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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
IPUCyroduction Data Request (68-101)
Please find enclosed an original and three copies of Rocky Mountain Power's Responses to
IlYC_Production Data Request Numbers 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 87,
and 89. Provided on the enclosed CD are Attachments IPUC_Production 83,84, and 85.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (801) 220-2963.
Sincerely,
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Ted Weston, Manager
Regulation
Enclosures
P AC:.E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 68
IPUC Production Data Request 68
On page 5, line 13, of Jeff Bumgamer's pre-fied testimony is the statement that
"...a great many (customers) have directly benefitted from the programs offered."
Please provide an estimate for the number of different customers by customer
class who have paricipated in one or more of Rocky Mountain Power's energy
efficiency programs from 2006 through 2007.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 68
The table below provides the number of customers, by customer class, that have
participated in one of more of Rocky Mountain Power's energy efficiency and
load management programs for program years 2006 and 2007.
Customer 2006 2007
Program Class Sector Participants Participants
Low Income Weatherization 2 Residential 93 52
Home Energy Savings 2 Residential 1,141 2,693
See Ya Later Refrigerator 2 Residential 796 684
Commercial &
Energy FinAnswer 2 Industrial 0 0
Commercial &
FinAnswer Express 2 Industrial 33 54
Irrigation Effciency 2 Industrial 159 157
Irrigation Load Control i Industrial 931 1,129
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 71
IPUC Production Data Request 71
For each Idaho-funded DSM program please provide a breakdown of anual and
2-year total costs, including incentive payments to paricipants, direct program
administrative costs, direct program evaluation costs, and allocated indirect
administrative and evaluation costs with a description of how such allocations
were made.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 71
Allocated
Indirect
Direct Direct Admin
Program Program and Eval
Pro2ram Total Cost Incentives Credits Admin Evaluation Cost
Low Income Weatherization $144,262 $130,996 $13,091 $175 $0
Home Energy Savings $102,693 $24,578 $75,436 $2,679 $0
See Ya Later Refrigerator $143,044 $31,840 $111,204
FinAnswer Express $163,789 $60,560 $103,229 $0 $0
Irrigation Energy Savers $245,857 $188,686 $57,171
Irrigation Load Control $361,235 $0 $996,135 $358,812 $2,423 $0
Prior program loan Admin $1,604 $0 $1,604
Prior program - engineering $2,674 $0 $2,674 $0 $0
NEEA $359,137 $359,137
Total 2006 $1,524,295 $436,660 $996,135 $1,082,358 $5,277 $0
Allocated
Indirect
Direct Direct Admin
Program Program and Eval
Pro2ram Total Cost Incentives Credits Admin Evaluation Cost
Low Income Weatherization $101,287 $90,449 $10,428 $410 $0
Home Energy Savings $229,135 $127,861 $99,835 $1,439 $0
See Ya Later Refrigerator $123,294 $23,730 $97,426 $2,138
FinAnswer Express $181,556 $107,848 $73,708 $0
Irrigation Energy Savers $274,982 $170,872 $104,111
Irrigation Load Control $846,007 $1,640,488 $843,738 $2,269 $0
Prior program -loan Admin $3 $3
Program development - Energy
FinAnswer $3,846 $0 $3,846 $0
NEEA $360,534 $360,534
Total 2007 $2,120,643 $520,759 $1,640,488 $1,589,783 $10,102 $0
Total 2006 & 2007 $3,644,938 $957,419 $2,636,623 $2,672,141 $15,378 $0
Explanatory notes for the table:
1. Incentives for the low income weatherization program represent payments
made by Rocky Mountain Power to the agencies.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 71
2. Incentives for Home Energy Savings and FinAnswer represent incentives paid
to customers for the savings reported in 2006 and 2007. Some of these
incentives were paid outside the savings reporting period.
3. Credits for the irrigation load control program are recovered through the
company's net power cost filings instead of the tariff rider collection
mechanism.
4. Irrigation load control program expenses (other than credits) are those in the
balancing account for the calendar year periods. They are different the
amounts listed in the annual program reports which cover the period from
October 1 through September 30.
5. Direct program evaluation expense for 2007 includes development expenses
for the Energy FinAnswer program that was filed in early 2008.
