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Home My WebLink About20150416IPC to ICL&Sierra Club 1-9 redacted.pdf3Effi*. An IDACORP Company DONOVAN E. WALKER Lead Gounsel dwal ker@idahopower. com Apri! 16, 2015 DEW:csb Enclosures VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary ldaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, ldaho 83702 Re: Case Nos. IPC-E-15-01, AVU-E-15-01, and PAC-E-15-03 Modify Terms and Conditions of PURPA Purchase Agreements - ldaho Power Company's Response to the First Production Request of the ldaho Conservation League and the Siena Club Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed for filing in the above mafter please find an original and three (3) copies of ldaho Power Company's Redacted Response to the First Production Request of the ldaho Conservation League and the Siena Club. Also enclosed for filing are an original and three (3) copies of ldaho Power Company's Confidential Response to the ldaho Conservation League and the Siena Club's Prcduction Request No.2. ln addition, enclosed are four (4) copies of a non-confidential disk containing information responsive to the production requests. Please handle the confidential information in accordance with the Protective Agreement executed in this matter. veyrm\yours,,Mula 1221 w. ldaho 5t. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, lD 83707 Donovan E. Walker DONOVAN E. WALKER (lSB No. 5921) Idaho Power Company 1221West ldaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ldaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5317 Facsimile: (208)388-6936 dwalker@id ahopower.com Attorney for ldaho Power Company IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO MODIFY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PURPA PURCHASE AGREEMENTS IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPORATION'S PETITION TO MODIFY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PURPA PURCHASE AGREEMENTS IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO MODIFY TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PURPA PURCHASE AGREEMENTS I 1 .... -. .. ,"l rf !5^ r. F.,,.I i,; rir ii ii: Itii i:: l:5 t:. lilil-liii:", il(1,.1 i ."r '' BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION CASE NO. !PC-E-15-01 CASE NO. AVU.E.15-01 CASE NO. PAC-E-15-03 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or "Company"), and in response to the First Production Request of the ldaho Conservation League and the Siena Club dated March 26,2015, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 1 REQUEST NO. 1: For the 461 MW of PURPA solar contracts that the ldaho PUC has approved, ICL understands that a portion of the Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) associated with this generation wi!! be transferred to Idaho Power: a. For the most recent five calendar years (2010-2014), please provide ldaho Powe/s annual MWhs of REC sales and the annual revenues from these sales. To the extent that the data is available to ldaho Power, please indicate in which state(s) the purchasers of Idaho Power's RECs used those RECs for RPS compliance. b. Does ldaho Powe/s indicative pricing for solar contracts include any consideration of the REC revenues that ldaho Power will receive from REC sales? 1. lf yes, please describe how the lRP methodology incorporates potential REC revenues ldaho Power may receive from QFs. 2. If no, please explain why ldaho Power does not include potential REC revenues to ldaho Power in avoided cost calculations. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: a. The chart below lists the most recent five calendar years (2010-2014) of ldaho Power's annual megawatt-hours ('MWh") of REC sales and annual revenues. ldaho Power has no information as to what purpose(s) the purchaser may have used the RECs. None of the RECs listed below are associated with generation from qualifying facility ("QF') projects; instead, all are associated with generation from non- QF projects (Elkhom, Neal Hot Springs, Raft River Geotherma!, or ldaho Power mid- Snake hydro projects). Pursuant to ldaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") orders, 95 percent all ldaho jurisdictional revenues and 90 percent of al! Oregon IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 2 jurisdictional revenues from REC sales are retumed