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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20161107_5114.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1 DECISION MEMORANDUM TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER COMMISSIONER RAPER COMMISSIONER ANDERSON COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF LEGAL FROM: CAMILLE CHRISTEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2016 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR A FINDING OF PRUDENCE FOR 2014-2015 EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, CASE NO. AVU-E-16-06 On September 14, 2016, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities filed an Application requesting the Commission issue an Order finding that the Company prudently incurred $9,999,742 in electric energy efficiency expenses in Idaho from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015. The Application describes the Company’s energy efficiency activities and their cost-effectiveness. The Application includes supporting testimony and the Company’s Idaho 2014 and 2015 Demand-Side Management (DSM) Annual Reports. It also includes an evaluation of the Company’s electric energy efficiency program, performed by a third-party contractor, Nexant, and supporting testimony. The Company requests that the Application be processed by Modified Procedure. On October 4, 2016, the Commission issued an Order providing notice of the Application and setting a deadline for interventions, and directing the parties to confer about a proposed schedule and report their proposal to the Commission. Order No. 33617. The Commission received and granted Petitions to Intervene from the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI) and the Idaho Conservation League. Order No. 33636. DECISION MEMORANDUM 2 Commission Staff conferred informally with the parties and agreed to propose that the Company’s Application be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31, 2017, and reply comments, if any, due February 21, 2017.1 STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Commission issue an Order providing that this Application be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31, 2017, and reply comments, if any, due February 21, 2017. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission wish to issue an Order providing that this Application be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31, 2017, and reply comments, if any, due February 21, 2017? M:AVU-E-16-06_cc2 1 Intervenor CAPAI stated that it agreed the schedule was reasonable without waiving any rights it may have under Rule 201, et seq. (IDAPA 31.01.01.201-.204) regarding the use of Modified Procedure and whether it is appropriate in this case.