20101122Monsanto Rebuttal 2 (1-11) to PAC.pdf

W. MARCUS W. NYE
RANDALL C. BUDGE
JOHN A. BAILEY, JR.
JOHN R. GOODELL
JOHN B. INGELSTROM
DANIEL C. GREEN
BRENT O. ROCHE
KIRK B. HADLEY
FRED J. LEWIS
ERIC L. OLSEN
CONRAD J. AIKEN
RICHARD A. HEARN, M.D.
LANE V. ERICKSON
FREDERICK J. HAHN, III
DAVID E. ALEXANDER
PATRICK N. GEORGE
SCOTT J. SMITH
JOSHUA D. JOHNSON
STEPHEN J. MUHONEN
CANDICE M. MCHUGH
CAROL T1PPI VOLYN
BRENT L. WHITING
JONATHON S. BYINGTON
DAVE BAGLEY
THOMAS J. BUDGE
JONATHAN M. VOLYN
MARK A. SHAFFER
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November 18,2010
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Dear Jean:
Re: PA C-E-J 0-07
Enclosed for min in the captioned matter please find the original and three copies of
Monsanto Company's econd 'hird and Fourth Rebuttal Data Requests to Rocky Mountain Power.
Than you for your assistance.SiLo.
RANDALL C. BUDGE
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Randall C. Budge, ISB No. 1949
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
P.O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
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UTIliTIES
Attorneys for Intervenor Monsanto Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMSSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR APPROVAL )
OF CHANGES TO ITS ELECTRIC SERVICE ) Case No. PAC-E-IO-07
SCHEDULES AND A PRICE INCREASE OF $27.7 )
MILLION, OR APPROXIMATELY 13.7 PERCENT )
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MONSANTO COMPAN'S SECOND SET OF REBUTTAL DATA REQUESTS
TO ROCKY MOUNAI POWER
MONSANTO COMPANY, by and though their attorneys, hereby submits this Second
Set of Rebuttal Data Requests to Rocky Mountain Power, pursuant to Rule 225 of the Idaho
Public Utility Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01, as follows:
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.1.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 6, Mr. Walje cites the $30.64 per MWH currently
paid by Monsanto for non-firm service. Please provide how much Magcorp presently pays for
non-firm service, and RMP's best estimate of what Magcorp will pay in 2011, 2012, 2013 and
2014.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.2.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: Please provide the supporting workpapers used in deriving
the average price to ultimate customers shown on the map on page 8. Please explain whether
these average prices reflect only industrial sales, or all customers.
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MONSANTO REBUTAL 2.3.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: Please explain the relevancy of the prices shown on the
graphic on page 8 as it relates to RMP's provision of non-firm service to an industrial customer
served at transmission service voltage.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.4.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 10, Mr. Walje states "Monsanto receives exactly the
same service as any other customer on the Company's system." Please fully explain how all
other customers experience hundreds of hours of interruption of service exactly as Monsanto
does?
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.5.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 12, Mr. Walje believes that Monsanto wants to
receive electric service at well below market price. Please fully explain what Mr. Walje means
by "market price". Does Rocky Mountain Power sell at "market price" to all its customers? If so,
please provide all supporting documentation that all Idaho customers served by RMP are
provided electric service at "market price".
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.6.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 12, Mr. Walje says the Company has been working
for over 20 years to bring Monsanto to full cost of service.
a. Is the Company now claiming that Monsanto did not pay its full cost of service in the Power
Supply Agreement dated November 1, 1995? If so, please provide all documentation showing
how RMP( or its predecessor) attempted to bring Monsanto to its full cost of service during that
contractual period.
b. Is the Company now claiming that Monsanto did not pay its full cost of service for rates in
effect 2004 through 2006? If so, please provide all documentation showing how RMP (or its
predecessor) attempted to bring Monsanto to its full cost of service.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.7.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 12, Mr. Walje says the Company has been working
for over 20 years to bring Monsanto to full cost of service. If the Company settles a contested
rate case in Idaho for less than it originally filed, does this mean that the Company claims that
none of its customers are paying full cost of service? Please fully explain your answer.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.8.
Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: At page 12, Mr. Walje references Order 30783. Please provide
the exact cite in the Order of Mr. Walje's statement regarding Monsanto paying 87 percent of its
cost of service.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.9.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. Richard Walje: Please confirm or deny that the Company's 2008 general
rate case was filed during a time when Monsanto had a three-year contract with the Company.
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MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.10.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. McDougal, page 43. Would Mr. McDougal agree that Ms. Iverson removed
only the revenues associated with Monsanto's interruptible credit in her non-firm analysis? If
Mr. McDougal does not agree, then please explicitly state what revenues he believes Ms.
Iverson removed from her analysis, and what revenues should have been removed.
MONSANTO REBUTTAL 2.11.
Re: Rebuttal of Mr. McDougal, page 49. Mr. McDougal states at line 26 that the retail revenue
is calculated as if there is no interruption and is direct assigned to Idaho.
a. Please identify the amount of revenue included in the Company's filng for Monsanto.
b. Does this amount of revenue assume that all of Monsanto is served at firm rates? Please
fully explain your answer.
c. Of the revenues identified in (a), how much of this is related to demand charges not paid
(that is, credited) to Monsanto. Please fully explain your answer.
DATED this18th day of November, 2010.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
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RANDALL c. BUDGE
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CERTIFICATE OF MALING
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 18th day of November, 2010, I served a true, correct
and complete copy of the foregoing document, to each of the following, via the method so
indicated:
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary (original and 7)
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise,ID 83720-0074
E-mail: jjewell(0puc.state.id.us U.S. Mail
Ted Weston
Rocky Mountain Power
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
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Paul J. Hickey
Hickey & Evans, LLP
1800 CareyAve., Ste 700
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Mark C. Moench
Daniel Solander
Rocky Mountain Power
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
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PacifiCorp
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Scott Woodbury
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
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Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 E-Mail
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E-mail: scott.woodbury(fpuc.idaho.gov
Katie Iverson
Brubaker & Associates
17244 W. Cordova Cour
Surrise, Arizona 85387
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James R. Smith
Monsanto Company
P. O. Box 816
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
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Eric L. Olsen
Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey
P.O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
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29814 Lake Road
Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140
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Jason Harris
Agrium, Inc.
3010 Conda Road
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
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Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
P. O. Box 844
Boise, Idaho 83702
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6070 Hil Road
Boise, ID 83703
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Melinda J. Davison
Davison Van Cleve, P.C.
333 SW Taylor, Suite 400
Portland, Oregon 97204
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Wiliams Bradbur, P.C.
1015 W. Hays Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
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Attorney at Law
2019 N. 17th Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
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