20170207Staff to INT 92-94.pdf

KARL T. KLEIN
SEAN COSTELLO
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]/334-0312
IDAHO BAR NOS. 5156/8743
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attorneys for the Commission Staff
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
) IN THE MATTER OF INTERMOUNTAIN
GAS COMPANY'S APPLICATION TO
CHANGEITSRATESANDCHARGESFOR
NATURAL GAS SERVICE.
) CASE NO. INT-G-16-02
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COMMISSION STAFF'S
RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS
COMPANY
The Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission responds as follows to Intermountain
Gas Company's Third Production Request to Commission Staff.
STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS FEBRUARY 7, 2017
STAFF WITNESS MICHAEL MORRISON WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT OR SPONSOR THE ANSWER TO REQUEST NO. 92, BELOW.
REQUEST NO. 92: Please provide all the necessary detail supporting the Revenue and
Cost of Gas dollar amounts corresponding to the adjustment for weather normalization on
Exhibit 103, Column 10, lines 1 and 5.
STAFF RESPONSE NO. 92: See Staff Response No. 20.
STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
INTERMOUNT AIN GAS 2 FEBRUARY 7, 2017
STAFF WITNESS JOSEPH TERRY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT OR SPONSOR THE ANSWERS TO REQUEST NOS. 93-94, BELOW.
REQUEST NO. 93: Please provide in Excel format with links activated, the supporting
calculations to Exhibit No. 106, including the determination of accumulated depreciation related
to the Company's Customer Service Center. Please also include all supporting documentation
relied on by Staff in the creation of Exhibit No. 106.
STAFF RESPONSE NO. 93: See File Name PR #93 on the CD produced with this
response.
REQUEST NO. 94: Were the Net Book Values of the Company's Customer Service
Center building and land on Exhibit 106 determined using a 13-month average? If not, why not?
If so, please provide the 13-month calculation if not already included in the response to the
request above.
STAFF RESPONSE NO. 94: No. As used in Exhibit 106, net book value refers to an
asset's cost minus accumulated depreciation. Exhibit 106 reflects that the Company's customer
service building and land collectively have a net book value of $5,615,255, which consists of a
$2,004,555 net book value for the land and a $3,610,700 net book value for the building.
Because land does not depreciate, it was unnecessary for Staff to use a 13-month average to
calculate depreciation and net book value for the land. The land's net book value remains
constant. And, while the building does depreciate, lowering the building's net book value by the
thirteen-month average of the monthly depreciation rate would only minimally reduce the rate
base. Staff considered that net revenue requirement change to be immaterial.
STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS 3 FEBRUARY 7, 2017
DA TED at Boise, Idaho, this
Technical Staff: Michael Morrison/92
Joseph Terry/93-94
i:umisc/intgl6.2 Staff 3rd Response to Intermountain Gas
STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS
day of February 2017.
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Sean Costello
Deputy Attorney General
4 FEBRUARY 7, 2017
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 7TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2017,
SERVED THE FOREGOING COMMISSION STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THE THIRD
PRODUCTION REQUEST OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY, IN CASE NO.
INT-G-16-02, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE
FOLLOWING:
MICHAEL P McGRATH
DIR -REGULA TORY AFFAIRS
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS CO
PO BOX 7608
BOISE ID 83707
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
BRADMPURDY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2019 N 17TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CHAD M STOKES
TOMMY A BROOKS
CABLE HUSTON LLP
1001 SW 5TH AVE STE 2000
PORTLAND OR 97204-1136
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
BENJAMIN J OTTO
ID CONSERVATION LEAGUE
710 N 6TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
RONALD L WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS BRADBURY
1015 W HAYS ST
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
EDWARD A FINKLEA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NW INDUSTRIAL GAS USERS
545 GRANDVIEW DR
ASHLAND OR 87520
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
ELECTRONIC ONLY
MICHAEL C CREAMER
GIVENS PURSLEY LLP
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
F DIEGO RIV AS
NW ENERGY COALITION
1101 8TH AVENUE
HELENA MT 59601
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
PETER RICHARDSON
GREGORY MADAMS
RICHARDSON ADAMS PLLC
515 N 27TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
KEN MILLER
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE
PO BOX 1731
BOISE ID 83701
E-MAIL: kmiller@snakeri veralliance. org
LANNY L ZIEMAN
NATALIE A CEPAK
THOMAS A JERNIGAN
EBONY M PAYTON
AFLOA/JA-ULFSC
139 BARNES DR STE 1
TYNDALL AFB FL 32403
E-MAIL: lanny.zieman.l @us.af.mil
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Ebony. pa yton. [e-mail]
SCOTT DALE BLICKENSTAFF
AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO LLC
1951 S SATURN WAY
STE 100
BOISE ID 83709
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
ANDREW J UNSICKER MAJ USAF
AFLOA/JACE-ULFSC
139 BARNES DR STE 1
TYNDALL AFB FL 32403
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
SECREi'~-
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE