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Home My WebLink About20131024Snake River 1-6 to Staff.pdfr"';cIi McDevitt & Miller r,r,pLawyerc ?$13 CICT 2t+ 42) Wegt Bannock Street i.;ji..j::',-:, . P.o. Box ?#8370t l*lTtl-tTi':rl ;l-'i B0ise,Idaho 83702 Octobet 24,2013 I ii1;i1.1;r1; Cher. F. McDevitt DeanJ. floe) Millet Celeste K Millet i. r l AH ll: 20 (m8) 343-7s(n (208) 3:166912 (Fax) Via lfaad Delivety JeanJerxre[ Sectetary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472W. lTashington Sr Boise,Idaho 83720 Re: IPC-E-13-16 Snake RivetAlliance DeatMs.Jewell: Enclosed fs1 filing in the above matter, n Jr" find three (3) copies of Snake River Alliaace's First Discovety Requests to the Commissioo Sa[f. Kindly retum a file stamFed copy to me. DJM/hh End ffiffiD"roJ.Mllet Very TnrlyYours, GOPY i _..ii.-. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Pursuant to RP 221.02 and221.03, Snake River Alliance ("SRA"; propounds the following Discovery Requests to the Commission Staff("Staff'). SRA requests that the Commission Staffmake best efforts to provide responses as soon as possible but not later than November 1,2013- These Discovery Requests are to be considered as continuing, and Staff is requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents or infonnation that it or any person acting on its behalf may later obtain. Pursuant to Commission Rules of Procedure a response to a request for production of documents must include the name and phone number ofthe person FrRST DISCOVERY REQIIESTS OF SNAKE RrVER ALLTANCE TO TIm COMMTSSTON STAFF.l Dean J. Miller (ISB No. 1968) Chas. F. McDevitt (ISB No. 835) Celeste K. Miller (ISB No. 2590) MoDEVITT & MILLERLLP 420 West Bannock Street P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, D 83702 Tel: 208.343.7500 Fax: 208.336.6912 i oe@mcdevitt-miller.com chas@mcdevitt-miller. com ck@mcdeviu-miller. com Attorneysfor Snake River Alliance IN TIIE MATTER OX'IDAHO POWER COMPAITY'S APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF'PUBLIC CON'VEI\IENCE AI\[D NECESSITY FOR THE IIIVESTMENT IN SELECTTVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION CONTROLS ON JIM BRIDGER TJMTS 3 AIID 4 Case No.IPC-E-13-16 FIRST DISCOVERY REQUESTS OF SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE TO TIIE COMMISSION STAT'F' r,-. .- /1 - : . ,".,'l ?fi!-i ficT 2:, i; i ri-; i ir",,, ., preparing the document, and the n€rme, location and phone number of the record holder and, if different, the witness who can sponsor the answer at hearing. See IDAPA 31.01.01.228. DISCOVERY REOUESTS REOUEST NO 1: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis, Pg. 9, L. 5. Please state with specificity each of the potential environmental and future environmental compliance costs evaluated by Staffand Staff s estimate of the present dollar cost of each compliance measure. REOUEST NO 2: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis, Pg. 16, L. 6. Please state with specificity each regulation about which there is considerable uncertainty. REOTIEST NO 3: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis, Pg. 10, L.22. Please identiff all efforts of which you are aware whereby either PacifiCorp of Idaho Power attempted to negotiate a delay in Regional Haze compliance. REOUEST NO 4: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis, Pg. 11, L. 16. Please identiff the specific provisions of contractual obligations between the companies that make it very difficult for Idaho Power to pursue a different approach. REOIIEST NO 5: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis, Pg. 12,L. 4. Please: a. Provide a definition of o'stranded assets" as used therein. b. Provide Staff s assessment of the degree of certainty that IPCo would face financial loss associated with "stranded assets" as you have defined it. FrRST DTSCOVERY REQITESTS OF SNAKE RrVER ALLTANCE TO THE COMMTSSTON STAFF-2 REOLIEST NO 5: Please refer to testimony of Witness Louis to Pg. 18 L. 1. Please: Provide a copy of the "tipping point" analysis provided by the Company. Assume that instead of attempting to assign a dollar cost to CO2 emissions, future federal regulations impose limitations on the level of GHG emissions from existing coal-fired plants. Please state whether Staffhas analyzed the cost of such form of regulation, either generically or in connection with Jim Bridger specifically, and if so the results of such analysis. DATED tfrir Zt{ aav of October, 2013. Attorneysfor Snake River Alliance flRST DTSCOyERY REQUESTS OF SNAKE RTyERALLTANCE TO Trm COMMISSION STATT'.3 a. b. & MILLE& LLP I hereby certiff that on,h. aqt", of October ,2Ol3,I caused to be served, via the method(s) indicated below, true and correct copies of the document, upon: Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W est Washington Steet P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 ij ewell@puc.state.id.us Kris Sasser Deputy Attomey General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 47 2 W, Washington (837 02) P0 Box 83720 Boise,ID 83 720-0074 sasser@pus.idaho.gov Lisa D. Nordstrom Idaho Power Company l22lWest Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise,lD 83707 lnordstrom@.idahopower. com Jennifer Reinhardt-Tessmer Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise,lD 83707 i reinhardt@idahopower. com Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 N. Sixth Street (83702) PO Box 844 Boise,ID 83701 botto@ idahoconservation.ors FrRST DTSCOVERY REQUESTS OF SNAKE RTVERALLTANCE TO TrrE COMMTSSTON STAFF-4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivoged U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email foregoing It &LJ (J g t ll t-! K t(J (-! '(J (J $( &IJ &(J (J X &(J &(l tl b{.JK Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams Richardson & Adams, PLLC Fo< Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered ,-.i U.S. Mail d Fa:r Li tJ t KPO Box 7218 Boise,lD 83702 peter@richardsonandoleary.com ere g@richardsonadams.com Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise,Idaho 83703 dreading@mindspring.com Fed. Express HEmail K nv, \Irur}turtbrrUMCDsv[T & MIImn LLP FIRST DTSCOVERY REQITESTS OF SNAKE RMRALLIANCE TO TIIE COMMISSION STAF'F'.5