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Home My WebLink About20120413IIPA 1-5 to IPC.pdfLAW OFFICES OF April 11, 2012 Re: Case No. IPC- —/2 .141 W. MARCUS W. NYE RANDALL C. BUDGE JOHN A. BAILEY, JR. JOHN R. 0000ELL JOHN B. INGELSTROM DANIEL C. GREEN BRENT 0. ROCHE KIRK B. HADLEY FRED J. LEWIS ERIC L. OLSEN CONRAD J. AIKEN RICHARD A. HEARN, M.D. LANE V. ERICKSON FREDERICK J. HAHN, III PATRICK N. GEORGE SCOTT J. SMITH JOSHUA D. JOHNSON DAVID E. ALEXANDER STEPHEN J. MUHONEN CANDICE M. MCHUGH CAROL TIPPI VOLYN JONATHON S. BYINGTON JONATHAN M. VOLYN THOMAS J. BUDGE BRENT L. WHITING DAVE BAGLEY JASON E. FLAIG FERRELL S. RYAN, III AARON A. CRARY JOHN J. BULGER BRETT R CAHOON JEFFREY A. WARR Jean J. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0084 Dear Mrs. Jewell: BOISE OFFICE 101 SOUTH CAPITOL BOULEVARD, SUITE 300 BOISE, IDAHO 83702 TELEPHONE, (208) 395-0011 FACSIMILE: (208) 433-0167 IDAHO FALLS OFFICE 477 SHOUP AVENUE SUITE 107 POST OFFICE BOX 50698 IDAHO FALLS, 1083405 TELEPHONE: (208) 528-6101 FACSIMILE: (208) 528-6109 ALL OFFICES TOLL FREE (877) 232-6101 LOUIS F. RACINE (1917-2005) WILLIAM D. OLSON, OF COUNSEL -A , m - 0 CA) fl NI) RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE & BAILEY CHARTERED 201 EAST CENTER STREET POST OFFICE BOX 1391 POCATELLO, IDAHO 83204-1391 TELEPHONE (208) 232-6101 FACSIMILE (208) 232-6109 www.racinelaw.net SENDER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS: elo@racirlelaw.net Enclosed for filing in the captioned case please find the original and three copies of Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. 's First Data Requests to Idaho Power Company. Thank you for your assistance. S . y, ERIC L. OLSEN ELO:rr Enclosures cc: Service List (Via Email) Eric L. Olsen ISB# 4811 RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE & BAILEY, CHARTERED P.O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391 Telephone: (208) 232-6101 Fax: (208) 232-6109 RE CC 2012 APR 13 AM 9:29 itA Attorneys for the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR ) CASE NO. IPC-E-12-14 AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES ) AND RATE BASE TO RECOVER ITS ) IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS INVESTMENT IN THE LANGLEY ) ASSOCIATION, INC.'S SECOND GULCH POWER PLANT ) DATA REQUEST TO IDAHO ) POWER COMPANY 1. Company Exhibit 3 is a summary of a normal Jurisdictional Separation Study ("JSS") that would be filed in a general rate case: a.Please supply a copy of the complete JSS and workpapers that came out of Case IPC-E-1 1-08 as ordered by the Commission. b.Please provide a copy of the Generation Level coincident demand values for each month of the test year in Case IPC-E-1 1-08 as used in the JSS as ordered by the Commission. c.What was the contribution of Hoku to the generation level monthly coincident demand values used in the test year in Case IPC-E-11-08 as used in the JSS as ordered by the Commission? d.What was the contribution of Hoku to the generation level monthly energy values used in the test year in Case IPC-E-1l-08 as used in the JSS as ordered by the Commission? e.Based upon the February 17, 2012 settlement with Hoku, what are the forecasted monthly generation level energy and demand levels for the period July 2012 through June 2013? 2. Mr. Tatum's testimony on page 10 lines 10-12 indicates that the addition of Langley Gulch results in a reduction of $7.7 million in power supply costs. a. Please provide a copy of the original 2010 load and resource inputs, workpapers, and results. IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST DATA REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY I1 RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE & b.Please provide a copy of the same 2010 load and resource inputs, workpapers, and results with Langley Gulch added. c.What were the assumed generation level sales to Hoku each month by pricing block? d.What are the actual and projected 2012 generation level sales to Hoku each month by pricing block? 3. Mr. Tatum's testimony on page 11 lines 3-8 states that the Company will use these results for future PCA filings. Other than the addition of Langley Gulch, were there any other changes to the base PCA calculation such as increased sales or changed purchase power costs? If not, why not? 4. The Company's calculations of its base PCA have included both contract and market purchases. Do the contract purchases include things other than wind or other QF resources? a.If the answer is affirmative, please define and quantity each contract that is not wind or QF. b.For any resource provided in response to "a" above, what are the Company's plans in 2012 to either add or remove such contracts? 5. With respect to Mr. Tatum's testimony at pages 14 and 15 regarding Hoku, please answer the following: a.Please provide a side-by side comparison of the monthly energy, coincident demand, and revenue (by block) associated with Hoku as assumed/used in Case IPC-E-1 1-08 and as proposed in this case. b.Regarding page 15 line 5, what is meant by "this proceeding"? c.Regarding page 15 line 7, what is meant by "test year"? d.Regarding page 15 lines 6-7, please provide all other "test year" values derived by the Company, including total rate base, revenue, and allocation factors. DATED this I I th day of April, 2012. IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST DATA REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY 2 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 11th day of April, 2012, I served a true, correct and complete copy of the foregoing document, to each of the following, via the method so indicated: Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 472 W/ Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 jjewell@puc.state.id.us Lisa D. Nordstrom Julia A. Hilton Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707-0072 lnordstrom(idahopower.com jhilton@idahopower.com Greg W. Said Courtney Wailes Tim Tatum Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707-0071 gsaididahpower.com cwaites@idahopower.com ttatum@idahopower.com Donald L. Howell, II Karl Klein Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Don.howell@puc.idaho.gov Karl.klein(2ipuc.idaho.gov Mail/Postage Prepaid E-Mail Facsimile Overnight Mail Hand Delivered U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid X E-Mail Facsimile Overnight Mail Hand Delivered U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid X E-Mail Facsimile Overnight Mail Hand Delivered U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid E-Mail Facsimile Overnight Mail Hand Delivered IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST DATA REQUESTS TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid X Email Facsimile Overnight Mail Hand Delivered U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid X Email Facsimile Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams Richardson & O'Leary P0 Box 7218 Boise, ID 83702 peter@richardsonandoleary.com greg(2irichardsonandoleary.com Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise, ID 83703 dreading(mindspring.com Thorvald a. Nelson Frederick J. Schmidt Sara K. Rundell Holland & Hart, LLP 6380 S. 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