HomeMy WebLinkAbout20150218IIPA 1-11 to IPC.pdfEric L. Olsen (ISB#: 4811)
RACINE, OLSON, NYE,
BUDGE & BAILEY, CHARTERED
P.O. Box 1391
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-1391
Telephone : (208)232-61 0l
Fax: (208)232-6109
Email : elo@racinelaw.com
Attorneys for ldaho lrrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S PETITION TO MODIFY
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
PROSPECTIVE PURPA ENERGY SALES
AGREEMENTS
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CASE NO.IPC.E.15.O1
IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS
ASSOCIATION, INC.'S F'IRST DATA
REQUEST TO rDAHO POWER
COMPAI\Y
1. Please supply a copy of all of the Company responses to interrogatories/requested made
by the Staff or any other party in this case.
2. Assuming that the Mid-C historic prices on Exhibit l0 of Mr. Allphin's testimony are
derived from each day's "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily firm Mid-C prices",
please supply the raw data that was used develop the historic figures portrayed on that
exhibit. Also supply any formulas or other data used to develop the historical figures
portrayed.
3. Please provide an explanation regarding the appropriateness of using "Intercontinental
Exchange ("ICE") daily frrm Mid-C prices" data in the Company's Schedule 86
(Cogeneration and Small Power Production Non-Firm Energy):
Are the "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily firm Mid-C prices" based on
hourly data?
For the purposes of Mr. Allphin's Exhibit 10, was the "Intercontinental Exchange
("ICE") daily firm Mid-C prices" data simply arithmetically averaged for the
pufpose of the exhibit?
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c. Are the "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily firm Mid-C prices" calculated
"after the fact", or are they use as "day ahead" or some other forward pricing
mechanism?
d. Why has the Company chosen to use the "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE")
daily firm Mid-C prices" as a proxy for costs on the Idaho Power system?
e. How accurate do the "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily firm Mid-C
prices" reflect the prices that the Company faces in the open market or of the cost
of its own generation?
4. If the Mid-C historic prices on Exhibit l0 of Mr. Allphin's testimony are not
"Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily firm Mid-C prices", please indicate what index
was used, and supply the raw data that was used develop the historic figures portrayed on
that exhibit. Also supply any formulas or other data used to develop the historical figures
portrayed.
5. If Mr. Allphin's Exhibit 10 was not based upon "Intercontinental Exchange ("ICE") daily
firm Mid-C prices" data, please provide the similar answers to Request 3 above for the
index that was used.
6. Assuming that there are times when the Company's access to Mid-C is limited, when
would those times generally occur?
7. Assuming that there are times when the Company's access to Mid-C is limited, why
would Mid-C be a good index of the prices that the Company faces in the open market or
of the cost of its own generation.
8. How will access to Mid-C be impacted by the Boardman to Hemmingway Transmission
line?
9. On pages 4-5 of the Application, there is listed eight items thatokarrant additional
examination and possible revision". For each of the eight items listed, please provide any
swnmary documents developed by or for the Company that describe why the Company
believes that each of these eight items may be helpful and thus, "warrant additional
examination and possible revision".
10. Please provide from January 2011 through the most recent data available, hourly data
similar to that provided in response to Irrigator Request 8 in Case IPC-E-I1-08.
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11. For each PURPA contract where the price was set (or to be set) using an IRP
Methodology, please provide the following:
The date that the QF originally submitted a request for contract approval;
The date that the contract was approved by the Commission;
The Commission case number;
The nameplate capacity;
The type of project (wind, solar, cogeneration, etc.); and
f. The contracted price for the purchase of the output of the facility.
DATED thi, 'Aday of Februttry, 2015.
RACINE, OLSON, NYE, BUDGE &
BAILEY, CHARTERED
IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST
DATA REQUEST TO IDAHO POWER COMPANY - Page 3
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on ,^" l&rof February ,2015I served atrue, correct and
complete copy of the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.'s First Data Request to Idaho
Power Company to each of the following, via U.S. Mail or private courier, e-mail or hand
delivery, as indicated below:
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
472 W . Washington Street
Boise, Idaho 83720-007 4
ij ewel l@puc. state. id.us
Donovan E. Walker
Regulatory Dockets
Idaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
d wal ker@J i d ahono wer. c om
dockets@idahopower. com
Peter J. Richardson
Gregory M. Adams
RICHARDSON ADAMS, LLP
515 n 7ffi Street
P.O. Box 7218
Boise, ID 83702
peter@richardsonadams. com
greg@ri chardsonadams.com
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise,ID 83703
dreadine@mindsprinq.com
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
710 N. 6tr Street
Boise,lD 83702
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Dean J. Miller
McDevitt & Miller LLP
420W. Bannock Street
P.O. Box 2564-83701
Boise,ID 83702
j oe@mcdevitt-miller.com
Leif Elgethun, PE, LEED AP
Intermountain Energy Partners, LLC
P.O. Box 7354
Boise,ID 83707
leif'@sitbasedenergy. com
Kelsey Jae Nunez
Snake River Alliance
223 N. 66 Street, Suite 317
P.O. Box 1731
Boise,ID 83701
kn unez@snakeri veralliance.org
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ERIC L. OLS
IDAHO IRRIGATTON PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.'S FIRST
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