20070920PAC to Monsanto 6-2, 6-5, 6-7.pdf

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September 19 2007
Randall C. Budge
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
RE:PAC-07-
Monsanto Data Request Set 6 (1-19)
201 South Main. Suite 2300
Salt lake City, Utah 84111
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power s Response to Monsanto Data Requests 6.2
, and 6.7. The response to Monsanto 6.4 is in process and will be provided when
available. Provided on the enclosed CD. are Attachments 6.2 and 6.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
!J/
Brian Dickman, Manager
Regulation
Enclosures
Cc:James R. Smith/Monsanto
Maurice Brubaker/Monsanto
Richard Anderson/Energy Strategies
Jean Jewell/IPUC
Eric Olsen/lIP A
Tony YankellIIPA
Conley Ward/Agrium
Dennis Peseau/ Agrium
Brad Purdy/CAP AI
Timothy Shurtz
P AC-07-05/Rocky Mountain Power
September 19 2007
Monsanto 6th Set Data Request 6.
Monsanto Data Request 6.
Please provide the workpapers supporting the amounts shown on line 10 of Page
21 of Mr. Wilson s direct testimony. Upon what sharing were those levels of
expenses based?
Response to Monsanto Data Request 6.
Please refer to Attachment Monsanto 6.2 for the working paper for the 2007
planning review. Expenses for 2006 were based on 87/13 sharing and expenses
for 2005 were based on 90/1 0 sharing.
Reconciliation of 2007 Medical Expense:
Non-union, Mining, Local 127, 197 659
Local 57, 125
Total
Less Joint Ownership Share
Net
$38 134,444 (p1 of attachment)
$22.719.3 22 (p2 of attachment)
$60 853 766
$2.218.493
$58.635.273
(Erich D. Wilson prepared this response, is the recordholder, and is expected to
sponsor this response at hearing. Please contact Brian Dickman at 801-220-4975
to discuss this response.
IDAHO
P AC-O7-
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
MONSANTO DATA REQUESTS SET 6 (1-19)
ATTACHMENT MONSANTO 6.
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
P AC-O7-05/Rocky Mountain Power
September 19 2007
Monsanto 6th Set Data Request 6.
Monsanto Data Request 6.
Please provide the workpapers supporting the $49.6 million projected pension
expense as shown on line 12 of page 18 of Mr. Wilson s direct testimony.
Response to Monsanto Data Request 6.
Pension expense for CY 2007
% to exclude joint owner portion
Net pension expense for CY 2007
$51,400 000
96591
$49 648 020
A worksheet showing projected pension expense for calendar year 2007 in the
amount of$51 495,000 is provided as Attachment Monsanto 6.
(This response was prepared under the direction of Erich D. Wilson who is also
the recordholder. Erich D. Wilson is expected to sponsor this response at hearing.
Please contact Brian Dickman at 801-220-4975 to discuss this response.
IDAHO
P AC-O7-
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
MONSANTO DATA REQUESTS SET 6 (1-19)
ATTACHMENT MONSANTO 6.
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
P AC-07-05/Rocky Mountain Power
September 19 2007
Monsanto 6th Set Data Request 6.
Monsanto Data Request 6.
Please provide a projection of the pension trust cash contributions for the next
five years. If five years' projection are not available , then provide as many yearsas is available.
Response to Monsanto Data Request 6.
The following contributions related to the pension plan were developed as part of
the company s planning process in November 2006 and are the company s most
current projections. These are current estimates and are updated on a periodic
basis and are therefore subject to change. These amounts represent total
contributions to the pension plan and include amounts attributable to non-
regulated activities and to generating plant joint ownership, which are removed in
regulatory results.
2007 $75.6 million
2008 68.7 million
2009 61.7 million
2010 60.6 million
2011 57.8 million
(Erich D. Wilson prepared this response, is also the recordholder, and is expected
to sponsor this response at hearing. Please contact Brian Dickman at 801-220-
4975 to discuss this response.