20130503IPC to Staff 1-2.pdf

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LISA D. NORDSTROM
Lead Counsel JTtLI 1 IF SS
lnordstromtidahopower.com
May 3; 2013
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-13-11
Custom Efficiency Incentive Payments Accounting Order - Idaho Power
Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission
Staff to Idaho Power Company
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 to
Idaho Power Company.
Also enclosed are four (4) copies of a non-confidential disk containing data
responsive to this Request.
Very truly yours,
Q.
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: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
lnordstromidahopower.com
ihiltonidahopower.com
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Attorneys for Idaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN
ACCOUNTING ORDER AUTHORIZING
COLLECTION OF CAPITALIZED
CUSTOM EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS
CASE NO. IPC-E-13-11
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO
POWER COMPANY
COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company"), and in
response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff ("Staff') to Idaho
Power Company dated April 25, 2013, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -1
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide an electronic copy of all the attachments in
Excel format with all formulas intact.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: Please see the attached Excel files.
The response to this Request was prepared by Matthew Larkin, Regulatory
Analyst, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel,
Idaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -2
REQUEST NO. 2: Please prepare an analysis illustrating the amount of the
carrying charges accrued to the DSM Rider Account had the Custom Efficiency
incentive payments been paid through the Rider rather than deferred as a regulatory
asset. Please compare that amount to the actual carry charges incurred by the Rider
over the same time period.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: The carrying charges for the Demand-Side
Management ("DSM") Rider account and the Custom Efficiency Regulatory Asset
account are calculated using the same methodology. The Company takes the average
of the beginning and ending monthly general ledger balance, multiplies it by the deposit
rate, and divides it by 12 to get the current month's carrying charge. Given that the
same methodology is used to calculate carrying charges for both accounts, the amount
of incremental carrying charges added to the DSM Rider resulting from combining the
Custom Efficiency payments would be the same as calculated in Attachment I to the
Application.
The response to this Request was prepared by Doug Jones, Finance Team
Leader, Idaho Power Company, in consultation with Lisa D. Nordstrom, Lead Counsel,
Idaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 3rd day of May 2013.
LISA D. NORDS17ROM
Attorney for ldah&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 the 3rd day of May 2013 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
Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington (83702)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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U.S. Mail
Overnight Mail
FAX
X Email weIdon.stutzmancpuc.idaho.iov
Elizabfh Paynteal Assistant
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -4