HomeMy WebLinkAbout20161104Decision Memo.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: CAMILLE CHRISTEN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2016
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION OF AVISTA
CORPORATION FOR A FINDING OF PRUDENCE FOR 2014-2015
EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ELECTRIC
ENERGY EFFICIENCY SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, CASE
NO. AVU-E-16-06
On September 14, 2016, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities filed an Application
requesting the Commission issue an Order finding that the Company prudently incurred
$9,999,742 in electric energy efficiency expenses in Idaho from January 1, 2014 through
December 31, 2015. The Application describes the Company’s energy efficiency activities and
their cost-effectiveness. The Application includes supporting testimony and the Company’s
Idaho 2014 and 2015 Demand-Side Management (DSM) Annual Reports. It also includes an
evaluation of the Company’s electric energy efficiency program, performed by a third-party
contractor, Nexant, and supporting testimony. The Company requests that the Application be
processed by Modified Procedure.
On October 4, 2016, the Commission issued an Order providing notice of the
Application and setting a deadline for interventions, and directing the parties to confer about a
proposed schedule and report their proposal to the Commission. Order No. 33617. The
Commission received and granted Petitions to Intervene from the Community Action Partnership
Association of Idaho (CAPAI) and the Idaho Conservation League. Order No. 33636.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
Commission Staff conferred informally with the parties and agreed to propose that the
Company’s Application be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31,
2017, and reply comments, if any, due February 21, 2017.1
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue an Order providing that this Application
be processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31, 2017, and reply
comments, if any, due February 21, 2017.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an Order providing that this Application be
processed by Modified Procedure, with comments due on January 31, 2017, and reply
comments, if any, due February 21, 2017?
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1 Intervenor CAPAI stated that it agreed the schedule was reasonable without waiving any rights it may have under
Rule 201, et seq. (IDAPA 31.01.01.201-.204) regarding the use of Modified Procedure and whether it is appropriate
in this case.