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Home My WebLink About20230721IPC to Staff 66.pdf LISA D. NORDSTROM Lead Counsel lnordstrom@idahopower.com July 21, 2023 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Jan Noriyuki, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg 8, Suite 201-A (83714) PO Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Re: Case No. IPC-E-23-11 Idaho Power Company’s General Rate Case Dear Ms. Noriyuki: Enclosed for electronic filing, please find Idaho Power Company’s Response to Request No. 66 to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company. The confidential attachment will be provided to the parties that have executed the Protective Agreement in this matter. If you have any questions about the attached filing, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, Lisa D. Nordstrom LDN:sg Enclosures RECEIVED 2023 JULY 21, 2023 5:01PM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 1 LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733) DONOVAN E. WALKER (ISB No. 5921) MEGAN GOICOECHEA ALLEN (ISB No. 7623) Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 lnordstrom@idahopower.com dwalker@idahopower.com mgoicoecheaallen@idahopower.com Attorneys for Idaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO AND FOR ASSOCIATED REGULATORY ACCOUNTING TREATMENT. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. IPC-E-23-11 IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power” or “Company”), and in response to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff (“Commission” or “Staff”) dated June 27, 2023, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 66: Please describe any occurrences where the Company undergrounded any distribution lines both inside and outside of the scope of the WMP. If any, please provide a supporting worksheet detailing the cost, date in service, and location (within or outside a Red Risk Zone). RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 66: In the Confidential Attachment to this response, Idaho Power has provided a list of Company-initiated undergrounding projects—including the strategic undergrounding efforts identified in the Direct Testimony of Mitch Colburn—along with associated project cost, project in-service date, and whether the project was within a wildfire risk zone. While Staff did not specify a date range in its request, Idaho Power included undergrounding projects beginning in 2021—the year in which the Company established wildfire risk zones—so that the requested project data and location could be identified within or outside of a risk zone. The response to this Request is sponsored by Mitch Colburn, Vice President of Planning, Engineering, and Construction, Idaho Power Company.  IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3 DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 21st day of July 2023. LISA D. NORDSTROM Attorney for Idaho Power Company DONOVAN E. WALKER Attorney for Idaho Power Company MEGAN GOICOECHEA ALLEN Attorney for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 21st day of July 2023, I served a true and correct copy of Idaho Power Company’s Response to Request No. 66 to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Dayn Hardie Chris Burdin Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8 Suite 201-A (83714) PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email Dayn.Hardie@puc.idaho.gov Chris.Burdin@puc.idaho.gov Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho Kelsey Jae Law for Conscious Leadership 920 N. Clover Dr. Boise, ID 83703 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email Kelsey@kelseyjae.com Courtney White Mike Heckler Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho 3778 Plantation River Drive, Suite 102 Boise, ID 83703 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email courtney@cleanenergyopportunities.com mike@cleanenergyopportunities.com Industrial Customers of Idaho Power Peter J. Richardson Richardson Adams, PLLC 515 N. 27th Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email peter@richardsonadams.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 5 Dr. Don Reading 280 Silverwood Way Eagle, Idaho 83616 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email dreading@mindspring.com Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Avenue, Suite 100 P.O. Box 6119 Pocatello, Idaho 83205 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email elo@echohawk.com Lance Kaufman, Ph.D. 2623 NW Bluebell Place Corvallis, OR 97330 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email lance@aegisinsight.com Micron Technology, Inc. Austin Rueschhoff Thorvald A. Nelson Austin W. Jensen Holland & Hart, LLP 555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3200 Denver, Colorado 80202 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX _ FTP Site X Email darueschhoff@hollandhart.com tnelson@hollandhart.com awjensen@hollandhart.com aclee@hollandhart.com clmoser@hollandhart.com Jim Swier Micron Technology, Inc. 8000 South Federal Way Boise, Idaho 83707 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email jswier@micron.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 6 City of Boise Ed Jewell Darrell Early Boise City Attorney’s Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. Boise, ID 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email ejewell@cityofboise.org dearly@cityofboise.org boca@cityofboise.org Wil Gehl Boise City Dept. of Public Works 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, Idaho 83701-0500 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email wgehl@cityofboise.org Idaho Conservation League Marie Callaway Kellner Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email mkellner@idahoconservation.org Brad Heusinkveld Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email bheusinkveld@idahoconservation.org IdaHydro C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 913 W. River Street, Suite 450 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, Idaho 83701 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.com erin.cecil@arkoosh.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 66 TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 7 Federal Executive Agencies Peter Meier Paige Anderson Tanner Crowther U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20585 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email peter.meier@hq.doe.gov paige.anderson@hq.doe.gov crowthtf@id.doe.gov Dwight Etheridge Exeter Associates 5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 310 Columbia, MD 21044 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email detheridge@exeterassociates.com NW Energy Coalition F. Diego Rivas 1101 8th Ave Helena, MT 59601 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email diego@nwenergy.org Stacy Gust, Regulatory Administrative Assistant BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION CASE NO. IPC-E-23-11 IDAHO POWER COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST NO. 66 ATTACHMENT NO. 1 CERTIFICATE OF ATTORNEY ASSERTION THAT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN AN IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FILING IS PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION Case No. IPC-E-23-11 In the Matter of the Application of Idaho Power Company for Authority to Increase Its Rates and Charges for Electric Service to Its Customers In the State of Idaho and For Associated Regulatory Accounting Treatment The undersigned attorney, in accordance with Commission Rules of Procedure 67, believes that all of the attachment in Response to Requests No. 66 to Idaho Power Company’s Response to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff dated July 21, 2023, contain information that Idaho Power Company and a third party claim are trade secrets, business records of a private enterprise require by law to be submitted to or inspected by a public agency, and/or public records exempt from disclosure by state or federal law (material nonpublic information under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation FD) as described in Idaho Code § 74-101, et seq., and/or § 48- 801, et seq. As such, it is protected from public disclosure and exempt from public inspection, examination, or copying. DATED this 21st day of July, 2023. LISA D. NORDSTROM Counsel for Idaho Power Company