20101122Monsanto Rebuttal 1 (1-9) 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 TIPPI VOLYN
BRENT L. WHITING
JONATHON S. BYINGTON
DAVE BAGLEY
THOMAS J. BUDGE
JONATHAN M. VOLYN
MARK A. SHAFFER
JASON E. FLAIG
FERRELL S. RYAN, III
LAW OFFICES OF
RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE Be BAILEY
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LOUIS F. RACINE (1917-2005)
WILLIAM D. OLSON, OF COUNSEL
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:i:JMrs. Jean Jewell, Secretar
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Dear Jean:
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Re: PAC-E-10-07
Enclosed for fiing in the captioned matter please find the original and three copies of
Monsanto Company's Rebuttal 1.1 to 1.9 to Rocky Mountain Power. Than you for your assistace.
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RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
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P.O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
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Attorneys for Intervenor Monsanto Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTLITIES COMMSSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICA nON OF )
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR APPROVAL )
OF CHANGES TO ITS ELECTRIC SERVICE ) Case No. PAC-E-l0-7
SCHEDULES AND A PRICE INCREASE OF $27.7 )
MILLION, OR APPROXIMATELY 13.7 PERCENT )
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MONSANO COMPAN'S REBUTTAL 1.1-1.9
TO ROCKY MOUNAI POWER
MONSANTO COMPANY, by and though their attorneys, hereby submits this Rebutt
Data Request to Rocky Mountain Power, pursuant to Rule 225 of the Idaho Public Utilty
Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01, as follows:
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.1
Please provide the liquidated damage calculation for Naughton 3 in excel format with all cells
and formula intact. Please note that this is a follow-up question to Monsanto 9.2 in which the
Company's response did not provide the requested information.
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.2
Please provide the all sections of the Company's Naughton 3 contract with Siemens that
discusses liquidated damages.
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.3
Please provide support for the statement that optimized NPC tends to understate actual NPC.
MONSANTO COMPANY'S FIRST DATA REQUEST FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER-1
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.4
Please provide the Company's updated GRID project, workpapers, and GRID studies that
support all information and claims contained in Dr. Shu's rebuttal testimony.
Monsanto Rebuttl 1.5
On page 8 of Dr. Shu's testimony she states that for both non-firm and STF transmission,
wheeling expenses are incurred whether the transmission capacity is fully utilized. Please
provide the fixed and varable cost of each non-firm transmission for each link for 2009.
Monsanto Rebuttl 1.6
Please provide an estimate of actual historical wind integration costs for calendar year 2008 or
2009 using only historical data from the year in which costs are estimated, plus all workpapers
and documents which support the calculation in working format with all cells and formula intact.
If the Company has not prepared such a estimate, please state.
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.7
Please verify and provide documentation that the Top of World wind project was placed in
service on October 1,2010 as previously stated by the Company.
Monsanto Rebutt 1.8
Please provide all operating agreements and other documents, which support Dr. Shu's testimony
on Bear River operational constraints.
Monsanto Rebuttal 1.9
Please verify and provide documentation of the latest expected in-service date for the Gateway
Central transmission project.
DATED this18th day of November, 2010.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
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MONSANTO COMPANY'S FIRST DATA REQUEST FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER. 2
CERTIFICATE OF MAING
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~puc.state.id.us U.S. Mail
Ted Weston
Rocky Mountain Power
201 South Main, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
E-mail: ted.weston(ipacificom.com E-Mail
Paul J. Hickey
Hickey & Evans, LLP
1800 Carey Ave., Ste 700
PO Box 467
Cheyenne, WY 82003
E-mail: phickey(ihickeyvans.com E-Mail
Mark C. Moench
Daniel Solander
Rocky Mountain Power
201 S. Main Street, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
E-mail: mark.moench(ipacificorp.com
daniel.solander(ipacificorp.com
E-Mail
Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, Oregon 97232
E-mail: datarequest(ipacificorp.com
E-Mail
Scott Woodbur
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 E-Mail
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E-mail: scott. woodburylipuc.idaho. gov
Katie Iverson
Brubaker & Associates
17244 W. Cordova Court
Surrise, Arizona 85387
E-mail: kiversonliconsultbai.com
E-Mail
James R. Smith
Monsanto Company
P. O. Box 816
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
E-mail: jim.r.smithlimonsanto.com
E-Mail
Eric L. Olsen
Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey
P.O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
E-mail: eloliracinelaw.net
E-Mail
Anthony Yankel
29814 Lake Road
Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140
E-mail: tonyliyanel.net
E-Mail
Tim Buller
Jason Hars
Agrium, Inc.
3010 Conda Road
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
E-mail: tbullerliagrium.com
jaharisliagrium.com
E-mail
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
P. O.Box 844
Boise, Idaho 83702
E-mail: bottoliidahoconservation.org
E-Mail
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hil Road
Boise, ID 83703
E-mail: dreadinglimindspring.com E-Mail
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Melinda J. Davison
Davison Van Cleve, P.C.
333 SW Taylor, Suite 400
Portland, Oregon 97204
E-mail: mjd(idvclaw.com
Ronald L. Willams
Wiliams Bradbur, P.C.
1015 W. Hays Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
E-mail: ron(iwiliamsbradbury.com
Brad M. Purdy
Attorney at Law
2019 N. 17th Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
E-mail: bmpurdy(ihotmail.com
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