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Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
47 2 W est Wash ington Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-14-05
201 4-2015 Power Cost Adjustment - ldaho Power Company's Response to
the Third Production Request of the lndustrial Customers of ldaho Power
Dear Ms. Jewel!:
Enclosed forfiling in the above matter please find an original and three (3) copies of
ldaho Power Company's Response to the Third Production Request of the lndustrial
Customers of ldaho Power.
Very truly yours,
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Lisa D. Nordstrom
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LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733)
ldaho Power Company
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
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lnoid strom@ ida hopower. com
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHOR!ry TO IMPLEMENT POWER
COST ADJUSTMENT ('PCA") 3,q1Eg
FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM JUNE 1,
2014, THROUGH MAY 31,2015, AND TO
UPDATE BASE MTES IN COMPLIANCE
WITH ORDER NO. 33OOO.
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CASE NO. |PC-E-14-05
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS
OF IDAHO POWER
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or "Company"), and in
response to the Third Production Request of the lndustrial Customers of Idaho Power
dated April 25, 2014, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER - 1
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 16: Exhibit 2 to Mr. Tatum's prefiled direct
testimony states, 'While surplus sales for the two months were impacted by the lower
than forecast production from Langley Gulch, the impact on overall PCA was minimal
because of a conesponding decrease in Langley Gulch fuel expense." Please quantify
the revenue impact on the overall PCA for the lower than forecast production from
Langley Gulch for the month of October 2013.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 16: The table below
quantifies the estimated $481,000 net power supply expense ("NPSE") impact on the
overall PCA for the lower than forecast production from Langley Gulch for the month of
October 2013.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Phil DeVol, Resource Planning
Leader, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER - 2
Forecast Actual Variance
Surplus Sales (000s $)$12.213 $6.225 $(5.988)
Lanqley Fuel (000's $)$6.221 $714 $(s.507)
NPSE lmpact (000's $)$5,992 $5,511 $481
REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 17: Exhibit No.S, page 1, on line 5 to Mr.
Wright's prefiled direct testimony shows actual MWh ldaho Jurisdictional Sales for the
2013-2014 PCA year. As indicated in the footnote to that !ine, April and May 2013 are
normalized MWh sales. !n Order No. 32821 at page ll the ldaho Public Utilities
Commission ruled that,
Based on our review of the record, we find it reasonable for
the Company to apply actual ldaho jurisdictional energy
sales to the forecast rate in the calculation of the true-up
component of the PCA mechanism. We direct the Company
to implement this change with the new PCA rates on June 1,
2013.
What were the actua! ldaho jurisdictional MWh sales for April and May 2013?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 17: The actual ldaho
jurisdictional megawatt-hour sales for April and May o12013 were as follows:
. April - 911,356
o May - 1,019,152
The response to this Request is sponsored by Scott Wright, Regulatory Analyst,
Idaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION
REOUEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER - 3
REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 18: Does the Company believe that the
true up component of the 2013 - 2014 PCA rates is based on actua! sales data? Even
though a literal reading of the Commission's Order seems to only direct a change from
normalized to actua! sales beginning in the month of June 2013 (rather than April). does
the Company believe it would be consistent with the intent of the Commission's Order to
use actual data for all true up calculations? Please explain.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 18: No. As reflected in
Exhibit 5, line 5, columns c and d, the Company applied the forecast component rate to
the ldaho jurisdiction normalized sales as directed in prior PCA orders. Consistent with
the Commission's directive in Order No. 32821, in June the Company began using
actual ldaho jurisdictional sales to apply the forecast component rate. The Company
implemented the methodology as directed by Order No. 32821, which specified a June
1 effective date. The June 1 date appropriately aligned the implementation of the new
methodology with the beginning of the PCA collection period.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Scott Wright, Regulatory Analyst,
ldaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 13th day of May 2014.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER - 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 13th day of May 20141 served a true and correct
copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER upon the
following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Gommission Staff
KarlT. Klein
Deputy Attomey General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
47 2 W est Wash ington (83702 )
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-007 4
lndustrial Customers of ldaho Power
Peter J. Richardson
RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC
515 North 27h Street (83702)
P.O. Box 7218
Boise, ldaho 83707
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, Idaho 83703
ldaho Conservation League
Benjamin J. Otto
ldaho Conservation League
710 North Sixth Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
Idaho lrrigation Pumpers Association
Eric L. Olsen
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE, &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
201 East Center
P.O. Box 1391
Pocatello, ldaho 83204-1391
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Anthony Yankel
29814 Lake Road
Bay Village, Ohio 44140
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