HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220419_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: APRIL 19, 2022
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
TO UPDATE ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATION NO. 13 –
CURTAILMENT PLAN FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY; CASE NO. PAC-E-22-
04.
On February 22, 2022, Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”), a division of PacifiCorp,
applied for authority to update Electric Service Regulation No. 13, Curtailment Plan for Electric
Energy. The Company requested its Application be processed by Modified Procedure with an
effective date of June 1, 2022.
On March 10, 2022, the Commission issued Notice of Application and a Notice of
Modified procedure scheduling an April 27, 2022, public comment deadline and a May 4, 2022,
Company reply deadline. Order No. 35342.
Idaho Code § 61-532, which controls the adoption or rejection of curtailment plans by
the Commission, states “…after notice and hearing pursuant to its rules of practice and procedure,
[the Commission] shall consider and act upon the plan or plans submitted and may adopt or reject
such plan or plans….”
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff believes that modified procedure will provide adequate opportunity for interested
parties to comment on the Company’s Application and notes the Commission’s practice of using
modified procedure to process applications in the past. See, e.g., Case No. IPC-E-21-13. Staff
recommends the Commission consider whether it wishes to hold a telephonic customer hearing
pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-532. If the Commission wishes to hold a hearing, Staff recommends
scheduling a telephonic customer hearing on May 16, 2022.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to hold a hearing in this case pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-
532? If yes, does the Commission wish to schedule a May 16, 2022, customer hearing?
__________________________
Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General
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