20200702IPC to Staff Partial Response 17-23.pdf

DONOVAN E. WALKER (lSB No. 5921)
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
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Attomey for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
!N THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S PETITION TO ESTABLISH
AVOIDED COST RATES AND TERMS FOR
ENERGY STORAGE QUALI FYING
FACILIT!ES UNDER PURPA
CASE NO. !PC-E-20-02
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE
SECOND PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF
THE COMMISSION STAFF
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powef or "Company"), and in
response to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff to ldaho Power
Company dated June 23, 2020, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PART]AL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 1
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ELECTRONIC FILING
Diane Hanian, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Boulevard
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ldaho 83714
Re Case No. !PC-E-20-02
Avoided Cost Rates and Terms for Energy Storage Qualifying Facilities
Under PURPA - ldaho Power Company's Partial Response to the
Second Production Request of the lndustrial Customers of ldaho Power
Dear Ms. Hanian:
Aftaehed for electronic filing is ldaho Power Company's Partial Response to the
Second Production Request of the Commission Staff. lf you have anyquestionsaboutthe
attached documents, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Very truly yours,
Lisa Nordstrom
REQUEST NO. 17: Which wind or solar projects between 100 kW and 10
aMW were approved between February 20,2008 and December 14,2010 when the
eligibility cap was set to 1OaMW per month in Order No. 30488? ln addition, please
provide the following for each of the projects:
a. The project names, case numbers, nameplate capacities, pricing
methodologies, and approved dates.
b. ldentify the wind and solar projects that were grandfathered with the
prior eligibility cap of 100 kW.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 17: Based on a conference callwith ldaho Public
Utilities Commission ("Commission") Staff on June 30, 2020,ldaho Power has compiled
a list of wind and solar projects with contracts that were approved by the Commission
between February 20,2008 and December 14, 2010, along with the conesponding case
numbers, nameplate capacities and contract approval dates for each project. The project
list is attached.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Michael Danington, Energy
Contracts Leader, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2
REQUEST NO. 18: Which wind or solar projects between 100 kW and 10
aMW were approved on or after December 14,2010 when the eligibility cap was
set to 100 kW in Order No. 32176? ln addition, please provide the following for
each of the projects:
a. The project names, case numbers, nameplate capacities, pricing
methodologies, and approved dates.
b. ldentify the wind and solar projects that were grandfathered with the prior
eligibility cap of 10 aMW per month.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 18: Based on a conference call with ldaho
Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") Staff on June 30, 2020, ldaho Power has
compiled a list of wind and solar projects with contracts that were approved by the
Commission after December 14, 2010, along with the conesponding case numbers,
nameplate capacities and contract approval dates for each project. The project list is
attached.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Michael Darrington, Energy
Contracts Leader, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3
REQUEST NO. 21: Please provide the average difference between non-
levelized, non-fueled, published rates for the "othe/' SAR category and IRP-based
avoided cost rates for a 10 MW project over 20 years.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 21: ln December 2019,ldaho Power provided
ldaho Public Utilities Commission Staff with incremental cost integrated resource plan
("lClRP') avoided cost prices for each of the five resource types that are priced using the
surrogate avoided resource ("SAR") methodology for published avoided cost prices. Staff
requested ICIRP price for research purposes that were based on ldaho Power's 2017
lntegrated Resource Plan weighted average cost of capital ("WACC") of 6.740/o and
another based on Staffs proposed WACC of 7.5o/o. Based on the June 30, 2020,
conference call with Staff, it is Idaho Power's understanding that Staff will use the
provided ICIRP prices to compare with SAR published avoided cost rates. The ICIRP
prices are attached.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Michael Darrington, Energy
Contracts Leader, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4
REQUEST NO. 23: Please provide the tota! actual cycle time (i.e. the amount
of days from the time a developer submits the Qualifying Facility Energy Sales
Agreement Application until the ESA is signed by both the Company and the
Developer) for each origina! contract (non-renewal contract) developed under
Schedule 73 Contracting Procedures established in Case No. IPC-E-14-24 that was
under the eligibility cap using published rates and for each contract that was over the
eligibility cap that used IRP-based rates. For each contract, please list the date that
the initial application was submitted and the date the contract was signed by both
parties, the nameplate capacity of the QF and whether it was below the eligibility cap
using published rates or over the eligibility cap using IRP-based rates. Please put into
spreadsheet format.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 23: ldaho Power's tariff Schedule 73,
Cogeneration and Small Power Production Schedule - ldaho, was approved by the ldaho
Public Utilities Commission in Order No. 33197 on December 29,2014, with an effective
date of January 1, 2015. Since Schedule 73 went into effect, ldaho Power has entered
into four (three hydro and 1 biomass) PURPA energy sales agreements with new
Qualifying Facilities. The project listing is attached and identifies whether the project was
eligible for published avoided cost rates or incremental cost integrated resource plan-
based rates.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Michael Darrington, Energy
Contracts Leader, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 5
DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 2nd day of July 2020.
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DONOVAN E. WALKER
Attomey for ldaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF.6
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 2nd day of July 2020 ! served a true and correct
COPY Of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PARTIAL RESPONSE TO THE SECOND
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF upon the following named
parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff
Edward Jewell
Deputy Attomey General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
1 1331 W. Chinden Boulevard
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ldaho 83714
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Christy Davenport, Legal Assistant
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