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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:JULY 22, 2004
RE:CASE NO. P AC-04-
REVISIONS TO REGULATION 12 - LINE EXTENSION
APPLICANT BUILT LINE EXTENSIONS
On July 16, 2004, PacifiCorp submitted for approval proposed tariff pages associated
with its Regulation 12, which pertains to line extensions. The purpose of the filing is to add
clarifying language to Regulation 12. The proposed revisions to Section 5(a), Applicant Built
Line Extensions, and Section (d), Extension, explicitly state that the Applicant Built option only
applies to new construction, which has been the Company s long-standing practice.The
proposed clarifications eliminate any question with regard to the availability of the Applicant
Built Line option. The proposed change to Section 1 (c) clarifies that large, complex or
speculative extensions are defined from the perspective of the Company.
Staff believes that the Company s proposal to add clarifying language to the tariff
was primarily triggered as a result of the pending complaint of Del Ray Holm in Case No. PAC-
03- 7. Staff acknowledges that the tariff language in place at the time Mr. Holm filed his
complaint will continue to apply in the resolution of his complaint. Mr. Holm has discussed the
need for clarification of customer options related to electrical installation and equipment vis-
vis original line extensions and subsequent conversions/relocations. The clarifying language
proposed by PacifiCorp in this case, if approved, would apply only on a going-forward basis and
would hopefully avoid customer confusion and further complaints. Nonnally, clarifying tariff
language such as that proposed in this case would be processed as a tariff advice. In this
instance, however, Staff recommends that the case be processed under Modified Procedure, i.
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by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure
IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. Processing this case under Modified Procedure will establish a
comment period that will pennit Mr. Holm and any other interested party to submit comments on
tariff changes that could potentially affect them in the future.
COMMISSION DECISION
Staff recommends that the Company s proposed tariff changes in Case No. P AC-
04-4 be processed pursuant to Modified Procedure, i., by written submission rather than by
hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. Does the
Commission agree with Staffs recommended procedure?
Scott Woodbury
M:P ACEO404 sw rs
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