to ldaho Power customers through the Company's power cost adjustment mechanisms. Year REC Sales (MWh) (r)REC Revenues ($) 2010 808,862 $ 4,485,724 2011 596,225 $ 6,517,833 2012 445,687 $ 3,592,782 2013 251,774 $ 564,378 2014 598,736 $ 3,218,529 (1) ln 2013, there were no mid-Snake hydro REC sales. b. No. Commission Order No. 32697 item G, "Ownership of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)," beginning on page 37 provides an extensive discussion and ruling by the Commission regarding RECs associated with QF projects and the avoided cost calculation. ln summary, this Order explains that the Commission does not intend to include a value for RECs within the avoided cost rates and that it is fair and reasonable to apportion RECs equally between the QF and the utility when using the lntegrated Resource Plan ("lRP") methodology and assign all RECs to the QF when using the Surrogate Avoided Resource ("SAR") methodology. The response to this Request is sponsored by Phil DeVol, Senior Planning Analyst, ldaho Power Company; Karen Flynn, Senior Planning Analyst, ldaho Power Company; and Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. ]DAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 3 REQUEST NO. 2: Please reference pages 17-20 of ldaho Powe/s Petition, as well as Mr. Allphin's testimony and exhibits referenced therein, discussing ldaho Powe/s "long history with active PURPA QF projects.": a. Based on this history, what is the historical "success rate" for QFs with signed and approved contracts to actually bring their projects on-line? Please express this as a percentage of the historical MWs of signed QF contracts that have resulted in on-line MWs of QF projects. b. Of the 521 MWs of QFs under contract, but not on-line, how many MWs does ldaho Power expect wil! be successful at bringing their projects on-line? c. Please provide the historical on-line dates for the on-line PURPA QF projects listed in Mr. Allphin's Exhibit No. 2. d. Please provide the MWh data for the QF and renewable resources, and for ldaho Powe/s total retails loads, that Mr. Allphin used to construct the RPS percentages shown in his Exhibit No. 5. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: a. ldaho Power does not track or maintain information on the historica! "success rate" of QF projects. b. As of the date of the response to this Request, 380 megawatts ("MW") of the 521 MW of QFs under contract, but not yet on-line, are in compliance with their respective agreements; therefore, ldaho Power has no reason to assume they will not come on-line as stated in their agreements. To date, 141 MW of the 521 MW are not in compliance with their respective QF agreements and ldaho Power is taking the appropriate actions as allowed within those agreements. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 4 Please see the table below. Project FacilityNumber Type Proiect Name MW Operational Date 11766002 Biomass Tamarack Cspp 41455091 Biomass Pocatello Waste 2161 5100 Biomass Hidden Hollow Landfill Gas 31616100 Biomass Big SkyWest Dairy Digester (DF-AP #1, LLC) 31615100 Biomass Bettencourt Dry Creek BioFactory, LLC 31616150 Biomass 86 Anaerobic Digester 5.00 0.46 3.20 1.50 2.25 2.28 4.50 4.00 3.06 3.20 15.90 10.00 3.00 2.00 0.52 0.37 0.22 o.22 2.05 0.52 0.36 0.90 1.25 0.'14 0.62 1.55 0.13 1.89 0.05 0.07 0.54 2.85 7.97 2.06 0.34 0.08 0.06 0.16 1.20 5.00 0.43 0.60 0.21 2.44 06/01/1983 1213111985 01t01t2007 01115t2009 05/03/2010 08101t2010 01l0'U2012 0811312012 04101t2014 0510112014 0310112013 11121t1996 o8t11t2001 09/01/2003 0212011982 06121t1982 06/16/1983 08/01/1983 09/16/1983 1110211983 02t11t1984 03t0411984 04t02t1984 04116t1984 05/01/1984 06/01/1984 10101t1984 1013111984 11101t1984 11130t1984 01/01/1985 02t24t1985 05/01/1985 05/04/1985 06/10/1985 06/2311985 06/2511985 08/01/198s 08/01/1985 08/10/198s 09/01/1985 10/10/1985 01/10/1986 04/01/1986 316161 1 5 316161 10 21 8651 1 3 4136551 5 418661 13 31 7651 50 31616082 21662'.t00 31 51 5004 31416001 31415023 1 1415009 31615003 31s16014 3141601 3 31615031 31615030 3141 5065 3151 s009 31616081 31416020 3161 5067 31214058 31 31 5021 31414075 31615105 31715099 31615056 31415094 31316015 31315093 31315029 316151 17 12616071 31 51 51 03 31 51 51 00 31414111 31 61 5057 Biomass Biomass Biomass Biomass CoGen Thermal Thermal