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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING

September 26, 2023 – 1:30 P.M.

In attendance was Commissioner John R. Hammond Jr. and Commissioner Edward Lodge.
Commissioner Eric Anderson was absent. Commissioner Hammond called the meeting to order.

The first order of business was ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED AGENDA for
September 26, 2023.

Commissioner Hammond made a motion, under Idaho Code § 74-204, to amend the agenda as proposed,
moving Action Item No. 8 under the CONSENT AGENDA, Johan E. Kalala-Kasanda’s September 26,
2023, Decision Memorandum re: 2023 Idaho Universal Service Fund Annual Report and
Recommendations, Case No. GNR-T-23-05, to MATTERS IN PROGRESS. A vote was taken on the
motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
September 14, 2023. The Commission voted unanimously to approve the minutes as written.

The next order of business was CONSENT AGENDA:

2. Action Item: Adam Triplett’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Rocky Mountain Power’s Application for a Deferred Accounting Order Regarding Wildfire
Claims; Case No. PAC-E-23-16.

3. Action Item: Adam Triplett’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Intermountain Gas Company’s Application for Authority to File Its Composite Depreciation and
Amortization Rates Every Five Years Instead of Every Three Years; Case No. INT-G-23-05.

4. Action Item: Michael Duval’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Idaho Power Company’s Application for Approval of Amendments to Agreements for Delivery of
Power and Energy with King Hill Irrigation District; Case No. IPC-E-23-21.

5. Action Item: Michael Duval’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Capitol Water Corporation’s Application to Change Its Schedule No. 3 Purchased Power Cost
Adjustment Rate; Case No. CAP-W-23-01.

6. Action Item: Michael Duval’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Avista Corporation’s Annual Compliance Filing to Update the Load and Gas Forecasts in the
Incremental Avoided Cost Model to be Used for Avoided Cost Calculations; Case No. AVU-E-23-
13.

7. Action Item: Michael Duval’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: Sherry Cole’s
Appeal of Order No. 35903 to the Idaho Supreme Court; IPUC Case No. SUP-E-23-01.

9. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Algoma Water System’s Application to Increase Rates for Residential and Commercial Customers;
Case No. AWS-W-23-01.

Commissioner Hammond made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
and 9 under the Consent Agenda. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was MATTERS IN PROGRESS:

8. Action Item: Johan E. Kalala-Kasanda’s September 26, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: 2023
Idaho Universal Service Fund Annual Report and Recommendations; Case No. GNR-T-23-05.

Mr. Kalala-Kasanda presented the Decision Memorandum and asked if the Commission wished to
approve the Administrator’s IUSF 2023-2024 budget, to adopt Staff’s recommended funding Option 1,
and to accept Staff’s final recommendation for quarterly cash flow reports to monitor revenue impacts
from unforeseen changes in line counts or access minutes.

Commissioner Hammond made a motion to approve the Administrator’s IUSF 2023-2024 budget, to
adopt Staff’s recommended funding Option 1, and to accept Staff’s final recommendation for quarterly
cash flow reports to monitor revenue impacts from unforeseen changes in line counts or access minutes.
A vote was taken on the motion and it carried unanimously.

The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:

10. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Avista Corporation’s Annual Power Cost
Adjustment (PCA) Application; Case No. AVU-E-23-08 [Adam Triplett, Attorney].

11. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of the Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism (FCA)
Annual Rate Adjustment Filing of Avista Corporation; Case No. AVU-E-23-09 [Adam Triplett,
Attorney].

12. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Avista Corporation’s Request to Decrease
Energy Efficiency Rider Adjustment – Schedule 91; Case No. AVU-E-23-10 [Michael Duval,
Attorney].

13. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of the Residential and Small Farm Annual Rate
Adjustment Filing of Avista Corporation; Case No. AVU-E-23-11 [Chris Burdin, Attorney].

14. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of the Application of Rocky Mountain Power to
Decrease the BPA REP Credit Effective October 2023 through September 2025; Case No. PAC-E-
23-19 [Chris Burdin, Attorney].

15. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Intermountain Gas Company’s Request for
Authority to Change Its Prices; Case No. INT-G-23-04 [Dayn Hardie, Attorney].

Commissioner Hammond stated that Items 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 under Fully Submitted Matters
would be deliberated privately.

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

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