20161130IPC to Staff 35.pdf

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JULIA A. HILTON
Senior Counsel
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November 30, 2016
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Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
4 72 West Washington Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-16-19
An IDACORP Company
Deferral and Recovery of Costs Associated with Participation in Energy
Imbalance Market -Idaho Power Company's Response to the Third
Production Request of the Commission Staff
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing in the above matter please find an original and three (3) copies
of Idaho Power Company's Response to the Third Production Request of the
Commission Staff.
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Enclosures
Very truly yours,
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Julia A. Hilton
1221 W. Idaho St. (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
JULIA A. HILTON (ISB No. 7740)
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
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Attorney for Idaho Power Company
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MA TIER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
DEFERRAL AND RECOVERY COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION IN
AN ENERGY IMBALANCE MARKET
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) CASE NO. IPC-E-16-19
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) IDAHOPOWERCOMPANYS
) RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
) PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
) THE COMMISSION STAFF
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COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company"), and in
response to the Third Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power
Company dated November 9, 2016, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF -1
REQUEST NO. 35: Please explain how the Company's participation in the EIM
could directly and indirectly impact demand response program operations, participation,
costs and benefits. Furthermore, please explain how participation in the EIM could
require modifications to the implementation guidelines set forth in the Demand
Response Programs Settlement Agreement (Case No. IPC-E-13-14).
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 35: Idaho Power plans to treat its demand
response programs as non-participating resources in the energy imbalance market
("EIM"). Idaho Power does not anticipate any changes in the current demand response
program operations, participation, guidelines, costs, or benefits based on participation in
the EIM.
For purposes of the EIM , Idaho Power will notify the market operator when these
programs have been scheduled to run so that the market operator is aware of the
modifications it needs to make to Idaho Power's balancing requirements. When a
demand response program is activated, Idaho Power's forecasted load will be adjusted
to net out the projected impact of the programs. For example, if 300 megawatts is
expected to be deployed for a specific time period of the day, the calculated forecasted
Idaho Power balancing authority load will be reduced by that amount. Idaho Power will
then submit a resource plan (generation and interchange schedules) based on the
reduced forecast.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Kathleen Anderson, Transmission
and Energy Scheduling Leader, Idaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 301h day of November 2016.
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Attorney for Idaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 30th day of November 2016 I served a true and
correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF upon the following named
parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff
Brandon Karpen
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington (83702)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Industrial Customers of Idaho Power
Peter J. Richardson
Gregory M. Adams
RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC
515 North 2ih Street (83702)
P.O. Box 7218
Boise, Idaho 83707
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, Idaho 83703
Snake River Alliance
Ken Miller, Energy Program Director
Snake River Alliance
223 North Sixth Street, Suite 317
P.O. Box 1731
Boise, Idaho 83701
Idaho Conservation League
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
710 North 6th Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
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IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3