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September 14,2018
Diane Hanian
Edith Pacillo
Idatro Public Utilities Commission
472W. Washington
Boise,ID 83702-5918
diane.holt@puc. idaho. gov (C)
RE: ID PAC-E-18-07
IPUC Data Request (1-9)
Please find enclosed Rocky Mountain Power's Responses to IPUC Data Requests 1-9. Also
provided are Attachments IPUC 2,3, and 5. Provided on the enclosed Confidential CD are
Confidential Attachments IPUC I {1-2),4 -(l-5), and 6. Confidential information is provided
subject to the terms and conditions of the protective agreement in this proceeding.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
J. Ted Weston
Manager, Regulation
Enclosures
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC lst Set Data Request 1
IPUC Data Request I
Please provide a listing of all expenses charged to the Company's Demand Side
Management (DSM) tariffrider account for 2016 andZAfi. Please include date,
vendor, amount, type of expense, and a brief description of the expense. Please
separate expenses by program so that the total amount for each program ties to the
amounts reported in the Annual DSM reports.
Response to IPUC Data Request 1
The Annual Reports provide the results of the first year energy savings achieved.
In 2011, the Company began performing a year-end true-up in an effort to match
cost incurred with the program's first year savings achieved for calculation of cost
effectiveness.
Confidential Attachment IPUC l-1 provides the l) 2016-2017line item details
from SAP that support the uriffrider expenditures, and 2) beginning balance of
the year-end reconciliations that support the expenditures by program reported in
the Annual Reports.
Confidential Attachment IPUC 1-2 provides a reconciliation betrveen the year-end
true-up used in the Annual Reports and the Schedule 191 tariffrider balancing
account.
Confidential information is provided subject to the terms and conditions of the
protective agreement in this proceeding.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC ls Set Data Request 2
IPUC Data Request 2
Please provide the monthly interest calculations for the balance in the DSM tariff
rider account for 2016-2017.
Response to IPUC Data Request 2
Please refer to Attachment IPUC 2.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 i Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC I't Set Data Request 3
IPUC Data Request 3
Please provide the tariff rider revenue by year and by customer class for 2016-
20t7.
Response to IPUC Data Request 3
Please refer to Attachment IPUC 3.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC I't Set Data Request 4
IPUC Data Request 4
Please provide the cost-effectiveness workpapers and calculations for all DSM
programs, including demand response, by year Q0l6-2017) in Excel format with
formulas intact and all assumptions clearly defined.
Response to IPUC Data Request 4
Please refer to Confidential Attachments IPUC 4-1,4-2,4-3, and 44 (PY 2016
Mode[daho*Cl_Waffsmart, PY20 I 6 Mode[daho_Residential_All_Programs,
PYzAfi Model-Idaho_Cl*All_Program, and PY20l 7 ModelJdaho_Residential_
All_Programs, respectively). Please note that also included is Confidential
Attachment IPUC 4-5, which includes the 2017 portfolio and residential model
without residential evaluation costs. This is being provided due to cost-
effectiveness being reported two ways in the 2017 annual report due to the
residential sector cost-effectiveness not passing.
The cost effectiveness workpapers for the inigation demand response program are
not included in this response as it is outside the purview of the request for prudency
for energy efficiency programs.
Confidential information is provided subject to the terms and conditions of the
protective agreement in this proceeding.
Recordholder: Nikki Karpavich
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC I't Set Data Request 5
IPUC Data Request 5
Please provide a listing of all legal and consulting fees, including, but not limited
to Evaluation, Measurement and Verification (EM&V), charged to the Idaho
DSM tariff rider during 2016 and 2017. lf any of the fees were allocated among
jurisdictions, please provide the calculation and explanation of the allocation.
Response to IPUC Data Request 5
There were no legal fees incurred during the time period of 2016-2017.
