20061221_1770.pdf

DONALD L. HOWELL, II (ISB 3366)
DEPUTI ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, ID 83720-0074
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: don.howell~puc.idaho.gov
Attorney for Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER TO DETERMINE THE
APPROPRIA TE FUNDING STRUCTURE OF
ITS SCHEDULE 21 (LOW INCOME
WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM)
STAFF MOTION TO POSTPONE
THE FILING OF TESTIMONY
CASE NO. P AC-O6-
COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission by and through its
attorney of record, Donald L. Howell II, Deputy Attorney General, and respectfully submits this
Motion to Postpone the Filing of Testimony currently scheduled for December 20, 2006. As set
out in greater detail below, the parties have agreed in principle to settle this case. The
postponement will allow the parties to execute a settlement agreement thereby avoiding a
contested evidentiary hearing scheduled for February 2, 2007.
BACKGROUND
On September 1 , 2006, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power filed a petition
seeking a declaratory order that the Company s current funding structure for its Low Income
Weatherization Program contained in tariff Schedule 21 is just and reasonable. On September
, 2006, the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAP AI) petitioned to
intervene. On October 3 , 2006, the Commission granted intervenor status to CAP AI. On
November 1 , 2006 , the Commission issued a Notice of Hearing scheduling this matter for
hearing. Order No. 30169.
As set out in Order No. 30169, the Staff and CAPAI were to file their direct
testimony on December 20, 2006 and rebuttal testimony of each other on January 10, 2007.
STAFF MOTION TO POSTPONE
THE FILING OF TESTIMONY
PacifiCorp is scheduled to file its rebuttal testimony on January 24, 2007 with the technical
hearing scheduled for February 2, 2007 in Boise. Order No. 30169 at 2.
THE MOTION
On December 14 , 2006, the parties agreed in principle to settle this case. The parties
anticipate filing the executed settlement agreement about January 3, 2007. Based upon the
settlement, Staff and CAP AI respectfully request that the COIllinission postpone the December
20 deadline for Staff and CAP AI to prefile their testimony. Instead, Staff and CAP AI request
permission to file their testimony in support of the settlement on January 10, 2007 - the date
currently reserved for the filing of Staff/Intervenor rebuttal testimony. No other change to the
schedule is necessary.
The parties to this case recommend that the Commission retain the existing February
, 2007 hearing date and use the hearing to examine the proposed settlement.
In summary, the Staff and CAP AI respectfully request that their deadline for prefile
testimony in support of the settlement be postponed from December 20, 2006 until January 10,
2007.
Respectfully submitted this
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day of December 2006.
Deputy Attorney General
blslN:P AC-O6-1 O Motion
STAFF MOTION TO POSTPONE
THE FILING OF TESTIMONY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 18th DAY OF DECEMBER 2006
SERVED THE FOREGOING STAFF MOTION TO POSTPONE THE FILING OF
TESTIMONY IN CASE NO. PAC-06-, BY E-MAILING A COpy THEREOF, TO
THE FOLLOWING:
DEAN BROCKBANK
PACIFICORP
DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
20 I S MAIN ST STE 2200
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111
BRIAN DICKMAN
P ACIFICORP
DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
201 S MAIN ST STE 2300
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111
BRAD M PURDY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2019 N 17TH ST
BOISE ID 83702
SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE