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Home My WebLink About20171011Idaho Clean Energy 1-7 to IPC.pdfC. Tom Arkoosh, ISB No. 2253 ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES 802 W. Bannock Street, Suite 900 P.O. Box 2900 Boise,ID 83701 Telephone: (208) 343-5105 Facsimile: (208) 343-5456 Email : tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.com IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH NEW SCHEDULES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL GENERAL SERVICE CUSTOMERS WITH ON.SITE GENERATION David H. Arkoosh,ISB No. 8742 l,aw Office of David Arkoosh PO Box 2817 Boise,ID 83701 Telephone: (208) 297 -603 I Facsimile: (208) 242-3037 david@arkooshlaw.com Attorneys for Idaho Clcan Energy Association BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.IPC-E-17-13 IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW the Idaho Clean Energy Association, by and through its counsel of record, C. Tom Arkoosh of Arkoosh Law Oflices and David H. Arkoosh of Law Office of David Arkoosh, and hereby requests that Idaho Power Company ("ldaho Powey'') provide the following information and/or documents. This production request is to be considered as continuing, and all parties are requested to provide by way of supplementary responses additional documents that they or any person acting on their behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents produced. Please provide one physical copy and one electronic copy, if available, of your answer to counsel at the addresses noted above. IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - Page I -l --r J L-L/ i'!.1" i I D!! t. 1)0I i I i I f i u'uJ i- t] For each itcm, please indicate the name of the person(s) prcparing the answen, along with the job title of such person(s) and the witness at hearing who can sponsor the answer. REOUEST NO. l: Distinguish the difference to ldaho Power of all factors, including cost, between the customer who rcduces use of electricity delivered from the grid by conservation measunes and the customer who reduces ue of electricity from the grid by producing some or all, but not a surplus, of its electricity on site. REOUEST NO. 2: What are the "potential benefits of on-site ganeration" to which the Application refers on page l. REOUFST NO. 3: Page I of the Application provides "bi{irectional service is being provided [net metering] customers nearly every hour of every day." Pleasc defrne "bidirectional seraice" as used in this sentence. REOUEST NO. 4: At page 13 of Angell's Direct, he opines upon an example in which the meter reading of a net metering customer does not reflect the total amount of energy consumed by a household because the outgoing electricity reduces the meter reading, and concludes, "[t]his demonstrates how the net monthly energy as a basis for billing does not reflect a net metering customer's utilization of the grid.' a. How does electricity produced and consumed on-site utilize the grid? b. Does the volumetric price of energy delivered from the grid to the site accurately reflect the proportionate share of cost of using the grid for the delivery of that elecricity to the site? i. If not" plcase cxplain why. IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCTATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY -Page2 REOUEST NO. 5: At page 27 of Angell's Direct, he opines that, "[i]t is the DER [Distributed Energy ResourceJ that creates the voltage deviation - it is also the DER that can cost -+ffectively mitigate the deviation through the installation of a smart inverter." a. Does ldatro Power anticipate the conclusion of the balloting described on page 26 of Angell's Direct will alter thc cost estimates of invertors provided atpage24? i. If so, what is the anticipated magnitude of the change of estimate? b. Does this mitigation eliminate the ned for ldaho Power to perform full conductor replacement as described on page 23 of Angell's Direct? c. If not, what further measures would be requircd? REOLIEST NO. 6: At page 6 of Tatum Direct, the witness opines, "[i]ncentivizing net metering through rate design is no longer needed and results in inappropriate cost shifting.' a. How is net metering incentivized today? b. Why is this "inappropriate?' c. How is it *unfair" as describcd at page I of the Applicotion? RBOUEST NO. 7: Tatum Direct at page 13 describes the cost shift between lines I and 25 as failure of net metering customers to pay some fixed cost, creating a "potential inequity." a. What is the nature of the certainty of uncertainty of that potential? b. What is the magnitude of such inequity? c. Should net metering customers pay more than the curent fixed cost portion of the volumebic rate for set for fixed costs for clectricity taken from the grid? d. The fixed costs described by Tatum Direct include costs associated with investment by ldaho Power in generation. Should net metering customers pay a IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY * Page 3 portion of fixed cost ldaho Power's shareholder's investment in generation tbr electricity produced on site and delivered to the gird? ll'so, why'l DATED trris -lflaay of ocrob er,Zol7. ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES C. l'onr Atlorney tbr ldaho Clean Iinergy Association IDAI-IO Cl.llAN llNl:l{(iY ASSOCIn'l'loN'S I;llts'l' Rl:Ql.Jl15 l' l;Ol{ l'ROI)t,C'l'lON 'l'o IDAIIO l'OWHt COi\4|'nNY Pagc 4 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I rllNI HEREBY CER'tlFY that on the ll day ol'October,2017,l served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document(s) upon the lbllowing person(s), in the manner indicated: Diane l{anian Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Boise, ID 83702 Sean Costello Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Comnrission 472 W . Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 Lisa D. Nordstrortt ldaho Power Cornpany PO Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 'l'imothy E. Taturn Connie Aschenbrenner ldaho Power Contpany l'O Box 70 lloisc. lt) 83707 Matthew A. Nykiel ldaho Conservation League I'.O. Box 2308 102 E. Euclid, #207 Sandpoint. ID 83864 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Iland Delivered Via Facsimile Il-mail dianc.hanianG,puc. idalro. tsov LJ.S. Mail. Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier I land Delivered Via Facsimile [:-mail scarr. coste I I o(@.puc. idaho. sov U.S. Mail. l'ostagc Prcpaid Overnight Courier lland Delivcred Via Facsinrile l:-mail I nordstrom(O idahopower. co nr doc k cts(?) i d ahopo rvc r. com [J.S. Mail, Postage l'repaid Overnight Courier lland Delivcred Via lracsinrile I j-nrai I ttatunt ti idahopos cr.cont caschcnbrcttner(lr idahopou'cr,cortt U.S. Mail. l)ostage l'repaid Overnight Courier lland Delivered Via Facsimile l:-mail rnn.r'kiel !r, idahocortsen'at iort.ors x x x x x IDAilO CLE^N DNERGY ASSOCIAI'ION'S FIRS'|'REQT.JESt'FOII PROI)|.JCTION'l'o lDAl{O POWlrlt COMPANY - Page 5 Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Ave., Ste. 100 P.O. Box 6l l9 Pocatello,Idaho 83205 Anthony Yankel l27W Lake Avenue, Unit 2505 lakewood, OH 44107 Elias Bishop Auric Solar, LLC 2310 s. 1300 w. West Valley City, UT 84119 Preston N. Carter Deborah E. Nelson Givens Pursley LLC 601 W. Bannock St. Boisc,lD 83702 Kelsey Jae Nunea LLC Sierra Club 920 N. Clover Drive Boise,lD 83703 Zack Waterman Idatro Siena Club 503 W. Franklin St. Boise, lD 83702 Michael Heckler Electronic Service Only U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail elo@echohawk.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail tonv@vankel.net U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail e I ias. bi shop(dauricsolar.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail prestoncarter@ g ivenspurslev.com den(Osi vensourslev.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail kelsey@kelseviaenunez.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail zack. waterman@sierrac I ub.org x x x x x x _-X E-mail michael. o. heckler@emai l.com IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY * Page 6 Abigail R. Germaine Deputy City Anorney Boise City Attorney's Office 105 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 5@ Boise,ID 83701-0500 David H. Arkoosh Law Office of David Arkoosh P.O. Box 2817 Boise,ID 83701 David Bender Earthjustice 3916 Nakoma Road Madison, WI 5371I Briana Kobor Vote Solar 36022nd Street, Suite 730 Oakland, CA946l2 John R. Hammond, Jr. Fisher Pusch LLP l0l S. CapitolBlvd., Suite 701 P.O. Box 1308 Boise,lD 83701 Snake River Alliance Electronic Service Only NW Energy Coalition Electronic Service Only Ryan B. Frazier Brian W. Burnett Kirton McConkie 50 East Temple, Suite 400 P.O. Box 45120 Salt Lake City, UT 841I I X E-mail wwi lson@snakeriveral I iance. org X E-mail dieso@nwenerev.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail acermai ne(aci tvofboise. ors U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail david@.arkooshlaw.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail dbender@earthj ustice.ore U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail briana@votesolar.ore U.S. Mail, Postage Prcpaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail irh@fisherpusch.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail rfrazier@kmclaw.com bburnett@kmclaw.com x x x x x x IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - Page 7 Intermountain Wind and Solar, LLC 1952 West 2425 South Woods Cross, UT 84087 Benjamin J. Otto 710 N 6th Street Boise,lD 83701 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail douc(ai mwindandsol ar.com daler@i mwi ndandso lar.co m x x U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Dclivered Via Facsimile E-mail botto@idahoconservati o n.org i4/r(-/ C. Tom Arkoosh IDAHO CLEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - Page 8