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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20160711_5011.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER COMMISSIONER RAPER COMMISSIONER ANDERSON COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF LEGAL FROM:BIMNDON KARPEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DATE:JULY 7,2016 SUBJECT:AVISTA GENERAL RATE CASE,CASE NO.AVU-E-16-03 On May 26,2016,Avista Corporation applied to the Commission for authority to increase its electric base rates by $15.4 million (6.3%).The Commission subsequently issued a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline and suspended the first proposed effective date.Order No.33536.Cleanvater Paper Corporation,Idaho Forest Group,Snake River Alliance,and CAPAI intervened as parties.The parties have conferred and agreed to the following schedule: Settlement Conference October 3,2016 Staff/Intervenor Prefile Testimony October 25,2016 Company Prefile Rebuttal November 21,2016 Technical Evidentiary Hearings December 2,2016 The parties believe this schedule will enable the Commission to issue its final Order by December 28,2016,and before the first proposed effective date of January 1,2017. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Commission issue an Order that adopts the above schedule and set a technical hearing for December 2,2016.At this time,Staff makes no recommend regarding public informational workshops,or a public hearing for customers other than the DECISION MEMORANDUM 1 Commission should schedule workshops,and a customer hearing through a separate Order at a later date. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission wish to issue an Order that adopts the agreed-upon schedule and sets a technical hearing as described above? Deputy Attorney General M:AVU-E-I 6-03bk2 DECISION MEMORANDUM 2