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DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTTLITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-007 4
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 9917
Street Address for Express Mail:
I I33I W CHINDEN BLVD, BLDG 8. SUITE 2OI-A
BOISE, ID 83714
Attorneys for the Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLTC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE FIXED COST
ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (FCA)
ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT FILING OF
AVISTA CORPORATION
CASE NO. AVU-G-20.05
FIRST PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE
COMMISSION STAFF
TO AVISTA CORPORATION
The Staff of the ldaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its attorney of record,
Dayn Hardie, Deputy Attorney General, requests that Avista Corporation provide the following
documents and information as soon as possible, but no later than WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5,
2020.
This Production Request is to be considered as continuing, and Avista Corporation is
requested to provide, by way of supplementary responses, additional documents that it, or any
person acting on its behalf, may later obtain that will augment the documents or information
produced.
Please provide answers to each question, supporting workpapers that provide detail or are
the source of information used in calculations, and the name, job title, and telephone number of
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO AVISTA CORPORATION
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the person preparing the documents. Please also identify the name, job title, location, and
telephone number of the record holder.
In addition to the written copies provided in response to the requests, please provide all
Excel spreadsheets and electronic files on CD with formulas intact and enabled.
REQUEST NO. 1: Please provide all internal audit reports and SOX reports detailing
the FCA revenue determination during the 2Ol9 deferral period, including any safeguards or
intemal controls used to ensure that the revenue report is accurate.
REQUEST NO. 2: Please explain the process used to create the revenue reports
provided in the workpapers for the 2019 deferral period.
REQUEST NO. 3: Please describe the process, safeguards, and the internal controls that
have been implemented to validate new customers for the FCA calculations.
REQUEST NO.4: Please provide all internal audit reports and SOX reports regarding
the new customer process for the 2019 deferral period.
REQUEST NO.5: Please provide the number of new natural gas customers by class per
month for January 2020 through June 2020.
REQUEST NO. 6: On page 8, lines 8-l I of the Application, Avista lists the impacts of
three drivers (weather, energy efficiency, and other) on use-per-customer and FCA Revenue for
the residential group and non-residential groups. Please provide supporting documentation for
these calculations including Excel workbooks with formulas intact and enabled.
REQUEST NO. 7: On page 7 ,line l7 through page 8, line 3 of its Application, the
Company estimates that in 2019 its Demand Side Management (DSM) programs reduced
residential usage by approximately 720,000 therms and non-residential usage by approximately
160,000 therms.
FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST
TO AVISTA CORPORATION 2 JULY I5,2O2O
a. Please reconcile these results to the company's 2016,zol7, 2018, and 2019 DSM
reports and any other reports that apply. Please provide supporting documentation for
these calculations including Excel workbooks with formulas intact and enabled.
b. Please provide the Company's estimate of the total weather-normalized change in
consumption in 2019 for the same customer groups.
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DATED at Boise,Idaho, this /-j day of July 2020.
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attomey General
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 15TH DAY OF II]LY 2020,
SERVED THE FOREGOING FIRST PRODUCTION REQUEST OF TIIE
coMndISsIoN STAFF TO AVISTA CORPORATION, rN CASE NO. AVU-G-20-05,
BY E-MAILING A COPY THEREOF, TO THE FOLLOWING:
PATRICK EHRBAR
DIR OF REGI.JLATORY AFFAIRS
AVISTA CORPORATION
POBOX3727
SPoKANE W A99220-3727
E-MAIL: patrick.ehrbar @ avi stacorp.conr
avistadockets @ avistacorp.com
DAVID J MEYER
VP & CHIEF COI.'NSEL
AVISTA CORPORATION
PO BOX 3727
SPoKANE WA99220-3727
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
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