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DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2021

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL TO MODIFY ITS DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS; CASE
NO. IPC-E-21-32.

On October 1, 2021, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
for an Order authorizing it to: (1) modify its demand response (“DR”) programs; (2) implement
associated revised tariff schedules; and (3) establish a revised cost-effectiveness methodology to
evaluate DR. Application at 1. If approved, the proposed changes would supersede the terms of
the settlement agreement approved by Commission Order No. 32923. Id. In support of the
Application, the Company filed the direct testimony of Quentin Nesbitt, Customer Research and
Analysis Leader in the Customer Relations and Energy Efficiency Department, regarding the
Company’s proposed modifications to its DR programs; and the direct testimony of Jared
Ellsworth, Transmission, Distribution, and Resource Planning Director, regarding the recent
improvements in capacity contribution of supply-side and demand-side resources, and how these
improvements were considered in evaluating the DR program. The Company requests the
Commission issue an Order by February 15, 2022, so there’s time to implement the requested
changes by June 15, 2022. Id. at 19.
On October 20, 2021, the Commission granted intervention into this case to Idaho
Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. See Order No. 35207.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff has reviewed the Application and recommends the Commission issue a Notice of
Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period. Staff
also recommends that the Commission direct Staff to work informally with the parties to discuss

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scheduling and other matters that may arise, and for Staff to then report to the Commission with a
proposed schedule.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application, and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period? Does the Commission also wish to direct
Staff to work informally with the parties to discuss scheduling and other matters that may arise,
and for Staff to then report to the Commission with a proposed schedule?

Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General

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