20060328notice_of_vacated_hearing.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 28, 2006
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
THOMPSON RIVER CO-GEN, LLC,
Colorado Company,CASE NO. A VU-O5- 7
COMPLAINANT,
vs.
NOTICE OF
A VISTA CORPORATION dba A VISTA VACATED HEARING
UTILITIES, a Washington Corporation,
RESPONDENT.
On August 30, 2005, Thompson River Co-Gen, LLC (Thompson River; TRC) filed a
Complaint against Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (Avista; Company) with the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission (Commission). TRC is a cogeneration facility located in Thompson
Falls, Montana. TRC represents that it is a self-certified qualifying facility (QF) as defined by
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). TRC requests an order requiring
Avista to immediately complete the purchase of TRC's energy at the published non-Ievelized
rate for fueled projects that under normal and average design conditions generate no more than
10 aMW in any given month.
On March 13, 2006, the Commission was apprised by letter from Staff counsel, Scott
Woodbury, Deputy Attorney General, that pursuant to settlement discussions A vista and
Thompson River have reached an agreement in principle on the substantive terms of a power
purchase contract. On behalf of the parties of record, Mr. Woodbury requested that the technical
hearing set for March 28-2006 be vacated.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that pursuant to agreement of the parties and the
Commission the technical hearing in Case No. A VU-05- 7 previously scheduled to commence
on March 28, 2006 is vacated.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this ;Z 51
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day of March 2006.
Commission Secretary
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