20210329Application.pdf

Avista Corp.
141 1 East Mission P.O.Box3727
Spokane, Washington 99220 -0500
Telephone [phone]
Toll Free 800-727-9170
March 29,2021
State of Idaho
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd
Bldg 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714
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Case No. AVU-E-2l-
LP.U.C. No. 28 - Electric Service
Dear Commission Secretary
In accordance with Case No. GNR-U-20-01, Order No. 34602, which suspends the requirement to file
physical copies, the Company has attached for electronic filing with the Commission the following
revised tariffsheet:
Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51E
Twenty-Second Revision Sheet 51F
Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 51G
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51H
Twenty-Second Revision Sheet 51N
Twenty-Second Revision Sheet 51O
Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 5lE
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51F
Twenty-Second Revision Sheet 51G
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51H
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51N
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51O
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The Company requests that the proposed tariff sheets be made effective May 15, 2021. These tariff sheets
reflect the Company's annual electric Line Extension filing. Detailed information related to the
Company's request is included in the attached Application and supporting workpapers.
The Company will issue a notice to its effected customers through a letter in the April 2021 timeframe. A
copy of the letter has been included in the Company's filing.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact Tia Benjamin at [phone] or Joe Miller
at (509) 49s-4s46.
Sincerely,
/s/ Joe Miller
Joe Miller
Sr Manager of Rates and Tariffs
1 DAVID J. MEYER2 YICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COI.JNSEL FOR
3 REGULATORY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS4 AVISTA CORPORATION5 I4I1 E. MISSION AVENUE6 P. O.BOX3727
7 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 992208 PHONE: [phone]L6,FAX: [phone]
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE ELECTRIC )
LINE EXTENSION SCHEDULE 51 )
ANNUAL RATE ADruSTMENT FILING )
oF AVISTA CORPORATTON )
CASE NO. AVU-E-2I - O.:}
APPLICATION OF AVISTA
CORPORATION
19 I. INTRODUCTION
20 In accordance with Idaho Code $61-502 andRP 052, Avista Corporation, doing
21 business as Avista Utilities (hereinafter "Avista" or "Company''), at 1411 East Mission
22 Avenue, Spokane, Washington, respectfully makes application to the Idaho Public Utilities
23 Commission ("Commission") foranorderapprovingtheupdate incosts andadminishafue
24 changes to the Company's Electric Line Extension Schedule 51. The Companyhas
25 requested a May 15,2021effective date.
26 The Company requests that this filing be processed under the Commission's
27 Modified Procedure Rules (RP 201-204) through the use of written commenb.
28 Communicationsin referenceto this Application should be addressedto:
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE I
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David J. Meyer, Esq.
Vice President and Chief Counsel for
Regulatory & Govemmental Affairs
Avista Corporation
P.O.Box3727
MSC-27
141 1 E. Mission Ave
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
Phone: [phone]
D av id. Mey er @av istaco rp. com
Patrick Ehrbar
Director o f Re gulatory Affairs
AvistaUtilities
P.O.Box3727
MSC-27
1411 E. MssionAve
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
Phone: [phone]
p atrick. ehrb ar @av istaoolp. c om
II. BACKGROUND
The Company's present Schedule 51 electic line extension tariffincorporates tre
principle of average costing for electrical facilities commonly used in extending service.
The tariff sets forth "Basic Costs", which are costs based on recent average actual cosb
for facilities such as transformers and conduit which are used consistently for electric line
extensions. The Basic Costs have a fixed and variable component, with the variable
component stated on a cost-per-footbasis. The average costingprinciple incorporafed in
the Company's tariff has worked well and the Company is notproposingto change the
conceptual structureof the tariff.
Detailed below are the Company's proposed changes to Schedule 5l and included
with this filing are workpapers which provide support for the proposod changes.
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE 2
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III. CONSTRIICTI ON ALLOWANCES
2 The Company is not proposing to update the allowances in this filing. It is the
3 Company's practice to update the allowances afterthe conclusion of a general rate case.
4 The allowances were last updated in May 2020 based on the Cost of Service study from is
5 most recently concluded general rate case filing (AVU-E-19-04). The Company will
6 update the allowances in next year's filing, reflecting the final results of the Company's
7 pending general rate case (AVU-E-21-01).