Thermal Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Double A Digester Project Rock Creek Dairy Fighting Creek Landfill Gas to Energy Station Bannock County Landfill Simplot Pocatello Magic Valley Tasco - Twin Falls Tasco - Nampa Mud CreeUS & S Shoshone Cspp Curry Cattle Company Shingle Creek Rock Creek #1 Clear Springs Trout Box Canyon Kasel & Witherspoon Koyle Small Hydro Black Canyon #3 Malad River Cedar Draw Canyon Springs Pigeon Cove Birch Creek Snake River Pottery Snedigar Little Wood Rvr Res Low Line Canal Lateral# 10 Jim Knight Lemoyne Hailey Cspp WhiteWater Ranch Marco Ranches Owyhee Dam Cspp Sagebrush Briggs Creek Mud Creek/White CnrstalSprings IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTTON REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 5 11615077 214',t5119 31 51 51 07 41515122 31615098 31415027 3161512'1 3161 5125 31715126 316'ts106 31615104 21 61 5078 12614070 31715123 31415134 31715140 31715141 12616072 41717137 3161 51 54 11715144 31615158 41717139 31415164 31415165 21615200 3161 51 30 21615205 3161 7100 31715128 12618250 21615215 44395973 31615140 31 31 5035 41718140 21615101 21615105 31318100 31315150 31315050 31315060 31 31 5070 31315045 31 31 5055 31 31 5065 31 31 5075 31720190 31765160 Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Hydro Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind 2.00 0.26 0.87 0.53 0.93 0.24 0.87 2.79 9.96 4.50 1.90 3.70 2.09 9.07 o.26 7.60 8.40 7.00 9.10 1.50 9.s0 0.s8 7.50 0.13 0.20 1.85 2.50 0.45 0.50 8.10 0.80 1.27 0.36 1.63 10.50 9.00 21.OO 21.OO 10.50 35.70 22.50 21.00 21.00 10.50 12.O0 10.50 13.50 19.92 '12-oo 05/'t6/1986 0s/19/1986 08/08/1986 08/08/1986 1 1/1 5/1986 1210111986 08/15/1987 0412911988 06/18/1988 08/29/1988 04102t1989 04/10/1989 05/18/1989 06/01/1989 07/03/1990 05/08/1993 05/18/1993 06/08/1993 08t22t1993 06/01/1994 09/1 3/1995 05/01/1996 0610112004 05/01/200s 05/01/2005 09/15/2006 08111t2007 0910112010 02t17t2011 03t01t2011 10101t2011 04t28t2013 1012812014 12116t2014 09/30/2005 0212812006 12115t2008 12t15t2008 03t24t2009 051't412010 1213112010 1213112010 12131t2010 0111712011 01t17t2011 01t25t201'.| 0112512011 0210112011 o21o112011 Elk Creek Reynolds lrrigation Littlewood / Arkoosh Schaffner Geo-Bon #2 Trout-Co Faulkner Ranch Lowline #2 Bypass Dietrich Drop Rock Creek #2 Barber Dam MitchellButte Magic Reservoir Fisheries Dev. Hazelton B Wilson Lake Hydro Tunnel #1 Falls River Mile 28 Horseshoe Bend Hydro Shoshone #2 Tiber Dam Pristine Springs #1 Pristine Springs Hydro #3 Mora Drop Small Hydroelectric Facility Low Line Midway Hydro Arena Drop Sahko Hydro Hazelton A Mill Creek Hydroelectric Fargo Drop Hydroelectric Eightmile Hydro Project Blind Canyon Fossil Gulch Wind Horseshoe Bend Wind Bennett Creek Wind Farm Hot Springs Wind Farm Cassia Wind Farm LLC Tuana Springs Expansion Camp Reed Wind Park Payne's FerryWind Park Yahoo Creek Wind Park Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park Thousand Springs Wind Park Tuana Gulch Wind Park Oregon TrailWind Park Milner Dam Wind Golden ValleyWind Park IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FTRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 6 31 7651 70 31618100 21615110 12618200 414s5300 21615115 2161s',t20 21615125 21 61 51 30 21615135 21615140 31315130 Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Burley Butte Wind Park Salmon Falls Wind Sawtooth Wind Project Lime Wind Energy Rockland Wind Farm Cold Springs Windfarm Desert Meadow Windfarm Hammett HillWindfarm Mainline Windfarm Ryegrass Windfarm Two Ponds Windfarm High Mesa Wind Project 02t01t2011 04t22t2011 11101t2011 1210912011 12t09t2011 12t08t2012 12108120'.t2 1210812012 12/08t2012 12/08t2012 1?/O$t2012 't212712012 780.97 The following forecast information is parties that have signed the Protective 21.30 22.00 22.00 3.00 80.