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Home My WebLink About20210323PAC to Staff 1-9.pdfF.16#fitvffi Y RGKY MOI.'NTAINffi*t*tl ft&R e3 fiil ll: l3 .i;.1 :+' ei,*l *jit :o r -: j.Lrilf*l.tsBl8P,s 1407 W North Temple, Suite 330 Salt Lake City, t teh 84116 March 23,2021 Jan Noriyuki Idatro Public Utilities Commission 472W. WashingSon Boise,ID 83702-5918 ian.noriyuki@nuc. idaho. eov (C) RE ID PAC.E.21-04 IPUC Set I (l-9) Please find enclosed Rocky Mourtain Power's Responses to IPUC l't Set Data Requests l-9. If you have any questionq please feel free to call me at (&AD220-2963. Sincerely, -lsl-J. Ted Weston Manager, Regulation Enclosures PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC Data Request I IPUC Data Request I Please provide an explanation and evidence for the following (ref. Idaho Code 61- 328 (3)): (a) That the transaction is consistent with the public interest; (b) That the cost and rates for supplying service will not be increased by reason of such tansaction; and (c) That the applicant for such acquisition or transfer has the bona-fide intent and financial ability to operate and maintain said property in the public service. Response to IPUC Data Request I (a) The lease agreement between Cingular Wireless and the Company generates revenue credits benefiting the Company's customers and avoids the need for multiple poles in an areawhile not impacting the Company's ability to serve its customers, consistent with the public interest. (b) The lease price is designed to compensate the Company for the investment in the poles which reduces the cost to serve its customers. (c) PacifiCorp retains ownership of the poles, Cingular Wireless is a telecommunications company with the intent to locate communications equipment and facilities in connection with its business operations. Recordholder: JeffKent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC DataRequest 2 IPUC Data Request 2 Please provide the accounting treatment to be used for the Cingular Wireless transactions. Please include spreadsheets with formulas intact and enabled. Response to IPUC Data Request 2 The accounting treatnent is provided below: There have not been any financial tansactions to date associated with this leasing program and as such there are no spreadsheets. Administrative effort to process streetlight lease applications will be tracked specifically and separately from other joint use administrative costs. Per pole application processing fee will be recorded as revenue in FERC Account 454 @ents - Common). Streetlight pole replacement costs will be recorded in FERC Account 373 (Sfreet Lighting and signal systems). Streetlight pole replacement reimbursement costs will be recorded as confibutions in aid of construction (CIAC) in FERC Account 373 (Street Lighting and signal systems). Initial and annual lease fee will be recorded as revenue in FERC Account 454 @ents - Common). Recordholder: JeffKent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC Data Request 3 IPUC Data Request 3 Please explain how additional revenue generation from the agreement with Cingular Wireless will benefit customers and mitigate rate pressure. Please describe in detail the intended mechanism, referencing any Commission Order where applicable, for passing on this benefit to customers. Response to IPUC Data Request 3 A mechanism is not necessary to pass the revenue credit to customers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accounting will credit retail customers. If approved revenues generated by the lease agreement between Cingular Wireless and the Company would be booked to FERC Account 454 @ent of Electric Property), because the attachments are on streetlights - distribution property - these revenues will be situs assigned to Idaho. The lease revenues reduce the Company's cost of service for all Idaho customers. This agreement is similar to Case No. PAC-E-20-05, a lease agreement with ExteNet, approved by tdaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC), OrderNo. 34734. Recordholder: Jeff Kent / Ted Weston Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC Data Request 4 IPUC Data Request 4 Please describe how fufure lease agreement issues and costs are tracked and accounted for, such as: Unauthoized attachments, Unauthorized use of power, and Removal and Disposal of equipment. Response to IPUC Data Request 4 The Company's joint use group establishes an SAP account for each lessee to hack costs pertinent to the lease agreement. The group also maintains files pertaining to lessee's compliance issues with the terms of the lease agreement. Recordholder: JeffKent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC Data Request 5 IPUC Data Request 5 Does the Company require a deposit for the future removal and disposal of Cingular Wireless's equipment? If not; please explain what would occur if Cingular Wireless did not have the financial means to remove and dispose of the equipment. Response to IPUC Data Request 5 No, the Company does not require a deposit for the future removal and disposal of Cingular Wireless's equipment. The Company does however have a $1,000 removal and disposal of equipment charge to Cingular Wireless for their failure to remove their own equipment which also supported by Section 9.6 ofthe lease agreement, allowing the Company to remove their equipment and invoice them. Cingular Wireless dba AT&T Mobility serves over 142 million wireless subscribers in the United States (U.S.), making it the secondJargest wireless voice and data carrier in the country. The Company has no concems with their financial means. Recordholder: Jeff Kent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC DataRequest 6 IPUC Data Request 6 Please describe how line extension construction payments are processed and accounted for in the lease agreement. Response to IPUC Data Request 6 The lease agreement itself does not contain provisions for line extension constuction payments. The line extension allowance is applicable when the Company extends anew service and is detailed in Electic Service Regulation No. 12 in the State of Idaho. Recordholder: Kelly Weight-Allred Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC DataRequest 7 IPUC Data Request 7 Where the Company could have more than one lease agreement request to provide access to a single pole: (a) Can more than one antenna be attached to the individual pole? (b) If so, how would the Company as the lessor administer this under more than one lease agreements. (c) Please explain each of the lease fee structures when considering this situation. Response to IPUC Data Request 7 (a) The Company does not allow more than one lessee to be attached to the individual pole. O) Not applicable. (c) Not applicable. Recordholder: JeffKent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC Data Request 8 IPUC Data Request 8 Please provide the current number of poles leased by ExteNet under the prior lease agreement filed in Case PAC-E-20-05.APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWERAND EXTENET SYSTEMS INC. Order No. 34734. Response to IPUC Data Request 8 Currently, there are no poles leased by ExteNet under the above mentioned lease agreement. Recordholder: JeffKent Sponsor: Ted Weston PAC-E-21-04 / Rocky Mountain Power March 23,2021 IPUC DataRequest 9 IPUC Data Request 9 Does the addition of Cingular Wireless equipment as a pole attachment reduce the life of the pole? Response to IPUC Data Request 9 No, a specifically designed steetlighting pole replaces the pre-existing steetlight pole in order to accommodate the wireless equipment. Recordholder: Jeff Kent Sponsor: Ted Weston