20231106_IPCE2328_md.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION TO
IMPLEMENT THE RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL FARM CREDIT RATE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025; CASE
NO. IPC-E-23-28.

On October 25, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied for authorization to
implement the Bonneville Power Administration’s (“BPA”) residential and small farm energy rate
credit from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025. The Company’s proposed credit rate
would result in a $6,433,850 increase to eligible customers in Idaho. The Company asks that its
Application be processed under Modified Procedure and requests an effective date of January 1,
2024.
2024-2025 RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL FARM RATE ADJUSTMENT
The Company proposes to implement a rate credit of 0.3447 cents per kilowatt-hour
(“kWh”) which represents the Company’s Idaho portion of benefits from the BPA Residential
Exchange Program. Currently, the rate in Electric Service Schedule 98 - Residential and Farm
Energy Credit is 0.002534 cents per kWh. The proposed credit would apply to customers in rate
Schedules 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, and 24.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a twenty-one (21) day public comment period and a seven (7) day Company
reply.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a twenty-one (21) day public comment period and a seven (7) day Company
reply?

___________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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