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 40.00 d. Please see the table below. confidential and wil! only be provided to those Agreement in this matter. RPS - renewable portfolio standard RPG - renewable portfolio goal Total: IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 7 State RPS/RPG % 2014 Idaho PowerActual 20% 2017 ldaho Power Forecast 2OL7 ldaho Power Forecast 2Ol7 ldaho Power Forecast I2OL7 ldaho Power Forecast I 2015 MT RPS t|Yo 2O2O WA RPS LSYo 2025 UT RPG 2OYo 2023 NV RPS 25Yo 2025 0R RPS 25Yo 2O2O CA RPS 33Yo 2014 Actual Resource MWh % ot 2Ot4 Electricity Delivered 2014 Load 14,167,588 N/A 2014 PPA (wind & geothermal)555,233 4Yo 2014 PURPA 2,286,45L t6% 2OYo 2Ot7 Forecast - PURPA, PPA & 461 MW Solar 2Ot7 Forecast - PURPA, PPA, 461 MW Solar & ldaho Power 2017 Median Load 2Ot7 PPA (wind & 2017 PURPA with 461 MW Solar 2017 Median Load 2017 PURPA with 461 MW Solar 2017 Median ldaho Power 2Ot7 Forecast - PURPA, PPA & 461+ 885 MW Solar 2OL7 PPA (wind & 2017 PURPA with 451 MW Solar 2017 885 MW Solar 2Ot7 Forecast - PURPA, PPA, 461+ 885 MW Solar & ldaho Power Hydro 2017 Median Load 2OL7 PPA (wind & 2017 PURPA with 461 MW Solar 2017 885 MW Solar 2017 Median ldaho Power The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 8 REQUEST NO. 3: Please reference page 7 of ldaho Powe/s Petition discussing the "sunogate avoided resource (SAR)" pricing methodology for QFs below the published rate eligibility cap: a. Please provide a list of the 2O-year SAR prices for QFs below the published rate eligibility cap that ldaho power has offered from 2OO2 when the 20-year contract term was first established - see Petition, at p. 8, referencing Order No. 29029, untiltoday. b. Please provide a list of QFs under contract to ldaho Power today whose contracts use the SAR pricing method. If this contract-specific information is confidential, please provide the number and nameplate MW of SAR contracts, by technology (wind, hydro, biomass, solar, etc.). RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3: a. Idaho Power does not possess the requested information. However, listed below are the QF projects ldaho Power cunently has under contract that have contracted with ldaho Power since the date of Order No. 29029, have 20-year contract terms, and contain SAR (published avoided cost) prices. Each of these contracts contains the published avoided costs that were applicable at the time the contract was executed. All of these contracts have been filed at the commission in the state having jurisdiction over the contract. lncluded in this list is the state and case number for each contract. You can view the entire contract, including the specific published avoided costs contained within each contract, in the individual cases on the respective commission websites. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 9 1 Biomass Bannock County Landfill 3.20 lD IPC-E-13-242 Biomass Big Sky West Dairy Digester (DF-AP #1, LLC) 1.50 lD IPC-E-08-093 Biomass Double A Digester Project 4.50 lD IPC-E-10-264 Biomass Hidden Hollow Landfill Gas 3.20 lD IPC-E-05-295 Hydro Arena Drop 0.45 lD IPC-E-10-056 Hydro Black Canyon Bliss Hydro 0.03 lD IPC-E-14-237 Hydro Blind Canyon 1.63 lD IPC-E-14-39I Hydro Clark Canyon Hydroelectric 7.55 lD IPC-E-14-159 Hydro Eightmile Hydro Project 0.36 lD IPC-E-14-1210 Hydro Fargo Drop Hydroelectric 1.27 lD IPC-E-11-2711 Hydro Head of U Canal Project 1.28 lD IPC-E-14-0712 Hydro Little Wood River Ranch ll 1.25 lD IPC-E-14-0613 Hydro Low Line Midway Hydro 2.50 lD IPC-E-05-2314 Hydro Mora Drop Small Hydroelectric Facility 1.85 lD IPC-E-06-1315 Hydro Tiber Dam 7.50 lD IPC-E-03-0116 Solar Grove Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14117 Solar Hyline Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14118 Solar Open Range Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14119 Solar Railroad Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14120 Solar Thunderegg Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14121 Solar Vale Air Solar Center, LLC 10.00 OR RE 14122 Wind Bennett Creek Wind Farm 21.00 lD IPC-E-06-3523 Wind Benson Creek Windfarm 10.00 OR RE 14124 Wind Burley Butte Wind Park 21.30 lD IPC-E-05-1825 Wind Camp Reed Wind Park 22.50 lD IPC-E-09-1826 Wind Cassia Wind Farm LLC 10.50 lD IPC-E-06-1027 Wind Cold Springs Windfarm 23.00 lD IPC-E-10-3828 Wind Desert MeadowWindfarm 23.00 lD IPC-E-10-3929 Wind Durbin Creek Windfarm 10.00 OR RE 14130 Wind FossilGulch Wind 10.50 lD IPC-E-04-1931 Wind Golden ValleyWind Park 12.00 lD IPC-E-05-1732 Wind Hammett HillWindfarm 23.00 lD IPC-E-10-4033 Wind Horseshoe Bend Wind 9.00 lD IPC-E-04-01Y Wind Hot Springs Wind Farm 21.00 lD IPC-E-06-3435 Wind JettCreekWindfarm 10.00 OR RE 14136 Wind LimeWind Energy 3.00 OR RE 14137 Wind Mainline Windfarm 23.00 lD IPC-E-104138 Wind Milner Dam Wind 19.92 lD IPC-E-05-3039 Wind Oregon TrailWind Park 13.50 lD