HomeMy WebLinkAbout20121015_3867.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 12, 2012
SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF PACIFICORP, DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER,
TO CANCEL SCHEDULE 17 AND IMPLEMENT A PARTIAL
REQUIREMENTS TARIFF, CASE NO. PAC-E-12-12
On August 13, 2012, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Rocky Mountain” or
“Company”) filed an Application, pursuant to Idaho Code §§ 61-301, 61-307, 61-622, and 61-
623, with the Commission seeking authorization to cancel electric service Schedule No. 17,
Standby Service, and replace it with a new electric service Schedule No. 31, Partial
Requirements Service.
APPLICATION
Rocky Mountain states that Partial Requirements Service is designed for customers
with on-site generation, or whose electric service requirements are obtained from any service
other than the Company including: back-up, supplementary, excess and maintenance power. A
customer can contract for Partial Requirements Service for a minimum of one year. Schedule 31
is not required where on-site generation is used only for emergency supply in case of utility
outage. Service under Schedule 31 would be available to high voltage customers with loads up
to 15,000 kW. Consistent with Schedule 9, General Service – High Voltage, customers with
loads in excess of 15,000 kW will require a special contract.
The proposed Schedule 31 rates are based on and aligned with Schedule 9 and the
cost of service results from the last general rate case, Case No. PAC-E-11-12. This assures
consistency between Schedule 31 and the corresponding full requirement rates on Schedule 9,
under which eligible customers would otherwise take service.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
Rocky Mountain asserts that Schedule 17, Standby Service, has had no customers for
at least the last 15 years. Since approval of Schedule 17, the Company has implemented and
refined partial requirements service tariffs in Utah, Schedule 31, and Wyoming, Schedule 33,
both of which have seen more customer participation and interest.
Based on a recent Idaho customer inquiry, the Company believes that Idaho
customers would benefit from a partial requirements service option currently available in the
Company’s other jurisdictions. The Company states that significant modifications are necessary
in order to make Schedule 17 compatible with the Company’s other jurisdictions. Thus, the
Company proposes to cancel the current Standby Service Schedule 17 and implement a new
Partial Requirement Service as Schedule 31.
The Company also included the direct testimony of Ms. Joelle Steward, and the
Company’s proposed tariff, Electric Service Schedule No. 31 Partial Requirements Service -
High Voltage, in support of its Application.
Rocky Mountain requests that the Commission process its Application through
Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process Rocky Mountain’s Application through
Modified Procedure with a 21-day comment period and a 14-day deadline for intervention?
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