HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220201_rn1.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JANUARY 27, 2022
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHEDULE TO
SERVE SPECULATIVE HIGH-DENSITY LOAD CUSTOMERS; CASE
NO. IPC-E-21-37.
On November 4, 2021, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the
Commission for authority to establish a new schedule to serve speculative high-density customers,
specifically, large-scale cryptocurrency mining operators. The Company reported that it had
recently received prospective customer interest that, if connected to its grid, would exceed the
Company’s ability to serve total system load during the summer peak season. The Company
requested that its Application be processed by modified procedure.
On December 1, 2021, the Commission issued Notice of the Company’s Application
and Notice of an Intervention Deadline. See Order No. 35276. The Commission granted
intervention into this case to the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power, and 2140 Labs LLC. See
Order No. 35276.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has conferred with all parties who have agreed that the Company’s Petition can
be processed by Modified Procedure. The parties also agreed on dates for comment and reply
comment deadlines. The parties agreed that interested persons and parties may file comments on
the Company’s Petition on or before April 12, 2022. The parties also agreed that the Company
may file any reply comments, if any, on or before April 26, 2022.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and set an April
12, 2022, comment deadline for interested persons and parties to file written comments on the
Company’s Petition? Does the Commission also wish to set an April 26, 2022, reply comment
deadline for the Company?
Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General
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