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Home My WebLink About20120822IPC to Staff 1.pdfIDAHO RECFi\iEr PVER® An IDACORP Company 7f:. AUG 22 PM 3 39 DONOVAN E. WALKER - Lead Counsel d Lj waIkertidahoDOwer.com UTlL 1S CO1.M;s iO: August 22, 2012 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Re: Case Nos. IPC-E-12-20, IPC-E-12-22, and IPC-E-12-23 Cottonwood Wind Park, LLC; Deep Creek Wind Park, LLC; Rogerson Flats Wind Park, LLC; Salmon Creek Wind Park, LLC; Notch Butte Wind Park, LLC; and Lava Beds Wind Park, LLC - Idaho Power Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing in the above matter are an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff ("Staff') to Idaho Power Company. Also enclosed are four (4) copies of a disk containing information responsive to Staff's First Production Request. Very yours, Donovan E.alker DEW:evp Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) JULIA A. HILTON (ISB No. 7740) Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5317 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 dwalkeridahopower.com ihiItonidahopower.com RECEivED Limr-j rUL. UTLLTES COMMSSON Attorneys for Idaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A DECLARATORY ORDER REGARDING THE FIRM ENERGY SALES AGREEMENTS AND GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENTS WITH COTTONWOOD WIND PARK, LLC; DEEP CREEK WIND PARK, LLC; ROGERSON FLATS WIND PARK, LLC; AND SALMON CREEK WIND PARK, LLC. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A DECLARATORY ORDER REGARDING THE FIRM ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT AND GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT WITH NOTCH BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A DECLARATORY ORDER REGARDING THE FIRM ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT AND GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT WITH LAVA BEDS WIND PARK, LLC. CASE NO. IPC-E-12-20 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY CASE NO. IPC-E-12-22 CASE NO. IPC-E-12-23 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -1 COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company, and in response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company dated August 21, 2012, herewith submits the following information: REQUEST NO. 1: For each of the six wind Qualifying Facilities (QF) included in the proposed Settlement of these cases (Notch Butte, Lava Beds, Rogerson Flats, Salmon Creek, Cottonwood and Deep Creek), please calculate what Idaho Power would have paid to each QF for the twenty (20) years of each approved power purchase Agreement (PPAs) if the QF projects were constructed and operating in conformance with their respective PPAs. Notch Butte $ Lava Beds $ Rogerson Flats $ Salmon Creek $ Cottonwood $ Deep Creek $ RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: Please see the information provided below. 20-Year Contract Term Estimated Kilowatt-Hour Estimated Energy Production Payment Notch Butte 1,058,967,980 $ 78,695,831 Lava Beds 1,108,195,220 $ 80,942,030 Rogerson Flats 1,231,456,080 $108,685,898 Salmon Creek 1,231,456,080 $108,685,898 Cottonwood 1,231,456,080 $108,685,898 Deep Creek 1.231.456.080 $108,685,898 Total 7,092,987,520 $594,381,455 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -2 ASSUMPTIONS September 1, 2012, assumed to be the on-line date for all projects. Monthly energy estimates directly from contract-estimated generation in paragraph 6.2.1 of each contract. Net Energy Pricing Rogerson Flats Applied the seasonal all hours energy prices contained in Salmon Creek paragraph 7.3 of each contract. Cottonwood Deep Creek Notch Butte Prices contained in paragraph 7.1 of each Firm Energy Sales Lava Beds Agreement were only listed through 2026. These prices were in accordance with Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") Order No. 29646. Commission Order No. 29646 contained prices through 2029; these prices were applied to each contract. In addition, to provide pricing for the full 20-year term (assumed on-line date of September 2012), the 2029 price was escalated at 2.3 percent per year for the years 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033. Two point three percent is the average annual calculated escalation rate for the years 2026-2029. The response to this Request was prepared by Randy C. Aliphin, Senior Energy Contract Coordinator, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Donovan E. Walker, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 22 nd day of August 2012. 1*0VANE. WALKER Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 22nd day of August 2012 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST 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 Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Cottonwood Wind Park, LLC; Deep Creek Wind Park, LLC; Rogerson Flats Wind Park, LLC; Salmon Creek Wind Park, LLC; Notch Butte Wind Park, LLC; and Lava Beds Wind Park, LLC Roy Eiguren SULLIVAN, REBERGER & EIGUREN 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1001 -3 Boise, Idaho 83702 X Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don. howeIkpuc.idaho.gov Hand Delivered X U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email reiquren(äidaho-politics.com Eljdeth Paynteral Assistant IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -4 CERTIFICATE OF ATTORNEY ASSERTION THAT MATERIALS REQUESTED AND PROVIDED DURING THE COURSE OF AN IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PROCEEDING ARE PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION Case Nos. IPC-E-12-20, IPC-E-12-22, and IPC-E-12-23 The undersigned attorney, in accordance with RP 233, hereby certifies that the Settlement Stipulation provided by Idaho Power Company as Attachment No: I to the Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation contains information that a party to the proceedings claims is a trade secret or privileged or confidential as described in Idaho Code § 9-340, et seq., and § 48-801, et seq., and as such is exempt from public inspection, examination, or copying. DATED this 22nd day of August 2012. co all Ch ovanEWaiker w c'j Counsel for Idaho Power Company 0 w c r ..