20200505_dh1.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 1, 2020

SUBJECT: IDAHO POWER’S APPLICATION FOR A DETERMINATION OF 2019
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT EXPENSES AS PRUDENTLY
INCURRED; CASE NO. IPC-E-20-15.

On March 13, 2020, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
for an order finding that the Company’s demand-side management (“DSM”) expenses for the year
2019 were prudently incurred. The Company requests the Commission designate $45,079,479 in
deferred costs for 19 DSM programs, which included $38,083,244 in Idaho Energy Efficiency
Rider expenses, and $6,996,236 in demand response program incentives, as prudently incurred
DSM expenses. The Application summarizes the Company’s 2019 DSM program performance,
expenses, adjustments, cost-effectiveness, evaluations of the program, and input from
stakeholders. The Company also requests authorization to eliminate the reporting requirement for
the annual Flex Peak Program. The Company requests its Application be processed via Modified
Procedure.
On April 6, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline setting a twenty-one (21) day intervention deadline. City of Boise, Idaho
Conservation League, Industrial Customers of Idaho Power, and Idaho Irrigation Pumpers
Association all timely petitioned to intervene in this matter.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure with an
August 13, 2020 public comment deadline and an August 27, 2020 Company reply deadline.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure with an August
13, 2020 public comment deadline and an August 27, 2020 Company reply deadline?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General

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