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Home My WebLink About20230907IPC to Staff 266.pdf LISA D. NORDSTROM Lead Counsel lnordstrom@idahopower.com September 7, 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. 266 to the Thirteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company. Because of the volume of documentation requested in the Thirteenth Production Request, the Commission Staff agreed it would be acceptable for the Company to provide the responses in a minimum of two tranches. The Company provided the first segment of responses and supporting documentation on September 6, 2023. This filing represents the second and final segment of responses and supporting documentation to the remainder requests. Due to the collectively voluminous confidential and non-confidential information provided in response to data requests in this case, the Company is posting the attachment to these requests to the secure FTP site to allow parties to view the requested information remotely unless otherwise noted in the response. Because certain attachments contain confidential information, the FTP site is divided between confidential and non-confidential information. The login information for the non-confidential portion of the FTP site has been provided to all parties that have intervened to date. The login information for the confidential portion of the FTP site has been provided the parties that have executed the Protective Agreement in this matter. RECEIVED 2023 SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 3:58PM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Jan Noriyuki, Secretary September 7, 2023 Page 2 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 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 Attachment 1 and 2 in Response to Request No. 266 to Idaho Power Company’s Response to the Thirteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff dated September 7, 2023, contain information that Idaho Power Company and a third party claim are trade secrets, and/or business records of a private enterprise required by law to be submitted to or inspected by a public agency, 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 7th day of September, 2023. LISA D. NORDSTROM Counsel for Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH 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 THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power” or “Company”), and in response to the Thirteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff (“Commission” or “Staff”) dated August 22, 2023, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 266: Regarding the Company's response to Staff Production Request No. 134, please provide receipts for the transactions listed in the confidential attachment "P-Card Receipt Sample." RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 266: Please see “Confidential Attachment 1 – Response to Staff Request No 266.pdf" which includes receipts for the transactions listed in the confidential attachment “P-Card Receipt Sample.” In the few instances where a receipt was unavailable, the Company has provided the Wells Fargo Bank statement as well as a description of the charge and business purpose. Please note, the requested receipts from the sample may not always tie to the dollar amount listed in the “P-Card Receipt Sample” due to transactions being split to different accounting strings not included in the sample. In the PDF attachment, each page lists the line number which can be correlated with the line number in “Confidential Attachment 2 – Response to Staff Request No 266 – P-Card Receipt Sample.xlsx.” The response to this Request is sponsored by Paula Jeppsen, Forecasting and Planning Director, Idaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3 DATED at Boise, Idaho, this 7th day of September 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 THE THIRTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 7th day of September 2023, I served a true and correct copy of Idaho Power Company’s Response to the Thirteenth 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 THE THIRTEENTH 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 THE THIRTEENTH 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 THE THIRTEENTH 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 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 Walmart Inc. Norman M. Semanko Parsons Behle & Latimer 800 West Main Street, Suite 1300 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email NSemanko@parsonsbehle.com Steve W. Chriss Director, Energy Services Walmart Inc. 2608 Southeast J Street Bentonville, Arkansas 72716 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX FTP Site X Email Stephen.Chriss@walmart.com Stacy Gust, Regulatory Administrative Assistant