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IV. A COSTS
l0 The Disfibution Engineering Deparhnent at Avista is primarily tasked with the
l1 development and maintenance of the Company's Construction & Material Standards.
12 Periodically, Distibution Engineeringwill update the Constuction & Material Standards
13 in orderto comply with the National Electric Safety Code ("NESC"). These Construction
14 & Material Standards were last updated in 2017 to reflect the NESC's code revisions. The
15 standard designs in this filing have not changed and are consistent with those reflected in
16 this filing.
l7 As detailed on proposed tariff sheets 5l H and 5 I I, the Company is proposing tc
18 update the primary, secondary, service and transforrner average costs. Below is a
19 summary of the cost changes:
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE 3
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12 The primary driverofthe increasein overheadrates as shown above, isdueto a
13 decreaseinvehicleusage during2020. As anexample,theCompanyusesatandemdiggpr
14 in most overhead electrical work. The cost of using this piece of equipment is estima@d
1 5 as part of an overhead crew's cost to perform such work (this is done in what's called a
16 tansportation pooll). The tandem digger had a decrease of 3,457 miles used over the
17 prioryear, al7.SYoreduction Giventhattherearebothfixedandvariablecostsassociabd
l8 with vehicle maintenancg the overall costs for maintaining this type of equipment also
19 went down. However, the fixed costs held the balance in the pool high enough that the
20 rate had to be changed in order to spread the costs across fewer miles, resulting in an
2l increase in the amount of overhead vehicle costs assigned to these jobs.
I ThetransportationpoolcontainscostsforFleetServicestomaintainandoperateAvista'sequipment
including labor, parts, ficensing, fuel, etc.
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE 4
1 The primary driver of the decrease in underground rates is due to a business
2 process improvement in the way vehicle rates are applied in the Company's workorder
3 system. Historically, the Company has assigned vehicle costs basedon theirdefined rab
4 and assigned it to a job. For example, a Ditch Witch with tailer would have been charggd
5 to ajobat arate of $225. TheCompanyredefinedhowcostsareallocatedsuchthatwe
6 more accurately define the time and effortthatthe equipmentwould be used foron the
7 job and therefore are able to allocate a lowercost to underground work. Inthe Company's
8 view, this methodology more closely aligns with how vehicles are actually being utilized
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10 Residential development costs, updated for the most current Constuction &
1 I Material Standards and average 2020 construction costs, are detailed below:
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t7 V. COMMUNICATIONS ANI)SERVICE OF APPLICATION
18 In conformance with RP 125, this Application will be brought to the attention of
19 the Company's affectedcustomers. Duringthe week of April 5,2021,the Company will
20 send a letterto those developers and builders thatmaybe affectedby the proposedchanges
2l to inform them of the Company's request.
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE 5
1 VI. REOUEST FOR RELIEF
2 T\e Company requests that the Commission issue an order approving the updae in
3 costs to Schedule 5 1 to become effective May 15, 2021. The Company requests that the
4 matter be processed under the Commission's Modified hocedure rules through the use of
5 written comments.
6 Dated at Spokane, Washington this 29th dayof March2021.
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BY /s/PatrickEhrbar
Patrick D. Ehrbar
Director o f Regulatory Affairs
AVISTA'S ANNUAL ELECTRIC LINE EXTENSION FILING PAGE 6
IDAHO
Avista 2021 Schedule 51 Filing
Proposed Tariff Sheets
Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51E
Cancelirg
LP.U.C. t{o.28 rd Revision Sheet 51E 51E
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Share of Previous Extension" applies only to Primary Circuits
less than five years old. lf part of a previous line extension is
used to serve a new Customer, the new Customer must pay a
share of the previous Primary Circuit cost and Transformer
cost, if shared, to the Company before the start of
construction. The amount paid by the new Customer will be
refunded to existing Customers in relation to their share of the
Primary Circuit and Transformer, if shared. The Company will
refund appropriate shares to the bearers of Extension
Certificates when the Certificates are presented for payment
and the connection of the subsequent Customer has been
verified. The Company will make a reasonable attempt to
inform the bearer of the Certificate when a refund is due.
Bearers of Extension Certificates must apply for refunds
before the origina! line extension becomes six years old.
Unclaimed refunds wil! be returned to the contributor.
D(AMPLE:
1. First Customer pays $10,010 for 1 ,000 feet of
primary underground circuit ($10.01 per foot).
