20230907INT to Staff 9-10.pdf

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Preston N. Carter, ISB No. 8462
Morgan D. Goodin, ISB No. 11184
Givens Pursley LLP
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Attorneys for Intermountain Gas Company

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO CHANGE ITS PRICES

Case No. INT-G-23-04

INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY’S
RESPONSES TO THE SECOND PRODUCTION
REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF

Intermountain Gas Company, (“Intermountain,” “Applicant,” or “Company”), in
response to the Second Production Request of the Commission Staff to Intermountain Gas
Company dated September 1, 2023, submits the following responses.
DATED: September 7, 2023.

GIVENS PURSLEY LLP

Preston N. Carter
Attorney for Intermountain Gas Company

RECEIVED
Thursday, September 7, 2023 1:22:39 PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on September 7, 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

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Preston N. Carter

INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY
CASE INT-G-23-04
SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF
Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Kathy Wold/ Lori
Blattner

REQUEST NO. 9:
Please provide the Residential Energy Efficiency rider balancing account information as
of August 1, 2023.
RESPONSE NO. 9:
The Residential Energy Efficiency rider was an over collected balance of $1,469,172.78
as of August 1, 2023. The energy efficiency program accounting will be discussed in detail in the
Energy Efficiency Prudency filing which the Company anticipates filing soon.
INT-G-23-04
IPUC Staff PR 9
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INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY
CASE INT-G-23-04
SECOND PRODUCTION REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION STAFF
Preparer/Sponsoring Witness: Jacob
Darrington/Lori Blattner

REQUEST NO. 10:
Please explain if the Company considered moving the recovery of the over-refunded
Residential Energy Efficiency Funds of $686,777 as shown on Exhibit No. 13 to the Energy
Efficiency balancing account? If not, why not?
RESPONSE NO. 10:
The Company did consider moving the recovery of the over-refunded Residential Energy
Efficiency Funds of $686,777 to the Energy Efficiency balancing account. However, since the
over-refunded amount was related to the refund balance which the Commission had previously
approved to be passed back in the PGA (Case No. INT-G-22-04), and to avoid confusion by
requesting authority to move the over-refunded balance back to the Energy Efficiency balancing
account, the Company determined to keep the over-refunded balance in the PGA. Additionally,
the Company thought it wise to net the recovery of this amount with the overall PGA decrease.
The Company notes that the over-refunded status of the Residential Energy Efficiency Funds
was due to higher than normal therm sales during the 2022-2023 PGA year.
INT-G-23-04
IPUC Staff PR 10
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