20231121MIN.pdf

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
MINUTES OF DECISION MEETING
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
November 21, 2023 – 1:30 p.m.

In attendance was Commissioner Eric Anderson, Commissioner John R. Hammond, Jr. and
Commissioner Edward Lodge. Commissioner Anderson called the meeting to order.
The first order of business was APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING on
November 6, 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 November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Idaho Power Company’s Application for Approval of the Second Amendment to the 2022 Special
Contract for the Electric Service Between Idaho Power Company and Micron Technology, Inc.;
Case No. IPC-E-23-30.
3. Action Item: Dayn Hardie’s November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Avista Corporation’s Application for an Order Authorizing Deferred Accounting for Costs Related
to the November 2023 Williams Northwest Pipeline Outage; Case No. AVU-G-23-08.
4. Action Item: Michael Eldred’s November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Idaho Power Company’s Request for Exemption from the Company’s Rule C Provisions Regarding
Aggregating Meter Reading; Case No. IPC-E-23-29.
5. Action Item: Chris Burdin’s November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
the Application of Avista Corporation, d/b/a Avista Utilities, requesting Authority to Establish Tariff
Schedule 23 for Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) of Electric Vehicles; Case No. AVU-E-23-16.
6. Action Item: Travis Culbertson’s November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter
of Atomic Water Works’ Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity; Case
No. ATW-W-23-01.
Commissioner Anderson made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendations for Items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
under 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: Adam Triplett’s November 21, 2023, Decision Memorandum re: In the Matter of
Questar Gas Company and Enbridge Quail Holdings’ Joint Application for Approval of the
Proposed Sale of Fall West Holdco, LLC to Enbridge Quail Holdings, LLC; Case No. QST-G-23-01.
Commissioner Anderson made a motion to approve Staff’s recommendation to further discussions with
Questar to determine if the case should proceed. A vote was taken on the motion and it carried
unanimously.
The next order of business was FULLY SUBMITTED MATTERS:
8. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Idaho Power Company’s Application for
Approval of Amendments to Agreement for Delivery of Power and Energy with King Hill Irrigation
District; Case No. IPC-E-23-21 [Michael Duval, Attorney].
9. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Temp Telecom’s Application for Designation as
an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier; Case No. TEM-T-23-01 [Michael Duval, Attorney].
10. Deliberation 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 [Dayn Hardie,
Attorney].
11. Deliberation Memorandum re: In the Matter of Idaho Power Company’s Application for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Acquire Resources to be Online in Both 2024
and 2025 and for Approval of an Energy Storage Agreement with Kuna Bess, LLC; Case No. IPC-
E-23-20 [Chris Burdin, Attorney].
Commissioner Anderson stated that Items 8-11 under Fully Submitted Matters would be deliberated
privately.
Commissioner Anderson stated there was no further business before the Commission and the meeting was
adjourned.

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INTERIM COMMISSION SECRETARY DATE OF APPROVAL