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Home My WebLink About20111021IPC 1-4 to NWEC, ICL, SRA.pdfLISA D. NORDSTROM Lead Counsel Inordstromcæidahopower.com 1SIDA~PORcw An IDACORP Company October 20, 2011 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 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 First Production Request to NW Energy Coalition, the Idaho Conservation League, and the Snake River Allance (collectively "the Conservation Parties") in the above matter. Very truly yours,~i)f1~ Lisa D. Nordstrom LDN:csb Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) JASON B. WILLIAMS (ISB No. 8718) Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 InordstromCâidahopower.com dwalkercmidahopower.com jwilliamscmidahopower.com Attorneys for Idaho Power Company RE(~Et 21'1 i 01"'' 2n p~¡. i.. '"8U,l ,,_"! U ¡ I "t" J BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MAnER 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 FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Powet' or "Company"), by and through its attorneys, and hereby requests that the NW Energy Coalition, the Idaho Conservation League, and the Snake River Allance (collectively "the Conservation Parties") answer the following production requests and provide the following information and documents in accordance with the Idaho Public Utilties Commission's IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES")-1 ("Commission") Rules of Procedure and applicable scheduling orders and notices issued by the Commission in this proceeding. To allow the Company to utilze these responses in preparing its rebuttal testimony, it is necessary that the responses to these production requests be provided as soon as possible, but no later than November 10, 2011. This production request is to be deemed continuing in nature and the Conservation Parties are requested to provide, through supplementation, additional documents or information that are responsive to this request that it, or any person acting on its behalf, may later come into possession or become aware of. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.1: Please provide a copy of all materials, analyses and workpapers created or relied upon by Ms. Hirsh in preparing her testimony. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.2: Page 6, lines 11-12, of Ms. Hirsh's testimony states that "the CAPAI agencies have a large and growing backlog of potential projects." Please quantify the number of potential projects in the backlog and what portion of them are electrically heated homes in Idaho Powets service territory. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.3: Page 6, lines 22-23, of Ms. Hirsh's testimony states that "CAPAI continues to see a growing backlog of eligible program participants. . .." If this participant backlog is different than the project backlog referenced in Production Request No. 2 above, please quantify the number of eligible program participants in the backlog and what portion of them live in electrically heated homes in Idaho Powets service territory. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY ''THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.4: On pages 8 and 9 of her testimony, Ms. Hirsh compares the low-income weatherization funding per residential customer of numerous western utilties. Please describe how the funding per customer relates to the need for low-income weatherization in each utility's service territory. Please provide any supporting studies or documentation. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 20th day of October 2011. --. ',Q~~C\(¿hL !. / L1SÁ D. NORõTROM Attorney for Idafo Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") - 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 20th day of October 2011 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") 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 X Email Don.Howelicmpuc.idaho.gov Karl. Kleincmpuc. idaho.gov Industrial Customers of Idaho Power Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 2th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email petercmrichardsonandoleary.com gregcmrichardsonandoleary.com Dr. Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates, Inc. 6070 Hil Road Boise, Idaho 83703 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email drcmbenjohnsonassociates.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 -2 Email elocmracinelaw.net Anthony Yankel 29814 Lake Road Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email tonycmyankel.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") - 4 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 kboehmcmBKLlawfirm.com jrhcmbattfisher.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 -2 Email khigginscmenergystrat.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 -2 Email myorkcmhollandhart.com tnelsoncmhollandhart.com madavidsoncmhollandhart.com fsch midtcmholland hart. com Inbuchanancmhollandhart.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 -2 Email remalmgrencmmicron.com The United States Department of Energy Arthur Perry Bruder, Attorney-Advisor United States Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20585 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email Arthur.brudercmhq.doe.gov Steven. portercmhq .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 -2 Email detheridgecmexeterassociates.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") - 5 Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 North 17th Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email bmpurdycmhotmail.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 -2 Email bottocmidahoconservation.org Snake River Allance Ken Miler Snake River Allance P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email kmillercmsnakeriveralliance.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 -2 Email nancycmnwenergy.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 -2 Email joecmmcdevitt-miler.com heathercmmcdevitt-miller.com Scott Paui, CEO Hoku Materials, Inc. One HokuWay Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail _ Overnight Mail FAX -2 Email spauicmhokucorp.com j) f)1LC)~~~Lisa D. Nordstrom'\/ IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO NW ENERGY COALITION, THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE, AND THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE (COLLECTIVELY "THE CONSERVATION PARTIES") - 6