20170925Utah_OCS Set 3 (1-3).pdf

1407 W.North Temple
ROCKY MOUNTAIN Salt Lake City,UT 84116
POWER
A OlVISION OF PACIFICORP
August 25,2017
Béla Vastag
Office of Consumer Services
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City,Utah 84111
bvastag@ataakgov (C)
Donna Ramas
Ramas Regulatory Consulting,LLC
4654 Driftwood Drive
Commerce Twp.,MI 48382
do_nnaramas@aokcam_(C)
RE:UT Docket No.17-035-39
OCS 3rd Set Data Request (1-3)
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power's Responses to OCS 3rd Set Data Requests 3.1-3.3.
Also provided are Attachments to OCS 3.2 (1-3).
If you have any questions,please call Tarie Hansen at [phone].
Sincerely,
Bob Lively
Manager,Regulation
Enclosures
C.c.Erika Tedder/DPU [e-mail] (C)
Dan Kohler/DPU (C)
Dan Peac/DPU dpeaco daymarkea.com (C)(W)
Aliea Afnan/DPU [e-mail](W)
Philip Hayet/OCS phayet@ikennn._co_m (C)
Gary A.Dodge/UAE [e-mail] (C)
Kevin Higgins/UAE (C)
Neal Townsend/UAE (C)(W)
17-035-39/Rocky Mountain Power
August 25,2017
OCS Data Request 3.1
OCS Data Request 3.1
Refer to the response to OCS Data Request 2.2.The response indicates that the ADIT
will be provided as soon as available.Please separately provide the ADIT as of the most
recent date for which the ADIT is available and identify the date.
Response to OCS Data Request 3.1
Please refer to the Company's 16 Supplementalresponse to OCS Data Request 2.2.
17-035-39 /Rocky Mountain Power
August 25,2017
OCS Data Request 3.2
OCS Data Request 3.2
Refer to the direct testimony of Jeffrey Larsen,page 3,Figure 1.Please provide a revised
version of this figure based on replacing the 35%federal income tax rate assumed in the
calculations with a federal income tax rate of:
(a)15%;
(b)20%;and
(c)25%.
Response to OCS Data Request 3.2
(a)Please refer to Attachment OCS 3.2-1.
(b)Please refer to Attachment OCS 3.2-2.
(c)Please refer to Attachment OCS 3.2-3.
The above-mentionedattachments include only the impacts of changing the federal
income tax rate and have not included possible additional impacts to items such as tax
deductions,return on rate base,and the potential flow-throughimpact on other items such
as changes in electricitymarket prices that may occur if the federal government were to
enact a comprehensive reformed tax strategy.The Company has no additional knowledge
as to what those additional impacts would be.
17-035-39 /Rocky Mountain Power
August 25,2017
OCS Data Request 3.3
OCS Data Request 3.3
Please provide a revised versions of Exhibit RMP_(JKL-2),Exhibit RMP (JKL-3),
and Exhibit RMP_(JKL-4)based on replacing the 35%federal income tax rate assumed
in the calculations with a federal income tax rate of:
(a)15%;
(b)20%;and
(c)25%.
Response to OCS Data Request 3.3
Please refer to the Company's response to OCS Data Request 3.2.