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Home My WebLink About20110920IPC to Staff 186.pdfLISA D. NORDSTROM Lead Counsel Inordstrom(âidahopower.com RECEIV esIDA~POR~ An IDACORP Company September 20,2011 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83720 Re: Case No. IPC-E-11-08 General Rate Case Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filng are an original and one (1) copy of Idaho Power Company's Response to the Thirteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company in the above matter. Very truly yours, X~/!.Lf~ Lisa D. Nordstrom LDN/kkt Enclosures LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) JASON B. WILLIAMS Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 Inordstrom(ãidahopower.com dwalker(ãidahopower.com jwilliamsßRidahopower.com Attorneys for Idaho Power Company ....Cr"í\p..n!"-'iJ.~ .~-! it ,. f ~a ..~ j.L.~,,, -;;...' iUll SEP 20 PH 3: 59 , I~-~lU¡ i BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR ) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES ) AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC )SERVICE IN IDAHO. ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. IPC-E-11-08 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet' or "Company") in response to the Thirteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company dated September 1, 2011, and as agreed to by the Idaho Public Utilties Commission Staff and the Company, Idaho Power responds to the following select requests: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 1 REQUEST NO. 186: Please explain how the P-card transactions are spread to the FERC accounts. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 186: At the beginning of each month, each employee who has used his/her purchasing card (UP-Card") the previous month wil be notified that they have P-card transactions to reconcile. The employee logs onto a secure web application provided by Wells Fargo called Credit Card Expense Reporting ("CCER"). In CCER, the employee reviews the charges and the default accounting assigned to the charge. If the accounting is incorrect, the employee selects the appropriate accounting string for the charge (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") account is one of the fields of the accounting string), describes the business purpose, and provides the proper receipts. The employee then completes the review and submits for approvaL. Each employee has two approvers assigned to them, typically the employee's direct supervisor and that supervisor's manager. One of the approvers logs onto CCER and reviews the charges for appropriateness, correct accounting, and proper description. That person will then approve all of the charges within the reconciliation. In addition, an envelope with the receipts is routed to Accounts Payable to review for proper documentation. The credit card administrator monitors outstanding charges and approvals and contacts the employee or his/her manager to be sure all of the charges are reviewed within the approval time period. Once all the charges are reviewed, the credit card administrator exports the charges and the related accounting strings into a Peoplesoft journal voucher. Many times the accounting string contains a work order. The work order may have multiple lines of accounting split by percentages. When the voucher is IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 2 posted to the general ledger, a program looks up the work order in Asset Suite and allocates the charge to the accounting lines on the work order based on the percentages specified in Asset Suite. One credit card charge may be allocated to several FERC accounts based on the work order. The response to this Request was prepared by Steven R. Keen, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 3 REQUEST NO. 187: Please explain why P-card transactions are posting to Account No. 108, accumulated depreciation. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 187: Account 108, Accumulated Provision for Depreciation of Electric Plant in Service, contains more than just the accumulated depreciation of assets. It also includes salvage and removal costs, which may include labor, vehicles, and P-Card transactions for meals, lodging, etc. When a work order is written with capital installations and estimated removals, the work order accounting splits the costs between Account 107, Construction Work In Progress, and Account 108, Accumulated Provision for Depreciation of Electric Plant in Service, based on the work to be done. Any charge to that work order and task will be split to these accounts based on that estimate. The response to this Request was prepared by Steven R. Keen, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 20th day of September 2011. g~g*~LISA D. NORDST OM Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 20th day of September 2011 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH 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 Donald L. Howell, II Karl T. Klein Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email Don.HoweIlßRpuc.idaho.gov Karl. KleinßRpuc. idaho.gov Industrial Customers of Idaho Power Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 2ih Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email peterßRrichardsonandoleary.com gregßRrichardsonandoleary.com Dr. Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates, Inc. 6070 Hil Road Boise, Idaho 83703 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email drßRbenjohnsonassociates.com 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 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email eloßRracinelaw.net Anthony Yankel 29814 Lake Road Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email tonyßRyankel.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 5 The Kroger Co. Kurt J. Boehm BOEHM, KURTZ & LOWRY 36 East Seventh Street, Suite 1510 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX X Email kboehm((BKLlawfirm.com jrh((battfisher.com Kevin Higgins Energy Strategies, LLC 215 South State Street, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email khiggins((energystrat.com Micron Technology, Inc. MaryV. York HOLLAND & HART, LLP 101 South Capital Boulevard, Suite 1400 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email myork((hollandhart.com tnelson((hollandhart.com madavidson((holland hart.com fschmidt((holland ha rt. com Inbuchanan((holland hart. com Richard E. Malmgren Senior Assistant General Counsel Micron Technology, Inc. 800 South Federal Way Boise, Idaho 83716 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email remalmgren((micron.com The United States Department of Energy Arthur Perry Bruder, Attorney-Advisor United States Department of Energy 1 000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email Arthur.bruder((hq.doe.gov Steven. porter((hq .doe.gov Dwight D. Etheridge Exeter Associates, Inc. 10480 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300 Columbia, Maryland 21044 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email detheridge((exeterassociates.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 6 Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 North 1 ih Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email bmpurdy((hotmail.com Idaho Conservation League Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 North Sixth Street (83702) P.O. Box 844 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email botto((idahoconservation.org Snake River Allance Ken Miler Snake River Allance P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email kmiller((snakeriverallance.org NW Energy Coalition Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director NW Energy Coalition 811 First Avenue, Suite 305 Seattle, Washington 98104 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email nancy((nwenergy.org Hoku Materials, Inc. Dean J. Miler McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 East Bannock (83702) P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email joe((mcdevitt-miller.com heather((mcdevitt-miller.com Scott Paul, CEO Hoku Materials, Inc. One HokuWay Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -l Email spaul((hokucorp.com cß.U¥f~Lisa D. Nordstrom IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 7