20170627Amended Application, Response, Objection.pdf

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DONOVAN E. WALKER
Lead Counsel
dwalker@ida hopower.com
June 27,20'17
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Diane M. Hanian, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington
Boise, ldaho 83702
Re Case No. GNR-E-17-02
Review of Surrogate Avoided Resource (SAR) Methodology
Case No. IPC-E-17-07
Update to Published Avoided Cost Rates Based on the Updated Natural
Gas Price Forecast of the U.S. Energy lnformation Administration (EIA)
Dear Ms. Hanian
Enclosed for filing in the above matters please find an original and seven (7)
copies of the Amended Application, Response, and Objection of Idaho Power
Company.
yours,
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Donovan E. Walker
An IDACORP Company
1221 W. ldaho St. (83702)
PO. Box 70
Boise, lD 83707
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DONOVAN E. WALKER (lSB No. 5921)
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
dwalker@ ida hopower. com
IN THE MATTER OF THE ANNUAL
UPDATE TO PUBLISHED AVOIDED
COST RATES BASED ON THE
UPDATED NATURAL GAS PRICE
FORECAST OF THE U.S. ENERGY
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Attorney for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY TO
REVIEW THE SURROGATE AVOIDED
RESOURCE (SAR) METHODOLOGY
FOR CALCULATING PUBLISHED
AVOIDED COST RATES
CASE NO. GNR.E-17-02
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CASE NO. IPC-E-17.07
AMENDED APPLICATION,
RESPONSE, AND OBJECTION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ln Case No. IPC-E-17-07,ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Power" or "Company")
filed a Response and Objection to the natural gas forecast proposed by ldaho Public
Utilities Commission Staff in the annual update to the surrogate avoided resource
("SAR") avoided cost rates. The ldaho Public Utilities Commission treated ldaho
Power's Response and Objection as an application and opened Case No. GNR-E-17-02
to process the matter.
AMENDED APPLICATION, RESPONSE, AND OBJECTION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 1
ldaho Power hereby submits the following insertions and deletions as corrections
and an amendment to the Application/Response and Objection. The last sentence of
the middle paragraph on page 2 should be amended to read as follows:
However, for ldaho Power's 2015 Integrated Resource Plan
("lRP") process as well as for avoided cost rates based upon
the lncremental Cost lRP ("lClRP') methodology, ldaho
Power utilizes EIA's Annual Energy Outlook from a different
EIA Reference Case subset: the Natural Gas Spot Price at
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+eennebgy (nom $/MMBtu) forecast, adjusted for pricing at
Sumas and ldaho City Gate.
The first sentence of the first paragraph on page 6 should be amended to read as
follows:
As stated above, this forecast is currently utilized in beth
ldaho Power's 2017 IRP process-@
Additionally, the second sentence in the first paragraph of the conclusion section
on page 7 should be amended to read as follows:
This would align SAR published rates with the current
natural gas forecast utilized by ffi
pneth€del€gy-the Company's 2017 lRP, and the Company's
annual standard avoided cost rates in Oregon.
ldaho Power respectfully requests that the Application/Response and Objection
filed in Case Nos. IPC-E-17-07 and GNR-E-17-02 be amended to reflect the above-
referenced insertions and deletions.
Respectfully submitted this 27th day of June 2017.
WALKER
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
AMENDED APPLICATION, RESPONSE, AND OBJECTION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY - 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 27th day of June 2017 I served a true and
correct copy of the AMENDED APPLICATION, RESPONSE, AND OBJECTION OF
IDAHO POWER COMPANY upon the following named parties by the method
indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Gommission Staff
Daphne J. Huang
Deputy Attorney General
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington (83702)
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-007 4
J. R. Simplot Company
Peter J. Richardson
RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC
515 North 27th Street (83702)
P.O. Box 7218
Boise, ldaho 83707
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, ldaho 83703
Avista Corporation
Michael G. Andrea
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-33
Spokane, Washington 99202
Clint Kalich
Avista Corporation
1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-7
Spokane, Washington 99202
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C. Tom Arkoosh
ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES
802 West Bannock Street, Suite 900
P.O. Box 2900
Boise, ldaho 83701
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Renewable Energy Coalition
Gregory M. Adams
RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC
515 North 27th Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
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lrion Sanger
SANGER LAW, P.C.
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Portland, Oregon 97215
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Tamarack Energy Partnership
Michael C. Creamer
GIVENS PURSLEY LLP
601 West Bannock Street
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Rocky Mountain Power
Yvonne Hogle
Ted Weston
PacifiCorp dlbla Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
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Daniel MacNeil
PacifiCorp dbla Rocky Mountain Power
825 NE Multnomah Street
Portland, Oregon 97232
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