950802.docx

SCOTT WOODBURY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
472 WEST WASHINGTON STREET
PO BOX 83720
BOISE,  IDAHO  83720-0074
[phone]
ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMISSION STAFF
BEFORE  THE  IDAHO  PUBLIC  UTILITIES  COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF WASHINGTON WATER POWER ) CASE  NO.  WWP-E-95-4
COMPANY FOR A PROPOSED TWELVE )
MONTH SURCHARGE RESULTING)    
FROM THE COMPANY’S POWER )SECOND PRODUCTION
COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM.)REQUEST OF THE
)COMMISSION STAFF
)TO WASHINGTON _____________________________________________)WATER POWER
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission by and through its attorney of record, Scott Woodbury, Deputy Attorney General, requests Washington Water Power Company provide the following documents and information, pursuant to Commission Rule of Procedure 225, IDAPA 31.01.01.225, on or before FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1995.
This production request is to be considered as continuing, and Washington Water Power Company is requested to provide by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that you or any person acting on your behalf may later obtain that will augment the documents produced.
Please provide answers to each question; supporting workpapers that provide detail or are the source of information used in calculations; the name and telephone number of the person preparing the documents; and the name, location and telephone number of the record holder.
3.Please describe WUTC requirements related to PURPA QF power purchase contracts.  Does the WUTC require that the contracts be identified in some manner as PURPA related?  Please describe the review and/or approval process.
4.Please describe the administrative and regulatory procedures followed by WWP in Washington related to the PURPA QF power purchase contracts included by Water Power in the Company’s PCA application.  Administratively, are PURPA contracts handled by Water Power differently than other power purchase contracts (physical location; accounting entries etc)?
5.Have the PURPA QF power purchase contracts included by Water Power in the Company’s PCA application been identified by the Company as PURPA contracts in any WUTC filings?  Have the contracts ever been identified by Water Power in any regulatory filings as anything other than PURPA-related contracts?
6.Regarding Company response to Staff Production Request No. 2, please indicate whether the project owners have agreed to file notices of self-certification with FERC.
DATED  at Boise, Idaho, this              day of August 1995.
______________________________________
Scott Woodbury
Deputy Attorney General
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