6. See Ya Later incentive expenses include only the cash incentives to
customers. It does not include the savings measure kit or the service
incentives, i.e., appliance removaL.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12, 2009
IPUC Production Data Request 72
IPUC Production Data Request 72
For each Idaho-funded DSM program please provide the pre-implementation
estimated post-implementation evaluation budget, the amount actually spent on
post-implementation evaluations through 2007, and the amount spent for such
evaluations in 2008 YTD. Where Idaho costs are an allocation of larger costs,
explain how the allocation was determined.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 72
As noted in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data Request 58, there
have been no independent evaluations of the Idaho programs since implemented
in 2006. However the Company has assessed program cost effectiveness during
2006 and 2007. The Company defines cost effectiveness assessments as the
process of determining program cost effectiveness using actual costs and actual
savings from program operation during the period. These assessments occur
during preparation of the annual reports and for the two cases described below.
For the See Ya Later program, additional cost effectiveness assessment analysis
was performed in 2007 as par of the filing to adjust the incentive level and
reported savings. Durng 2008, costs effectiveness assessments were performed in
preparation for the filing adjustment in February 2008. The expenditures included
here are for assessing program cost effectiveness during these periods.
Program Budget 2006 2007
Irrigation load control $2,200 $2,423 $2,269
See Ya Later $20,000 $0 $2,138
Home Energy Savings $15,000 $2,679 $1,439
Low income weatherization $10,000 $175 $410
FinAnswer Express $ 10,000-$ i 5,000 $0 $2,138
Irrigation Energy Savers $3,000-$20,000 $0 $0
In 2008, a total of$9,621 was spent on program evaluation or cost effective
analyses. $8,525 was direct program or cost effective analyses and the balance of
$1,096 was indirect allocated evaluation and cost effective analyses costs.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 73
IPUC Production Data Request 73
Please list and briefly describe all post-implementation evaluations of Idaho-
funded DSM programs or general DSM management completed by or for Rocky
Mountain Power from 2006 through 2008 to date. Include in the descriptions the
evaluation costs and the names and affiiations of the primary evaluators and the
process(es) by which any 3rd pary evaluators were chosen. Also provide copies
of, or easily accessible references to, each report listed. Include both internal and
external evaluations of direct energy and peak demand impacts, program
processes, portfolio management, and educational and/or market transformation
effects.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 73
As noted in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data Request 58, there
have been no independent evaluations of the Idaho programs since implemented
in 2006. Evaluations for three of the programs offered in Idaho have however
been completed in Utah and Washington. Details regarding those evaluations as
well as the evaluations were provided as part of the Company's response to IPUC
Production Data Request 58. Now that the Idaho programs have been ruing for
nearly three years and sufficient program paricipation data has been accumulated
the Company plans to commission, through a competitive bid process, third-party
evaluators in 2009 to begin post program delivery evaluations of the Idaho
programs.
Despite not having completed third-party evaluations of the Idaho programs to
date, the Company has completed and provided the Idaho Public Utilty
Commission Idaho demand-side management program reports for the 2006 and
2007 reporting periods, complete with post implementation information such as
savings acquired, number of participants by program, and cost benefit analysis
information in support of the program's post implementation cost-effectiveness.
In addition the Company also provided the Idaho Public Service Commission
program specific reports for the irrigation load management program for program
years 2003-2008.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
Januar 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 74
IPUC Production Data Request 74
Please describe how post-implementation evaluations have been used by Rocky
Mountain Power to improve its DSM programs and/or to improve its overall
resource planing. Include supporting discussion notes, letters and
memorandums, all whether on paper or electronically distributed.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 74
As described in more detail in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data
Request 58, the following actions were taken in response to the findings of the
Washington and Utah program evaluations completed of three programs which
are also offered in Idaho:
Utah and Washington "See ya later refrigerator" evaluations and post
program changes:
. Adjusted the expectation with delivery contractor regarding scheduling of
appliance pick-ups, even in remote areas, to within 21 days of receiving the
customer's call for service;
· Adjusted the customer incentive level down from $40 to $30;
· Re-negotiated the delivery contract reducing implementation costs by
approximately thirteen percent;
. Adjusted the assumed savings per unit e.g. refrigerator and or freezer (pre-
evaluation value) down for near-term reporting purposes to be in line with
Utah program post delivery evaluation savings.
