20220419IPC to Staff 1-5.pdf

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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]
L N o rd strom@ ida h ooowe r. com
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORIW TO IMPLEMENT FIXED
cosT ADJUSTMENT ('FCA") RATES
FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM JUNE 1,
aOZZTHROUGH MAY 31 ,2023.
CASE NO. |PC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
RESPONSE TO THE FIRST
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
THE COMMISSION STAFF
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COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Powe/' or "Company"), and in
response to the First Production Request of the Commission Staff ('!PUC" or
"Commission") dated March 29,2022, herewith submits the following information:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE 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 STAFF'S REQUEST NO. l: Please see the confidential
attachments provided for this request.
Audit Services performed audits of internal controls over the Fixed Cost
Adjustment ('FCA) and components of the FCA during the period of 2019 to present as
part of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley CSOX') requirements. The related SOX
processes are Regulatory Fixed Cost Adjustment ('RPFC'), Customer Revenues
('CREV) Customer Revenues 1T ('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:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2
SOIProtese'2019 frn 2m1 Comments
nPSe
001 x N/A x Not tested tn 2020
CDs x N/A x Not tested in 2020
EW|C C02 Voudrertl3E x N/A x Not tested in 2020
cilT:
m3 x x x
005 x x x
Deficiency identified in 2020, See "2020
CRIT Final Control Report - Deftciency
ldentified."
c06 x x x
c07 x x x
c08 x x x
@9 x x x
c10 x x x
clr N/A x x Control added ln 2020.
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c02 x N/A N/A Not tested ln 2020. control Gl2 removed ln
2021.
004 x N/A x Not tested ln 2020
cI)7 x N/A x Not tested ln 2020
008 x N/A x Not tested ln 2020
EwlC C02 voudier ;52 1f133 N/A N/A x Added lnto CREV testlng ln A)21
' Aro SOX t*ting hm yet been perlormed ln 2022
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 deferral calculation.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Sonse Sutezzo, Operations Audit
Manager, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide the monthly sales forecast in klMr for the
residential and small general service classes for the 2022-2023 FCA year.
RESPONSE TO STAFF'S REQUEST NO. 2: Please see the attrachment provided
for this response.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANYS RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4
REQUEST NO. 3: For the customer counts listed in Exhibit No. 3, please provide
the supporting documentation and an explanation of how the monthly customer counts
were derived.
RESPONSE TO STAFF'S REQUEST NO. 3: Please see the 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 historical number of meters and active USAs is
from the Company's last general rate case, IPC-E-11-08, test year. Application of the
relationship of meter counts and USAs to NCUST customers counts which include partial
month customers approximates equivalent full month only customers.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Power Company.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REOUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 5
REQUEST NO. 4: Please provide supporting documentation for the billed kWIr
sales provided in Exhibit No. 3.
RESPONSE TO STAFF'S REQUEST NO. 4: Please see the first attachment
provided for the Company's Response to Staffs Request No. 3.
The response to this Request is sponsored by Paul Goralski, Regulatory
Consultant, ldaho Porer Company.
IDAHO POtft,ER COMPANY,S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 6
REOUEST NO.5: Please provide a schedule showing k\Mt sold per month from
January 2020 through March 2022 separated by customer class.
RESPONSE TO STAFF'S 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.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 7
DATED at Boise" ldaho, this 19h day of Aprilz02z.
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LISA D. NORDSTROM
Attomey fur ldaho Power Company
IDAHO POVl,ERCOMPAlgyrg RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF. S
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 19th day of April2022, 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
Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8,
Suite 201-A (83714)
PO Box 83720
Boise, lD 83720-0074
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Stacy Gust, Regulatory Administrative
Assistant
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 9
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
CONFIDENTIAL
REQUEST NO. 1
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
CONFIDENTIAL
REQUEST NO. 1
ATTAGHMENT NO.2
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER GOMPANY
CONFIDENTIAL
REQUEST NO. 1
ATTACHMENT NO. 3
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBL]C UTILITIES COMMISSION
cAsE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
REQUEST NO.2
ATTAGHMENT NO. 1
I
SEE ATTACHED SPREADSHEET
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
REQUEST NO. 3
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
SEE ATTACHED SPREADSHEET
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
REQUEST NO. 3
ATTACHMENT NO.2
SEE ATTACHED SPREADSHEET
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIG UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-22-07
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
CONFIDENTIAL
REQUEST NO. 5
ATTACHMENT NO. 1