2. Second Customer takes service within five years
using 600 feet of the original extension.
3. Both Customers share the first 600 feet equally:
600 ft x $10.01/ft xYz= $3,003.4. The Second Customer's payment of $3,003, will be
refunded to the First Customer to reduce his
investment in the 600 feet to $3,003. The First
Customer's investment in the remaining 400 feet
remains at $4,004. ($1 0,01 0-$3,003-$3,003=$4,004)
EXCEPTION: lf the refund to an existing Customer is
less than $100 each, the new Customer will not be
required to pay that share and the existing Customer
will not receive a refund.
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
By
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
Twenty€eco nd Revision Sheet 51 F
l.P.U.C. No.28
Cancelirg
t Revision Sheet 51F 51F
lssued by
By
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
4. RULES AND CHARGES FOR UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOTS
a.A development is a group of neighboring undeveloped lots separated
by no more than streets and under the ownership or legal control of a
single party as determined by the Company. Both the General Rules
and the following rules apply to line extensions within
residential developments.
Before Company facilities will be installed, the developer must submit
a written application for service, a copy of the plat as approved by the
governing agency depicting dedicated utility easements approved by
the serving utilities and must pay an extension cost to the Company
which is computed as follows:
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Basic Cost
Custom er-Requested Costs
Cost Reductions
(one) Design Fee of $150 (if paid)
extension cost within development
cost of extension to development
Share of Previous Extension
extension cost
1)"Basic Cost" willbe computed from the following rate per lot
when the Development serves single phase loads, has at least
six lots and the average frontage is no more than 175 feet per
lot. The Basic Cost includes the cost of the Primary Circuit, the
Transformer and the Secondary Circuit in the utility easement
or public right-of-way, but does not include the Service Circuit
from the point of connection with the Secondary Circuit to the
Point of Delivery.
Developments:$1,350 per Lot
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lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
Avista
Patrick Ehrbar, Director of Regulatory Affairs
Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 51G
l.P.U.C. f{o.28
Cancelirg
nd Revbion Sheet5lG 51G
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
The Basic Costforall otherDevelopments will be computed
from the rates listed in this Schedule for Service Circuits,
Secondary Circuits, Transformers and Primary Circuits.
2) "Cost Reductions, "Custorner-Requested Costs, and "Share of
Previous Extension" are described under Rules for lndividual
Customers.
3) "Extension to development" is the line extension between the
Company's existing energized electric facilities and the
boundary of the development. The Rules for lndividual
Customers apply to the extension to the development.
ln lieu of a cash payment of the Basic Cost in a Development, the
Company will accept a letter of credit, a contractor's performance bond,
or another credit instrument agreeable to the Company for $1,350 per
lot upon execution of a written agreement with the Developer. The
agreement shall prescribe the requirements for such a credit instrument
and shall permit the face amount of the instrument to be reduced
annually as new customers are connected within the Development. The
Developer will provide ditching within the Development.
There will be no charge to the builder forthe installation of the Service
Circuit to serve a duplex or multiplex dwelling.
A Developer who pays the extension cost described in 4.b.1) may apply
fora refund annually foreach permanent Customer connected within the
Development during the first five years after the extension is completed.
The Company will make a reasonable attempt to inform the bearer of the
certificate when a refund is due. The Company will pay the refund to the
bearer of the Extension Certificate when it is presented to the Company
for payment and the connection of the permanent Customer has been
verified.
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lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
By
sta ities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
l.P.U.C. t{o.28
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51H
Cancelirg
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51H 51H
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
For Developers who have made a cash payment to the Company for the
Basic Cost in the development, the sum of all refunds shall not exceed
the total Basic Cost paid by the Developer or $1,350 per lot multiplied by
the number lots, whichever is less. Thedeveloper must apply forthe
refunds beforethe line extension becomes six years old.
ln a Development where primary taps may be required into some lots to
provide adequate service orwhere the loads are not clearly defined, the
Company may elect to install only an initial Primary Circuit through the
Development (no Transformers or Secondary Circuits). The Rules for
lndividual Customers will be used to establish the extension cost of
the Primary Circuit and that cost must be paid in advance by the
Developer.
The permanent Customer on each lot must meet the Rules for
lndividual Residential Customers forthe extension into the lot, except
they will not pay a share of the cost of the Primary Circuit through the
Development or a share of previous extensions outside the
Development. The applicable Allowance will be credited first to the
Basic Cost to serve the permanent Customer. The Developer will be
refunded only the portion of the Allowance not granted or applied to the
permanent Customer.
Effective May 15,2021lssued March 29,2021
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
Twenty€eco nd Revbion Sheet 51 N
l.P.U.C.l{o.28
Cancelirg
Revision Sheet5lN 51N
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
Single-Phase
Overhead Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$4,677 per Customer
$9.t2 per foot
Underground Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$1,920 per Customer
$10.01 per foot
g."Secondary Circuit" is the electrical facilityfrom the Company's
Transformer to a handhole or connectors from which one or more
Service Circuits originate. The Secondary Circuit is single phase, is
operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include conductors,
connectors, conduit, handholes, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Secondary Circuit shall be computed using the following rates.
Single Phase Underground Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$394 per customer
$8.60 per foot
Single Phase Overhead Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs: $1,936 per customer
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
lss by
By Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
Twenty€econd Revbion Sheet 51 O
LP.U.C. Nlo.28
Cancelirg
rst Revision Sheet5lO 510
lssued by
By
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Seryice Circuif is the electrical facility between the Company's
Transformer, connectors, orhandhole and the Point of Delivery fora
single Customer or building. The Service Circuit is single phase*, is
operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include
conductors, connectors, conduit, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Service Circuit shall be computed using the following rates. These
rates do not include meters and metering facilities which are used by
the Company for billing purposes.
Single Phase Overhead Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $4.27 per foot
Single Phase Underground Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $8.43 per foot
'Transformer" Basic Cost shall be computed using the following
rates for single phase transformers.
Single Phase Overhead Transformer Costs: $2,345 per Customer
Single Phase Padmount Transformer Costs: $3,477 per Customer
"Underground Facilities" may include primary cable, secondary and
service cable, secondary and service connections, surface-type (pad-
mount) Transformers, pads, enclosures, terminations, and conduit
where necessary. These facilities will be owned, operated and
maintiained by the Company unless othenrvise provided for by
agreement.
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lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
IDAHO
Avista 2021 Schedule 51
Filing
Legislative Tariff Sheets
Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 51E
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Cancelirg
nd Revbion Sheet 51E 51E
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dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Share of Previous Extension" applies only to Primary Circuits
less than five years old. lf part of a previous line extension is
used to serve a new Customer, the new Customer must pay a
share of the previous Primary Circuit cost and Transformer
cost, if shared, to the Company before the start of
construction. The amount paid by the new Customer will be
refunded to existing Customers in relation to their share of the
Primary Circuit and Transformer, if shared. The Company will
refund appropriate shares to the bearers of Extension
Certificates when the Certificates are presented for payment
and the connection of the subsequent Customer has been
verified. The Company will make a reasonable attempt to
inform the bearer of the Certificate when a refund is due.
Bearers of Extension Certificates must apply for refunds
before the original line extension becomes six years old.
Unclaimed refunds will be returned to the contributor.
E)GMPLE:
1. First Customer pays $1{+z!0 for 1,000 feet of
primary underground circuit ($1+34 per foot).
2. Second Customer takes service within five years
using 600 feet of the original extension.
3. Both Customers share the first 600 feet equally:
600 ftx gd+34/ft xTr= $r4e2.4. The Second Customer's payment of $3r4gg will be
refunded to the First Customer to reduce his
investment in the 600 feet to $3regZ. The First
Customer's investment in the remaining 400 feet
remains s1 $.4$36. ($1 1;3 l0 $e;402 $3;492-$ l;636)
EXCEPTION: lf the refund to an existing Customer is
less than $100 each, the new Customer will not be
required to pay that share and the existing Customer
will not receive a refund.
lssued March 9,2O2O Effective May 1,2020
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51F
Cancelirg
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51F 51F
lssued by
By
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
RULES AND CHARGES FOR UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOTS
A development is a group of neighboring undeveloped lots separated
by no more than streets and under the ownership or legal contror of a
single party as determined by the company. Both the Generat Rules
and the following rules apply to line extensions within
residential developments.
