20180126Avista to Staff_DR_211(H1).DOCX

HYDRO ONE LIMITED
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION:OREGONDATE PREPARED:November 6, 2017
CASE NO.:UM 1897WITNESS:Chris Lopez
REQUESTER:PUC StaffRESPONDER:Adele PantusaTYPE:Data RequestDEPT:Law
REQUEST NO.:Staff – 211(H1)TELEPHONE:[phone]EMAIL:[e-mail]:
Please provide the following information regarding Hydro One’s accounting for the preclosing costs associated with the acquisition of Avista:
Please describe Hydro One’s method for determining if a cost is directly assigned or allocated;
Please provide all policies, guidelines, and training material used by Hydro One employees to determine direct assignment or allocation of these costs; and,
Please identify any estimates used to apply or assign costs and provide the supporting calculations in Excel; and,
Please provide the total amount of cost incurred currently and explain how Hydro One expects to recoup the costs.
RESPONSE: a), b) & c) With respect to any pre-closing costs incurred by Hydro One, no such costs will be allocated or assigned to Avista.d) As of September 30, 2017 approximately $19 million of pre-closing costs have been incurred by Hydro One and will be funded by Hydro One.