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472 Washington Street
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Re: AVU-E-07-09 - Avista Corporation's Revised Applicationto hnplement A Pilot Program
for Remote Disconnects and Reconnects
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing with the Commission is an original and 7 copies of the Company's revised
application requesting approval of a "Remote Disconnect/econnect Pilot Program" and a
request that the Commission provide the Company with a limited waiver of IDAPA 31.21.01
(311.03) and (311.04) (Utility Customer Relation Rules) for the term of the pilot.
The Company requests that this filing be processed under the Commission's Modified Procedure
rules.
Please direct any questions on this matter to myself at [phone] or Greg Paulsen at (509)
495-4976.
Sincerely,~ß~
Linda Gervias
Manager, Regulatory Policy
A vista Corporation
linda.gervaisêavistacorp .com
Enclosures
DAVID J. MEYER
VICE PRESIDENT AN CHIEF COUNSEL FOR
REGULATORY AN GOVERNENTAL AFFAIS
AVISTA CORPORATION
P.O. BOX 3727
1411 EAST MISSION AVENU
SPOKAE, WASHINGTON 99220-3727
TELEPHONE: [phone]
FACSIMILE: [phone]
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR THE
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A PILOT
PROGRA FOR REMOTE DISCONNCTS
AN RECONNCTS
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CASE NO. A VU-E-07-09
REVISED APPLICATION OF AVISTA CORPORATION
1 I. INTRODUCTION
2 A vista Corporation, doing business as A vista Utilties (hereinafter A vista or
3 Company), at 1411 East Mission Avenue, Spokane, Washington, respectfully requests that
4 the Commission approve a pilot program for "Remote Disconnect/econnect" and requests
5 that the Commission issue in its order providing the Company with a limited waiver of
6 IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.03) and (311.04) (Utility Customer Relation Rules) for the term of the
7 pilot. The revised proposed pilot is intended to implement a system for remote disconnection
8 and reconnections, without the need for an employee visit to the affected premises.
9 The Company requests that this filing be processed under the Commission's Modified
10 Procedure rules.
11 Communications in reference to this Application should be addressed to:
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David J. Meyer, Esq.
Vice President and Chief Counsel for
Regulatory and Governental Affairs
A vista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC-13
Spokane, VV A 99220-3727
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Kelly Norwood
Vice President - State and Federal Regulation
A vista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC-7
Spokane, VV A 99220-3727
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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23 II. BACKGROUND
24 Avista originally fied its application seeking approval to implement a one-year pilot
25 program for remote reconnects and disconnects with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission
26 (IPUC) (hereinafter the Commission or Staff) on August 30, 2007. The Company also
27 requested a limited waiver of IDAP A 31.21.01 (311.03) and (311.04) (Utility Customer
28 Relation Rules) for the term of the pilot. The Commission authorized the use of Modified
Revised Application of A vista Corporation
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
Page 1
1 Procedure and established a comment deadline. Commission Staff filed comments
2 supporting the Company's application. The American Association of Retired People
3 (AA) and Community Action Parnership Association of Idaho (CAP AI (referred to as
4 the "Parties") filed comments opposing the Company's application. In Order No. 30471, the
5 Commission ordered the Parties to conduct workshops to further refine the details of the
6 program.
7 The Parties attempted to resolve any remaining issues through two different
8 conference calls, and a formal workshop that was held March 27, 2008 in Boise, at which all
9 Parties were represented. The Company and Parties were able to resolve all remaining issues
10 through this process. Among the issues resolved were: program criteria; the distinction
11 between urban and rural customers; form of customer special notice; an evaluation plan; and
12 cost recovery.
13 The purpose of this Revised Application is to reflect the consensus reached on the
14 remaining issues with respect of the pilot program.
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16 III. SCOPE OF PROPOSED PILOT PROGRA
17 This pilot program wil include the installation of approximately 600 remote
18 disconnect collars using Power Line Carer (PLC) and wireless paging as the
19 communication protocol. PLC is a technology that allows communications across power
20 lines to a disconnect/reconnect collar at the electric meter. This capability allows remote
21 disabling/enabling of the electrc service from Avista's office. The wireless paging allows
22 communication to a collar at the electric meter which allows remote disabling/enabling of the
23 electric service. The specifications for disconnect collars and the wireless paging collar are
Revised Application of Avista Corporation
Case No. AVU-E-07-09
Page 2
I included as Attachment A. The Company proposes that the pilot's duration be eighteen
2 months from the time the last collar is installed. i
3 Increased employee safety is an advantage of the program. Dangerous pets,
4 treacherous driving conditions, obstructed and unsafe meter access and potentially
5 confrontational customer contacts can be greatly reduced by utilizing this technology.
6 In the Company's original application, there was a distinction made between "urban"
7 and "rural" installations. After further discussion with the Paries, the Company agreed to
8 eliminate this distinction for purposes of the pilot.
