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RANDALL C. BUDGE
JOHN A. BAILEY, JR.
JOHN R. GOODELL
JOHN B. INGELSTROM
DANIEL C. GREEN
BRENT O. ROCHE
KIRK B. HADLEY
FRED J. LEWIS
MITCHELL W. BROWN
ERIC L.. OLSEN
CONRAD J. AIKEN
RICHARD A. HEARN, M.
DAVID E. ALEXANDER
LANE V. ERICKSON
PATRICK N. GEORGE
SCOTT J. SMITH
STEPHEN J. MUHONEN
BRENT L. WHITING
JUSTIN R. ELLIS
JOSHUA D. JOHNSON
JONATHON S. BYINGTON
DAVE BAGLEY
CAROL TIPPI VOLYN
THOMAS J. BUDGE
CANDICE M. MCHUGH
LAW OFFICES OF
RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE Be BAILEY
CHARTERED BOISE OFFICE
101 SOUTH CAPITOL
BOULEVARD, SUITE 208BOISE, IDAHO 83702
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POST OFFICE BOX 1391
POCATELLO, IDAHO 83204-1391
IDAHO FALLS OFFICE
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IDAHO FALLS, ID 83402
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LOUIS F. RACINE (1917-2005)
WILLIAM D. OLSON, OF COUNSEL
August 17, 2007
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Jean Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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Enclosed for filing please find the original and three (3) copies ofIdaho Irrigation Pumpers
Association, Inc.s Fifth Data Request to Pacificorp.
Sincerely,
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KATHERINE J. BYBEE
Assistant to Eric Olsen
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RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY C~TERED
O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
Telephone: (208) 232-6101
Fax: (208) 232-6109
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Attorneys for the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF)
ACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER FOR APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO )
ITS ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULES
CASE NO. P AC-07-
IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.S FIFTH DATA REQUEST TO
ACIFICORP
IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC. ("lIP A"), by and through its
attorneys, hereby submits this Fifth Data Request to Pacificorp dba Rocky Mountain Power
pursuant to Rule 225 of the Idaho Public Utility Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA
31.01.01 , as follows:
IIPA 5-1: With respect to the Company s response to IPUC Request 25, here is a figure
listed for Schedule 10 or -00 I %. Please answer the following:
a. Does this figure mean that the actual usage was 8% higher or lower than the usage
predicted by the sample?
b. Were the sample results increase/decreased by the 8% figure in order to develop
coincident and non-coincident demand data for the Irrigation class?
c. Presumably the "sample" data is on a calendar month basis and the "population" data is
on a billing month basis. How were (if at all) these two sets of data put on the same time
basis?
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d. What were the energy values there were being compared for the "sample" and for the
population" that resulted in the difference in 8.001 %?
e. Over what time frame was the "summer months , and what were the energy values there
were being compared for the "sample" and for the "population" that resulted in the
difference in 6.623%?
f. Which sample customers were on Schedule 72 or 72A during the 2006 Schedule 10 load
research study? Please simply provide the identification numbers used in the load
research data.
lIP A 2: Regarding the Company s response to IPUC request 27, it is stated that the
Company conducted an analysis of Schedule 36 usage over a test period ended September
2005 and that load research data used in the study demonstrated "that Schedule 36 load often
reaches its peak during off-peak hours, while Schedule I peaks during the on-peak hours.
Please supply a list of the identification numbers in the load research data for customers that
are presently on Schedule 36 as well as those that were on Schedule 36 during the referenced
study.
lIP A 3: Contained in the Company s response to IPUC 27-1 is an ID Residential Time-of-
Use Program Analysis for 2005. Contained in that analysis are four graphs. Please supply in
electronic format the data points for each of those graphs.
IIPA 5-4: Regarding the Company s response to Monsanto request 2.50 please answer the
following:
a. The data for June 19 2006 at 1600 indicates under attachment C-2 that the highest price
of short-term purchase on the eastern system was $95 per MWH, while under attachment
l the highest price of short-term purchase on the entire system was only $72.25 per
MWH. Why is the highest priced purchase on the "system , less than the highest price
purchase in the "east system
b. How many MW's were purchased at each ofthe "highest" prices listed for each hour in
the data contained in attachments C-, C-, D-, and D-2 of response to Monsanto
request 2.501
c. Regarding attachment C-, what was the name of the entity selling energy at the
maximum price during each of the hours listed?
d. In the Company s response to Monsanto request 1.17-2 there is listed times and dates of
curtailments as well as the amount of replacement power purchased and at what cost. For
the afternoon of June 19 2006 there was 67 MW's for 6 hours at a cost of$21 921
which translates into $54.53 per MWH. Please explain how the rate charged for
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replacement power is determined/developed and how it relates to the "highest" priCed
energy listed in the Company s response to Monsanto 2.50?
Respectfully submitted this I ih day of August, 2007.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
ERIC L. OLSEN
Attorneys for the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers
Association, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 17th day of August, 2007, I served a true
correct and complete copy of the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.'s Second
Data Request to Pacificorp to each of the following, via U.S. Mail postage prepaid, e-
mail or hand delivery:
Jean Jewell (original and 3)
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W. Washington Street
O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
E-mail: iean.iewell~puc.idaho.gov
S. Mail and
via E-mail
Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah St., Suite 800
Portland, OR 97232
E-mail: datarequest~pacificorp.com
via E-mail
James R. Smith
Monsanto Company
O. Box 816
Soda Springs, ID 83276
E-mail: iim.r.smith~monsanto.com
via E-mail
Maurice Brubaker
Katie Iverson
Brubaker & Associates
17244 W. Cordova Court
Surprise, AZ 85387
kiverson~sconsul tbai. com
via E-mail
Anthony Yankel
29814 Lake Road
Bay Village, OH 44140
E-mail: tony~yanke1.net
via E-mail
Idaho Irrigation Pumpers
Association, Inc.
c/o Lynn Tominaga
O. Box 2624
Boise, ID 83701-2624
E-mail: lynn tominaga~hotmai1.com
via E-mail
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Randall C. Budge
Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge
& Bailey, Chtd.
O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-13 91
Hand Delivery
Brian Dickman
Rocky Mountain Power
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Email: brian.dickman~pacificorp.com
via E-mail
Dean Brockbank
Justin Brown
Rocky Mountain Power
20 I South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
E-mail: dean.brockbank~pacificorp.com
E-mail: justin.brown~pacificorp.com
via E-mail
Tim Buller
Agrium, Inc.
3010 Conda Road
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
E-mail: tbuller~agrium.com
via E-mail
Conley E. Ward
Michael C. Creamer
Givens Pursley LLP
608 W. Bannock Street
O. Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701-2720
E-mail: cew~givenspursley.com
via E-mail
Dennis Peseau, Ph.
Utility Resources, Inc.
1500 Liberty Street S., 8te. 250
Salem, OR 97302
E-mail: d eseau excite.com
via E-mail
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