20221101_AVUE2215_md.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPERATION’S ANNUAL
COMPLIANCE FILING TO UPDATE THE LOAD AND GAS FORECASTS
IN THE INCREMENTAL COST INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
AVOIDED COST MODEL TO BE USED FOR AVOIDED COST
CALCULATIONS; CASE NO. AVU-E-22-15.

On October 14, 2022, Avista Corporation (“Company”) filed a compliance filing
requesting the Commission issue an order accepting its updated load forecast, natural gas price
forecast, and contracts used as inputs to calculate its incremental cost Integrated Resource Plan
avoided cost rates, as required by Order Nos. 32697 and 32802. The Company requests its filing
be processed by Modified Procedure with an effective date of January 1, 2023.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting a December 5, 2022, comment deadline and a December 12, 2022, reply
comment deadline for the Company.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting a December 5, 2022, comment deadline and a December 12, 2022, reply
comment deadline for the Company?

Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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