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DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
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DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: DECEMBER 10, 2020

SUBJECT: AVISTA’S APPLICATION FOR A PRUDENCY DETERMINATION FOR
2018-2019 ELECTRIC AND GAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EXPENDITURES: CASE NOS. AVU-E-20-13 and AVU-G-20-08.

On November 25, 2020, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (“Company”) filed
two Applications, each requesting the Commission issue an order finding that the Company’s
electric or gas energy efficiency expenditures from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019
were prudently incurred (referred to collectively as the “Applications”). The Applications
summarize the Company’s energy efficiency activities and their cost-effectiveness. The
Applications include the Company’s 2018 and 2019 Annual Conservation Reports and the 2019
Idaho Research and Development Report. The Applications also include the 2018/2019 impact
evaluation reports of the Company’s electric and gas energy efficiency programs. The Company
requests that the Applications be processed by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Due to the similarities in each Application, Staff recommends processing the
Applications together. Staff recommends that the Commission issue an order providing Notice of
Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an order providing Notice of Application and
Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention deadline?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General