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Home My WebLink About20111110ICL to IPC 1-4.pdfBenjamin Otto (ISB No. 8292) 710 N 6th Street Boise,ID 83701 Ph: (208) 345-6933 x 12 Fax: (208) 344-0344 bottoCPidaoconservation.org Attorney for the Idao Conservtion League, the NW Energy Coalition, and the Snake River Aliance BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILIES COMMISSION IN TH MATIER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORIlY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS IN TH STATE OF IDAHO. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. IPC-E-ll-08 The Conservation Parties' Respnses to the First Production Request of Idao Power COMES NOW the Idao Conservtion League, NW Energ Coalition and the Snake River Allance, collectively the Conservtion Paries, with the followig responses to Idao Power: REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.1: Pleas provide a copy of al materials, analyses and workpapers created or relied upon by Ms. Hirsh in preparg her testimony. ANSWER: Most of the materials used in preparg Ms. Hirh's testimony were footnoted in the testimony or attached as an exhibit. Ms. Hirh also relied on her 15 plus years of experience in the energ effciency field to inform her analyss. In addition, attached is the spreadsheet developed to support Tables 1, 2, and 3 on pages 16-17 of the testimony titled "ICL DSM figues for Idao Power 2011 Rate Case 10-05-1 L.pdf'. The CD included with this response contais copies of documents other than Idao Power reports, testimony fùed in thi case, or previous orders of the Idao Commission. Please note that footnote 29, Energy Effciency Evaluation, Measurement and Verification, Issues and Opportunities, refers to the wrng page. The correct page is 72. Ths answer was prepared by Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director of the N.W. Energy Coalition in consultation with Benjamin Otto, attorney for the Conservtion Parties. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.2: Page 6(sic), lines 11-12, of Ms. Hirh's testimony states that "the CAPAI agencies have a large and growig backlog of potential projects." Please quatify the number of potential projects in the backlog and what portion of them are electricaly heated homes in Idao Power's servce terrtory. ANSWER: The Conservtion Paries do not have a quatification of the CAP AI agencies backlog or the portion of electrically heated homes. An emai exchange on a related topic with CAP AI staff on Augut 17 stated "agencies have seen an increase in need for weatherization servces, especialy since the majority of applicants are referrs from LIHEAP intake. Weatheriation typicaly serves about 5% of the households who apply for LIHEAP on an annua basis." Furher background basis for this statement came from a conversation with Terr Ottens and Brad Purdy. Ths answer was prepared by Nancy Hirh, Policy Director of the N.W. Energy Coaltion in consultation with Benjamin Otto, attorney for the Conservation Paries. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.3: Page 6(sic), lines 22-23, of Ms. Hirsh's testimony states that "CAP AI con tin ues to see a growig backlog of eligible progr paricipants. . ." If this paricipant backlog is different tha the project backlog referenced in Production Request NO.2 above, please quatify the number of eligible progr paricipants in the backlog and what portion of them live in electricaly heated homes in Idao Power's servce terrtory. ANSWER: To the Conservation Paries understandig there is only one backlog of eligible progr participants in the CAPAI agencies weatherition progrs. Ths answer was prepared by Nancy Hirh, Policy Director of the N.W. Energ Coalition in consultation with Benjamin Otto, attorney for the Conservtion Paries. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO.4: On pages 8 and 9 of her testimony, Ms. Hirh compares the low-income weatheriation fundig per residential customer of numerous western utilties. Please describe how the fundig per customer relates to the need for low-income weatheriation in each utilty's servce terrtory. Please provide any supporting studies or documentation. ANSWER: The purose of this section of the testimony is to provide a comparson of spendig between other western utilties. Ths comparson is relevat basd on the asumption that each utilty has a similar ratio of low income to other income residential customers. Ths is but one metric of many avaable to determine an appropriate level of spendig. Included on the CD accompanyig these responses is a map from the United States Census Bureau showig the percentage of the state population in poverty. Ths map shows that each state in our region has a similar percentage in poverty. Ths answer was prepared by Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director of the N.W. Energy Coalition in consultation with Benjamin Otto, attorney for the Conservtion Paries. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certif that on thi 10th day of November, 2011 I delivered true and correct copies of the foregoing RESPONCES TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUESTS OF IDAHO POWER to the followig via the method of servce noted: Hand delivery Jean Jewell Commission Secretar (Origial, three copies, and one CD provided) Idao Public Utilties Commission 427 W. Washigton St. Boise, ID 83702-5983 Idaho Power Lia D. Nordstrom Donova E. Waler Jason B. Wiliams Idao Power Company 1221 West Idao Street Boise, Idao 83707-0070 lnordstrom~idaopower.com dwalerCidaopower.com lwiliamsCPidaopower.com GregW. Said V.P. Reguatory Affais Idao power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise ID 83707-0070 gsaidCPidaopower.com Electronic Mai Only: peterCrichadsnandolear.com gregCrichadsnandolear.com CAPAI Brad M. Purdy Attorney At Law 2019 N. 17th st Boise, Id 83702 bmpurd~hotmai.com Dr. Don Readig 6070 Hil Road Boise, Idao 83703 dreadigtmindsprig.com ICIP Peter J. Richadson Gregory M. Adas Richardson & O'lear, PLLC 515 N. 27th Street Boise, ID 83702 IIPA Eric 1. Olsen Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Baiey, Chaered P.O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center Pocatello, Idao 83204-1391 elo~racinelaw.net Anthony Yankel 29814 Lae Road Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140 tonyCankeL.net Thorvd A. Nelson Mark A. Davidson Holland & Har LL 6800 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Ste. 500 Greenwood Vilage, CO 80111 Tnelson CPhollandhar.com Madavidson CPhollan dhar. corn DOE Steven A. Porter Assistant Genera Counsel Electricity and Fossil Energy United States Deparment of Energy 1000 Independence Ave. SVV Washigton, DC 20585 Steven. porterChq.doe.gov Snake River Alliance Ken Miler, Clean Energy Progr Director Snake River Allance P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idao 83701 KmilerCsnakeriveralance.org Arthur Perr Bruder Attorney -Advisor United States Deparment of Energy 1000 Independence Ave. SVV Washigton, DC 20585 Arthur.bruderChq.doe.gov Mr. Dwight Etheridge Exeter Associates 5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 310 Columbia, MD 21044 detheridgeCPexeterassociates.com NW Energy Coalition Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director NW Energy Coalition 811 First Avenue, Suite 305 Seattle, Washigton 98104 Nan cynwenergy.org Kroger John R Hammond, Jr. Batt Fisher Pusch & Alderman, LLP U.S. Bank Plaza, 5th Floor 101 S. Capitol Boulevad, Suite 500 P.O. Box 1308 Boise, ID 83701 E-mai: jrhCPbattfisher.com Hoku Materils, Inc. Dean J. Miler McDEVITI & MILLR LLP 420 East Bannock Boise, Idao 83702 J oeCPmcdevitt -miler. com HeatherCmcdevtt -miler. com Kur J. Boehm Boehm, Kurz & Lowr 36 E. Seventh St., Suite 1510 Cincinnati, OH 45202 KBoehmCPBKLlawfir.com Scott Paul, CEO Hoku Materials, Inc. One HokuWay Pocatello, Idao 83204 SpaulCPhokucorp.com Micron MarV. York, ISB No. 5020 Holland & Har LLP Suite 1400, U.S. Bank Plaza 101 South Capitol Boulevad P.O. Box 2527 Boise, Idaho 83701-2527 MyorkCPhollandhar.com ái~ Benjamin J. Otto