HomeMy WebLinkAbout20150909AVU to Staff 114.docAVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 09/02/2015
CASE NO.: AVU-E-15-05/AVU-G-15-01 WITNESS: Patrick Ehrbar
REQUESTER: IPUC RESPONDER: Patrick Ehrbar
TYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: State & Federal Regulation
REQUEST NO.: Staff - 114 TELEPHONE: (509) 495-8620
REQUEST:
The Fixed Cost Adjustment (FCA) proposal has been justified in Idaho to remove the utility’s financial disincentive for energy efficiency. Please provide the justification for the natural gas FCA proposal given the Company’s natural gas DSM programs have been suspended since 2012.
RESPONSE:
The Company has requested approval of an electric and natural gas Fixed Cost Adjustment mechanism in an effort to recover the fixed costs of providing service to customers. Customer usage is impacted not only by the effects of programmatic DSM and non-programmatic DSM (i.e., behavioral savings, changes to codes and standards, etc.), but also by the effects of weather, distributed generation and other factors.
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