20170912Utah_OCS Set 8 (1-2).docx

BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF UTAHIn the Matter of the Voluntary Request:Docket No. 17-035-39Of Rocky Mountain Power for Approval:Office of Consumer ServicesOf Resource Decision to Repower:Eighth Data Request toWind Facilities:Rocky Mountain Power:September 1, 2017Please provide responses to:Gavin MangelsonDonna RamasOffice of Consumer ServicesRamas Regulatory Consulting, LLC160 East 300 South 4654 Driftwood DriveSalt Lake City, Utah 84111Commerce Twp., MI 48382(801) 530-6480(248) [e-mail]@aol.com
Please provide the Company’s most recent forecasted rate of return on equity on a Utah jurisdictional basis for each calendar year, 2017 through 2022 assuming each of the following scenarios:
The Company’s repowering project and proposed Resource Tracking Mechanism (“RTM”) are approved as requested in this docket;
The Company goes forward with the proposed repowering project and the Commission specifies that the Company will be able to book the stranded costs associated with the early retired assets to the accumulated depreciation reserve, but the proposed RTM is rejected in this docket;
The Company’s repowering project and proposed RTM are approved as requested in this docket AND the Company’s Combined Projects and RTM requested in Docket No. 17-035-40 are approved;
The Company’s repowering project and proposed RTM in this docket are rejected by the Company’s Combined Projects and RTM requested in Docket No. 17-035-40 are approved.
The Company goes forward with both the repowering project and the Combined Projects requested in Docket No. 17-035-40 but does not receive its requested RTM; and
The Company does not go forward with either the repowering project requested in this case or the Combined Projects requested in Docket No. 17-035-40.If the Commission approves the Company’s request in this docket and the Company’s request in Docket 17-035-40, as well as the proposed RTM in each docket, but applies a cap such that the Company is not able to recover any amounts through the combined RTM that would result in the Company earning above its currently authorized rate of return in Utah, would the Company still go-forward with the proposed repowering, new wind and transmission projects at issue in this proceeding and in Docket 17-035-40? Please explain your response.