Before company facilities will be installed, the developer must submit
a written application for service, a copy of the plat as approved by the
governing agency depicting dedicated utility easements approved by
the serving utilities and must pay an extension cost to the Company
which is computed as follows:
Basic Cost
Customer-Requested Costs
Cost Reductions
(one) Design Fee of $150 (if paid)
extension cost within development
cost of extension to development
Share of Extension
1)
= extension cost
"Basic Cost" willbe computed from the following rate per lot
when the Development serves single phase loads, has at least
six lots and the average frontage is no more than 175 feet per
lot. The Basic Cost includes the cost of the Primary Circuit, the
Transformer and the Secondary Circuit in the utility easement
or public right-of-way, but does not include the Service Circuit
from the point of connection with the Secondary Circuit to the
Point of Delivery.
Developments:$rc per Lot
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lssued March 9,2020 Effective May
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
Twenty€econd Revbion Sheet 51 G
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
The Basic Cost for all other Developments will be computed
from the rates listed in this Schedule for Service Circuits,
Secondary Circuits, Transformers and Primary Circuits.
2) "Cost Reductions, "Custorner-Requested Costs, and "Share of
Previous Extension" are described under Rules for lndividual
Customers.
3) "Extension to development" is the line extension between the
Company's existing energized electric facilities and the
boundary of the development. The Rules for lndividual
Customers apply to the extension to the development.
ln lieu of a cash payment of the Basic Cost in a Development, the
Company will accept a letter of credit, a contractor's performance bond,
or another credit instrument agreeable to the Company for $4/€e per
lot upon execution of a written agreement with the Developer. The
agreement shall prescribe the requirements for such a credit instrument
and shall permit the face amount of the instrument to be reduced
annually as new customers are connected within the Development. The
Developer will provide ditching within the Development.
There will be no charge to the builder forthe installation of the Service
Circuit to serve a duplex or multiplex dwelling.
A Developer who pays the extension cost described in 4.b.1) may apply
fora refund annually foreach permanent Customer connected within the
Development during the first five years after the extension is completed.
The Company will make a reasonable attempt to inform the bearer of the
certificate when a refund is due. The Company will pay the refund to the
bearer of the Extension Certificate when it is presented to the Company
for payment and the connection of the permanent Customer has been
verified.
Effective May 1,2020lssued March 9,2O2O
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51H
Cancelirg
Nineteenth Revision Sheet 51H
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
51H
sued by
By
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
For Developers who have made a cash payment to the Company forthe
Basic Cost in the development, the sum of all refunds shall not exceed
the total Basic Cost paid by the Developer or $#69 per lot multiplied by
the number lots, whichever is less. Thedeveloper must apply forthe
refunds before the line extension becomes six years old.
ln a Development where primary taps may be required into some lots to
provide adequate service orwhere the loads are not clearly defined, the
Company may elect to install only an initial Primary Circuit through the
Development (no Transformers or Secondary Circuits). The Rules for
lndividual Customers will be used to establish the extension cost of
the Primary Circuit and that cost must be paid in advance by the
Developer.
The permanent Customer on each lot must meet the Rules for
lndividual Residential Customers forthe extension into the lot, except
they will not pay a share of the cost of the Primary Circuit through the
Development or a share of previous extensions outside the
Development. Theapplicable Allowance will be credited firstto the
Basic Cost to serve the permanent Customer. The Developer will be
refunded only the portion of the Allowance not granted or applied to the
permanent Customer.
lssued March 9,2020 Effective May 1,2020
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51 N
Cancelirg
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51N 51N
lssued by
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
Single.Phase
Overhead Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$4+05 per Customer
$8-?2 per foot
Underground Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
${+34 per Customer
${+34 per foot
g."Secondary Circuit" is the electrica! facilityfrom the Company's
Transformer to a handhole or connectors from which one or more
Service Circuits originate. The Secondary Circuit is single phase, is
operated at Iess than 600 volts to ground and may include conductors,
connectors, conduit, handholes, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Secondary Circuit shall be computed using the following rates.
Single Phase Underground Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$428 per customerge'47 per foot
Single Phase Overhead Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs: $H€2 per customer
lssued March 9,2020 Effective May 1,2020
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51 O
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Twentieth Revision Sheet 51O 510
lssued by
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Service Circuit'is the electricalfacility between the Company's
Transformer, connectors, or handhole and the Point of Delivery fora
single Customer or building. The Service Circuit is single phase*, is
operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include
conductors, connectors, conduit, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Service Circuit shall be computed using the following rates. These
rates do not include meters and metering facilities which are used by
the Company for billing purposes.
