20170925Utah_UAE Set 1 (1-3).pdf

1407 W.North Temple
ROCKY MOUNTAIN Salt Lake City,UT 84116
POWER
A DIV1SION OF PACIFICORP
August 4,2017
Gary A.Dodge
HATCH,JAMES &DODGE
10 West Broadway,Suite 400
Salt Lake City,Utah 84101
[e-mail] (C)
Kevin Higgins
Neal Townsend
ENERGY STRATEGIES
215 S.State Street,#200
Salt Lake City,UT 84111
RE:UT Docket No.17-035-39
UAE 16'Set Data Request (1-3)
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power's Responses to UAE Data Requests 1.1-1.3.Also
provided is Attachment UAE 1.1 -1.Provided on the enclosed Confidential CD is Confidential
Attachment UAE 1.1 -2.Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service
Commission of Utah (UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.Attachments are requests for copies and
provided to the requesting party only.
If you have any questions,please call Tarie Hansen at [phone].
Sincerely,
Bob Lively
Manager,Regulation
Enclosures
C.c.Erika Tedder/DPU dpudatareguest utah.gov [e-mail](C)
Dan Kohler/DPU dkoehler daymarkea.com (C)
Dan Peac/DPU (C)(W)
Sam Brandin/DPU (C)(W)
Philip Hayet/OCS (C)
Béla Vastag/OCS bvastag utah.go_v(C)
17-035-39 /Rocky Mountain Power
August 4,2017
UAE Data Request 1.1
UAE Data Request 1.1
Other Data Responses.Please provide copies of all past and future data requests and data
responses received by Rocky Mountain Power from or sent by Rocky Mountain Power to
any other party in this docket.Please include both formal and informal responses.
Response to UAE Data Request 1.1
Please refer to Attachment UAE l.1 -l and Confidential Attachment UAE 1.1 -2.
Going forward UAE will be provided copies of all responses in this docket.
Confidential information is provided subject to Public Service Commission of Utah
(UPSC)Rules 746-1-602 and 603.
17-035-39 /Rocky Mountain Power
August 4,2017
UAE Data Request 1.2
UAE Data Request 1.2
Models/Passwords.Please provide all models,spreadsheets,passwords,instructions and
other information necessary for UAE to access and utilize any models used or to be used
by the Company in this docket.
Response to UAE Data Request 1.2
Please refer to the Company's response to DPU Data Request 1.9;specifically
Confidential Attachment DPU l.9.No passwords are necessary to access the provided
confidential work papers.In addition,please also refer to the Company's response to
OCS Data Request 1.26.
PacifiCorp used the System Optimizer model (SO Model)and Planning and Risk (PaR)
model to develop resource portfolios and to forecast dispatch of system resources in
simulations with and without the projects.SO and PaR files were provided as work
papers to support the Direct Testimony of Company witness,Rick T.Link.PacifiCorp
cannot provide the SO Model and /or the PaR model due to licensing restrictions with
the vendor ABB (formerly VENTYX).
17-035-39 /Rocky Mountain Power
August 4,2017
UAE Data Request 1.3
UAE Data Request 1.3
Filings/FilingRequirements/WorkPapers.Please provide all information,including all
proprietary or confidential information,relied upon in preparing or provided as part of the
Application,testimony,exhibits or filing requirements in this docket,along with all
worksheets,work papers,spreadsheets,models and other documents or information that
comprise or that were used or relied upon in preparing or provided as part of RMP's
Application,testimony,exhibits or filing requirements.
Response to UAE Data Request 1.3
The Company objects to this request on the basis that it is overly broad and unduly
burdensome.Notwithstandingthe objection,the Company states the following:
The Company provided all non-confidential and confidential information used in
preparation of the Application,testimony,exhibits,worksheets,work papers,
spreadsheets,models and other documents were sent on August 3,2017 via Fed-Ex
overnight Delivery.
The Company relied upon certain highly confidential documents which have been
identified in various data requests in this docket.Participants in this docket may contact
Bob Lively,Manager of Utah Regulatory Affairs at [phone] to make
arrangements to review those documents at the Company's Salt Lake City offices.