20170424IPC to Staff 1-3.pdf

aEffi
*-f,74*/-J*")
Nordstrom
o
An TDACORP Company
.- ... i. t.t \,,t i);.: .-L-t,L-./
. " r)t n'.1 1.. , ,- j r. .{ t i} r{'t-v
LISA D. NORDSTROM
Lead Counsel
I [e-mail]
Apnl 24,2017
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Diane Hanian, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-17-02
2017-2018 Fixed Cost Adjustment - ldaho Power Company's Response to
the First Production Request of the Commission Staff
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed forfiling in the above matter are an original and three (3) copies of ldaho
Power Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff
("Staff') to ldaho Power Company.
Also, enclosed are four (4) copies of non-confidential disks containing information
responsive to Staffs production requests.
Sincerely,
tz
Lisa D.
LDN:kkt
Enclosures
LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733)
ldaho Power Company
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
I no rdstrom @ ida hopower. co m
ll'F rrt..-.2--r;llU
ii:),,i Pi: lr,2.
t-.:rJ
Attomey for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT FIXED
COST ADJUSTMENT RATES FOR
SERVICE FROM JUNE 1,2017
THROUGH MAY 31,2018.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
CASE NO. !PC-E-17-02
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
THE COMMISSION STAFF
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or "Compof,y"), and in
response to the Firct Production Request of the Commission Staff to ldaho Power dated
April 6, 2017, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 1
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide the dollar amounts collected by the FCA in the
previous FCA time frame. (June 2016 to present.) Please explain the calculations and
provide source documents for those amounts.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: As ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or
"Company'') discussed with ldaho Public Utilities Commission ("Gommission") Staff
("Staff'), while ldaho Power does not specifically track these amounts, the collection can
be estimated by multiplying the Fixed Cost Adjustment (.FCA') rate in effect by the
kilowaft-hour ("kWh") sales over the same time period.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Zach Hanis, Regulatory Analyst,
ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF.2
REQUEST NO. 2:Please provide the backup documentation for the average
number of customers used in the FCA calculations. Please explain the methods of
calculating those amounts.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: Please see Attachments 1 and 2, As
discussed with Staff, the Company modified the calculation of its prorated customer
count in 2013. The prorated customer count represents the number of customerc that
received a bill each month and is determined by applying a ratio to the number of utility
service agreements active at the end of each month. Prior to 2013, the monthly number
of customers had been determined by dividing the total revenue received attributable to
the monthly service charge by $5, which has been the monthly service charge for both
the Residential and Small Genera! Service customer classes. This method of
quantifying customer count reflects a fractional value for customers that were only
active for part of the month.
ln September 2013, the Company implemented a new Customer Relationship
and Billing ('CR&B") system, which required that the calculation of the prorated
customer counts be modified. Because the new CR&B system tracks and records
revenue in a different manner than the prior billing system, it was necessary to modify
the determination of prorated customer counts to ensure the ongoing accuracy of the
FCA computations. Starting in August 2013, ldaho Power began using a prorated
customer count based on the active number of utility service agreements at the end of
each month. This approach applies the same methodology that was used to determine
customer counts in the Company's most recent general rate case, Case No. IPC-E-I1-
08.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Zach Hanis, Regulatory Analyst,
ldaho Power.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3
REQUEST NO. 3: Please provide the backup documentation for the kWh sold
used in the FCA calculations. Please explain the methods of calculating those
numbers.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3: Please see Attachment 2 provided in the
Company's response to Staffs Request No. 2. As discussed with Staff, the kWh sold is
exported from the Company's billing system.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Zach Hanis, Regulatory Analyst,
ldaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 24h day of Apnl2017.
LISA
Attomey for ldaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANYS RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF.4
CERTIFIGATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 24h day of April 2017 I served a true and conect
copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST 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 Attomey General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington (83702)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-007 4
_ Hand Delivered
_U.S. Mail
_Ovemight Mail
_FAXX Email [e-mail]
O
Ki Towel!,Assistant
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF. S