20210419Avista to Staff 113.pdf

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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 04/12/2021
CASE NO: AVU-E-21-01 / AVU-G-21-01 WITNESS: James Kensok
REQUESTER: IPUC RESPONDER: Karen Schuh
TYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: Enterprise Tech. PMO
REQUEST NO.: Staff-113 TELEPHONE: [phone]

REQUEST:
Regarding Enterprise Technology Capital Additions in James M. Kensok Direct Testimony, listed
on page 12, please provide business case documentation or project selection analysis documents
and completion dates or expected in-service dates for all technology projects listed below:
o High Voltage Protection (HVP) Refresh
o Technology Refresh to Sustain Business Process
o Basic Workplace Technology Delivery
o Enterprise Data Science
o ET Modernization & Operational Efficiency – Technology
o Facilities Driven Technology Improvements
o Fiber Network Lease Service Replacement
o Land Mobile Radio & Real Time Communication Systems
o Financial & Accounting Technology
o Energy Resources Modernization & Operational Efficiency
o Human Resources Technology
o Legal & Compliance Technology
o CIP v5 Transition - Cyber Asset Electronic Access
o Payment Card Industry Compliance (PCI)
o NERC CIP Compliance
o Facilities and Storage Location Security
o Telecommunication & Network Distribution location Security
o Enterprise Business Continuity

RESPONSE:
Please see the business case documentation located in Company witness Mr. Kensok’s Exhibit
No.13, Schedule 1. The completion dates or expected in-service dates for all the above technology
projects are included in the Company’s response to Staff_PR_043, including updated data for Pro
Forma Adjustment 3.08 – 2020 Pro Forma EOP, reflecting actual 2020 transfers to plant, including
retirements, for both electric and natural gas. The Company has also updated Pro Forma
Adjustment 3.09 – 2021 Pro Forma EOP to reflect variances between final 2020 expected transfer
to plant amounts and 2020 year-end CWIP (as described in Company Witness Ms. Schultz’s
testimony) for both electric and natural gas. The cascading effect of updating Pro Forma
Adjustments 3.08 – 3.09 can be seen in Pro Forma Adjustments 3.10, 22.01, and 22.02. Please see
Staff_PR_043 Attachment A for the updated adjustments. Both the “Electric SUM 2020-2021
Update” and “Nat. Gas SUM 2020-2021 Update” tabs show the variance between adjustments
from the Company’s original filing and this 2020-2021 update.

Staff_PR_043 Attachment B contains the electric and natural gas transfers to plant detail for years
2020–2023, which is the basis for the monthly plant additions inputs in Staff_PR_043 Attachment
(see tabs “Summary-Cost-E” and “Summary-Cost-G”). In Staff_PR_043 Attachment B, on the
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“CAP_2020-2023 Plant Additions” tab, the user can filter Column A – “ID Witness” for the
desired Company witness. Specifically, monthly Idaho transfer to plant balances can be seen in
Column AO through Column BA; the associated year is listed by project in Column J.

The Company intends to update Pro Forma Adjustments 3.09 – 3.10, 22.01 – 22.02 with Q1 actual
2021 transfers to plant and a re-forecast of April – December 2021 when available. The system
re-forecast is expected to be available in late April 2021, with the jurisdiction reallocation
available to update Pro Forma Adjustments 3.09 – 3.10, 22.01 – 22.02 the first two weeks of May.