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SCOTT WOODBURY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 1895

Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983

Attorney for the Commission Staff

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POWER COST ADJUSTMENT (PCA) METHODOLOGY OF AVISTA CORPORATION (REFERENCE ORDER NO. 28402). )
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CASE NO. AVU-E-00-6

COMMENTS OF THE COMMISSION STAFF

COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its Attorney of record, Scott Woodbury, Deputy Attorney General, and in response to the Notice of Modified Procedure and Notice of Comment/Protest Deadline, Order No. 28582, issued on December 14, 2000, submits the following comments.
On June 13, 2000, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) in Order No. 28409 initiated Case No. AVU-E-00-06 to examine proposed changes and adjustments to the PCA methodology of Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (Company). Order No. 28453 required the Commission Staff and Company to file initial statements of position by August 4, 2000, which was done. No other parties intervened. On October 30, 2000, Avista filed an Agreement that changed its initial position and adopted Staff’s initial position with the exception of the date on which Rathdrum is to first be included. Staff proposed September 1, 2000, but has since agreed to November 1, 2000. Staff stands by the remainder of its comments as filed in its “Initial Statement of Position.”

Respectfully submitted this day of December 2000.

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Scott Woodbury Deputy Attorney General
Technical Staff: Keith Hessing

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STAFF COMMENTS 2 DECEMBER 27, 2000