20050118_1066.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
CO MMISSI ON SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:WELDON STUTZMAN
DATE:JANUARY 11 , 2005
SUBJECT:IDAHO POWER'S APPLICATION FOR AN ACCOUNTING ORDER
REGARDING RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT GRANT, CASE NO. IPC-
04-
On December 27, 2004, Idaho Power Company filed an Application for an
accounting order authorizing the Company to amortize the cost of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
Transmission Right-of-Way Easement Grant. The accounting order would allow the Company
to amortize the cost of a newly negotiated easement across tribal property. The term of the
easement extends through December 31 , 2027, but also covers the period between 1996 to the
present. The total amount of the negotiated easement grant is $7,490 000, most of which will be
paid in three annual installments.
Staff has reviewed the Company s Application and recommends that it be processed
by Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Application of Idaho Power Company for an accounting order for the
treatment of the Shoshone-Bannock Transmission Right-of-Way Easement Grant be processed
by Modified Procedure?
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Weldon Stutzman
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DECISION MEMORANDUM