20230801Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSIONER LODGE
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: ADAM TRIPLETT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: AUGUST 1, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA’S APPLICATION FOR AN
ACCOUNTING ORDER AUTHORIZING DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MONTANA RIVERBED LEASE
AGREEMENT; CASE NO. AVU-E-23-06

On June 30, 2023, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (“Company”) applied for
authority to defer $1,298,000 of approximately $3.8 million of total interest costs associated with
the Montana Riverbed Lease Agreement due to the State of Montana in the third quarter of 2023
(“Idaho’s Share”). Application at 7; Attachment A. The Company would record Idaho’s Share of
interest costs as a regulatory asset in FERC Account 182.3-Other Regulatory Assets. The
Company requests the Application be processed by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure, establishing an August 23, 2023, public comment deadline, and an August
30, 2023, deadline for company reply comments.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure, establishing an August 23, 2023, public comment deadline, and an August 30, 2023,
deadline for Company reply comments?

_____________________________
Adam Triplett
Deputy Attorney General

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