20200929_mh2.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MATT HUNTER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: SEPTEMBER 25 , 2020

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO REVISE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY RIDER, TARIFF
SCHEDULE 91; CASE NO. IPC -E-20-33

On August 21, 2020, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
for approval to increase the collection percentage of the Energy Efficiency Rider (“Rider”), tariff
Schedule 91.
THE APPLICATION
The Rider was created by the Commission in Orde r No. 29026 to fund demand-side
management (“DSM”) programs, and is set as a percentage of the Company’s base rate revenues.
See Order No. 34345. The Company proposes the Rider percentage be increased from 2.75 percent
to 3.10 percent. Application at 1. Th e Company explains that this percentage change is intended
to closely match the Company’s request in Case No. IPC -E-20-32 “to remove the revenue
requirement associated with the Boardman coal -fired plant scheduled to cease operations at the
end of 2020.” Id . at 3 .
If the Company’s Application is approved as filed, the Company’s current billed
revenue would increase by $3.7 million (0.31 percent). Id. at 5. The Company notes that the
average residential customer using 950 kilowatts per month would see approximately a $0.29
increase in their monthly bill. Id. If the Company’s concurrent application in Case No. IPC -E-20-
32 (to remove the revenue requirement as sociated with Boardman) is also approved as filed, the
combined impact of the two cases would be a net decrease of $314,922 in billed revenue—a 0.03
percent reduction. Id. at 6. The combined impact of Commission approval of the Application in

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

this case and Case No. IPC-E-20-32 would be a $0.02 decrease in the average residential
customer’s monthly bill. Id.
The Company requests its Application be processed under Modified Procedure, and
proposes the Rider percentage change take effect January 1, 2021. Id. at 6-7.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and
Notice of Intervention Deadline, setting a 21 -day deadline for interested persons to intervene.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline, setting a 21 -day deadline for interested persons to intervene?

Matt Hunter
Deputy Attorney General

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