9 Customers selected for this pilot wil include customers with 200 amp servces that
10 meet at least one of the following criteria:
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. Premises where employee safety is a concern, i.e., customers who have
threatened to harm A vista employees or property, premises where there is a
danger from animals, or premises that have an obstructed access to the meter;
. Customers who have previously had two field collection visits or
disconnection in the preceding 12 months; and
. Excluded wil be CARS customers, customers subject to the moratorium,
who are on a winter payment plan; who have provided medical certificates, or
who have made satisfactory payment arrangements.
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20 The Company proposed in its original application to keep the current authorized
21 reconnection fee at $24 during regular business hours and $48 after hours. Certain Paries,
22 however, believed that Avista would see a savings in cost by not having a field representative on
i By way of further background, in 2005, the Company began a four-year project to conver all natual gas and electric
meters to AMR in the State ofIdaho. Nearly i 80,000 natural gas and electrc meters have been automated. Over 139,000
natural gas and electrc meters were automated using radio-based technology and 40,000 were automated utilizing power
line carrer (PLC) technology. Electrc meters on the PLC system are read automatically, and do not require a meter reader
or mobile unit to collect the meter reading. The Company believes this technology could provide the opportnity for
operational savings by reducing or eliminating both regular and after-hours service calls due to reconnecting or
disconnecting serce at the meter. In the case of an after-hours reconnect, the service can be remotely activated within
minutes as opposed to hours in the more remote areas, thus providing faster response to customers and eliminating the need
to send a serice person to the premise on overime.Revised Application of A vista Corporation Page 3
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
1 site and asked that these costs be passed to the customer. Even though Avista continues to
2 believe that the customers who cause the Company to incur additional expense should bear
3 those costs, for purposes of the pilot, the Company has agreed to reduce the charge to 50% of
4 the normal reconnect fees. This wil result in fees for paricipating customers of $12 during
5 normal business hours and $24 if reconnection is performed after hours.
6 The reasonable capital costs of this pilot would be included in Avista's normal cost of
7 operation and the Company wil propose that the costs be spread among all rate classes in its
8 next general rate case. The avoided costs achieved would be returned to customers, as well,
9 through the rate making process.
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11 IV. CURRENT NOTIFICATION PROCESS
12 Avista's current process to disconnect and reconnect an account requires that an
13 employee be dispatched to drive to the customer's premises, disconnect the service and leave
14 a disconnect notice in a conspicuous location. A "disconnect" consists of the removal of the
15 electric meter, installation of insulated boots, and reinstallation of the meter. If there is a
16 safety risk to the employee, the disconnection wil occur at the nearest upstream device2 from
17 the electric meter. Once the account is brought back into good standing, or has been opened
18 by a new customer, an employee is dispatched to drive back to the site to restore the service.
19 A vista continually looks for ways to reduce costs and provide a safe work
20 environment for employees. It is believed that this project wil reduce employee field trps to
21 repeated delinquent accounts, enhance employee safety (avoidance of employee risks
22 associated with, e.g., dangerous animals, etc.), allow quicker restoration of service, and
23 ultimately encourage timely customer payment, thereby reducing customer account balances.
2 An upstream device includes equipment such as a fuse or service wire that can be opened or cut to interrpt
the circuit and stop the flow of energy.Revised Application of Avista Corporation Page 4
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
1 A vista currently conducts disconnect/reconnect services in compliance with Idaho
2 Utility Customer Relation Rule IDAPA 31.21.01 (300 through 313), which include the
3 following:
4 IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.03) - Opportunity to Prevent Termination of
5 Service - hnmediately preceding termination of service, the employee designated to
6 terminate service shall identify himself or herself to the customer or other responsible
7 adult upon the premises and shall anounce the purose of the employee's presence.
8 This employee shall have in his or her possession the past due account record of the
9 customer and shall request any available verification that the outstanding bils are
10 satisfied or currently in dispute before this Commission. Upon presentation of
11 evidence that outstanding bils are satisfied or curently in dispute before this
12 Commission, service shall not be terminated. The employee shall be authorized to
13 accept full payment, or, at the discretion of the utility, partial payment, and in such
14 case shall not terminate service. Nothing in this rule prevents a utility from
15 proceeding with termination of service if the customer or other responsible adult is
16 not on the premises at the time of termination.
17 IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.04) - Notice of Procedure for Reconnection Service-
18 The employee of the utilty designated to terminate service shall give to the customer
19 or leave in a conspicuous location at the service address affected a notice showing the
20 time of and grounds for termination, steps to be taken to secure reconnection, and the
21 telephone numbers of utility personnel or other authorized representatives who are
22 available to authorize reconnection.
