20180109IPC to Staff 1-3.pdf

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An IOACORP Company
LISA D. NORDSTROM
Lead Counsel
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January 9,2018
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Diane M. Hanian, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington
Boise, ldaho 83702
Re Case No. !PC-E-17-17
Transfer and Sale of Certain Assets to the City of Meridian - ldaho Power
Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission
Staff
Dear Ms. Hanian
Enclosed for filing in the above matter please find an original and three (3) copies of
ldaho Power Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission
Staff.
ly yours,
Lisa D. Nordstrom
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Enclosures
1221 W. ldaho 5t. (83702)
PO. Box 70
Boise, lD 83707
LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733)
SHELLI D. STEWART (lSB No. 7459)
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
! n ord strom @ id a hopower. com
sstewart@ idahopower. com
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Attorneys for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN
ORDER APPROV!NG THE TRANSFER
AND SALE OF CERTAIN ASSETS TO
THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO
CASE NO. IPC-E-17-17
!DAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
THE COMMISSION STAFF
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Power" or "Compdfly"), and in
response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to ldaho Power
Company dated December 19,2017, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 1
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REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide a scaled drawing of the representative area
showing property lines, roadways, structures, and significant electrical equipment.
Please illustrate the current point of delivery and those electrical assets recovered
through the facilities charge. Further, please show the proposed new point of delivery
and the referenced Sectionalizer.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: Please see the attached map, which shows
the area and facilities in question.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Mark Annis, Senior Regulatory
Analyst, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2
REQUEST NO. 2: Please describe those assets in place between the current
point of delivery and the proposed point of delivery (i.e. the Sectionalizer). Please also
describe the accounting treatment associated with those assets.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: Please reference the map provided in the
Company's response to Staffs Request No. 1. The current point of delivery ("POD") is
at the primary meter (X-10) and the proposed POD is at the sectionalizer
("Sectionalizer") (S-9) The facilities between the current POD and the proposed POD
are: (a) an approximately 347 foot span of overhead conductor that consists of four #4
aluminum core steel reinforced conductors and (b) two 40 foot wood poles that support
the primary meter and the equipment for the Sectionalizer.
These assets are not being sold to the City of Meridian (the "City") and instead
will continue to be owned, operated, and maintained by Idaho Power. The City currently
pays a monthly facilities charge for these assets. Upon closing the sale, ldaho Power
will cease collection of the facilities charge in exchange for the City's payment of a lump
sum included in the purchase price, as set forth in Exhibit B to the Asset Purchase and
Transfer of Title Agreement provided with the Company's Application. As described on
page 10 of ldaho Power's Application, the Company will credit Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Account 108, Accumulated Depreciation, for the net book value
and true-up of the past levelized rate of return. This accounting treatment is designed
to ensure that other ldaho retail customers are not harmed by the transaction.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Mark Annis, Senior Regulatory
Analyst, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3
REQUESI NOI: Please describe those costs associated with reprogramming
the Sectionalizer planned for use as the new point of delivery.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3: Reprogramming the Sectionalizer will require
approximately two hours of labor (including travel) and the use of a vehicle for one hour.
No materials are expected to be consumed.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Mark Annis, Senior Regulatory
Analyst, ldaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 9th day of January 2018.
lSA D. NORDSTROM
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 9th day of January 2018 I served a true and
correct 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
Daphne Huang
Deputy Attorney General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
47 2 W est Wash i ngton (83702)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-007 4
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IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 5
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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IDAHO POWER COMPANY
RESPONSE TO STAFF'S REQUEST NO. 1
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