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Re: PAC-E-10-07
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Attorneys for Intervenor Monsanto Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF )
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR APPROVAL)
OF CHANGES TO ITS ELECTRIC SERVICE )
SCHEDULES AND A PRICE INCREASE OF )
$27.7 MILLION, OR APPROXIMATELY )13.7 PERCENT )
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Case No. PAC-E-I0-07
MONSANTO COMPANY'S NINETEENTH DATA REQUESTS
TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
MONSANTO COMPANY, by and through their attorneys, hereby submits this
Nineteenth Data Request 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 19-1: Please provide all workpapers for the Januar 2011 rebuttal testimonies of Mr.
Duvall, Mr. Clements, and Mr. McDougal, including all workpapers and
models in electronic format with all formulas intact.
Monsanto 19-2: With respect to Mr. Clements' Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony at page 6,
lines 10-19, please provide the following information:
a. The IRP analysis performed by the Company, including all workpapers
and models in electronic format with all formulas intact.
b. A description of the methodology used by the Company in performing the
analysis.
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c. The results of the IRP analysis in electronic format with all formulas
intact.
Monsanto 19-3: With respect to the table at the bottom of page 8 and on page 9 in Mr.
Clements' Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony, please provide the following
information:
a. Identify all units that are operating strictly as simple cycle combustion
turbines (i.e., exclude combustion turbines that are par of a combined
cycle facility).
b. Indicate whether the simple cycle combustion turbines in par a. have
Automatic Generation Control (AGC) equipment installed.
c. For each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a., indicate whether that
simple cycle combustion turbine resides in a load pocket on the PacifiCorp
system (where a load pocket is an area on the PacifiCorp system that,
because of transmission limitations, must have interal generation
resources available because the area canot be served entirely by exteral
resources).
d. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a.
whether any of the operational hours included in the table were for servng
load inside load pockets and not for the purose of providing ancilar
serices.
e. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion tubine in par a. how
many of the operational hours included in the table were for sering load
inside load pockets and not for the purose of providing ancilar serces.
£ Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion tubine in par a.
whether any of the operational hours included in the table were for
reactive supply and voltage control or support on the PacifiCorp system.
g. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a. how
many of the operational hours included in the table were for reactive
supply and voltage control or support on the PacifiCorp system.
h. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion tubine in par a.
whether any of the operational hours included in the table were for
reguation and frequency response on the PacifiCorp system.
1. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a. how
many of the operational hours included in the table were for regulation and
frequency response on the PacifiCorp system.
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J. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a.
whether any of the operational hours included in the table were for energy
imbalance on the PacifiCorp system.
k. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a. how
many of the operational hours included in the table were for energy
imbalance on the PacifiCorp system.
1. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a.
whether any of the operational hours included in the table were for
spinning reserve on the PacifiCorp system.
m. Indicate, by year, for each simple cycle combustion turbine in par a. how
many of the operational hours included in the table were for spinning
resere on the PacifiCorp system.
Monsanto 19-4: With respect to the table at the bottom of page 8 and on page 9 in Mr.
Clements' Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony, please provide the following
information:
a. Identify all combined cycle units.
b. Indicate whether the combined cycle units in par a. have Automatic
Generation Control (AGC) equipment installed.
c. For each combined cycle unit in par a., indicate whether that combined
cycle unt resides in a load pocket on the PacifiCorp system (where a load
pocket is an area on the PacifiCorp system that, because of transmission
limitations, must have interal generation resources available because the
area canot be sered entirely by exteral resources).
d. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. whether any of
the operational hours included in the table were for sering load inside
load pockets and not for the purose of providing ancilar serces.
e. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. how many of the
operational hours included in the table were for sering load inside load
pockets and not for the purpose of providing ancilar serices.
f. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. whether any of
the operational hours included in the table were for reactive supply and
voltage control or support on the PacifiCorp system.
g. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. how many of the
operational hours included in the table were for reactive supply and
voltage control or support on the PacifiCorp system.
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h. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. whether any of
the operational hours included in the table were for regulation and
frequency response on the PacifiCorp system.
1. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in part a. how many of the
operational hours included in the table were for regulation and frequency
response on the PacifiCorp system.
J. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. whether any of
the operational hours included in the table were for energy imbalance on
the PacifiCorp system.
k. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. how many of the
operational hours included in the table were for energy imbalance on the
PacifiCorp system.
1. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. whether any of
the operational hours included in the table were for spinning resere on the
PacifiCorp system.
m. Indicate, by year, for each combined cycle unit in par a. how many of the
operational hours included in the table were for spinnng reserve on the
PacifiCorp system.
