20100924PAC to Staff 287-294, 296-301.pdf

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Scott Woodbur UTiLITIES
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 W. Washington
Boise, ID 83702-5918
Neil Price
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 W. Washington
Boise,ID 83702-5918
RE: ID PAC-E-1O-07
IPUC Data Request (271-286)
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountan Power's Responses to IPUC Data Requests 287-301,
excluding IPUC 295. Ths response will be provided separately. Provided on the enclosed CD
are Attchments IPUC 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, and 294 -(1-2).
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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J. Ted Weston
Manager, Reguation
Enclosure:
cc: Jean JewellllPUC (C)/ 3 copies
Eric Olsen/IP A (C)
Ben OttollCL (C)
Randal BudgelMonsanto (C)
James R. Smithonsanto (C)
Richard Anderson/onsanto (C)
George C. Carer, IIIIonsanto (C)
Denns PeseauIonsanto (C)
Gareth R. KajanderlMonsanto (C)
Maurce BrubakerlMonsanto (C)
Brian CollnslMonsto (C)
Michael Gormanonsanto (C)
Kath Iverson/onsanto (C)
Mark WidmerlMonsto (C)
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mounta Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 287
IPUC Production Data Request 287
Please explai the process used to separate residential customer sales and demad
into Schedule 1 and Schedule 36 in moving from forected residential data to
schedule-specific data used in the cost of servce study. Please provide any
supporting documentation.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 287
a. Please refer to page 10, row 9 though page 11, row 10 of Mr. Eelkema's
direct testimony for a description of the process used for allocation of class
level sales forecast across individual rate schedules. In addition please refer
to Attchment IPUC 287, which conta supporting documentation showig
how residential class saes forecast is allocated to individua rate schedules
Schedule 1 and Schedule 36.
b. Schedule 1 and Schedule 36 demand data is derived from 2009 actu load
research sample data ratioed up or down to reflect test year 2010 monthy
energy levels.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Romita Biswas / C. Craig Paice
Pete Eelkema / C. Craig Paice
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 288
IPUC Production Data Request 288
Please provide the ratios of Schedule 36 customers to all residential customers for
the last five years.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 288
Please refer to Attchment IPUC 288 for the requested data.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
James Zhang
Wiliam R. Grffth
;.
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 289
IPUC Production Data Request 289
Why does the Company believe Schedule 36 wil shr in 2010 relative to 2009?
Please provide any supporting documentation used to justify the response.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 289
Please refer to Attchment IPUC 289. Test year Schedule 36 energy is followig
the decreasing trend from previous years.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Pete Eelkema
Pete Eelkema
PAC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 290
IPUC Producton Data Request 290
How did the Company divide energy into on-peak and off-peak periods in
determg 2009 sales for Schedule 36? Is the sae relation us for 2010 saes?
Please explain why or why not.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 290
The on-peak and off-peak energy amounts in 2009 for Schedule 36 were
developed from the cusomers' actu biling data. The 2010 amounts were
derived frm the 2009 on-peak and off-peak energy proportions for Schedule 36.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
James Zhang
Wiliam R. Grffth
PAC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 291
IPUC Production Data Request 291
Please provide a comparson of the forecasted normalized sales used in ths case
to actu weather normalized sales for all available months in 2010 for residential
customers, separted by schedule.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 291
Please refer to Attchment IPUC 291. The Company has calculated weather
normalized rate schedule saes for the fit six months of the 2010.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Pete Eelkema
Pete Eelkema
PAC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 292
IPUC Production Data Request 292
Please provide a comparson of the forecasted customers used in ths case to
actu customers for all available months in 2010 for residential customers,
separated by schedule.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 292
Please refer to Attchment IPUC 292. The Company does not record the number
of customers by rate schedule; however, the attchment ha the rate schedule
number of bils compared to the rate schedule number of bils in the forecas.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Pete Eelkema
Pete Eelkema
PAC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 293
IPUC Production Data Request 293
Please provide the actul capital strctue for PacifiCorp as of June 30, 2010.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 293
As of June 30, 2010 PacifiCorp's capita strctue was;
Long-Term Debt
Preferred Stock
Common Equity
$6,372,343,000
$40,733,100
$6,996,799,250
47.5%
0.3%
52.2%
