20150604IPC to Staff 7-9.pdf

LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733)
ldaho Power Company
1221West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
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I nord strom@ idahopower. co m
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A
DETERMINATION OF 2014 DEMAND.SIDE
MANAGEMENT ("DSM") EXPENSES AS
PRUDENTLY INCURRED.
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CASE NO. IPC.E.15.06
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO
POWER COMPANY
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or "Comp?f,v"), and in
response to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff to ldaho Power
Company dated May 15,2015, herewith submits the following information:
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REQUEST NO. 7: Results from the 2014 Weatherization Program Customer
Survey (page 16 of the 2014 WAQC Annual Report) state "Over 47 percent of
respondents leamed of the program from a friend or relative, and another almost 15
percent Iearned of the program from an agency flyer." Please explain any ideas the
Company has on how the CAP agencies might increase the awareness of the
weatherization prog ram?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 7: Idaho Power believes that the Community
Action Partnership ("CAP") agencies are aware of the best methods to promote the
ldaho Weatherization Assistance Program ('WAP") in their specific regions. As started
on page 18 of the 2014 annual Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers
("WAQC') report, ldaho Power promotes the program at resource fairs, community
special-needs populations' service-provider meetings, and CAP agency functions.
Marketing is conducted in cooperation with weatherization managers.
As a point of clarification, the 2014 WAQC annual report is not included in the
ldaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") Case No. IPC-E-15-06 filed on March
13, 2015. The annual WAQC report is a compliance filing dated April 1, 2015, and can
be fo u nd at https ://www. id a ho powe r. co m/E ne rq vEff ici e ncy/re po rts. cfm.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research
& Analysis Leader, ldaho Power Company.
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REQUEST NO. 8: The number of homes weatherized by SCCAP (South Central
Community Action Partnership) decreased by 55% in program year 2014 when
compared to program year 2013. Why was there such a substantial decrease?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 8: According to the Executive Director of the
South Central Community Action Partnership ("SCCAP"), the decrease in number of
homes weatherized by SCCAP in 2014 was due to changes in SCCAP management
and temporary reduction in their weatherization staff.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research
& Analysis Leader, ldaho Power Company.
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REQUEST NO. 9: Unspent funding carryover at the conclusion of program year
2014 totaled $112,536. Why aren't the weatherization funds being spent each year?
What is the reason for the ongoing carryover of unspent funds from program year to
program year?
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 9: Carryover of funds from one year to the next
is simply a timing issue. Carrying over funds from program year to program year is not
unusual for the WAQC program. Commission Order No. 29505, page 32, states: "Any
unpaid funds shall carry over and be available in the next year." Since 2005, the CAP
agencies have carried over an average of $96,000 per year. The carryover in 2014 of
$112,500 is less than 10 percent of the Idaho WAQC's annual budget.
ldaho Power believes that the carryover allowance gives weatherization
managers at CAP agencies the flexibility to schedule for workload fluctuation and to
meet contract deadlines from various funding sources. As stated in Commission Order
No. 29505, page 31 (WAOC was formerly Low-lncome Weatherization Assistance
("LIWA"): "Three major LIWA funding sources for the CAP agencies are the U. S.
Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and
ldaho Power." The ability of the CAP agencies to carry over ldaho Power funding from
one year to the next enables the CAP agencies to leverage these funding sources.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Pete Pengilly, Customer Research
& Analysis Leader, ldaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 3'd day of June 2015.
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Attorney for ldaho Power Company
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 3'd day of June 20151 served a true and correct
copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER upon the following
named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Gommission Staff
Karl Klein
Deputy Attomey General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W estWashington (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, ldaho 83703
ldaho Conservation League
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
710 North 6th Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
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