20210608MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

June 8, 2021 – 1:30 P.M.

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

The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
June 1, 2021. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to move Action Item 3 under Consent Agenda to Matters in
Progress. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:

2. Action Item: John R. Hammond Jr.’s June 2, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: Idaho Power
Company’s Application to Update the Gas Forecast in the Incremental Cost Integrated Resource
Plan Avoided Cost Model; Case No. IPC-E-21-15.
4. Action Item: Matt Hunter’s June 4, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of Rocky
Mountain Power’s Application for Approval or Rejection of the Power Purchase Agreement between
PacifiCorp and Dry Creek LLC; Case No. PAC-E-21-13.
Commissioner Kjellander made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation for Items 2 and 4 under the
Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was MATTER IS PROGRESS:

3. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s June 4, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: Intermountain Gas
Company’s Application for Approval to Change Its Depreciation and Amortization Rates; Case No.
INT-G-21-01.
Mr. Hardie reviewed the Decision Memorandum and asked does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of
Proposed Settlement and Notice of Amended Public Comment Deadline vacating the June 8, 2021, public
comment deadline and keeping the June 22, 2021, reply comment deadline set in Order No. 34960.
Commission Raper made a motion to issue a Notice of Proposed Settlement and Notice of Amended Public
Comment Deadline vacating the prior comment deadlines and setting a 14-day public comment deadline
and a 21-day reply comment deadline. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
5. Action Item: Daniel Klein’s and Matt Hunter’s June 4, 2021, Decision Memorandum re: In the
Matter of Columbine Telephone Company, Inc.’s Tariff Filing Changing the Manner in Which
Facilities Extensions are Handled.
Mr. Klein reviewed the Decision Memorandum and asked does the Commission wish to initiate a formal
proceeding to determine whether the Company’s proposed tariff complies with the Commission’s
regulatory requirements, process the case by Modified Procedure setting a July 8, 2021, comment deadline

and a July 15, 2021, reply comment deadline, and suspend the proposed effective date of the Company’s
proposed tariff for 60 days.
Commissioner Raper made a motion to suspend the proposed effective date of the Company’s proposed
tariff for 60 days and process the case by Modified Procedure setting a July 8, 2021, comment deadline and
a July 15, 2021, reply comment deadline. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.
Commissioner Kjellander stated there was no further business before the Commission and the meeting
was adjourned.
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