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25 V. PROPOSED NOTIFICATION PROCESS
26 In order for this pilot to be effective and achieve the desired results, A vista requests a
27 waiver of rule IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.03) and (311.04) for those accounts included in the pilot
28 program. Specifically, at the time the disconnect device has been installed, an Avista
29 employee would make an attempt to personally contact the customer and a special notice wil
30 be left with the customer (if personal contact is made) or on the premises (if customer is not
31 horne). The Company has worked with the parties to develop the special notice as provided
32 as Attachment B.
33 The next time the customer is eligible for disconnection, the Company would not be
34 required to physically visit the premises to disconnect or reconnect the meter and would not
Revised Application of A vista Corporation Page 5
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
1 be required to give the customer (or leave in a conspicuous location at the service address
2 affected) a notice showing the time of, and grounds for, termination. However, the Company
3 wil let the customer know of the disconnection or reconnection by following its curent
4 notification process3, but without otherwise sending an employee to the premises.
5 All meters with the device attached wil be flagged as par of a pilot program and
6 entered into the Company's customer service system. The Company wil continue to be
7 otherwise compliant with rule IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.03) and (311.04) with all customers not
8 included in the pilot who have been disconnected or reconnected.
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10 VI. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
11 Measurement & evaluation is integral to defining benefits of a pilot program and
12 identifyng areas for improvement or modification. Avista and the paries have worked
13 together to define what should be included in the Company's report at the conclusion of the
14 pilot program. The Company's evaluation plan wil include, but is not limited to, the
15 following:
16 All data collected wil be for the duration of the pilot program. Individual custOmer
17 data for program paricipants wil be available upon request. Evaluation criteria may require
18 some manual collection of data and wil be collected and evaluated as completely as possible.
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3 The bil is mailed and due within 15 calendar days, after which the Company allows a 3-day grace period for
payments to post. A Past Due Notice is mailed after the grace period ends, dated 7 calendar days later. The
Final Notice is mailed 3 business days before the past due notice expires. The Interactive Voice Response
System (IVR) then calls the customer on the day the notice expires.Revised Application of A vista Corporation Page 6
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1 For program participants:
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3 The total number of customers selected for the pilot by rate schedule, the reason for
4 selection, and the month of installation of disconnection device;
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6 The total number of disconnect devices installed by type (TW ACS or Nighthawk) and
7 by month;
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9 The total number of remote disconnections by month, rate schedule, and reason for
10 disconnection (e.g., non-payment of bil or failure to pay deposit);
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12 The total number of customers by rate schedule who were remotely disconnected
13 during the pilot period:
1415 a. Never16 b. Once17 c. Twice
18 d. Thee or more times
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20 The total number of customers who were remotely disconnected and received a
21 LIHEAP benefit one or more times durng the pilot period;
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23 The total number of instances by rate schedule where a customer was not reconnected
24 within 24 hours following a remote disconnection;
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26 By device type, the total number of instances where the disconnection device failed27 to:
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30 b. Reconnect a customer following remote activation
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32 By rate schedule, the minimum, maximum and average length of time from remote
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35 By rate schedule, in instances where the customer was disconnected for non-payment,
36 the minimum, maximum and average length of time :fom when the customer paid or
37 made satisfactory arangements and remote reconnection;
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39 The total number and nature of inquiries, complaints, or comments (negative or
40 positive) received from customers who had a disconnection device installed;
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42 Detailed analysis of costs, cost savings, and non-monetary benefits of pilot program;43 and
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45 Any evidence that installation of the disconnection device influenced customer
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Revised Application of A vista Corporation
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
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For non-participants
The average number of customers by rate schedule during pilot period;
The total number of disconnections by month, rate schedule, and reason for
disconnection (e.g., non-payment of bil or failure to pay deposit);
The total number of customers by rate schedule who were disconnected during the
pilot period:
a. Once
b. Twice
c. Thee or more times
The total number of customers who were disconnected and received a LIHEAP
benefit one or more times during the pilot period;
The total number of instances by rate schedule where a customer was not reconnected
within 24 hours following disconnection;
By rate schedule, the minimum, maximum and average length of time from
disconnection to reconnection; and
By rate schedule, in instances where the customer was disconnected for non-payment,
the minimum, maximum and average lengt of time from when the customer paid or
made satisfactory arrangements and reconnection.
Revised Application of A vista Corporation
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
Page 8
1 VII. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL
2 Avista respectfully requests approval of the "Remote Disconnect/econnect Pilot
3 Program" and requests that the Commission provide the Company with a limited waiver of
4 IDAPA 31.21.01 (311.03) and (311.04) (Utilty Customer Relation Rules) for the term of the
5 pilot.
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7 WHEREFORE Applicant respectfully requests the Commission issue its
8 Order authorizing the proposed pilot program, with this revised application being processed
9 under Modified Procedure.
