20100917PAC to Monsanto 12 (1-4).pdf

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Radall C. Budge
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHATERED
P.O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
RE: il PAC-E-10-07
Monsanto 12th Set Data Request (1-4)
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountan Power's responses to Monsanto 12th Set Data Requests
12.1 -12.4. Provided on the enclosed CD is Atthment Monsanto 12.3.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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1. Ted Weston
Manager, Reguation
Enclosure:
cc: Jea Jewel1lUC (C)/ 3 copies
Eric Olsen/IP A (C)
Ben Oto/lCL (C)
James R Smithonsanto (C)
Richad Anderson/onsato (C)
George C. Carer, III/Monsto (C)
Denns PeseauIonsanto (C)
Garth R Kajander/Monsato (C)
Maurce Brubaker/Monsanto (C)
Brian Collionsanto (C)
Michael Gormanonsto (C)
Kath Iverson/onsto (C)
Mark WidmerlMonsto (C)
./PAC-E-l 0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 16, 2010
Monsanto Data Request 12.1
Monsanto Data Request 12.1
Referring to Confidential Exhibit No. 40 ofHui Shu's direct testimony, please
provide the following information: .
a. For each purchase transaction line item included in the GRID
purchases categories Long Term Firm Purchases, Qualifying
Facilties, Mid-Columbia Contracts, Storage and Exchange, Short
Term Firm Purchases, and System Balancing Purchases, identify
the transaction's demand charges, energy charges, and other
charges by month. Identify.all other charges by type and amount
for each month. If the monthly transaction charges (demand,
energy, and/or other) are not biled on a monthly basis, please
explain in detail how such charges are allocated to each month.
b. For each sale transaction line item included in the GRID
categories Long Term Firm Sales, Short Term Firm Sales, and
System Balancing Sales, identify the transaction's demand
charges, energy charges, and other charges by month. Identify all
other charges bytype and amount for each month. If the monthly
transaction charges (demand, energy, and/or other) are not biled
on a monthly basis, please explain in detail how such charges are
allocated to each month.
Response to Monsanto Data Request 12.1
The Company has not prepared tneteqtiêsted information, but has provided all
contracts modeled in GRID in the C6'rpany's response to Monsanto Data
Request 2.47. The requested infonrition fò'r all line items in Confidential Exhibit
No. 40, except Short Term Firm Purchases and Sales, and System Balancing
Purchases and Sales, can be computed by Monsanto using the data contained in
the Demand Charge, Energy Charge and/or Other Cost data series in GRID
(which are expressed as unt costs), combined with the appropriate volume
components of the respective contract which are also in GRID.
For Short Term Firm Purchases apd'SalèS;,' the charges are all on a dollar per
megawatt-hour basis. Please refer tö: the Company's 1 st supplementa response to
Monsanto Data Request 2.60 for mote detals.
The System Balancing Purchases and Sales are generated by the GRID model to
balance the system. The prices are based on the Company's official price cure,
which is provided in GRID, as well as the Company's response to Monsanto Data
Request 2.10, specifically Confdential Attchment Monsanto 2.10 -3.
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September 16, 2010
Monsanto Data Request 12.1
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Hui Shu
Hui Shu
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Monsanto Data Request 12.2
Monsanto Data Request 12.2
For each turbine upgrade (Hunter, Huntington, and Jim Bridger) referenced in the
response to Monsanto Data Request 7.4, please reconcile the total installed costs
in dollars based on the $/kW values included in the response to Monsanto Data
Request 7.4 par a. with the $129 milion for the three turbine upgrades
referenced in Mr. Teply's testimony at lines 3-4, p. 12.
Response to Monsanto Data Request 12.2
The $129 milion mentioned in Mr. Teply's testimony included other projects in
addition to the tubine upgrades. Please refer to the Company's response to
Monsanto Data Request 12.3 for a reconcilation of the turbine upgrade project
costs.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Chad Teply
Chad Teply
PAC-E-I0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 16, 2010
Monsanto Data Request 12.3
Monsanto Data Request 12.3
For each turbine upgrade (Hunter, Huntington, and Jim Bridger) referenced in the
response to Monsanto Data Request 7.4, please r~concile the total installed costs
in dollars based on the $/kW values included in the response to Monsanto Data
Request 7.4 par a. with the turbine upgrade line item costs included in Steven
McDougal's Exhibit No.2, page 8.6.2 ($31,714,226 for Hunter; $31,260,581 for
Huntington; and $9,471,009 for Jim Bridger).
Response to Monsanto Data Request 12.3'
Please refer to Attachment Monsanto. 12.3. In addition to the dollars based on the
$/kW values and the turbine upgrade project dollars as filed, this summar
includes a recent forecast for the projects. Also note that the Bridger Unit 1
Turbine Upgrade project was originally approved for the high pressure,
intermediate pressure, and low pressure (HP/IP/LP) components as a single
project. Subsequent to the original approval, the LP portion of the project was
deferred to 2018. The filing amount and recent forecast dollars for Bridger Unit 1
as presented in the attachment are. related to the HP/IP components only.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Chad Teply
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PAC-E-I0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 16,2010
Monsanto Data Request 12.4
Monsanto Data Request 12.4
Please provide the following information for the Top of the World wind
purchased power agreement (PP A):
a. The economic analysis upon which the Company relied to enter
into the PP A. Include all work papers in Excel format with
formulas intact.
b. A copy of the Company's expenditure requisition and project
approval documents for the PP A.
Response to Monsanto Data Request 12.4
a. The Company considers the e,conomic analyses of RFP bids to be of utmost
commercial sensitivity and highly confidential. The model wil be made
available for review at the Company'soffices. Please contact Greg Duvall at
503-813-7069 to discuss arangments for review onsite.
b. The Company does not have an expenditure requisition or project approval
document for the PP A.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Rick Link I Stacey Kusters
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