20190401MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
April 1, 2019 – 1:30 P.M.
In attendance were Commissioners Paul Kjellander, Kris Raper and Eric Anderson.
Commissioner Kjellander called the meeting to order.
The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS
MEETING on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the
minutes as written.
The second order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:
2. Action Item: Matt Hunter’s March 26, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power’s
Application for a Determination of 2018 Demand-Side Management Expenses as Prudently
Incurred; Case No. IPC-E-19-11.
3. Action Item: Joseph Terry/Terri Carlock’s March 28, 2019, Decision Memorandum re:
Idaho Power Company’s Request for Shelf Authorization to Issue up to $500,000,000 in
Debt; Case No. IPC-E-19-09.
4. Action Item: Joseph Terry/Terri Carlock’s March 28, 2019, Decision Memorandum re:
Intermountain Gas Company’s Request for Authorization to Issue and Sell Securities;
Case No. INT-G-19-02.
5. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s March 29, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho
Power’s Application for Authority to Implement Fixed Cost Adjustment (“FCA”) Rates for
Electric Service from June 1, 2019, Through May 31, 2020; Case No. IPC-E-19-10.
6. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s March 29, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of the Application of Idaho Power for Consideration of an Energy Sales Agreement with
Little Mac Power Company for the Sale and Purchase of Electric Energy from the Cedar
Draw Hydro Project; Case No. IPC-E-19-12
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for items 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 on the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:
7. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s March 29, 2019, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of the Application of Rocky Mountain Power for Authority to Modify Schedule No. 135-Net
Metering Service; Case No. PAC-E-19-03.

Mr. Jewell reviewed his Decision Memorandum and stated; the company requested an effective
date of May 15, Staff recommends a Comment period ending on June 12, 2019; that makes the
effective date unable to be met on Staff’s proposal.

Commissioner Raper made a motion to; suspend the proposed effective date, issue a Notice of
Application, Issue a Notice of Modified Procedure as recommended by the Staff.

8. Action Item: Election of Commission President.

Commissioner Raper moved that Commissioner Paul Kjellander be elected as the next President
of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. There were no further questions and Commissioner
Kjellander moved to grant the motion. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried
unanimously.

Commissioner Kjellander stated, there was no further business before the Commission and he
adjourned the meeting.

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