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Home My WebLink About20230907IPC to Staff 280-281.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 the Sixteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Idaho Power Company. Due to the collectively voluminous confidential and non-confidential information provided in response to data requests in this case, the Company is posting the attachments 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. 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 Thursday, September 7, 2023 2:15:26 PM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE SIXTEENTH 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 SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power” or “Company”), and in response to the Sixteenth Production Request of the Commission Staff (“Commission” or “Staff”) dated August 29, 2023, herewith submits the following information: IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 2 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 280: Please provide the model, all the input data, definitions of the variables, and source information for all the data used in the 2022 weather normalization models discussed in the file named, "Attachment 2 - Response to Staff Request No. 228." For each customer class, please provide all historical input data available (from late 1990s), as discussed on the August 29, 2023 meeting with the Company. In addition, please provide all model outputs including model coefficients, statistics, and residuals. Please provide all files in electronic format with all formulas intact and enabled. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 280: Please see Attachments 1-10 for the Company’s weather normalization models. - Attachment 1: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Canyon - Attachment 2: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Capitol - Attachment 3: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Eastern - Attachment 4: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Oregon - Attachment 5: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Payette - Attachment 6: Irrigation Weather Adjustment Model - Southern - Attachment 7: System Commercial Weather Adjustment Model - Attachment 8: Oregon Commercial Weather Adjustment Model - Attachment 9: System Residential Weather Adjustment Model - Attachment 10: Oregon Residential Weather Adjustment Model Please see Attachment 11 for the ordinary least squares regression model value inputs for each model category. Time series data has been provided beginning with the earliest year of available data for each model category. The response to this Request is sponsored by Jordan Prassinos, Manager Load Forecast and Principal Economist, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 3 REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 281: Regarding the Company's response to Staff Production Request No. 123, the flight log provided did not include FERC account(s) charged for several flights. Please provide an Excel file in which each flight included in the Company's response to Staff Production Request No. 123 identifies the FERC account(s) charged and the amount charged. Please also indicate which flights, if any, the Company has removed for recovery in this case. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 281: Please see ‘Attachment – Response to Staff Request No. 281’ which includes a summary of costs by FERC account, as well as additional detail for each flight, including FERC account, amounts charged, and an indication of those not included in the rate case request. The response to this Request is sponsored by Paula Jeppsen, Forecasting and Planning Director, Idaho Power Company. IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S RESPONSE TO THE SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 4 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 SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 5 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 Sixteenth 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 SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 6 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 SIXTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF - 7 City of Boise Ed Jewell Darrell Early Boise City Attorney’s Office 150 N. 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