Utah and Washington Energy FinAnswer and FinAnswer Express
evaluations and post program changes:
. Continue focus on one-to-one contact for sellng (program marketing
recommendation);
. Revised the energy analysis report format (energy assessment report
recommendation);
. Project managers are providing additional information on commissioning
requirements (commissioning recommendation);
· Complete copies of the evaluations and more specific details on their findings
were provided in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data Request
58 and referenced above.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
Januar 12, 2009
IPUC Production Data Request 75
IPUC Production Data Request 75
Please provide post-implementation benefit/cost (B/C) ratios estimated by or for
Rocky Mountain Power with electronically executable cost-effectiveness
formulae. Include complete descriptions of, and bases for, all assumptions (e.g.
net-to-gross savings ratios), values (e.g. demand, energy and non-energy savings)
and calculations used in estimating the B/C ratios. Describe all sensitivity
analyses of any non-firm variables and assumptions used in estimating B/C ratios.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 75
Exhibit No. 28 in Docket P AC-E-08-07 provided a portfolio calculation of post
implementation B/C ratios for programs delivered by Rocky Mountain Power in
Idaho in 2006 and 2007. During preparation of this response, it was discovered
the analysis utilzed a ten year measure life instead of four years for the 2006
Irrigation Energy Savers program. The analysis has been updated and provided as
revised Exhibit No. 28. Program specific B/C ratios supporting this portfolio
analysis are provided below:
2006 program post implementation Die ratios
Program TRC + adder TRC UCT RIM PCT
Home Energy savings 0.827 0.752 1.81 0.468 2.671
See ya later 3.586 3.260 2.534 0.587 NA
Low Income Weatherization 3.007 2.734 2.734 0.628 NA
FinAnswer Express 3.048 2.771 6.850 0.680 6.166
Irrigation Energy Savers 2.742 2.493 4.042 0.998 4.909
Irrigation Load control 6.790 6.790 1.957 1.957 NA
2007 program post implementation Die ratios
Program TRC+ adder TRC UCT RIM PCT
Home Energy savings 1.367 1.242 1.444 0.504 11.461
See ya later 2.535 2.304 1.861 0.546 NA
Low Income Weatherization 1.212 1.102 1.102 0.468 NA
FinAnswer Express 1.800 1.636 5.002 0.658 3.209
Irrigation Energy Savers 1.475 1.34 i 2.021 0.800 3.00
Irrigation Load control 5.994 5.994 1.928 1.928 NA
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
Januar 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 75
Information about the source of the assumptions used in the analysis is listed below:
Assumptions Source
Benefit cost ratio equation inputs California Stadard Practices ManuaL. Oct 2001
Discount rate 2007 Integrated Resource Plan
Line losses (all classes)1991 PacifiCorp Electric Operations line loss study
Energy rates (all classes)Calculated from Table A using rates in PAC-E-07-05.
Decrement value for energy.2007 Integrated Resource Plan
$/MWH
Capacity value- $kW-yr Proposed Valuation Methodology for Idaho Irrigation Load Control
Prof.ram. Prepared by PacifiCorp - December 2007
Home Energy Savings .Program is operated using deemed savings. Basis for the.Energy savings - kWh deemed savings assumptions includes Regional Technical.Net to gross ratio Forum (RTF) for appliances, CFLs, insulation, duct sealing,.Measure life HV AC tune-ups; Energy Star for fixtures and ceilng fans;
and the Rocky Mountain Power Cool Cash program for
unitar and evaporative HV AC equipment..Net to gross ratio is from the 2006 fiing and comes from
the 2005/2006 version of the Database for Energy
Effciency Resources ( DEER) "all other residential
programs"..Measure life is specific to measures and is drawn from a
number of third part data bases including RTF and DEER.
To simplify cost effectiveness analysis, measures are
categorized as either lighting or non-lighting.
Low Income Weatherization .Program is operated using deemed savings. Savings are.Energy savings - kWh from 2005 fiing and were updated in 2007 fiing..Net to gross ratio .Net to gross ratio for this program 1.0, (i.e., no free-.Measure life ridership). This program targets income qualified customers
and it is safe to assume customers would not have under-
taken any of this work outside the program..Measure life is from fiing information.
