20220510_cb1.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 10, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REVISION TO
QF VARIABLE ENERGY PRICES PURSUANT TO TERMS OF THE 1992
AMENDMENTS TO POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
PACIFICORP AND IDAHO QFs; CASE NO. PAC-E-22-07.

On April 13, 2022, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”),
applied for Commission approval to update the Qualifying Facility (“QF”) variable energy price
pursuant to the terms of the 1992 amendments to certain Idaho QFs power purchase agreements.
Specifically, the Company requests Commission approval for a variable energy rate of $22.44 per
megawatt hour. The Company requests that its application be processed through Modified
Procedure with an effective date for the new variable energy rate of July 1, 2022.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure, setting a June 1, 2022, public comment deadline and a June 8, 2022, Company
reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting a June 1, 2022, public comment deadline, and a June 8, 2022, Company reply
deadline?

Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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