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Home My WebLink About20230922IdaHydro 1 to Staff.pdfIDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 1 C. Tom Arkoosh, ISB No. 2253 ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES 913 W. River Street, Suite 450 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, ID 83701 Telephone: (208) 343-5105 Facsimile: (208) 343-5456 Email: tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.com Admin copy: erin.cecil@arkoosh.com Attorneys for IdaHydro BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 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 IDAHYDRO’S FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST TO COMMISSION STAFF Pursuant to Rule 225 of the Rules of Procedure of Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the “Commission”), the Idaho Hydroelectric Power Producers Trust, an Idaho Trust, d/b/a IdaHydro (“IdaHydro”), by and through its counsel of record, C. Tom Arkoosh of Arkoosh Law Offices, hereby requests that Commission Staff provide responses to the following with supporting documents, where applicable. This production request is to be considered as continuing, and the Commission Staff is requested to provide by way of supplementary responses additional documents that it or any person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the responses or documents produced. For each item, please indicate the name of the person(s) preparing the answers, along with the job title of such person(s) and the witness at hearing who can sponsor the answer. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 1: In its response to IdaHydro’s Request for Production No. 3, Idaho Power writes: “The costs of maintaining or replacing Schedule 72 interconnection equipment is determined the same way as the cost of maintaining or replacing Idaho Power plant described above.” Are these Operation and Maintenance (“O&M”) costs in excess of what Idaho Power RECEIVED Friday, September 22, 2023 11:38:07 AM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 2 would spend in O&M to otherwise obtain this power? Further, are these O&M costs otherwise included in avoided costs? If O&M costs are included in avoided cost rates, how much is included? DATED this 22nd day of September 2023. ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES _______________________________ C. Tom Arkoosh Attorney for IdaHydro IDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 22nd day of September 2023, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document(s) upon the following person(s), in the manner indicated: IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: Jan Noriyuki Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Building 8, Suite 201-A (83714) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 ____ _ X __ rier -mail: an.noriyuki@puc.idaho.gov ry@puc.idaho.gov IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STAFF: Dayn Hardie Chris Burdin Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Building 8, Suite 201-A (83714) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 _____ _ X __ urier ed acsimile -mail: ayn.hardie@puc.idaho.gov uc.idaho.gov IDAHO POWER: Lisa D. Nordstrom Donovan E. Walker Megan Goicoechea Allen Timothy Tatum Connie Aschenbrenner Matt Larkin Idaho Power Company 1221 W. Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 _____ __ X___ S. Mail, Postage Prepaid ourier ered simile -mail: ower.com ker@idahopower.com power.com chenbrenner@idahopower.com idahopower.com @idahopower.com IDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 4 FOR IDAHO: Kelsey Jae Law for Conscious Leadership 920 N. Clover Dr. Boise, ID 83703 _____ _ X __ acsimile -mail: kelsey@kelseyjae.com Courtney White Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho 3778 Plantation River Dr., Ste. 102 Boise, ID 83703 ______ ___________ _ X __ er acsimile -mail: opportunities.com opportunities.com IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.: Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Ave., Ste. 100 P.O. Box 6119 Pocatello, ID 83205 _______ _ X __ ernight Courier acsimile -mail: elo@echohawk.com Lance Kaufman, Ph.D.2623 NW Bluebell Place Corvallis, OR 97330 ________ _ X __ d Delivered acsimile -mail: lance@aegisinsight.com INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF IDAHO POWER: Peter J. Richardson Richardson Adams, PLLC 515 N. 27th St. (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, ID 83707 _______ _ X __ Courier and Delivered acsimile -mail: peter@richardsonadams.com 280 Silverwood Way Eagle, ID 83616 ________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: dreading@mindspring.com IDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 5 Marie Callaway Kellner Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th St. Boise, ID 83702 _____ ___ _ X __ er ivered acsimile -mail: mkellner@idahoconservation.org Energy Associate Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th St. Boise, ID 83702 ________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: eusinkveld@idahoconservation.org CITY OF BOISE: Ed Jewell Darrell Early Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney’s Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 ________ _ X __ Delivered acsimile -mail: ejewell@cityofboise.org cityofboise.org Energy Program Manager Boise City Department of Public Works 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 __________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: wgehl@cityofboise.org MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.: Jim Swier Micron Technology, Inc. 8000 South Federal Way Boise, ID 83707 _______ ___ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: jswier@micron.com Thorvald A. Nelson Austin W. Jensen Holland & Hart, LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 __ _____ ___ _ X __ livered acsimile -mail: darueschhoff@hollandhart.com on@hollandhart.com IDAHYDRO’S THIRD PRODUCTION REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY – Page 6 FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES: Peter Meier U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585 ______ ___________ ___ _ X __ vernight Courier ivered acsimile -mail: peter.meier@hq.doe.gov Exeter Associates 5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 310 Columbia, MD 21044 _____ ________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: terassociates.com NW ENERGY COALITION: F. Diego Rivas NW Energy Coalition 1101 8th Ave. Helena, MT 59601 __________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: diego@nwenergy.org WALMART: Norman M. Semanko Parsons Behle & Latimer 800 West Main St., Ste. 1300 Boise, ID 83702 ______ ______________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: nsemanko@parsonsbehle.com Parsons Behle & Latimer 50 West Liberty St., Ste. 750 Reno, NV 89502 ______ ______ _____ ___ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: jcaviglia@parsonsbehle.com Director, Energy Services Walmart, Inc. 2608 Southeast J Street Bentonville, AR 72716 ______ ______ ________ _ X __ ivered acsimile -mail: Stephen.chriss@walmart.com ____________________________________