20070709PAC to Staff 1-1 to 1-4.pdf

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July 6, 2007
Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-5983
RE:ID PAC-07-
IPUC Staff Production 1 st Set Data Requests (1-
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power s Response to IPUC Staff Production Data Request
1 - 1.4. Provided on the enclosed CD is Attachment IPUC Production 1.2. The response for
IPUC Staff Production Data Request 1.5 is currently being prepared and will be provided as soon
as it is ready.
If you have any questions, please call Barry Bell at [phone].
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Brian Dickman, Manager
Regulation
Enclosures
cc. Jean Jewell/IPUC
PAC-07-12/Rocky Mountain Power
July 6, 2007
IPUC Staff Production 1 sl Set Data Request 1.
IPUC Staff Production 1st Set Data Request 1.1
Does Fall River plan on adding service staff in order to respond to an increase in
service calls that will result from the transfer of 150 customers to its existing
workload? If not, how does Fall River plan to absorb these additional customers
and improve the response time for service calls to the RMP transferred
customers?
Response to IPUC Staff Production 1 sl Set Data Request 1.1
Rocky Mountain Power is informed and believes that Fall River has added as of
April 2007 one 4 person crew in its Driggs office, which will be sufficient to
cover all maintenance, outage, and new construction for the new customers.
(Fall River REA will sponsor this response at hearing.
PAC-07-12/Rocky Mountain Power
July 6, 2007
IPUC Staff Production 1 sl Set Data Request 1.
IPUC Staff Production 1 st Set Data Request 1.2
Please provide a copy of the Fall River rate structure under which the RMP
transferred customer will be served following the five-year period.
Response to IPUC Staff Production 1 sl Set Data Request 1.2
Copies of the tariff sheets that Rocky Mountain Power received from Fall River
for each of the rate classes for the customers that are being transferred to Fall
River are provided as Attachment IPUC Staff 1.2 on the enclosed CD. Each tariff
has two pages.
(Fall River REA will sponsor this response at hearing.
IDAHO
PAC-O7-
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
IPUC PRODUCTION DATA REQUEST SET
ATTACHMENT IPUC PRODUCTION 1.
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
PAC-07-12/Rocky Mountain Power
July 6, 2007
IPUC Staff Production 1 5t Set Data Request 1.
IPUC Staff Production 1st Set Data Request 1.3
Does RMP or Fall River anticipate any increase in rates over the next five years?
If so, how much are the increases and when will they be requested?
Response to IPUC Staff Production 1st Set Data Request 1.3
Rocky Mountain Power is informed and believes that Fall River does not
anticipate a rate increase in the next five years, but instead anticipates a rate
decrease during that time period.
Rocky Mountain Power has recently filed a general rate case requesting an $18.
million rate increase. The outcome of the current case, along with changing costs
will determine whether future increases are requested.
(Fall River REA will sponsor its portion of this response at hearing.
(Rocky Mountain Power will sponsor its portion of this response at hearing.
has not been determined specifically who at Rocky Mountain Power will sponsor
the response.
PAC-07-12/Rocky Mountain Power
July 6, 2007
IPUC Staff Production 1 st Set Data Request 1.4
IPUC Staff Production 1st Set Data Request 1.4
Does Fall River currently offer its customers a time-of-day rate? If not, does it
offer anything similar? If not, are there any plans to develop a time-of-day rate
for those RMP customers who depend on this rate?
Response to IPUC Staff Production 1 st Set Data Request 1.4
Rocky Mountain Power is informed and believes that Fall River does not offer a
time-of-day rate and does not offer anything similar to a time-of-day rate. Rocky
Mountain Power is further informed and believes that after the five year period
Fall River does not presently plan to implement a time-of-day rate.
(Fall River REA will sponsor this response at hearing.