Attachment IPUC 5 QArc-2017 Consulting Fees) provides consulting fee
expenditures that posted to the deferred account during 2016-2017. This does not
include consulting fees that were part of Program Administration. Please refer to
Request No. 8 for allocation among the jurisdictions.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-I8-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC l$ Set Data Request 6
IPUC Data Request 6
Please provide a listing of all projects in which an incentive of greater than
$10,000 was paid during 2016 and 2017. Please include a detailed description of
each project.
Response to IPUC Data Request 6
Please refer to Confidential Attachment IPUC 6 for a listing of all projects in
which an incentive of greater than $10,000 was paid during 2016 and2017.
(Confidential ID 2016 &2017 C&[ Programs)
Occasionally, the Company incents project measures that may result in negative
kV/h savings, but the project itself will always result in positive savings overall.
Confidential information is provided subject to the terms and conditions of the
protective agreement in this proceeding.
Recordholder: Nikki Karpavich
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 i Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC I't Set Data Request 7
IPUC Data Request 7
Please compare the Company's acquired annual class 2 DSM savings by program
and sector with targets from the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and conservation
potential assessment for 2016-2017. If the Company did not achieve its targets,
such as the IRP energy efficiency savings for 2017 on a statewide level, please
explain why.
Response to IPUC Data Request 7
Table 4 in the Application compares the Company's Conservation Potential
Assessment (CPA), IRP targets and achieved savings. The Company hires a third
party consultant to perform its CPA to potential for electric DSM resources. The
assessment results in an estimate of achievable technical potential savings, which
represents the potential that can reasonably be acquired by all mechanisms
available, regardless ofhow conservation is achieved. The achievable technical
potential applies customer participation rates that account for market barriers,
customer awareness and attitudes, program maturity, energy effrciency acquisition
costs, and other factors that may affect market penetration of DSM measures.
The results from the Potential Assessment inform the development of the IRP.
These potential resources from the CPA are converted into supply curves for
modeling against competing supply-side alternatives in the IRP, which allows for
the selection of least cost resources.
As shown in Table 4, the Company exceeded its IRP target over the 2016 -2017
period by 5,696 MWh. When observed by each individual year, program year
201 6 exceeded its targets, but 20 I 7 came within 99 .7o/o of its target . ln 2017 ,
lighting and energy kits fell just shy of its target for the residential program, and
the small mid-market delivery channel was slightly short for the non-residential
program. These marginal shortfalls resulted in an achievement of 99.7o/o of the
2017IRP target.
Recordholder: Nikki Karpavich
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC lst Set Data Request 8
IPUC Data Request 8
Please describe how common costs are allocated among jurisdictions.
Response to IPUC Data Request 8
Common costs shared among ldaho programs that are offered in its ponfolio are
allocated based on achieved kWh savings from the prior program year results.
For common costs shared between states, achieved kWh savings from the prior
program year are typically used. For some specific settlement orders such as
system support number of projects completed from prior program year may also
be considered. For these common costs, settlement orders are created with the
appropriate percentage allocation. When settlement orders are used, the common
costs receive the appropriate percentage ofthe expenditures based on the
allocation percentage in place. Updating the settlement order allocation
percentage is done at the beginning of each year, after reconciliation of savings
has been completed.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: Clay Monroe
PAC-E-18-07 / Rocky Mountain Power
September 14,2018
IPUC I't Set Data Request 9
IPUC Data Request 9
Please provide the amount of labor expense charged to the DSM tariffrider for
the years 2016-2017. For each of those years, please also include the number of
Full Time Equivalents funded by the rider. Please also provide the general wage
adjustnent percentage for non-union personnel approved by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors for each year.
Response to IPUC Data Request 9
The table below contains the information requested. The full time equivalent was
calculated using the internal labor hours charged to Idaho DSM divided by
possible full time hours in a year of 2,080. Note that the General wage
adjustment percentage reflects the approved percentages, which is not necessarily
equal to the percentage of the actual payout.
Recordholder: Esther Giezendanner
Sponsor: CIay Monroe
20t6 $t27,447 76 2.5%
2017 $131,244 78 2.5%
Year Labor Expense FT Equivalent General wage o/o