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13 DATED at Spokane, Washington, this 25th day of April, 2008.
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David J. Meyer
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Vice President and Chief Counsel for
Regulatory and Governental Affairs
Revised Application of A vista Corporation
Case No. A VU-E-07-09
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STATE OF WASHINGTON)
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County of Spokane )
David J. Meyer, being duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
That he is the Vice President and Chief Counsel for Regulatory and Governental
Affairs of A vista Corporation;
That he has read the foregoing Application, knows the contents thereof, and believes the
same to be true.
a;i-David J. Meyer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of April, 2008.
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Notary Public in and for the State
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Application of A vista Corporation
Case No. AVU-E-07-09
ATTACHMENT A
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1-888-427.3403
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Your electric seivice was disconnected today.
Your residence or business was selected to
be part of a pilot program approved by the
Idaho Public Utilties Commission. A device
was installed on your electric meter to allow
Avista to disconnect or reconnect your
seivice remotely.
In the future, Avista will not nee to send
a field representative to your service
location to disconnect or reonnect
service. You wil not have the opportunity to
pay a field representative at your door to
avoid disconnection. No notice wil be left for
you at the seivice location following
disconnection. Avista wil continue to send
notices and attempt to contact you by
telephone in advance whenever it intends to
disconnect seivice. It is very important that
you call Avista to make sure all your contact
information, including telephone number, is
correct. You may reach Avista at the number
below.
1-888-427.3403
ww.avistautilties.com
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Utilities
1-888-427-3403
ww.avistutilties.com
Your electric seivice was disconnected today.
Your residence or business was selected to
be part of a pilot program approved by the
Idaho Public Utilties Commission. A device
was installed on your electric meter to allow
Avista to disconnect or reconnect your
servce remotely.
In the future, Avista will not nee to send
a field representative to your service
location to disconnect or reonnet
service. You wil not have the opportunity to
pay a field representative at your door to
avoid disconnection. No notice will be left for
you at the seivice location following
disconnection. Avista wil continue to send
notices and attempt to contact you by
telephone in advance whenever it intends to
disconnect seivice. It is very important that
you call Avista to make sure all your contact
information, including telephone number, is
correct. You may reach Avista at the number
below.
1-888-427-3403
ww.avistutlities.com
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Utilities
The remote disconnectreconnect device
installed on your meter wil allow Avista to
reconnect service more quickly. When the
reason for the disconnection (such as non-
payment of a past due bil) has been
remedied, you wil need to contact Avista to
request reconnection. Your service wil then
be reconnected immediately by means of
an electronic signal; you wil not need to
wait for a field representative to be sent to
your servce location. If you have any
questions or experience problems at any
point in the reconnection procss, please
contact Avista at the number below, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Importnt:
If your service is shut-off, you wil be
required to pay the amount past due, a
deposit, and a reconnect fee.
A medical certificate notifing Avista of a
serious ilness or medical emergency
may delay termination.
We are wiling to make mutually
satisfactory payment arrangements.
An informal or formal complaint concerning this
action may be filed with the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission - P.O. Box 83720, Boise, 10 83720-
0074 (208) 33-0369 or toll free (80) 432-0369.
1-888-427-3403
ww.avistutilties.com
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Utilities
The remote disconnectreconnect device
installed on your meter wil allow Avista to
reconnect service more quickly. When the
reason for the disconnection (such as non-
payment of a past due bil) has been
remedied, you wil need to contact Avista to
request reconnection. Your service wil then
be reconnected immediately by means of
an electronic signal; you wil not nee to
wait for a field representative to be sent to
your service loction. If you have any
questions or experience problems at any
point in the reconnection procss, please
contact Avista at the number below, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Importnt:
If your service is shut-off, you wil be
required to pay the amount past due, a
deposit, and a reconnec fee.
A medical certificate notifying Avista of a
serious ilness or medical emergency
may delay termination.
We are wiling to make mutually
satisfactory payment arrangements.
An informal or formal coplaint concerning this
action may be filed with the Idaho Public Utilites
Commission - P.O. Box 83720, Boise, 1083720-
0074 (208) 33-0369 or toll free (80) 432-09.
1-8827-3403
ww.avistutilities.com
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ATTACHMENT B
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Low profile, 2.75 inch offset, ring or ring-less sockets
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Specifications
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Electrical Switching Capacity:200 Amps
Paging Format:POCSAG 512, 1200,
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.The use of th Disconnect Swi Intrbase -DSI- permiting remote disconneccone may be subject to certn laws, relation, andor tari at th federal, sta
andor locl levl. Pnor to utlizng sucl a feture, the user is resposible fo compliae with al/ sucl laws, regulaons andor tanff. DCI is held harmless in case of
violatin of laws, relations, and tanff due to th use of th Disconnec SWitch Interte feature of the prouct.