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Home My WebLink About20230328INT to Staff - Response to No. 118_119_121.pdfRESPONSE TO THE TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 1 OF 3 Preston N. Carter, ISB No. 8462 Blake W. Ringer, ISB No. 11223 Givens Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 388-1200 Facsimile: (208) 388-1300 prestoncarter@givenspursley.com blakeringer@givenspursley.com Attorneys for Intermountain Gas Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR NATURAL GAS SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO Case No. INT-G-22-07 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY’S RESPONSES TO THE TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF In response to the Tenth Production Request of the Commission Staff to Intermountain Gas Company dated March 15, 2023, Intermountain Gas Company, (“Intermountain,” “Applicant,” or “Company”), submits the following responses. Responsive documents are available for download using the link provided in the accompanying email. Confidential responses and documents are subject to the protective agreement in this case, and are available for download using a password-protected link that will be provided separately by email. The password will be provided in a third email. DATED: March 28, 2023. GIVENS PURSLEY LLP Preston N. Carter Attorney for Intermountain Gas Company RECEIVED 2023 March, 28 4:39PM IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION RESPONSE TO THE TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 2 OF 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on March 28, 2023, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served upon all parties of record in this proceeding via electronic mail as indicated below: Commission Staff Via Electronic Mail Jan Noriyuki, Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 jan.noriyuki@puc.idaho.gov Dayn Hardie Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg. 8, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 dayn.hardie@puc.idaho.gov Chad M. Stokes Cable Huston LLP 1455 SW Broadway, Ste. 1500 Portland, OR 97201 Attorneys for Alliance of Western Energy Consumers cstokes@cablehuston.com Marie Callaway Kellner 710 N. 6th Street Boise, ID 83702 Attorneys for Idaho Conservation League mkellner@idahoconservation.org Brad Heusinkveld Idaho Conservation League, Energy Assoc. 710 N. 6th Street Boise, ID 83702 bheusinkveld@idahoconservation.org Darrell Early Ed Jewell Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney’s Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. PO Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 boisecityattorney@cityofboise.org dearly@cityofboise.org ejewell@cityofboise.org RESPONSE TO THE TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF COMMISSION STAFF PAGE 3 OF 3 Wil Gehl Energy Program Manager Boise City Dept. of Public Works 150 N. Capitol Blvd. PO Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 wgehl@cityofboise.org Preston N. Carter INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY CASE INT-G-22-07 TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Ted Dedden/Jacob Darrington REQUEST NO. 118: Regarding the Company’s response to Production Request No. 93, please explain what the following terms/acronyms mean in transaction descriptions: Boise GO, BSE Alliance Meeting, Mentoring Program, MVBA, NCEL, SIEO, SSIP, SWIB, TSRA, Western Operating Group, WEWI, and WROG. RESPONSE NO. 118: The following terms/acronyms in the transaction descriptions requested are as follows: Boise GO – Boise General Office located at 555 S. Cole Road; Boise ID BSE Alliance Meeting – BSE is Border States which provides materials procurement services for Intermountain Gas Company. Mentoring Program – Internal mentoring program to allows employees additional opportunities to gain experience and knowledge from within the MDU Resources regulated group that will help make them more effective in their current roles and to help prepare them to compete for other opportunities in the organization. This is accomplished through mentoring, administered by Human Resources, which is intended to help employees establish a one-on-one relationship with a mentor that will provide learning opportunities and enhance motivation to pursue long-range career goals. MVBA - Magic Valley Builders Association NCEL - North Central Electric League INT-G-22-07 IPUC DR 118 Page 1 of 2 SIEO - Southern Idaho Eastern Oregon Underground Corrosion Committee SSIP - System Safety and Integrity Projects SWIB - Montana State Workforce Innovation Board TSRA - Montana Treasure State Resources Association Western Operating Group - Round table meeting of directors and VP’s from western utilities (IGC/Avista/Northwest Natural/Dominion West/Southwest Gas/Cascade) to discuss operational challenges/opportunities/best practices.The group was created 20 years ago to spend a shorter amount of time and money (no “conference registration fees”) to bring leaders together. The host company rotates. By hosting, a company provides a meeting facility and provides two lunches and a dinner. Typical attendance runs around 15-20 people. WEWI – This was a typo on the expense report, it should have been WEI – Western Energy Institute. WROG - Western Region Operations Group INT-G-22-07 IPUC DR 118 Page 2 of 2 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY CASE INT-G-22-07 TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Ted Dedden/Jacob Darrington REQUEST NO. 119: Regarding the Company's response to Production Request No. 93, please list any airfare expenses in which non-employees' travel expenses were included in this case, such as: spouses, children, family, friends, etc. Please also provide any instances where the Company paid for First Class/Business Class seating for travelers and provide a copy of the Company's travel policy for employees. RESPONSE NO. 119: Regarding the Company’s response to Production Request No. 93, the following non- employee travel expenses were included in the case and charged to FERC account 921: Hart Gilchrist’s June 2022 expense report included $279.85 spouse’s airfare to attend the Idaho Governor’s Cup event. Hart Gilchrist’s September 2022 expense report included two charges for $70.00 related to spouse’s checked baggage fees to attend the Idaho Governor’s Cup event. The Company does not permit Company-paid first-class travel. If an employee wishes to travel first-class, the employee must personally pay the difference to upgrade. Please see RFP 119 Travel Policy.pdf for a copy of the Company’s travel policy for employees. INT-G-22-07 IPUC DR 119 Page 1 of 1 INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY CASE INT-G-22-07 TENTH PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Carmen Goicoechea/Jacob Darrington REQUEST NO. 121: Please provide a list of all expenses associated with Western Union or SpeedPay customer payments. RESPONSE NO. 121: Please see RFP 121 Western Union.xlsx for transactions associated with Western Union customer payments. The total for Western Union transactions is $68,990.20. Total deferred Western Union payment processing fees in ‘WP- Western Union Fees’ in the Company’s updated revenue requirement model provided in the Supplemental Response to AWEC Production Request No. 2. is $68,976.65. The $13.55 difference relates to handling, redeposit, or return fees which are directly expensed and not deferred. For SpeedPay, customers pay the $1.99 transaction fee for payments. There are no fees related to SpeedPay that Intermountain pays. INT-G-22-07 IPUC DR 121 Page 1 of 1