20150420_4651.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: APRIL 16, 2015

SUBJECT: IDAHO POWER’S PCA APPLICATION, CASE NO. IPC-E-15-14

On April 15, 2015, Idaho Power Company filed its annual Power Cost Adjustment
(PCA) Application. The Company maintains that if the Application is approved, the Company’s
Idaho customers collectively would pay about $10.1 million (or 0.91%) less for electricity in the
upcoming year than they do now, and a typical residential customer’s bill would decrease by
about 47¢ per month. The Company’s Application would impact major customer classes as
follows:
Proposed 2015 Revenue Impact by Class:
Percentage Decrease from Current Billed Rates
(0.45%) (0.07%) (1.15%) (1.83%) (0.91%) (0.91%)
Source: Application Attach. 2, Revenue Impact Summary; See also, News Release
filed with Application.

The percent decrease to billed revenue for the Company’s three special contract customers
during the PCA year would be as follows: Micron—(2.22%); Simplot—(2.45%); DOE (INL)—
(2.31%).
The Company’s proposed PCA adjustments are reflected in an updated Schedule 55,
which is attached to the Application. The Company requests that the new rates take effect on
June 1, 2015, and that the case be processed by Modified Procedure.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
As in past years, the Company asks the Commission to process its Application under
Modified Procedure. Staff concurs with the use of Modified Procedure. Given the current
demands on Staff, Staff recommends a May 15, 2015 comment deadline and a May 20, 2015
reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process the Application by Modified Procedure with a
May 15, 2015 comment deadline and a May 20, 2015 reply deadline?

Karl Klein
Karl Klein
Deputy Attorney General

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