See ya later refrigerator .Program is operated using deemed savings. Deemed savings.Energy savings - kWh were based on the initial filing and Utah evaluation.Net to gross ratio information. Advice 07-09 revised the deemed savings in
.Measure life 2007..Net to gross ratios for this program originate from the Utah
program evaluations, both initial filing and the 2007
revision.
...Measure life follows from original fiing in 2005.
FinAnswer Express .Program is operated using a combination of deemed and.Energy savings - kWh calculated savings. Lighting savings are calculated for each.Net to gross ratio project using project specific pre- and post-installation.Measure life fixture inventories and operating schedules and deemed
fixture wattages. Unitar HV AC equipment savings is
calculated using project specific effciency ratings and
equipment capacities with deemed equivalent full load
hours and baseline effciency ratings. For premium
efficiency motor and other non-lighting measures listed in
the incentive tables, savings are based on deemed values.
Savings for other measures is calculated on a project
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 75
Assumptions Source
specific basis.
.Net to gross ratio is from the 2005 filing and is based on
DEER and Express Effciency program (similar program in
California)..Measure life is by measure and is drawn principally from
DEER infonnation. Program cost effectiveness is perfonned
on a weighted measure life basis.
Irrigation Energy Savers .Program is operated using a combination of deemed and.Energy savings - kWh calculated savings. Deemed savings per unit are the.Net to gross ratio equipment exchange measures and prescriptive measures..Measure life Savings for other measures is calculated on a project
specific basis..Net to gross ratio is from the 2005 fiing which is based on
2005 DEER ("Agricultural and Dairy Incentives") and
professional judgment of Fazio Engineering..Measure life is from the 2005 fiing and contained in the
original market characterization perfonned by Fazio
Engineering.
Irrigation load control .Program is operated using site specific calculated capacity.Capacity savings reductions based on an average of three years of biling data.Net to gross ratio as specified in the Schedule 72 and 72A..Measure life .The NTG ratio for the program cost effectiveness analysis is
1.0. Free-ridership is managed prior to program sign-up
through Item NO.9 in the Special Conditions of Schedule 72
and 72A..Measure life is not used in calculating cost effectiveness of
load management programs.
Beyond the" 1 0% avoided cost adder" used the in the PTRC (or TRC with 10%
adder) calculation, non-energy benefits are not included in these calculations. As
such, these results are conservative and including additional non-energy benefits
would improve the benefit cost ratios provided here.
When performing post implementation cost benefit analysis, the Company
typically does not perform sensitivity analysis since all inputs are based on "as
implemented," "as fied" or "as evaluated" information for energy savings, costs,
net to gross ratios, etc. The Company typically would not adjust inputs such as
measure life or NTG ratios between filing and post implementation analysis
absent updated evaluation information.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 76
IPUC Production Data Request 76
To the extent that assumptions and variable values of post-implementation B/C
ratios differ from those used in pre-implementation DSM "potential" studies,
please describe and explain those differences.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 76
The Company's system wide potential study utilzed a Total Resource Cost
(TRC) calculation for measures to assess the percentage of the technical potential
that was economic. The potential study did not bundle these measures into
programs at a state leveL. The individual state level program filings combined
measures into a state level program and included state specific estimates for items
such as administration. These revised inputs were the basis of the program fiings
that were provided to the IPUC for approvaL. The Company interprets this request
as asking the Company to ilustrate differences between program fiing ratios and
post implementation ratios by program and has responded consistent with
interpretation. Global changes in assumptions are outlined below:
Decrement value for energy ($/kWh): values used in the 2005 filing were from
the 2005 update of the 2004 IRP. Values used for this analysis are from the 2007
IRP.
Capacity value ($kW-yr): values used in the initial assessment of the load
management program were based on values from the 2004 IRP. Values used in
this analysis are from the source cited above.
Discount rate(s): Program filings utilized a lower discount rate for the TRC
calculation. The current analysis utilzes the 2007 IRP discount rates for all
calculati ons.
Retail rate(s): retail rates by customer class used in the original analysis were
updated in the curent analysis.