IPC-E-05-0840 Wind Payne's FerryWind Park 21.00 lD IPC-E-09-2041 Wind Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park 10.50 lD IPC-E-05-0742 Wind ProspectorWindfarm 10.00 OR RE 14143 Wind Ryegrass Windfarm 23.00 lD IPC-E-104244 Wind Salmon Falls Wind 22.00 lD IPC-E-05-3345 Wind Sawtooth Wind Project 22.OO lD IPC-E-09-25 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE STERRA CLUB - 1O ID ID ID OR ID 46 Wind 47 Wind48 Wind49 Wind50 Wind Thousand Springs Wind Park Tuana Gulch Wind Park Two Ponds Windfarm Willow Spring Windfarm Yahoo Creek Wind Park 12.00 10.50 23.00 10.00 21.00 rPc-E-05-06 IPC-E-05-09 tPc-E-1043 RE 141 tPc-E-09-19 b.Please see the table below. Facility Type Proiect Name Nameplate (Mw) 1 Biomass 86 Anaerobic Digester 2 Biomass Bannock County Landfill 3 Biomass Bettencourt Dry Creek BioFactory, LLC4 Biomass Big SkyWest Dairy Digester (DF-AP #1, LLC) 5 Biomass Double A Digester Project 6 Biomass Fighting Creek Landfill Gas to Energy Station7 Biomass Hidden Hollow Landfill Gas8 Biomass Pocatello WasteI Biomass Rock Creek Dairy 10 Biomass Tamarack Cspp 11 CoGen Simplot Pocatello12 Hydro Arena Drop13 Hydro Barber Dam14 Hydro Birch Creek 15 Hydro Black Canyon #316 Hydro Black Canyon Bliss Hydro17 Hydro Blind Canyon 18 Hydro Box Canyon19 Hydro Briggs Creek 20 Hydro Bypass21 Hydro Cedar Draw22 Hydro Clark Canyon Hydroelectric 23 Hydro Clear Springs Trout 24 Hydro CrptalSprings25 Hydro Gurry Cattle Company26 Hydro Dietrich Drop 27 Hydro Eightmile Hydro Project 28 Hydro Elk Creek29 Hydro Falls River 30 Hydro Fargo Drop Hydroelectric31 Hydro Faulkner Ranch32 Hydro Geo-Bon #2 33 Hydro Hailey Cspp Y Hydro Hazelton A 35 Hydro Hazelton B 36 Hydro Head of U Canal Project37 Hydro Horseshoe Bend Hydro38 Hydro Jim Knight 2.28 3.20 2.25 1.50 4.50 3.06 3.20 0.46 4.00 5.00 1s.90 0.45 3.70 0.05 0.14 0.03 1.63 0.36 0.60 9.96 1.55 7.55 0.52 2.44 0.22 4.50 0.36 2.00 9.10 1.27 0.87 0.93 0.06 8.10 7.60 1.28 9.s0 0.34 IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 11 39 Hydro Kasel & Witherspoon40 Hydro Koyle Small Hydro41 Hydro Lateral# 1042 Hydro Lemoyne 43 Hydro Little Wood River Ranch ll44 Hydro Little Wood Rvr Res45 Hydro Littlewood / Arkoosh46 Hydro Low Line Canal 47 Hydro Low Line Midway Hydro48 Hydro Lowline #249 Hydro Magic Reservoir50 Hydro Malad River51 Hydro Marco Ranches52 Hydro Mile 2853 Hydro Mill Creek Hydroelectric54 Hydro MitchellButte55 Hydro Mora Drop Small Hydroelectric Facility56 Hydro Mud CreeUS & S57 Hydro Mud CreekMhite58 Hydro Owyhee Dam Cspp59 Hydro Pigeon Cove60 Hydro Pristine Springs #161 Hydro Pristine Springs Hydro #362 Hydro Reynolds lrrigation63 Hydro Rock Creek #164 Hydro Rock Creek #265 Hydro Sagebrush66 Hydro Sahko Hydro 67 Hydro Schaffner68 Hydro Shingle Creek69 Hydro Shoshone#270 Hydro Shoshone Cspp71 Hydro Snake River Pottery72 Hydro Snedigar 73 Hydro Tiber Dam74 Hydro Trout-Co75 Hydro Tunnel #176 Hydro White Water Ranch77 Hydro Wilson Lake Hydro78 Solar Grove Solar Center, LLC79 Solar Hyline Solar Center, LLC80 Solar Open Range Solar Center, LLC81 Solar Railroad Solar Center, LLC82 Solar Thunderegg Solar Center, LLC83 Solar Vale Air Solar Center, LLC84 Thermal Magic Valley85 Wind Bennett Creek Wind Farm86 Wind Benson Creek Windfarm87 Wind Burley Butte Wind Park 0.90 1.25 2.06 0.08 1.25 2.85 0.87 7.97 2.s0 2.79 9.07 0.62 1.20 1.50 0.80 2.09 1.85 0.52 0.21 5.00 1.89 0.13 0.20 o.26 2.O5 1.90 0.43 0.50 0.53 0.22 0.58 0.37 0.07 0.54 7.50 0.24 7.00 0.16 8.40 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 21.00 10.00 21.30 ]DAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FTRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 12 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Camp Reed Wind Park Cassia Wind Farm LLC Cold Springs Windfarm Desert MeadowWindfarm Durbin Creek Windfarm Fossil Gulch Wind Golden Valley Wind Park Hammett HillWindfarm Horseshoe Bend Wind Hot Springs Wind Farm Jett Creek Windfarm Lime Wind Energy Mainline Windfarm Milner Dam Wind Oregon TrailWind Park Payne's FerryWind Park Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park Prospector Windfarm Ryegrass Windfarm Salmon Falls Wind SaMooth Wind Project Thousand Springs Wind Park Tuana Gulch Wind Park Two Ponds Windfarm Willow Spring Windfarm Yahoo Creek Wind Park 22.50 10.50 23.00 23.00 10.00 10.50 12.00 23.00 9.00 21.00 10.00 3.00 23.00 19.92 