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Home My WebLink About20060713Staff to PacifiCorp 1-7.pdfSCOTT WOODBURY DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 (208) 334-0320 BAR NO. 1895 RECEIVED lOnG JUL 1 3 AM 10: I 4 IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W. WASHINGTON BOISE, ID 83702-5983 Attorney for the Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR APPROV AL TO REVISE ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NOS. to, 400 )AND 401. CASE NO. PAC-06- FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO ACIFICORP The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record Scott Woodbury, Deputy Attorney General, requests that PacifiCorp (PacifiCorp; Company) provide the following documents and information on or before THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006. Please provide answers to each question; supporting workpapers that provide detail or are the source of information used in calculations; the name and telephone number of the person preparing the documents; and the name, location and telephone number of the record holder. See IDAPA 31.01.01.228. 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 who can sponsor the answer at hearing. This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and PacifiCorp 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 documents produced. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO P ACIFICORP JULY 13 2006 Request No. t: Please discuss the temperature adjustment process implemented by the Company in calculating the billing determinants for Schedule 10 customers as referred to in Company witness Larsen s Exhibit No.3. Please provide all associated workpapers. Request No.2: Please provide the weather normalization analysis leading to adjustments as documented in Larsen Exhibit No. I , page 3.1. Also, please indicate the associated adjustment to expenses (variable power supply costs) due to weather normalization. Request No.3: Please explain the methodology used to determine the $450 000 refund to participants in the Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider program. Provide all workpapers that support the refund amount. Request No.4: Has the Company determined what the necessary increase would be in the Irrigation Load Control Credit to be equivalent, both in participation and curtailment levels, to the refund amount of $450 000? If so, please provide any supporting documentation and workpapers. Request No.5: Please elaborate on the statement made in Company witness Larsen testimony that the $450 000 refund is designed to be an incentive to encourage additional participation in the Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider program. Specifically, explain why the parties agreed in the Stipulation on a rated refund rather than a monetary increase in the credit. Request No.6: Regarding the statement made in Company witness Larsen s testimony that the $450 000 refund is designed to be an incentive to encourage additional participation in the Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider program, has the Company analyzed how many additional participants the refund would attract? If so , please provide supporting documents detailing the analysis. Request No.7: Please provide documentation detailing the Company s Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program for the previous five years. Include information as outlined on page one in the Company s 2005 Load Control Credit Rider Program Report, with the exception of items 7 through 9. FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO P ACIFICORP JULY 13 , 2006 Respectfully submitted this #.. J:3 day of July 2006. ~"".~ ~YScott W oo ury Deputy Attorney General Technical Staff: Bryan Lanspery i:umisc:prodreq/paceO6.4swbl prl FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO P ACIFICORP JULY 13 2006 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 13TH DAY OF JULY 2006 SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF TO PACIFICORP IN CASE NO. PAC-06-, BY MAILING A COpy THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE FOLLOWING: BRIAN DICKMAN DEAN BROCKBANK ACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER 201 S MAIN ST STE 2200 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111 E-mail: brian.dickman~pacificorp.com dean. brockbank(fYpacificorp. com DATA REQUEST RESPONSE CENTER ACIFICORP 825 NE MUL TNOMAH STE 800 PORTLAND OR 97232 JAMES M VAN NORSTRAND STOEL RIVES LLP 900 SW FIFTH AVE SUITE 2300 PORTLAND OR 97204 E-mail: jmvannostrand(fYstoe1.com ERIC L OLSEN RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE & BAILEY PO BOX 1391 POCATELLO ID 83204-1391 E-mail: elo(fYracinelaw.net ~\\j CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE