20031208_707.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:DECEMBER 2, 2003
SUBJECT:CASE NO. PAC-03-3 (PacifiCorp)
IDAHO 2003 IRRIGATION LOAD CONTROL CREDIT RIDER PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE FILING - PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT;
PROPOSED CHANGES TO SCHEDULE NO. 72 PROGRAM
On November 28, 2003, PacifiCorp dba Utah Power & Light Company filed an
Idaho 2003 Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program Impact Evaluation Report in Case No.
P AC-03-3. The Evaluation Report filing is a compliance filing pursuant to Commission
directive in Order No. 29209 wherein the Company was directed to submit a report at the end of
the 2003 irrigation season summarizing the results of the Schedule No. 72 Irrigation Load
Control Credit Rider Program (Program).
Also in compliance with the Commission s Order No. 29209 the Company
recommends the following changes to improve the Program. The intent ofthe of the Company
recommendations is two fold: (1) streamline the enrollment process and (2) mitigate potential
customer concerns that may have limited customer participation in the 2003 Program. The
Company proposes to:
1. Provide customers with a Load Control Service Agreement by January
15th of each year together with the Load Control Service Credit
notification (the credit the customer would receive should they elect to
participate). The Load Control Service Agreement will include the
amount of credit the customer would receive during the upcoming
irrigation season if participation is elected.
2. Require that customers sign and return the Load Control Service
Agreement by February 15th of each year to indicate their intention to
participate in the Program.
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3. Notify participating customers of the scheduled hours for load control
during the irrigation season by March 15th of each calendar year.
4. Permit participating customers to notify the Company of their intent to
opt out of the Program without penalty by April 15th. Under the
Company proposal customers notifying the Company of their intent to
opt out of the Program after April 15th shall be subject to the terms of
Special Condition No., Early Termination (Schedule No. 72).
5. Not enforce the ineligibility for the 2004 irrigation season for customers
who submitted an Intent to Participate Notification in the 2003 Program
but subsequently failed to execute a Load Control Service Agreement.
This proposal is based on the Company recommendation to eliminate the
Intent to Participate Notification as part of the 2004 Program.
6. To limit the potential cost for participating customers under terms of
Special Condition No., Cost of Load Control Devices, (Schedule No.
72) to such costs only to the extent that they exceed one thousand dollars.
The Company notes its intent to separately file tariff changes reflecting these recommendations
together with the Load Control Service Credit for the 2004 irrigation season on or prior to
December 5 , 2003.
Commission Decision
Staff recommends that the Company s proposed Schedule No. 72 tariff changes
together with proposed 2004 Load Control Service Credit be Noticed, that the matter be
processed under Modified Procedure (IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204) and that a 21-day comment
period be established.
Scott Woodbury
bls/M:P ACEO303 sw
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