20170110_5176.pdf

MOTION FOR
PROCEDURAL RELIEF 1
CAMILLE CHRISTEN, ISB NO. 10177
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
472 W. WASHINGTON STREET (83702-5918)
P.O. BOX 83720
BOISE, ID 83720-0074
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Attorney for the Commission Staff

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE 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
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CASE NO. AVU-E-16-06

MOTION FOR
PROCEDURAL RELIEF

COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its
attorney of record, Camille Christen, Deputy Attorney General, and respectively moves under
Rule 256.03 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure (IDAPA 31.01.01.256.03), for an Order
suspend the comment deadlines in this case, as set in Order No. 33644.
On September 14, 2016, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities filed an Application
requesting the Commission to 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 an evaluation of the Company’s electric
energy efficiency program, performed by a third-party contractor, Nexant, and supporting
testimony.
The Commission issued a Notice of the Application which set a deadline for
interventions. 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.
MOTION FOR
PROCEDURAL RELIEF 2
The parties conferred and agreed upon a comment schedule which Staff proposed to
the Commission. The Commission issued a Notice of Modified Procedure adopting the agreed-
upon deadline for comments of January 31, 2017, and deadline for reply comments of February
21, 2017. Order No. 33644. Staff now respectfully moves to suspend these deadlines.
Good cause exists to suspend the deadlines because:
1. In the course of its review of the Application, Commission Staff
discovered potential discrepancies in the data used in the analysis
supporting the Application (specifically, in the data used by the Company
and that used by its contractor, Nexant). Staff raised its questions about
the data with the Company and Nexant. They indicated that additional
time is needed to resolve Staff’s questions.

2. All parties to the case have advised Staff that they concur with suspending
the deadlines and that once the questions are resolved, they will discuss a
new comment schedule to propose to the Commission.

3. Staff proposes to provide an update to the Commission regarding the
timeline for resolution of the questions no later than January 31, 2017.

Accordingly, Staff respectfully requests that the Commission grant the Motion and
suspend the January 31, 2017 comment and February 21, 2017 reply comment deadlines.
Respectfully submitted this 6th day of January 2017.

Camille Christen
Deputy Attorney General

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