HomeMy WebLinkAbout20221101_IPCE2227_rn.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2022
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
REVIEW OF THE COMPANY’S CURRENT WILDFIRE MITIGATION
PLAN AND AUTHORIZATION TO DEFER NEWLY IDENTIFIED
INCREMENTAL WILDFIRE MITIGATION COSTS; CASE NO. IPC-E-22-
27.
On October 20, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission for
an order authorizing the Company to defer through 2025—or until the Company’s next general
rate case becomes effective—newly identified costs associated with expanded wildfire mitigation
efforts, as detailed in the Company’s updated Wildfire Mitigation Plan. Application at 1. The
Company requested its Application be processed by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention deadline?
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Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General
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