20210216MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

February 16, 2021 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance was Commissioner Kristine Raper, and Commissioner Eric Anderson. Commissioner Paul
Kjellander participated by phone. Commissioner Raper called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
February 2, 2021. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:

2. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: The 2016 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, LTD; Case No. FMT-
T-20-01.
3. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: The 2017 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, LTD; Case No. FMT-
T-20-02.
4. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: The 2018 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Farmers Mutual Telephone Company, LTD; Case No. FMT-
T-20-03.
5. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: The 2019 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Farmers Mutual Telecom, Inc.; Case No. FMU-T-20-02.
6. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: The 2019 Broadband
Equipment Tax Credit Application for Qwest Corporation; Case No. QWE-T-20-06.
7. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Idaho Power Company’s Application for an Accounting Order Authorizing the Deferral of
Incremental Wildfire Mitigation and Insurance Costs; Case No. IPC-E-21-02.
8. Action Item: John R. Hammond Jr.’s February 10, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: Avista’s
General Rate Case – Electric Case No. AVU-E-21-01; Natural Gas Case No. AVU-G-21-01.
9. Action Item: Joseph Terry’s February 11, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: PacifiCorp’s Request
to Extend its Short-Term Debt Authority for Five Years; Case No. PAC-E-21-02.
10. Action Item: Matt Hunter’s February 12, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Custer Telephone Broadband Services LLC’s Petition for Expansion of its Eligible
Telecommunications Carrier Designated Service Area; Case No. CTB-T-21-01.
11. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s February 12, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Rocky Mountain Power’s Application for Approval of the Transfer of the Lower Klamath
Hydroelectric Project Generating Facilities; Case No. PAC-E-21-01.

12. Action Item: Rick Keller’s February 12, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power’s Annual
Compliance Filing to Update Charges, Credits, and General Overheads Under Rule H, New Service
Attachments and Distribution Line Installations or Alterations; Tariff Advice No. 20-06.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11 and 12 under the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was MATTER IS PROGRESS:

13. Action Item: Edward Jewell’s February 12, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
the Formal Complaint of Wood Hydro Against Idaho Power Company; Case No. IPC-E-20-28.

Mr. Jewell reviewed his Decision Memorandum and asked does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of
Settlement Stipulation and establish a 14-day comment period and a 7-day reply comment period.

Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to issue a Notice of Settlement Stipulation and establish a 14-
day comment period and a 7-day reply comment period. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried
unanimously.

The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:

14. Deliberation re: Review of Intermountain Gas Company’s Application for Authority to
Implement a Commercial Energy Efficiency Program and Funding Mechanism; Case No. INT-G-
20-04 [John R. Hammond, Jr., Attorney].

15. Deliberation re: In the Matter of Idaho Power Company’s Application to Establish Tariff
Schedule 68-Interconnections to Customer Distributed Energy Resources; Case No. IPC-E-20-30
[Edward Jewell, Attorney].

16. Deliberation re: In the Matter of Idaho Power Company’s Application for Approval or
Rejection of a Second Amendment to the Energy Sales Agreement with ID Solar 1, LLC; Case No.
IPC-E-20-38 [Edward Jewell, Attorney].

Commissioner Raper stated that Items 14, 15 and 16 under Fully Submitted Matters would be deliberated
privately.

Commissioner Raper stated there was no further business before the Commission and the meeting was
adjourned.
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