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DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: TAYLOR R. BROOKS
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 8, 2022
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF SPECIAL CONTRACT AND TARIFF SCHEDULE 33 TO
PROVIDE ELECTRIC SERVICE TO BRISBIE, LLC’S DATA CENTER
FACILITY; CASE NO. IPC-E-21-42.
On December 22, 2021, Idaho Power Company (“the Company”) applied to the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) seeking approval of a special contract for electric
service between the Company and Brisbie, LLC (“Brisbie”) for Brisbie’s new enterprise data
center, for rates proposed in tariff Schedule 33, and approval of the regulatory framework for the
ongoing implementation and administration of the Special Contract without change or condition.
The Company requested that its Application be processed by modified procedure.
On January 21, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and set a 14-day
intervention deadline. See Order No. 35293. The Notice directed Commission Staff to “confer with
the parties regarding a procedural schedule for this matter.” Id. at 3.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff conferred with the parties to discuss an appropriate schedule for this case. Based
on that conversation, Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure,
establishing a public comment deadline of April 27, 2022, and a company reply deadline of May
6, 2022.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure, establishing a
public comment deadline of April 27, 2022, and a company reply deadline of May 6, 2022?
______________________________
Taylor R. Brooks
Deputy Attorney General
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