Single Phase Overhead Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $9=-74 per foot
Single Phase Underground Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $9^54 per foot
'Transformer" Basic Cost shall be computed using the following
rates for single phase transformers.
Single Phase Overhead Transformer Costs: W per Customer
Single Phase Padmount Transformer Costs: $3#46 per Customer
"Underground Facilities" may include primary cable, secondary and
service cable, secondary and service connections, surface-type (pad-
mount) Transformers, pads, enclosures, terminations, and conduit
where necess€Iry. These facilities will be owned, operated and
maintained by the Company unless otherwise provided for by
agreement.
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lssued March 9,2020 Effective May 1,2020
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
Twenty-Fourth Revision Sheet 51E
l.P.U.C. No.28
CancelirB
-Third Revision Sheet 51 E 51E
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By
AVISTA CORPORAT]ON
dba Avista Utilities
5)
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Share of Previous Extension" applies only to Primary Circuits
less than five years old. lf part of a previous line extension is
used to serve a new Customer, the new Customer must pay a
share of the previous Primary Circuit costand Transformer
cost, if shared, to the Company before the start of
construction. The amount paid by the new Customer will be
refunded to existing Customers in relation to their share of the
Primary Circuit and Transformer, if shared. The Company will
refund appropriate shares to the bearers of Extension
Certificates when the Certificates are presented for payment
and the connection of the subsequent Customer has been
verified. The Company will make a reasonable attempt to
inform the bearer of the Certificate when a refund is due.
Bearers of Extension Certificates must apply for refunds
before the original Iine extension becomes six years old.
Unclaimed refunds will be returned to the contributor.
D(AMPLE:
1. First Customer pays $10.010 for 1,000 feet of
primary underground circuit ($l_0.01 per foot).
2. Second Customer takes service within five years
using 600 feet of the original extension.
3. Both Customers share the first 600 feet equally:
600 ftx$l!.1QL/ft xTz= $9.003.4. The Second Customer's payment of $3,003, wil! be
refunded to the First Customer to reduce his
investment in the 600 feet to $3.003. The First
Cuslomer's investment in the remaining 400 feet
remains at $4004. ($1 0.01 0-$3.003-$3.003=$a.00a)
EXCEPTION: lf the refund to an existing Customer is
less than $100 each, the new Customer will not be
required to pay that share and the existing Customer
will not receive a refund.
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
Twenty-Second Revision Sheet 5'1F
LP.U.C. tS.28
Cancelirg
Revision Sheet 51F 51F
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
4. RULES AND CHARGES FOR UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOTS
a.A development is a group of neighboring undeveloped lots separated
by no more than streets and under the ownership or legal control of a
single pafi as determined by the Company. Both the General Rules
and the following rules apply to line extensions within
residential developments.
Before Company facilities will be installed, the developer must submit
a written application for service, a copy of the plat as approved by the
governing agency depicting dedicated utility easements approved by
the serving utilities and must pay an extension cost to the Company
which is computed as follows:
Basic Cost
Custom er-Requested Costs
Cost Reductions
(one) Design Fee of $150 (if paid)
extension cost within development
cost of extension to development
Share of Previous Extension
extension cost
1)"Basic Cost" willbe computed from the following rate per lot
when the Development serves single phase loads, has at least
six lots and the average frontage is no more than 175 feet per
Iot. The Basic Cost includes the cost of the Primary Circuit, the
Transformer and the Secondary Circuit in the utility easement
or public right-of-way, but does not include the Service Circuit
from the point of connection with the Secondary Circuit to the
Point of Delivery.
Developments:$L350 per Lot
b.
+
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lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
Avista
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affairs
Twenty-Third Revision Sheet 51 G
l.P.U.C. t{o.28
Cancelirg
nd Revbbn Sheet5lG 51G
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
c.
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
The Basic Cost for all other Developments will be computed
from the rates listed in this Schedule for Service Circuits,
Secondary Circuits, Transformers and Primary Circuits.
2) "Cost Reductions, "Custorner-Requested Costs, and "Share of
Previous Extension" are described under Rules for lndividual
Customers.
