20041004_961.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:LISA NORDSTROM
DATE:OCTOBER 1, 2004
RE:IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S 2004
ELECTRIC INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP). CASE NO. IPC-04-
18.
On August 27 2004, Idaho Power Company filed its 2004 Integrated Resource Plan
(IRP) with the Commission. The Company s filing is pursuant to a biennial requirement
established in Commission Order No. 22299 Case No. U-1500-165. The IRP describes the
Company s growing customer base, load growth, supply-side resources and demand-side
management.Additionally, the 88-page IRP document and related appendices contain
information regarding available resource options, planning period forecasts, potential resource
portfolios, risk analyses, a ten-year resource plan, and a near-term action plan.
COMMISSION DECISION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Idaho Power s IRP filing
and establish a lengthy comment period (e., ending December 3, 2004). Does the Commission
wish to process this case with Staff s proposed procedure?
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Lisa N ordstro
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DECISION MEMORANDUM