202220726_PACE2210_cs.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: CLAIRE SHARP
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JULY 26, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL TO INCREASE ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE 191
– CUSTOMER EFFICIENCY SERVICES RATE; CASE NO. PAC-E-22-10.

On July 8, 2022, PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power (“Rocky Mountain” or
“Company”) applied to the Commission for authority to increase its Electric Service Schedule
191—the Customer Efficiency Services Rate (“Schedule 191”)—to align revenue collections with
demand-side management (“DSM”) expenditures. Application at 1. If approved, the Schedule 191
rate would increase from 2.25% to 2.5%, effective October 1, 2022. Id. The Company requested
that its Application be processed by Modified Procedure. Id.
BACKGROUND
The Company represents that future DSM expenditures are expected to exceed revenue,
and that it is reasonable to align the DSM balancing account over a three-year period. On April 1,
2022, the Commission rejected the Company’s previous Application to adjust Schedule 191 from
2.25% to 2.75%, because the Company included programs pending Commission approval in the
forecasted DSM calculations. Case No. PAC-E-22-03, Order No. 35363. The Commission
subsequently approved the Company’s Wattsmart Battery Demand Response program in Case No.
PAC-E-21-16, Order No. 35370, and the Company has adjusted its DSM expenditure forecast
accordingly.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a September 7, 2022, public comment deadline and a September 14, 2022,
Company reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a September 7, 2022, public comment deadline and a September 14, 2022,
Company reply deadline?

______________________________
Claire Sharp
Deputy Attorney General

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