20090107PAC to Staff 65.pdf

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Scott Woodbur
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 W Washington
Boise, ID 83702-5983
RE: PAC-E-08-07
IPUC _Production Data Request (39-67)
Please find enclosed an original and three copies of Rocky Mountain Power's Response to
IPUC..Production Data Request Number 65.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Ted Weston, Manager
Regulation
Enclosures
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 6, 2009
IPUC Production Data Request 65
IPUC Production Data Request 65
As a condition of the transfer of the Site Certification Agreement from Chehalis
Power to PacifiCorp, Washington State Energy Facilty Site Evaluation Council
Order No. 836 requires PacifiCorp to provide $1.5 milion in funding for
greenhouse mitigation projects. Does PacifiCorp intend to add or modify
equipment at the plant, or change its historic operations, such that it wil emit
more greenhouse gases than it has historically? If so, is this the basis for
requiring PacifiCorp to provide the $1.5 milion? If not, what is the justification
for providing the $1.5 milion?
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 65
The $1.5 milion was a negotiated settlement with the Washington State Energy
Facilty Site Evaluation Council ("EFSEC") for approval of the Chehalis
ownership transfer order. EFSEC found that it was appropriate to condition
transfer of the Site Certification Agreement ("SCA") from Chehalis Power to
PacifiCorp upon a requirement that PacifiCorp provide additional mitigation for
greenhouse gas emissions. i
Whether the operation of the Chehalis Plant wil change such that it emits more
greenhouse gases than it has historically depends on future hours of operation.
However, future operations/emissions are unelated to the imposition of the $1.5
milion in mitigation costs. The basis of the $1.5 milion is to fund mitigation
projects recommended by EFSEC and other Washington state agencies anywhere
within the state of Washington. EFSEC found it to be an appropriate condition
for transfer of the site license.
i See pages 3-4 of EFSEC Order No. 836 (available from:
http://www.efsec.wa.gov/ChehaJis/SCA%20Transfet.10202008/0rder%2083 6. pdf).