20160208_4894.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF

FROM: DAPHNE HUANG
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 2016

SUBJECT: IDAHO POWER’S APPLICATION TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF
ASSETS TO THE FBI, CASE NO. IPC-E-15-26
On November 25, 2015, Idaho Power Company filed an Application with the
Commission for an Order approving the transfer and sale of certain assets to the United States
Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Idaho Power asked that the
Application be processed under Modified Procedure, and that the Commission’s Order be issued
on or before February 25, 2016.
On December 15, 2015, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure. Order No. 33433. The Industrial Customers of Idaho Power (ICIP) filed a
Petition to Intervene and a Motion to Extend Comment Deadline which the Commission granted,
extending the comment deadline to January 26, 2016, and the reply deadline to February 2, 2016.
Order No. 33443. The Commission has timely received comments from Staff and ICIP, as well
as reply comments from the Company. The Commission also received comments from the FBI
on February 2, 2016.
Under Idaho Code § 61-328(2), the Commission “shall conduct a public hearing upon
the application” by an electric utility for the sale of property, as in this case. Upon completion of
such hearing, this matter shall be fully submitted. Staff recommends that the Commission
convene a public technical hearing so that the Commission can issue its decision in this case by
February 25, 2016.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Public Technical Hearing, to satisfy
Idaho Code § 61-328(2), at which the parties may appear in person or by telephone, and respond
to any questions the Commission may have regarding the parties’ Comments already on file in
this case?

/s/ Daphne Huang
Daphne Huang
Deputy Attorney General

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