Die ratios comparisons
Program TRC+ adder TRC UCT RIM PCT
Home Energy savings - 2006 fiing 1.227 1. 16 1.78 0.487 7.870
Home Energy savings - 2006 actual 0.827 0.752 1.81 0.468 2.671
Home Energy savings - 2007 actual 1.367 1.242 1.444 0.504 11.461
See ya later - 2005 fiing 2.837 2.579 1.739 0.696 NA
See ya later - 2006 actual 3.586 3.260 2.534 0.587 NA
See ya later - 2007 fiing 1.683 1.530 1.096 0.527 NA
See ya later - 2007 actual 2.535 2.304 1.861 0.546 NA
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 76
Program TRC + adder TRC UCT RIM PCT
Low Income WX - 2005 fiin!!0.936 0.851 1.063 0.544 NA
Low Income WX - 2006 actual 3.007 2.734 2.734 0.628 NA
Low Income WX . 2007 actual 1.212 1.102 1.102 0.468 NA
FinAnswer Express - 2005 fiin!!1.544 1.404 2.032 0.649 2.857
FinAnswer Express - 2006 actual 3.048 2.771 6.850 0.680 6.166
FinAnswer Express - 2007 actual 1.800 1.636 5.002 0.658 3.209
Irrigation Energy Savers - 2005 filin!!1.224 1. 13 1.383 0.720 2.81 i
Irrigation Energy Savers - 2006 actual 2.742 2.493 4.042 0.998 4.909
Irrigation Energy Savers - 2007 actual 1.475 1.341 2.021 0.800 3.00
Irrigation load control - 2003 annual report NA 3.11 1.09 0.58 NA
Irrigation Load control -2006 actual 6.790 6.790 1.957 1.957 NA
Irrigation Load control -2007 actual 5.994 5.994 1.928 1.928 NA
Filed program B/C ratios are typically based on multiple years to normalize for
the effects of ramp years and routine changes in participation levels. Comparison
between anual performance and multiple year forecasted performance is likely to
show some variations. The Home Energy Savings program results in 2006 reflect
a ramp up year which include start up costs and 2007 performance approximates
the fiing forecast. In 2006 the Irrigation Energy Savers and FinAnswer Express
programs benefited from slightly higher savings and lower costs than with the
multiple year forecast indicated. 2007 performance more closely approximates the
multiple year forecasts. The change in Low Income results in between 2006 and
2007 are the result of updated unit savings assumptions made as par of the 2007
fiing. Changes in the irrigation load control program reflect changes in the
avoided capacity values which have evolved as the program has moved from
scheduled to disptachable and increased in size.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 77
IPUC Production Data Request 77
Please describe any post-implementation DSM program evaluations that are not
yet completed, but are currently in progress.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 77
As stated in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data Request 73, there
are no third-pary evaluations of Idaho demand-side management programs
curently underway.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 78
IPUC Production Data Request 78
Please describe any post-implementation DSM program evaluations that are
curently in a planing stage.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 78
As stated in the Company's response to IPUC Production Data Request 73, the
Company feels it has sufficient data after nearly three years of program operations
to undertake meaningful program evaluations. The Company intends to
commission, through a competitive bid process, third-pary evaluators beginning
in 2009 and plans to have completed Idaho program evaluations by the end of the
2010 calendar y~ar.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 79
IPUC Production Data Request 79
Beginning on page 18, line 14, of Jeff Bumgamer's pre-fied testimony is an
implication that if DSM benefits exceed DSM costs, then the DSM is de facto
prudent. Is a B/~ ratio greater than 1.0 Rocky Mountain Power's sole criterion
for determining the success of a DSM program? Or does the Company also
evaluate program success based on possible alternative demand-side costs, e.g.
whether DSM administration and overhead is reasonable and whether a program's
customer incentives are set to maximize net utilty benefit? If so, please provide
documented exanples of the use of such.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 79
A B/C ratio greater than 1.0 is the primar economic or cost benefit metric in
determining prudence of investment however it is not the only metric the
company considers in evaluating program success. The Company also looks at
customer awareness, customer satisfaction, and ease of paricipation which in the
short-term are equated to growth in program participation, acquired savings, and
load under management. In the longer term these metrics are complimented by
program evaluation results once suffcient paricipation data becomes available to
make third-pary, process and impact evaluations meaningfuL. While the Idaho
program participation and acquisitions results for 2006 and 2007 were restricted
by the initial 1.5% fuding cap program paricipation and results ramped up
quickly over this period and demand for program services grew resulting in the
Company's request and Idaho Public Service Commission's approval (effective
May 1, 2008) to increase the revenues collected to fud the demand-side
programs from 1.5% to 3.72%.