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Bruce Wiliams
Bruce Wiliams
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 294
IPUC Production Data Request 294
Please provide schedules showig the embedded cost of debt and preferred stock
for PacifiCorp as of June 30, 2010.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 294
At June 30, 2010 PacifiCorp's embedded cost of debt and preferred stock was
5.86% and 5.43%, respectively. Please refer to Attchment IPUC 294 -1 for the
embedded cost of debt calculation and Atthment IPUC 294 -2 for the embedded
cost of preferred stock.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Bruce Wiliam
Bruce Wiliams
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 296
IPUC Production Data Request 296
Please provide a schedule showig the amount of AFUDC included in the Bridger
coal strpping costs. Please provide ths inormation in excel formt by month for
the period 2009 - 2010 to date.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 296
Bridger Coal Company is a joint ventue operation with IERCO. Each company
fuds its share of capita and operational requiements. Due to the natue of the
joint ventue and the fuding argements, AFUDC is not recorded by
PacifiCorp at Bridger Coal Company.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Brian Durg
Cindy Crane
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 297
IPUC Production Data Request 297
Please provide the amounts received from successful real estate ta appeals for
the period from 2005-2009 and 2010 to date.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 297
The amount of tax refuded durng the 2005-1010 period is shown below:
State Year Received Amount Matter
Idaho 2005 101,908 2004 Assessment
Idao 2006 49,225 2005 Assessment
Idaho 2007 88193 2006 Assessment
Uta 2008 292,715 2006 Assessment
Uta 2008 241,149 2007 Assessment
Utah 2009 16,305 2006 Assessment
Utah 2009 203,398 2007 Assessment
Uta 2010 310,415 2007 Assessment
Wyoming 2007 231,497 2005 Assessment
Wyoming 2007 90,105 2006 Assessment
Wyoming 2010 103,837 2009 Assessment
While the beneficial effect of chages in apprasal methods resultig from
previous appeals is taen into account in the appraisal methods employed when
estimating futue period tax expense, the outcome of futue propert ta appeals
and the effect tht such appeals may have on futue ta expense, if any, canot be
tstimated by reference to past appeal and refud activity.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Norm Ross
To Be Deterined
P AC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 298
IPUC Production Data Request 298
Please provide a naative of all Company saety measurs underten durg
2008 and 2009.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 298
. Ensured Company policy was developed, that effectively communcated to
employees and was being followed at all levels of the organzation and that
there was suffcient control, monitor and correct procedures in place to meet
the requied safety performance which is to be in the top 10% of our
industr peer group.
. Ensured the Company's safety vision of zero tolerance was clearly
understood thoughout the Company. Ensured employees understood their
expectations and responsibilties for safety and they provide feedback
though two-way communcation to prevent near misses and incidents.
. Designed and implemented saety improvement initiatives that delivered
quatifiable performance improvements on 2007 and 2008 tagets.
. Implemented communcations and safety programs tht continuously
enhance individual safety staff, supervisors and managers' safety support
capabilities.
. Established an endurng road risk mangement program to reuce
preventable vehicle accidents by 10% below 2007 and 2008 tagets.
. Proactively managed potential musculoskeleta and hazdous materal risk
by educating and providing technical support for managers and employees.
. Ensured the general public and contractors have accurte tiely information
regarding electrcal safety.
. Ensured that employees wea approved personal protective equipment
including hearg protection as required.
The 2008 and 2009 plan contaed detaled implementation plans designed to
achieve the above and was used to track Rocky Mounta Power's safety
performance and the performance of the safety organzation. The plan continued
to emphasize adherence to safety policies and procedures. Ths included crew
audits in the field, managers' walk the dock, management's mornng stretch and
flex and a daly safety brief at the sta of each shift. Safety contiued quarly
facilty audits and monthy crew audits. All deficiencies observed by safety or
management were corrected and responsible employees received coachig,
counseling and trainng. The plan included the SafeSta behavioral modification
program, which was utilzed to help improve the safety behavior of high risk
individuas. The plan enforced local inquies to be conducted for all recordable
incidents. The goal of the inquiry was to prevent a futue accident by
understading and correcting the root cause. Preventative actions were
established by the saety plan's support of apprentice traing, techncal trg,
OSHA mandated safety traig, accident prevention manua rues, grounding
PAC-E-1O-07/Rocky Mounta Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 298
requirements manual rues, safety resource manua, documented safety policies
and procedures and construction stadads.