3) "Extension to development" is the line extension between the
Company's existing energized electric facilities and the
boundary of the development. The Rules for Individual
Customers apply to the extension to the development.
ln lieu of a cash payment of the Basic Cost in a Development, the
Company will accept a letter of credit, a contractor's performance bond,
or another credit instrument agreeable to the Company for $1.350 per
lot upon execution of a written agreement with the Developer. The
agreement shall prescribe the requirements forsuch a credit instrument
and shall permit the face amount of the instrument to be reduced
annually as new customers are connected within the Development. The
Developer will provide ditching within the Development.
There will be no charge to the builder forthe installation of the Service
Circuit to serve a duplex or multiplex dwelling.
A Developer who pays the extension cost described in 4.b.1) may apply
for a refund annually for each permanent Customer connected within the
Development during the first five years after the extension is completed.
The Company will make a reasonable attempt to inform the bearer of the
certificate when a refund is due. The Company will pay the refund to the
bearer of the Extension Certificate when it is presented to the Company
for payment and the connection of the permanent Customer has been
verified.
d.
e.
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May '15,2021
By
vista ities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Affuirs
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
Twenty-First Revision Sheet 51H
Cancelirg
Twentieth Revision Sheet 51H s1H
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
For Developers who have made a cash payment to the Company for the
Basic Cost in the development, the sum of all refunds shall not exceed
the total Basic cost paid by the Developer or $lt35q per lot multiplied by
the number lots, whichever is less. The developer must apply forthe
refunds before the line extension becomes six years old.
ln a Development where primary taps may be required into some lots to
provide adequate service orwhere the loads are not clearly defined, the
Company may elect to install only an initial Primary Circuit through the
Development (no Transformers or Secondary Circuits). The Rules for
lndividual Customers will be used to establish the extension cost of
the Primary Circuit and that cost must be paid in advance by the
Developer.
The permanent Customer on each lot must meet the Rules for
lndividual Residential Customers forthe extension into the lot, except
they will not pay a share of the cost of the Primary Circuit through the
Development or a share of previous extensions outside the
Development. The applicable Allowance will be credited first to the
Basic Cost to serve the permanent Customer. The Developer will be
refunded only the portion of the Allowance not granted or applied to the
permanent Customer.
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
By
es
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
Twenty€econd Revbion Sheet 51 N
l.P.U.C. t{o.28
Cancelirg
Revision Sheet5lN 51N
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AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
SCHEDULE 51 - continued
Single-Phase
Overhead Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$49Z1- per Customer
$9.17 per foot
Underground Primary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$1.920 per Customer
$1-0.01 per foot
g "Secondary Circuit" is the electrical facility from the Company's
Transformer to a handhole or connectors from which one or more
Service Circuits originate. The Secondary Circuit is single phase, is
operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include conductors,
connectors, conduit, handholes, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Secondary Circuit shall be computed using the following rates.
Single Phase Underground Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs:
Variable Costs:
$394 per customer
$9.60 per foot
Single Phase Overhead Secondary Circuit:
Fixed Costs: $1.936 per customer
lssued March 29,2021 Effective May 15,2021
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory Afhirs
Twenty€econd Revision Sheet 51O
l.P.U.C. Nlo.28
CancelirB
rst Revision Sheet5lO 510
lssued by
By
AVISTA CORPORATION
dba Avista Utilities
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SCHEDULE 51 - continued
"Service Circuit" is the electricalfacility between the Company's
Transformer, connectors, or handhole and the Point of Delivery fora
single Customer or building. The Service Circuit is single phase*, is
operated at less than 600 volts to ground and may include
conductors, connectors, conduit, and ditch. The Basic Cost of the
Service Circuit shal! be computed using the following rates. These
rates do not include meters and metering facilities which are used by
the Company for billing purposes.
Single Phase Overhead Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $4.n- per foot
Single Phase Underground Service Circuit:
Variable Costs: $8.43 per foot
'Transformer" Basic Cost shall be computed using the following
rates for single phase transformers.
Single Phase Overhead Transformer Costs: $2.345 per Customer
Single Phase Padmount Transformer Costs: $lfr_ per Customer
"Underground Facilities" may include primary cable, secondary and
service cable, secondary and service connections, surface-type (pad-
mount) Transformers, pads, enclosures, terminations, and conduit
where necessary. These facilities will be owned, operated and
maintained by the Company unless otherwise provided for by
agreement.
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Effective May 15,2021lssued March 29,2021
Avista Utilities
Patrick Ehrbar, Directorof Regulatory AfEirc