Monsanto 19-5: With respect to Mr. Duvall's Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony at page 2,
line 11, please explain in detail how the Company calculated the $73.09 per
kilowatt-year value. Include all workpapers in electronic format with all
formulas intact that ilustrate the derivation of the $73.09 per kilowatt-year
value.
Monsanto 19-6: With respect to Mr. Duvall's Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony at page 2,
line 19, please explain in detail how the Company calculated the $30 per
kilowatt-year value paid to irrgators. Include all workpapers in electronic
format with all formulas intact that ilustrate the dervation of the $30 per
kilowatt-year value.
Monsanto 19-7: With respect to Mr. Duvall's Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony at page 3, lines
10-17, please provide the following information:
a. Mr. Duvall's definition of "peaking units."
b. The next unt (type of unit and amount in MW) identified by the
Company's most recent IRP that is planed to be added to the PacifiCorp
East system.
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c. The year the unit identified in par b. above is planned to be added to the
PacifiCorp East system.
d. The title and date of the most recent IRP, along with page numbers,
referenced for the response to pars b. and c. above.
e. The IRP planing period assumed for the response to pars b. and c. above.
f. Does the response to par b. above assume that Monsanto's interptible
products are economic? Explain your response in detaiL.
Monsanto 19-8: With respect to Mr. Duvall's Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony at page 4, lines
11-13, please provide the following information:
a. Do the 2008 IRP and 2008 IRP Update assume that Monsanto's
interrptible products are economic? Explain your response in detaiL.
b. The East Capacity Position as deterined in the 2008 IRP Update
assuming that Monsanto's interptible products are economic. Include all
workpapers in electronic format with all formulas intact that ilustrate the
dervation of the East Capacity Position assuming that Monsanto's
interrptible products are economic.
c. The East Capacity Position as determined in the 2008 IRP Update
assuming that Monsanto's interptible products are not economic.
Include all workpapers in electronic format with formulas intact that
ilustrate the derivation of the East Capacity Position assuming that
Monsanto's interptible products are not economic.
Monsanto 19-9: At page 4, footnote 3 of his Januar 2011 rebuttal testimony, Mr. Duvall states
the following formula appears in the testimony of Mr. Collins:
Net Firm Obligation - Purchases - DSM - Interrptible
Please confirm or deny that this is the actual formula contained in Mr. Collins'
testimony.
MONSANO'S NINETEENT DATA REQUESTS TO ROCKY MOUNAI POWER - 5
DATED this 18th day of Januar, 2011.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
By kL¿
r 'RDALL C. BUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 18th day of Januar, 2011, 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, Secretar (original and 3)
Idaho Public Utilties Commsion
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, il 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~pacificorp.com E-Mail
Paul J. Hickey
Hickey & Evans, LLP
1800 Carey Ave., Ste 700
PO Box 467
Cheyenne, WY 82003
E-mail: phickey~hickeyvans.com E-Mail
Mark C. Moench
Danel Solander
Rocky Mountain Power
201 S. Main Street, Suite 2300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
E-mail: mark.moench~pacificorp.com
daniel .solander~pacificorp.com
E-Mail
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Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, Oregon 97232
E-mail: dataequest(fpacificorp.com
E-Mail
Scott Woodbur
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idao 83720-0074
E-mail: scott.woodbury(fpuc.idaho.gov
E-Mail
Katie Iveron
Brubaker & Associates
17244 W. Cordova Cour
Surrise, Arzona 85387
E-mail: kiverson(fconsultbai.com
E-Mail
James R. Smith
Monsanto Company
P. O. Box 816
Soda Sprigs, Idaho 83276
E-mail: jim.r.smith(fmonsanto.com
E-Mail
Eric L. Olsen
Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey
P.O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
E-mail: elo(fracinelaw.net
E-Mail
Anthony Yanel
29814 Lake Road
Bay Vilage, Ohio 44140
E-mail: tonYrmanel.net
E-Mail
Tim Buller
Jason Hars
Agrum, Inc.
3010 Conda Road
Soda Sprigs, Idao 83276
E-mail: tbul1er(fagrium.com
jaharis(fagrium.com
E-mail
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
P. O. Box 844
Boise, Idaho 83702
E-mail: botto(fidahoconservation.org
E-Mail
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Melinda J. Davison
Davison Van Cleve, P.e.
333 SW Taylor, Suite 400
Portland, Oregon 97204
E-mail: mjd(ßdvclaw.eom
E-Mail
Ronald L. Wiliams
Wiliams Bradbur, P.C.
1015 W. Hays Street
Boise, Idao 83702
E-mail: ron(ßwiliamsbradbury.eom
E-Mail
Brad M. Pudy
Attorney at Law
2019 N. 17th Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
E-mail: bmpurdy(ßhotmaiL.eom
E-Mail
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