Information presented in the 2006 and 2007 anual demand-side management
program reports provided the Idaho Public Service Commission at the conclusion
of each program ¡year indicate that administration expenses remained in
reasonable alignient with the Company's pre-implementation estimates. While
the Company thihks administration costs are meaningful to monitor and manage
they are rarely as importt as looking at the program's overall costs verses the
savings acquired! or load available for management in determining prudence of
investment. How dollars are invested to encourage savings is more important if
spending them in a certain way isn't getting the job done, are not necessar in
getting the job døne, or if spending them differently would result in greater
savings. These fi;ctors are taken into consideration as par of third-pary program
evaluation process. As the Idaho program offerings, with the exception of the
Irrigation Energy Savers and Irrigation Load Management programs, are mature
offerings having benefited from being offered, evaluated and evolved in other
jurisdictions the Company believes the Idaho program designs won't markedly
change following Idaho specific evaluations.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
Januay 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 79
The Commission Staffs questioning of whether programcustomer incentives are
set to maximize utilty benefit is a valid question and one curently under
examination by the Company, especially in light of the current state of the
national economy. It may be required to increase programcustomer incentives or
increase the ceilng on programcustomer incentives allowed as a percentage of
total project costs in order to maintain the competitiveness of customer
investments in energy efficiency in relation to other possible investments during
this time of reduced incomes and tight capital markets.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 83
IPUC Production Data Request 83
Please provide copies of all demand side management (DSM, e.g. energy
efficiency, conservation or demand response) business plans prepared by or for
Rocky Mountain Power from 2005 through 2008 in which its Idaho service area is
included.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 83
The Company's integrated resource plan is the foundational document used in the
development of company business plans. Just like supply-side resource planning,
demand-side is done on a system-wide basis leveraging specific state
opportunities as identified e.g. Irrigation Energy Savers and Irrigation Load
Management in Idaho and air conditioner load control in Utah. Please refer to
Attachment IPUC Production 83, which provides the relevant documents and
excerpts from documents as they relate to DSM planing in Idaho.
Excerpts from the following Company integrated resource plan documents
1. 2003 IRP and update documents:
o file "2003 IRP documents.pdf'
o file "2003 IRP update documents.pdf'
2. 2004 IRP and update documents:
o fie "2004 IRP documents.pdf'
o file "2004 IRP update documents. pdf'
3. 2007 IRP and update documents (update incorporates findings of 2007 DSM
Potential Assessment):
o fie "2007 IRP documents.pdf'
o fie "2007 IRP update documents.pdf'
o fie "2007 IRP update DSM Resource Assumptions by state. doc"
Copies of relevant program specific planing materials
1. Rocky Mountain Power's Februar 2, 2006 Petition for Clarification and
Motion of Unconditional Approval (Provides Idaho program plans under a
1.5% annual funding cap)
o file "ID PAC-E-05-10 DSM Petition 2-06.pdf'
2. PacifiCorp's Februar 14,2008 fiing to increase the DSM surcharge and
enhance program set (Provides Idaho program plans absent a funding cap
however doesn't incorporate irrigation program paricipation credit fuding in
Schedule 191 revenues)
o fie "Regulatory Testimony79460 FINAL FILING.pdf'
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12, 2009
IPUC Production Data Request 83
3. Sumary level of products sought through soon to be released 2008 DSM
RFP
o fie "08 DSM RFP Summary of products sought.doc"
Web link to DSM Potential Study
http://ww.pacificorp.com/Article/ Article7553 5 .html
Documents relevant to planning previously provided the Idaho
Public Utilties Commission
1. Copies of anual irrigation load management program reports, 2003 through
2008.
