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An IDACORP Company
NATHAN F. GARDINER
Senlor Counsel
[e-mail]
April 12,2021
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Jan Noriyuki, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg 8,
Suite 201-A (83714)
PO Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-0074
Re Case No. IPC-E-21-03
In the Matter of ldaho Power Company's Application for Authority to
Implement Fixed Cost Adjustment ('FCA') Rates for Electric Service from
June 1,2021, through May 31 ,2022
Dear Ms. Noriyuki
Attached for electronic filing, pursuant to Order No. 34602, is Idaho Power
Company's Response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff, Nos. 1
through 5. Please handle the confidential information in accordance with the Protective
Agreement executed in this matter.
lf you have any questions about the attached document, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Very truly yours,
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Nathan Gardiner
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Attachments
NATHAN F. GARDINER (lSB No.41O4)
ldaho Power Company
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
nqa rd iner@idahopower. com
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
!N THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT FIXED
cosT ADJUSTMENT ("FCA") RATES
FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM JUNE 1,
2021, THROUGH MAY 31 ,2022.
CASE NO. !PC-E-21-03
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
THE COMMISSION STAFF
COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powef or "Company'), and in
response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff to ldaho Power
Company dated March 22,2021, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF- 1
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide all internal audit reports and SOX reports
associated with the FCA or any components of the FCA that have been completed since
2019.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1: Audit Services performed audits of internal
controls over system checks supporting the FCA and components of the FCA during the
period of 2019 to present as part of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements.
The related SOX processes are Regulatory Fixed Cost Adjustment (RPFC), Customer
Revenues (CREV) Customer Revenues lT (CRIT), and Entity-Wide lnformation &
Communication (EWIC C02). Audit Reports are only issued for SOX internal control
audits in the event of a finding(s). SOX testing is performed on a rotational basis. The
following table provides testing performed on these SOX processes by year:
SOX Proc$s 2!t t9 NM ?0Zl'Comment3
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co1 x N/A N/A Not tested ln 2020
cos x HA N/A Not tested ln 2020
EwlC C20 Voudter 1138 x N/A N/A Not tested in 2020
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c03 x x N/A
c05 x x ttlA
Deflclency ldentafled an 2020. See "2020
CRIT Flnal Control Report - Deficiency
ldentified."
c06 x x N/A
c07 x x N/A
c08 x x n/a
c09 x x N/A
cl0 x x N/A
c11 N/A x N/A Control added in 2020.
cnEv:
coz x N/A N/A Not tested ln 2020
c04 x ttlA N/A Not tested ln 2020
c07 x N/A N/A Not terted in 2020
c08 x r/a n/a Not tested in 2020
' Aro SOX testin g hos yet &en pertormed h 202,
It is noted the rate schedules impacted by the 2020 deficiency for CRIT C05 were
not the rate schedules included in the FCA, or FCA deferralcalculation.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF.2
The requested information is proprietary and confidential. Given the voluminous
nature of the documents provided in response to this request and current circumstances
regarding COVID-19 limiting on-site review, the Company has posted these attachments
to a secure FTP site to allow parties to view the requested information remotely. Because
attachments contain confidentialinformation, the FTP site is password protected and wil!
only be provided to those parties who have executed the Protective Agreement in this
matter.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Sonse Sutezzo, Operations Audit
Manager, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF- 3
REOUEST NO. 2: Please provide the rnonthly sales forecast in k\Mr for the
residential and small general service classes in the 2g:21-2022 FCA year.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2: Please see the attachment provided for this
response.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
ConsuJtant, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POIJI'ER COMPANYS RE$PONsE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF.4
REQUEST NO. 3: For the customer counts listed in Exhibit No. 3, please provide
an explanation of how the monthly customer counts were derived. Also, please provide
supporting documentation for these monthly customers counts.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO.3: Please see the two attachments provided for
this response.
Monthly customer counts are calculated by multiplying Number of Customers
('NCUST') customer count against a relationship between the number of meters and
active Utility Service Agreements (USAs'). The monthly NCUST customer count is
provided from the respective month's NCUST Report, which is a count of customers
receiving service the day cycle 21 billing is generated and includes partial-month
customers. The relationship between the historica! number of meters and active USAs is
from the Company's last genera! rate case, IPC-E-11-08, test year. Application of the
relationship of meter counts and USAs to NGUST customers counts which include partial
month customers approximates equivalent full month only customers.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Pau! Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF- 5
REOUEST NO. 4: Pbase provide supporting documentiation for the billed kWh
sales provided in Exhibit No. 3.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 4: Please see the attrachment provided for this
response.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POV\ER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REOUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF.6
REQUEST NO. 5: Please provide a schedule showing kWhs sold per month from
January 2019 through March 2021 separated by customer class.
RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 5: Please see the confidential attachment
provided for this response.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Power Company.
DATED at Boise, ldaho, this 12th day of April 2021.
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NATHAN F. GARDINER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF. T
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 12th day of Aprir|2021, I seryed 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
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg 8,
Suite 2o1-A (83714)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-007 4
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Stephanie Buckner, Executive Assistant
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF- 8