Delivered -LU.S.Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -X Email elo(ëracinelaw.net Hand Delivered -LU.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX L Email tony(ëyankel.net at 1). ti Uw Lisa D. Nordstr IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S OBJECTION TO THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER'S PRODUCTION REQUEST NO.1 - 5