2. Copies of anual Idaho DSM state reports, 2006 and 2007.
IDAHO
PAC-E-08-07
2008 GENERAL RATE CASE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
IPUC_PRODUCTION DATA REQUEST (68-
101)
ATTACHMENT IPUC PRODUCTION 83
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 84
IPUC Production Data Request 84
Please provide an organization char of the Demand Side Management unit,
including its placement within the larger organization.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 84
Please refer to Attachment IPUC Production 84.
IDAHO
PAC-E-08-07
2008 GENERAL RATE CASE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
IPUC_PRODUCTION DATA REQUEST (68-
101)
ATTACHMENT IPUC PRODUCTION 84
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
Januar 12, 2009
IPUC Production Data Request 85
IPUC Production Data Request 85
Please provide names and job titles with descriptions of duties for all Rocky
Mountain Power employee positions in the Demand Side Management unit.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 85
Please refer to Attachment IPUC_Production 85, and the Company's response to
IPUC Production Data Request 84; specifically Attachment IPUC_Production 84.
IDAHO
PAC-E-08-07
2008 GENERAL RATE CASE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
IPUC_PRODUCTION DATA REQUEST (68-
101)
ATTACHMENT IPUC PRODUCTION 85
ON THE ENCLOSED CD
P AC-E~08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 87
IPUC Production Data Request 87
Please provide resumes of all employees in the Demand Side Management unit.
(Home addresses and telephone numbers and other personal information may be
redacted).
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 87
Current resumes of employees in the Demand Side Management unit are not
readily available. As the deparment staffing has been stable for several years,
resumes have either not been necessary or are currently out of date. If additional
information beyond department organizational chart, job descriptions and salary
ranges is needed, more time wil be required to develop and/or update employee
resumes for submission in this case.
P AC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 89
IPUC Production Data Request 89
Please provide a line item detail showing the amount and how each component
(e.g. Return on Capital, Recovery of Capital, State and Federal Income Taxes,
Local Property Taxes, Operations and Maintenance, Administrative and General,
Other Taxes, Customer Accounts and Services, and Capital Replacement
Annuity) in the Facilties Charge contributes to 0 & M expenses. In your
response please make it clear what is included. For example, is the 0 & M
component based on average 0 & M expense for the entire Company, average 0
& M expense for distribution facilties only, or 0 & M expense for the
distribution facilties associated with each paricular project.
a. Please explain how the 0.67 percent customer contribution was determined
and how each component included in the calculation relates to this percentage.
b. Similarly, please explain how the 1.67 percent Company contribution was
determined and how each component included in the calculation relates to this
percentage.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 89
Annually the Company provides an internal report of its Use of Facilities
Charges. The 2008 Use of Facilities Charges (Based on 2007 Data) for the
Company's Idaho jurisdiction for distribution plant are as follows:
Company provides Initial Capital Investment
1 Retur on Capital 5.05%2 Recovery of Capital 2.70%
3 State & Federal Income Taxes 1.94%4 Local Property Taxes 0.92%
5 Operation & Maintenance 4.45%
6 Administrative & General 1.05%7 Other Taxes 0.04%
8 Customer Accounts & Services 1.96%TOTAL 18.1 1%
Customer Provides Initial Capital Investment9 Subtotal Lines 4 - 8 8.42%
10 Capital Replacement Annuity 1.21 %TOTAL 9.63%
These values are anual values. The percentages given in a. and b. are monthly or
I/1th of the annual value. The facilties charges are made up of the components
given above, of which O&M is only one component. As noted the components are
for all Idaho distribution plant.
PAC-E-08-07/Rocky Mountain Power
January 12,2009
IPUC Production Data Request 89
a. The 0.67% is one-twelfth of 8%, which is less than the actual value. However
the Company chose to devalue items 6 and 8 sufficient to reach a round
number less than actual. This has the advantage of not requiring adjustment of
the charge when it changes, as there is no compensating credit as given in b.
below.
b. When the facilities charge percentages were fied the total for Company
provided capital was approximately 20%, one-twelfth of 20% is 1.67%.
Although this is greater than the existing percent, it is balanced by the 20%
revenue credit that fully offsets the facilties charge at the revenue amount
used to calculate the allowance, which allowance is used to calculate the
1.67% facilities charge.