20230907Staff 283-297 to IPC.pdf

DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE,IDAHO 83720-0074 4
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO.9917
Street Address for Express Mail:
11331 W CHINDEN BLVD,BLDG 8,SUITE 201-A
BOISE,ID 83714
Attorneyfor the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR )CASE NO.IPC-E-23-11
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES )
AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE )EIGHTEENTH PRODUCTION
IN THE STATE OF IDAHO AND FOR )REQUESTOF THE
ASSOCIATED REGULATORY )COMMISSION STAFF
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT )TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission,by and through its attorney of record,
Dayn Hardie,Deputy Attorney General,requests that Idaho Power Company ("Company"or
"Idaho Power")provide the followingdocuments and information as soon as possible,but no
later than THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 14,2023.1
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing,and the Company is requested
to provide,by way of supplementaryresponses,additional documents that it,or any person
acting on its behalf,may later obtain that will augment the documents or information produced.
Please provide answers to each question,supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations,and the name,job title,and telephonenumber of
'Staff is requesting an expedited response.If responding by this date will be problematic,please call Staff's
attorney at [phone].
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the person preparing the documents.Please also identify the name,job title,location,and
telephonenumber of the record holder.
In addition to the written copies provided as response to the requests,please provide all
Excel spreadsheets and electronic files with formulas intact and enabled.
REQUESTNO.283:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -RELC220001 -Line Relocations for ITD
Extension of SH-16 from Chinden (SH-20/26)to I-84,is significantlyover the total budget
amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.284:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -ELDRl90001 -ELDR Construct two new
12.5-kV feeder ELDR-012 and ELDR-013,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please
provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.285:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -T423120001 -T423 Ontario-Quartz 138kV
Line -FAC008 Compliance,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the
followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
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b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgetedamount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.286:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -T216150001 -T216 Rebuild 69-kV Line
T216 from Brownlee to Halfway -approx.ten miles,is significantlyover the total budget
amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.287:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -T4040401 -T404 ZLOG-CADA
Build/rebuild to 138-kV from ZLOG to new CADA substation,is significantlyover the total
budget amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgetedamount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.288:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -T4791101 -T479 BOMT-HPVY Build 138
kV line,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
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c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.289:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -NEWX170001 -NEWX -Reconstruct 138-
kV CDAL-HBRD T438 line to add a 230-kV circuit and double circuit distribution underbuild,
is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.290:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -ELDRl80002 -ELDR New distribution
station in central Pocatello,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the
followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.291:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -HBNDl101 -HBND Create alternate 35 kV
route to Garden Valley,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the
followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
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c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.292:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -SKWYl80001 -SKWY New Skyway
distribution substation northwest of Caldwell Industrial Airport,is significantlyover the total
budget amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.293:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -VARIl30001 -VARI Replace
communications multiplexequipment,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please
provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.294:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -B09900124 -Western UG New Business,is
significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actualschedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgetedamount and the cost impact of each reason.
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REQUESTNO.295:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -VARIDEQUIP -VARI -Region Distribution
Line Equipment Planned Reconstruction,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please
provide the followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.296:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -B00900276 -Lower Salmon #4 Turbine
Refurbishment,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the following
information:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
REQUESTNO.297:According to the Company's response to Staff's Production
Request No.35 (Confidential Attachment 1-Response to Staff Request No.35),the total actual
(Jan 2012 thru May 2023)amount for Budget ID -CHQBl60049-BSPO U3 Kaplan Turbine
and GeneratorRefurbishment,is significantlyover the total budget amount.Please provide the
followinginformation:
a.Overall and year-by-year budget-to-actual comparisons;
b.A baseline schedule-to-actual schedule comparison;and
c.A list and a detailed explanation of all the specific reasons that the actual cost
exceeded the budgeted amount and the cost impact of each reason.
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TO IDAHO POWER 6 SEPTEMBER 7,2023
DATED at Boise,Idaho,this day of September 2023.
Hard
Deputy AttorneyGeneral
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 7th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2023,
SERVED THE FOREGOING EIGHTEENTH PRODUCTION REQUESTOF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY,IN CASE NO.IPC-E-23-11,
BY E-MAILING A COPY THEREOF,TO THE FOLLOWING:
LISA D NORDSTROM TIMOTHY TATUM
DONOVAN E WALKER CONNIE ASCHENBRENNER
MEGAN GOICOECHEA ALLEN MATT LARKIN
IDAHO POWER COMPANY IDAHO POWER COMPANY
PO BOX 70 PO BOX 70
BOISE ID 83707-0070 BOISE ID 83707-0070
E-MAIL:E-MAIL:[e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
KELSEY JAE MICHAEL HECKLER
LAW FOR CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP COURTNEY WHITE
920 N CLOVER DR CLEAN ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES
BOISE ID 83703 3778 PLANTATION RIVER DR
E-MAIL:[e-mail] STE 102
BOISE ID 83703
E-MAIL:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
ERIC L OLSEN LANCE KAUFMAN PhD
ECHO HAWK &OLSEN PLLC 2623 NW BLUEBELL PLACE
PO BOX 6119 CORVALLIS OR 97330
POCATELLO ID 83205 E-MAIL:lance aegisinsight.com
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
PETER J RICHARDSON DR DON READING
RICHARDSON ADAMS PLLC 280 SILVERWOOD WAY
515 N 27TH ST EAGLE ID 83616
BOISE ID 83702 E-MAIL:[e-mail]
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
JIM SWIER AUSTIN RUESCHHOFF
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC THORVALD A NELSON
8000 S FEDERAL WAY AUSTIN W JENSEN
BOISE ID 83707 HOLLAND &HART LLP
E-MAIL:[e-mail] 555 17TH ST STE 3200
DENVER CO 80202
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
clmoser hollandhart.com
TOM ARKOOSH
ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES
PO BOX 2900
BOISE ID 83701
[e-mail]
erin.cecil arkoosh.com
ED JEWELL WIL GEHL
DARRELL EARLY ENERGY PROGRAM MANAGER
DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY BOISE CITY DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS
BOISE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PO BOX 500
PO BOX 500 BOISE ID 82701-0500
BOISE ID 83701-0500 E-MAIL:wgehl cityofboise.org
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
MARIE CALLAWAY KELLNER BRAD HEUSINKVELD
ID CONSERVATION LEAGUE ID CONSERVATION LEAGUE
710 N 6TH ST 710 N 6TH ST
BOISE ID 83702 BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL:mkellner idahoconservation.org E-MAIL:
bheusinkveld idahoconservation.org
PETER MEIER DWIGHT ETHERIDGE
US DEPT OF ENERGY EXETER ASSOCIATES
1000 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW 5565 STERRETT PLACE
WASHINGTON DC 20585 STE 310
E-MAIL:[e-mail] COLUMBIA MD 21044
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
F.DIEGO RIVAS STEVE W CHRISS
NW ENERGY COALITION DIR ENERGY SERVICES
1101 8TH AVE WALMART INC
HELENA MT 59601 2608 SOUTHEAST J ST
E-MAIL:[e-mail] BENTONVILLE AR 72716
E-MAIL:[e-mail]
NORMAN M SEMANKO JUSTINA A CAVIGLIA
PARSONS BEHLE &LATIMER PARSONS BEHLE &LATIMER
800 W MAIN ST STE 1300 50 W LIBERTY ST STE 750
BOISE ID 83702 RENO NV 89502
E-MAIL:[e-mail] E-MAIL:[e-mail]
SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE