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Home My WebLink About20130325IPC to Staff 1-4.pdfaqMN 991310MR6 IDAHO An IDACORP Company Zfl•11MAR25 pM LISA D. NORDSTROM - Lead Counsel 1 1 Inordstrom(idahopower.com ILl I CMMISSIO. March 25, 2013 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Re: Case No. IPC-E-13-04 EnerNOC 2' Amendment - Idaho Power Company's Responses to the Commission Staffs ("Staff') First Production Request Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing in the above matter are an original and three (3) copies of Idaho Power Company's responses to Staffs First Production Request. Very truly yours, Lisa D. Nordstrom LDN :evp Enclosures 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) JULIA A. HILTON (ISB No. 7740) Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 Inordstrom(idahoDower.com ihiItonidahopower.com ThI3 MAR 2S PM !:t +8 .) ) UIT IL IT Attorneys for Idaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF ITS AGREEMENT WITH ENERNOC TO IMPLEMENT AND OPERATE A VOLUNTARY COMMERCIAL DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM. CASE NO. IPC-E-13-04 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company"), and in response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company dated March 14, 2013, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -1 REQUEST NO. 1: Under what conditions will the Company pay EnerNoc an energy payment? RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: The Company pays EnerNOC for all megawatt-hour reduction which occurs as a result of demand response events after the first two events in a calendar week. The response to this Request was prepared by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research and Analysis Leader, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -2 REQUEST NO. 2: What scenario(s) will the Company dispatch FlexPeak in 2013 under the proposed amendment? RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: The process of deciding if the Company will dispatch the FlexPeak Management program would be the same under the proposed amendment and under the current amendment. The only difference is that under the proposed amendment the program would be available for 30 total hours during the season while under the current contract the program is available for 60 total hours of dispatch during the season. Each week during the program season, representatives from the Energy Efficiency, Power Supply, Compliance, System Dispatch, Regulatory Affairs, Transmission Planning, and Generation Dispatch departments meet to discuss the dispatch potential for the following week. At this meeting, the Company considers a combination of factors, including: load forecast, temperature forecast, generation availability, on-peak energy prices, transmission availability, and FlexPeak program parameters and availability to determine whether the program will be dispatched. The dispatch of the program can be decided up to two hours prior to the event, depending on load and resource conditions. The response to this Request was prepared by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research and Analysis Leader, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -3 REQUEST NO. 3: What scenario(s) will the Company dispatch FlexPeak in 2013 under the current contract? RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3: Each week during the program season, representatives from the Energy Efficiency, Power Supply, Compliance, System Dispatch, Regulatory Affairs, Transmission Planning, and Generation Dispatch departments meet to discuss the dispatch potential for the following week. At this meeting, the Company considers a combination of factors, including: load forecast, temperature forecast, generation availability, on-peak energy prices, transmission availability, and FlexPeak program parameters and availability to determine whether the program will be dispatched. The dispatch of the program can be decided up to two hours prior to the event, depending on load and resource conditions. The response to this Request was prepared by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research and Analysis Leader, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -4 REQUEST NO. 4: Given the Company's answers to Request Nos. 2 and 3, what is the Company's anticipated cost for the Flex Peak Program for 2013? Please delineate by customer incentive, labor/administrative, other expense, and purchased services. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 4: Idaho Power does not have the anticipated cost for the FlexPeak program delineated in the cost categories that Staff has requested. However, the Company estimates labor/administrative expenses to be approximately $120,000 and program evaluation costs to be approximately $60,000 under both scenarios in Staffs Production Request Nos. 2 and 3. The Company estimates that under the proposed amendment the contractor costs will be between approximately $2.5 and $2.8 million for 2013 and under the current contract Idaho Power estimates the contractor costs will be between approximately $3.0 and $3.3 million for 2013. The response to this Request was prepared by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research and Analysis Leader, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel, Idaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 25th day of March 2013. 6 ~ ~. - " S, : 1j, V", -~~ LISA D. NORDS1LROM Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -5 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 25 th day of March 2013 I served a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Weldon Stutzman Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Industrial Customers of Idaho Power Peter J. Richardson RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 27th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise, Idaho 83703 X Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email Weldon .StutzmanDuc. idaho.ciov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email Pete rrichardsonandoIeary.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email dreadinqmindsDrinci.com AV P- Elizabeth PaynterXgaI Assistant IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSES TO THE COMMISSIONSTAFF'S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST -6