20070829Monsanto to PAC 7-1 to 7-9.pdf

LAW OFFICES OF
RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE Be BAILEY
CHARTEREDLOUIS F. RACINE (1917-2006)
WILLIAM D. OLSON
W. MARCUS W. NYE
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
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ERIC L. OLSEN
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JONATHON S. BYINGTON
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THOMAS J. BUDGE
CANDICE M. MCHUGH'"
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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Enclosed for filing please find the original and three copies of Monsanto Company s Seventh
Data Requests to Rocky Mountain Power.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Randall C. Budge, ISB No. 1949
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Attorneys for Intervenor Monsanto Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR APPROVAL)
OF CHANGES TO ITS ELECTRIC SERVICESCHEDULES
Case No. PAC-
MONSANTO COMPANY'S SEVENTH DATA REQUESTS
TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
MONSANTO COMPANY, by and through their attorneys, hereby submits this Seventh
Data Request to Rocky Mountain Power, pursuant to Rule 225 ofthe Idaho Public Utility
Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01 , as follows:
Monsanto 7-1: Reference Attach Monsanto 1. 13b.xls: Please provide the supporting detail on
historical rates by major customer class on a $ per kWh basis that support the percentage changes
presented in Mr. Griffith's table.
Monsanto 7-2: Reference Response to IPUC Audit Data Request 107: Please provide the Idaho
class cost of service that results from the revised JAM and RAM models referenced in this
response. Please provide the summary sheets ofthe cost study, as well as the executable Excel
file supporting the Idaho class cost of service study.
Monsanto 7-3: Please provide an update ofthe actual or expected on-line dates for all rate base
additions referenced in Tabs 8.8.4 and 8.5 of Exhibit 11.
Monsanto 7-4: Has Rocky Mountain Power prepared another gas cost forecast since filing its
case? If so, please provide the impacts of this updated gas cost forecast on this general rate case.
MONSANTO COMPANY'S SEVENTH DATA REQUEST FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - 1
Monsanto 7-5: Reference Attachment Monsanto 3.2L:a. Please provide all assumptions and calculations pertaining to the $1.9
million value attributed to the Mid-C to PACED spread as well as a written description of this
separate valuation.
b. Please explain why reserves held on northeast hydro units were not
included or recognized in the non-spin reserves valuation contained in the spreadsheet Monsanto
Final 20060508 01.07-l2.09 _Reserves & Curtailment.xls.
c. Please provide a table similar to Attachment Monsanto 3.2a listing market
prices as well as the names and incremental costs of the incremental units used in valuing the
operating reserves in Attachment Monsanto 3.2L.
d. Please detail how the inclusion of Lakeside impacts the valuation of
reserves. Is this because Lakeside was selected significantly more times as the highest in-the-
money resource in the "Include Lakeside in the Reserve Stack" column on Attachment Monsanto
2L?
e. Please fully explain why the $1.9 million can no longer be supported when
Lakeside is a part of the resource stack. Does the elimination of this $1.9 million value depend
upon whether or not Lakeside is the highest cost incremental unit in-the-money?
Monsanto 7-6: Reference Attachment Monsanto 3.2L: Please provide the revision to this
attachment that has the "buy-through" switch set to "FALSE" for all years (2007, 2008 and
2009).
Monsanto 7-7: Please provide a valuation of the economic curtailment similar to that found in
the spreadsheet Monsanto - 2007 -06-- OldApp - TestimonyV2.xls but where curtailment is 500
hours rather than 800 hours.
Monsanto 7-8: Reference Response to Monsanto Data Request 3.4 where the 2008 and 2009
value of curtailments under the GRID model were provided. Please provide a similar valuation
under the GRID model but where curtailment is 500 hours rather than 800 hours. Provide copies
of all GRID model runs used in the valuation.
Monsanto 7-9: Follow up to Response to Monsanto 4.15 Please confirm or deny that it is the
Company s proposal to seek a lower rate of return in the class cost of service study in order to
recognize the rate mitigation cap. If denied, then please explain.
MONSANTO COMPANY'S SEVENTH DATA REQUEST FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - 2
DATED this 27th day of August, 2007.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
MONSANTO COMPANY'S SEVENTH DATA REQUEST FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER - 3
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 27th day of August, 2007, I served a true, correct and
complete copy of the foregoing document, to each of the following, via the method so indicated:
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary (original and 3)
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
E-mail: jjewell~puc.state.id.S. Mail
Brian Dickman
Rocky Mountain Power
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
brian. di ckman(Cl),pacifi corp. com
Mail
Dean Brockbank
Justin Brown
Rocky Mountain Power
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake city, Utah 84111
dean. brockbank~pacifi corp. com
Justin. brown(Cl),paci ficorp. com
Mail
Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, Oregon 97232
Fax: [phone]
datarequest~pacificorp. com Mail
Maurice Brubaker
Katie Iverson
Brubaker & Associates, Inc.
1215 Fern Ridge Parkway, Suite 208
St. Louis, MO 63141
mbrubaker~consul tbai. com
ki verson ~consul tb ai. com
Mail
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James R. Smith
Monsanto Company
O. Box 816
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
iim.smith~monsanto.com Mail
Eric L. Olsen
Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey
O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
eloCtp,racinelaw.net
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Tim Buller
Agrium, Inc.
3010 Conda road
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
tbuller(Ci),agrium.com
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ConleyE. Ward
Michael C. Creamer
Givens Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock Street
O. Box 2720
Boise, ID 83701-2720
cew(Ci),gi venspursl ey. com Mail
Dennis E. Peseau, Ph.
Utility Resources, Inc.
1500 Liberty Street S., Ste. 250
Salem, OR 97302
dpeseauCW,excite.com Mail
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