20230815_AVUE2309_at.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
AUGUST 15, 2023

On July 31, 2023, Avista Corporation (“Company” or “Avista”) applied to the
Commission for an order (1) approving FCA deferrals for July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023; (2)
authorizing an adjustment to its Fixed Cost Adjustment (“FCA”) rates for electric service from
October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024; and (3) approving its proposed corresponding
modifications to tariff Sheet 75. The FCA rate for the Residential Group (Schedule 1) is proposed
to change from a present rebate rate of 0.405¢ to a proposed rebate rate of 0.540¢ per kilowatt-
hour (“kWh”). The FCA rate for the Non-Residential Group (Schedules 11, 12, 21, 22, 31 and 32)
is proposed to change from a present surcharge rate of 0.034¢ to a proposed rebate rate of 0.048¢
per kWh. The Residential Group rate change represents a $1.7 million, or 1.4%, decrease to
Schedule 1 customers, and the Non-Residential group rate change represents a $0.2 million, or
.2% decrease. If approved, the monthly bill of residential customers using an average of 925 kWh
per month would decrease by $1.25. The Company requests that the adjustment have an October
1, 2023, effective date and that the Commission process the request under Modified Procedure.

Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing a public comment deadline of September 7, 2023, and a Company
reply deadline of September 14, 2023.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a public comment deadline of September 7, 2023, and a Company reply
deadline of September 14, 2023?

Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General

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