13.50 21.00 10.50 10.00 23.00 22.00 22.00 '12.00 10.50 23.00 10.00 21.00 Energy Contracts 110 111 1',|'2 113 Wind Wind Wind Wind The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 13 REQUEST NO. 4: Please reference page 7 of ldaho Powe/s Petition, which discusses the "Schedule 86" pricing methodology for as-available QFs: a. Please provide a list of the monthly Schedule 86 prices for as-available QFs that have applied on Idaho Powe/s system from 2000-2014. b. Please provide a list of as-available QFs under contract to ldaho Power today whose contracts use the Schedule 86 pricing method. lf this contract-specific information is confidential, please provide the number and nameplate MW of Schedule 86 contracts, by technology (wind, hydro, biomass, solar, etc.). RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 4: a. ldaho Power does not maintain historical records of QF projects that have applied for Schedule 86 prices. b. ldaho Power currently has under contract the following two projects that use Schedule 86 as the primary pricing within their contracts: Fisheries Development Hydro Facility .26 MW Canyon Springs Hydro Facility .13 MW ln addition, ldaho Power has two other projects under contract in which the primary pricing within their contracts reference Schedule 86 and/or use the same pricing formula, those projects being: Tasco - Nampa CHP Facility 2.00 MW Tasco - Twin Falls CHP Facility 3.00 MW The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 14 REQUEST NO. 5: Please reference the Direct Testimony of Mr. Allphin Exhibit No. 8 that shows certain FERC account expenses for the years 2010,2012, and 2013: a. Do FERC Account Nos. 501 (coal) and 547 (gas) include either fixed O&M costs, incremental capital additions, or the costs associated with the return on rate base and associated taxes for ldaho Power-owned coal and gas plants? b. Please provide the fixed O&M costs, incremental capital additions, and the revenue requirements associated with the retum on rate base and associated taxes for Idaho Power-owned coal and gas plants for the years 2010,2012, and 2013. For gas plants, please also include gas pipeline capacity or reservation costs if not included in Account 547. c. lf available, please provide the data in Exhibit No. 8, plus the data requested in Part (a) of this question, for the years 2011 and 2014. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 5: a. No. The cost items that fa!! within Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (.FERC") Accounts 501 (coal) and 547 (gas) are those items which fall within the FERC Uniform System of Accounts definitions for those respective FERC accounts. !n this case, they are fuel-related expenses for the production of steam for the generation of electricity (FERC Account 501) and cost of fue! delivered at the station of all fuel, such as gas, oil, kerosene, and gasoline used in other power generation (FERC Account 547). They do not include fixed operation and maintenance ("O&M") costs, incremental capital additions, or the costs associated with the retum on rate base and associated taxes. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 15 b. Fixed O&M costs, incremental capital additions, and the revenue requirements associated with the retum on rate base and associated taxes for ldaho Power-owned coal and gas plants are included as part of a comprehensive cost-of- service study conducted in the preparation of a general rate case; they are not determined individually or on an annual basis. As such, these items were included in the comprehensive class cost-of-service studies filed in the Company's 2008 and 2011 general rate cases (Case Nos. IPC-E-08-10 and IPC-E-11-08, respectively), as wel! as the rate increase determination due to the inclusion of the Langley Gulch power plant (Case No. IPC-E-12-14\. These studies can be found in the documents filed by the Company in the respective cases, which are located on the Commission's website at the following addresses: Year 2O1O - Case No. IPC-E-08-10 http://www. puc. idaho.qov/fi leroom/cases/summary/l PCE081 0.htm ! Year 2012 - Case No. IPC-E-11-08 http://www.puc.idaho.qov/fi leroom/cases/summary/l PCEl 1 08.html Year 2013 - Case No. IPC-E-12-14 http://www.puc. idaho.gov/fileroom/cases/summarv/l PCEl 2 1 4.htm I c. The information requested for 2011 is equivalent to the information for 2010. The information requested for 2014 is equivalent to the information for 2013. The response to this Request is sponsored by Mike Youngblood, Regulatory Projects Manager, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 16 REQUEST NO. 6: Please reference page 26 of ldaho Powe/s Petition that lists certain percentages of hours in 2016-2017 in which the minimum must-run and must- take generation available to ldaho Power is expected to exceed ldaho Powe/s loads: Please provide these percentages for all cases assuming no generation from ldaho Powe/s share of the Valmy coal plant. