20150723Staff 1-10 to PAC.pdf

BRANDON KARPEN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
(208) 334-03s7
IDAHO BAR NO. 7956
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attorneys for the Commission Staff
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER TO UPDATE
ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATION NO. 13
CURTAILMENT PLAN FOR ELECTRIC )
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CASE NO. PAC.E-15.10
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF
TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Brandon Karpen, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Rocky Mountain Power provide the
following documents and information as soon as possible, but no later than THURSDAY,
AUGUST 13,2015.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Rocky Mountain Power is
requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it or any
person acting on its behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents or information
produced.
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name, job title and telephone number of
the person preparing the documents. Please identify the name, job title, location and telephone
number of the record holder.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO ROCKY MOLINTAIN POWER I JULY 23,2015
In addition to the written copies provided as response to the requests, please provide all
Excel and electronic files on CD with formulas activated.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please describe how the proposed curtailment stages relate to the
NERC Alert levels, the Department of Energy outage reporting requirements, and to the Peak
RC-required communications and emergency response protocols (See Application, Proposed
Tariffs Clean and Legislative Sheet No. 13R.3).
REQUEST NO. 2: Please provide sample customer andlor media notifications for
planned and un-planned outages, and requests for voluntary customer curtailments.
REQUEST NO.3: Please explain the Company's communication process with local
and state government authorities (See Application, Proposed Tariffs Clean and Legislative Sheet
No. 13R.5) in the event that Peak RC, WECC, or NERC issues the following alerts to the
Company:
l. Wildfire near multiple or critical transmission infrastructure
2. Physical- and/or cyber-attacks
3. Potential geo-magnetic event
REQUEST NO. 4: Please provide a copy of the Company's current outage
communication process used to notiff all State-level emergency coordination entities of planned
and un-planned service intemrptions (See Application, Proposed Tariffs Clean and Legislative
SheetNo. 13R.5).
REQUEST NO. 5: Please describe the process for updating the Company's proposed
Curtailment Plan. As part of the response please explain how often the Company expects to
develop updates and submit future updates for approval by the Commissions in its various
jurisdictions.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO ROCKY MOLINTAIN POWER 2 ruLY 23,2015
REQUEST NO. 6: Please provide a list of distribution circuits, along with their
locations, that will be subject to the block curtailment protocol (See Shingleton DI, pg.4,line 3
and Application, Proposed Tariffs, Clean and Legislative Sheet No. 13R.4). Please explain the
equipment utilized on the distribution circuits that enable the 2 hour block rotation for
curtailment. Please also provide a list of distribution circuits and locations that do not have the
necessary equipment to perform 2 hour block rotations during curtailment.
REQUEST NO. 7: Please provide a list and/or map of the predetermined localized load
shed groups and the associated high load areas (See Application, Proposed Tariffs Clean and
Legislative Sheet No. 13R.4).
REQUEST NO. 8: Please describe the Company's utility-scale, of Balancing Authority
Area-scale emergency planning and response training activities.
REQUEST NO.9: Did the Company participate in the Northwest Power Pool Energy
Emergency Plan (EEP) training in May, 2015? If so, did this training compliment or replace any
Company-planned emergency response training? If the Company did not participate, please
provide the Company's reasons for not participating and a description of the Company's
regional-scale emergency response exercise and training efforts.
REQUEST NO. 10: Does the Company plan to participate in, or observe the GridEx III
emergency response exercise planned for November 2016? If so, please provide the list of staff
expected to participate and their roles within the Company and with GridEx III. If not, please
provide the Company's reasons for not participating and a description of the Company's
national-scale emergency response exercise and training efforts.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER 3 JULY 23,2015
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Technical Staff: Johanna Bell (1-10)
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FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
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JULY 23,2015
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 23'd DAY OF JULY 2015,
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER, N CASE
NO. PAC-E.I5.IO, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO
THE FOLLOWING:
TED WESTON
ID REG AFFAIRS MANAGER
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
2OI S MAIN ST STE 23OO
SALT LAKE CITY UT 8411I
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
DATA REQUEST RESPONSE CENTER
E.MAIL ONLY:
datarequest@pacifi com. com
YVONNE HOGLE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
201 S MAIN ST STE 23OO
SALT LAKE CITY UT 8411I
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE