HomeMy WebLinkAbout20210817_dh1.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 11, 2021
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA’S APPLICATION TO IMPLEMENT FCA
RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2021 THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022; CASE NO. AVU-E-21-08.
On July 30, 2021, Avista Corporation (“Company” or “Avista”) applied to the
Commission for authorization to increase its Fixed Cost Adjustment (“FCA”) rates for electric
service from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, and to approve its corresponding
modifications to Schedule 75, “Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism – Electric.” The Company
proposes a per kilowatt-hour (“kWh”) FCA rebate rate for residential customers and a surcharge
rate for non-residential customers. The Company’s Application, if approved, would decrease its
overall electric revenues by about $0.8 million. The monthly bill of an average residential electric
customer would decrease by about $1.94, or 2.3%. The Company requests its Application be
processed by Modified Procedure and requests an effective date of October 1, 2021.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure
establishing a public comment deadline of September 8, 2021 and a Company reply deadline of
September 15, 2021.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a public comment deadline of September 8, 2021 and a Company reply
deadline of September 15, 2021?
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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