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 6: Setting Valmy minimum generation to zero in these calculations results in the following: 14o/obeenmes 10% 29o/o becomes 24o/o 33% becomes27o/o 4Oo/obecomes 34% The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERM CLUB - 17 REQUEST NO. 7: Please reference pages 25-26 of ldaho Powefs petition describing the "15 reliability events", and ldaho Poweds confidential response to J.R. Simplot Production Request No. 6, describing the number of "reliability events that resulted in wind generation output reductions". For each such event, please also provide: a. The cause of the event, including the multiple issues that may have contributed to the event. (See response to J.R. Simplot Question No. 6(c)). b. The total cost to ldaho Power for the MWhs of wind generation curtailed during these events. !f there was no cost, please so specify. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 7: a. There is not a single cause that triggers these reliability events. lncluded in ldaho Powe/s response to J. R. Simplot Company's Request for Production No. 6(c) is a list of issues that may have contributed to each of these reliability events. b. Idaho Power has no obligation to pay for QF lost energy production if ldaho Power is unable to accept energy due to a system emergency, such as a reliability event. However, ldaho Power incurc interna! costs of managing these events to ensure ldaho Powe/s system is operated in a safe and reliable manner. These costs have not been quantified. The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 18 REQUEST NO. 8: Please reference ldaho Powe/s Response to J.R. Simplot Production Request No. a(d) and specifically the tables with 20-year (2017-2036) indicative pricing provided to potential solar aFs (Projects Al, A2, Bl, B.2, and Cl through CIO). Please provide: a. The data in those tables in Excel format, or, alternatively, please provide the 2O-year levelized HLH and LLH pricing, in $/MWh, for each project. b. Please define which hours of the year constitute ldaho Powe/s Heavy Load hours and Light Load hours, as used in this indicative pricing. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 8: a. Please see the attached Excel file. (The Excel file will be provided to the parties via e-mail and to Commission Staff via disk.) b. The Heaqy Load hours included in ldaho Powe/s incremental cost IRP indicative pricing model are 16 hours a day beginning at 7 a.m. Mountain time, excluding Sundays. AII other hours, including all day Sunday, are Light Load hours. The response to this Request is sponsored by Randy Allphin, Energy Contracts Coordinator Leader, ldaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCT]ON REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 19 REQUEST NO. 9: Please reference ldaho Powe/s response to J.R. Simplot Production Request No. 5(b) that indicates an expected cost of $210 to $250 million for ldaho Powe/s share of the Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission Iine. Please provide: a. The year for this cost estimate (i.e. 2015 dollars, 2014 dollars, 2013 dollars, etc.). b. ldaho Powe/s real economic carrying charge (RECC) for converting transmission capital costs into annual costs. c. The expected first-year revenue requirement for ldaho Powe/s share of the Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission !ine, assuming a capital cost of $230 million. d. The expected utilization (capacity factor) for ldaho Powe/s share of the Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission line. RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 9: a. The cost estimate is in 2015 dollars. b. For purposes of estimating annual