Two-way communcation was driven by the plan to ensure the safety vision was
received. The consistency of monthy safety meetings was assured by the anua
traig of the local safety chairen and secretaes with an outlined and defied
safety topic for every month's safety meeting.
Field management's support, paricipation, and ownership of the safety plan was
implemented in the plan by means of the saety advisory commttee meterig
(SACM), and the field operation's Rocky Mountain Power safety advisory
commttee (RPSAC). The saety advisory commttees meet monthy, at a
minimum, to review the safety plan and address safety issues and corrective
action plans as needed.
The unions were encouraged in the plan to contrbute and support the saety plan
by their parcipation in the employee saety advisory group which meets semi-
anualy to correct safety issues and share ideas. The safety plan addressed and
encouraged union support of employees' safety through open communcations.
The plan fostered a parership approach with the unons and Company by also
shang weekly status updates, new intiatives and semi-anual safety sumt
meetings.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Mike Felice
To Be Determined
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23,2010
IPUC Production Data Request 299
IPUC Production Data Request 299
Please provide a narative of all cost saving measures underten by the Company
from 2008-curent.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 299
No additional cost savings measures were underten by the Company in 2008,
other than continued compliance with MEHC trsaction commtments. Please
refer to the Company's response IPUC Data Request 34 for cost cutting measurs
taen durg 2009 and 2010.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Nikk Kobliha
To Be Determined
P AC-E-1 0-07/Rocky Mountan Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 300
IPUC Production Data Request 300
Does Rocky Mounta Power require a certain level of expertse to connect or
disconnect a meter? In other words, can a collector or a meter reader connect or
disconnect a meter? Please provide the title and hourly wage for those employees
who are authorized to perform meter connects and disconnects.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 300
Yes, Rocky Mountain Power requies a cert level of expertise to connect or
disconnect a meter, and ths is also madated by OSHA. Any employee who
connects or disconnects a site at the meter must be traied and have all PPE's
(persona protective equipment) in place. The work is usualy performed by a
field metering specialist (collector); however, a meter reader who has received the
proper tring and PPE's can do the work and is then upgrded in wages to
compensate for tht work. The curent wage schedule for a field metering
specialist is $21.88-$23.46 per hour.
The first point of contact is for a field metering specialist to do the work.
However, occasionaly, if the collector is il or on vaction and the connect needs
to be done that day, a joureyman meterm or joureyman linema can do the
work. In the case of a remote area where there is a lineman on cal, he will get the
call from dispatch to connect. Also, since a field metering specialist is not
required to be on call, if there is afer hour or weekend connect and the field
meterig specialist canot be reached, the troubleman (lineman) on call will do
the work. The curent wage schedule for a joureyman meterman is $37.97 per
hour. The curent wage schedule for a joureyman lineman is $38.73-$39.83 per
hour.
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Arc Muhstein
To Be Determned
PAC-E-10-07/Rocky Mountain Power
September 23, 2010
IPUC Production Data Request 301
IPUC Production Data Request 301
On average, on a regular work day, Monday though Friday, in Idao, how many
transfers of account responsibilty occur? Ths should also include not only
transfers of responsibilty for existing residences and small businesses but
customers moving into newly constrcted homes and businesses.
Response to IPUC Production Data Request 301
Numbers are for new connects tht were completed on a weekday in 2009 for
schedules 1,36,6, 6A, 23 and 23A.
Total number of connects in 2009 = 14,380.
Number of weekdays in the year = 261
Average connects per day = 55
Recordholder:
Sponsor:
Arie Muhstein
To Be Determed