20150202_4582.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JANUARY 30, 2015

SUBJECT: ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A
TRANSACTION TO CLOSE DEER CREEK MINE AND FOR A DEFERRED
ACCOUNTING ORDER, CASE NO. PAC-E-14-10

On December 15, 2014, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Rocky Mountain” or
“Company”) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”),
pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-328, for approval of a transaction to close the Deer Creek Mine located
near Huntington, Utah, and for a deferred Accounting Order. The Company attached the direct
testimony of several witnesses, Cindy A. Crane, Seth Schwartz, and Douglas K. Stuver, to its
Application.
The mine is currently operated by Energy West Mining Company (“Energy West”), a
wholly owned subsidiary consolidated with PacifiCorp for regulatory purposes. This Application is
filed by PacifiCorp, on its own and on behalf of Energy West.
On January 14, 2015, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Intervention
Deadline. To date, no party has filed a Petition to Intervene as a party in this case.
Subsequently, Staff and Rocky Mountain have reached an agreement on a schedule for the
submission of comments regarding the Company’s Application and reply comments, if needed, by the
Company.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and Notice of Schedule
in this case?

/s/ Neil Price
Neil Price
Deputy Attorney General