revenue requirement impact, as reflected in the "Estimated System Rate lmpact Due to Large Capital lnvestments" report provided on the Company's website, ldaho Power assumes that annua! revenue requirement is 18 percent of the estimated capital cost of the project. c. An estimate of the revenue requirement for the Boardman to Hemingway project can be found on the Company's website in the "Estimated System Rate lmpact Due to Large Capital lnvestments" report. The report can be found via the following !ink: https://www.idahooower.com/pdfs/AboutUs/RatesRequlatory/Reoorts/ratelmpactDisclosure.PDF. d. ldaho Powe/s 2013lRP reports a capacity factor of 34 percent for ldaho Powefs share of the Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission line. Modeling to IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 20 determine the capacity factor for the Company's 2015 IRP is ongoing. The capacity factor determined by the ongoing modeling will be reported in the 2015 lRP. The response to this Request is sponsored by Phil DeVol, Resource Planning Leader, ldaho Power Company; Mike Youngblood, Regulatory Projects Manager, ldaho Power Company; and Mark Stokes, Water and Resource Planning Director, ldaho Power Company. DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 16h day of April 2015. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 21 Attorney for ldaho Power Company CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 16th day of April 2015 I served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERM CLUB upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Donald L. Howell, Il Daphne Huang Deputy Attomeys General ldaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-007 4 J. R. Simplot Company and Cleanrvater Paper Gorporation Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC 515 North 27th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise, ldaho 83703 Clearwater Paper Corporation ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY Carol Haugen Clearwater Paper Corporation lntermountain Energy Partners, LLG; AgPower DCD, LLC; and AgPower Jerome, LLC Dean J. Miller McDEVITT & MILLER, LLP 420 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2564 Boise, ldaho 83701 _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAXX Email don.howell@puc.idaho.oov daphne. huano@puc. idaho.oov Hand Delivered U.S. Mai! Overnight Mail FAXX Email peter@richardsonadams.com q reo@ richardsonadams.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAXX Email dreadinq@mindsprino.com _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail ,Overnight Mail FAXX Email carol.haugen@cleanryaterpaper.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail ,Ovemight Mail FAX Email ioe@mcdevitt-miller.com heather@ mcd evitt-m i I le r. com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB -22 Boise, ldaho 837OT X Email leif@sitebasedenerov.com AgPower DCD, LLC, and AgPower Jerome, _Hand DeliveredLLC U.S. Mail Andrew Jackura Camco Clean Energy 9360 Station Street, Suite 375 Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 ldaho Gonservation League and Sierra Club _Hand Delivered Benjamin J. Otto ldaho Conservation League 710 North 6th Street (ffi702) P.O. 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Hogle Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2400 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email andrew.iackura@camcocleanenerqv.com _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email botto@idahoconservation.ors Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAXX Email matt.vespa@sierraclub.orq _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAXX Email knunez@snakerivera!liance.orq Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAXX Email kmiller@snakeriveralliance.orq PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power _Hand Delivered_U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail_FAXX Email daniel.solander@pacificorp.com won ne. hogle@ pacificorp.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S REDACTED RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE IDAHO CONSERVAT]ON LEAGUE AND THE SIERRA CLUB - 23 Ted Weston Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY Data Request Response Center PacifiCorp Twin Falls Cana! 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