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Home My WebLink About20130305Compliance Filing.pdfHO POWER® rrrsr R L An IDACORP Company 7UI3ftR-5 PH 1:01 DONOVAN E. WALKER Lead Counsel L dwalker(äidahopower.com 1TfT CMMtST March 5, 2013 VIA HAND DELIVERY Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Re: Case No. GNR-E-11-03 Compliance Filing - Order No. 32737 PURPA SAR and IRP Methodologies - Proposed Date for Annual Updates to Gas and Load Forecasts used in the Integrated Resource Plan ("IRP") Avoided Cost Methodology Dear Ms. Jewell: As directed by Order No. 32737, page 7, Idaho Power Company, Avista Corporation, and Rocky Mountain Power have consulted and have agreed to propose that each utility update the natural gas and load forecasts used in each utility's respective IRP avoided cost methodology annually on October 15. Please let me know if there is anything else the Commission needs with regard to this request set forth in Order No. 32737. Since Donovan E. Walker DEW:csb cc: Service List 1221 W. Idaho St. (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 5th day of March 2013 I served a true and correct copy of the LETTER DATED MARCH 5, 2013, TO JEAN JEWELL REGARDING THE PROPOSED DATE FOR ANNUAL UPDATES TO GAS AND LOAD FORECASTS USED IN THE IRP AVOIDED COST METHODOLOGY upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Kristine A. Sasser Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Avista Corporation Michael G. Andrea Avista Corporation 1411 East Mission Avenue, MSC-23 Spokane, Washington 99202 PacifiCorp dibla Rocky Mountain Power Daniel E. Solander PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Exergy Development, Grand View Solar II, J.R. Simplot, Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition, Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, and Clearwater Paper Corporation Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams RICHARDSON & O'LEARY, PLLC 515 North 27th Street (83702) P.O. Box 7218 Boise, Idaho 83707 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email kris.sassercuc.idaho.Qov Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email michael.andreaavistacorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email danieI.solandercpacificorp.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email Pete r(ärichardsonandoleary.com cirecrichardsonandoIearv.com Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC Hand Delivered James Carkulis, Managing Member U.S. Mail Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC Overnight Mail 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 1200 FAX Boise, Idaho 83702 X Email icarkuIisexercjydevelopment.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -1 Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise, Idaho 83703 Grand View Solar II Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar II 15690 Vista Circle Desert Hot Springs, California 92241 J.R. Simplot Company Don Sturtevant, Energy Director J.R. Simplot Company One Capital Center 999 Main Street P.O. Box 27 Boise, Idaho 83707-0027 Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition Robert D. Kahn, Executive Director Northwest and Intermountain Power Producers Coalition 1117 Minor Avenue, Suite 300 Seattle, Washington 98101 Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho Bill Brown, Chair Board of Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho P.O. Box 48 Council, Idaho 83612 Clearwater Paper Corporation Mary Lewallen Clearwater Paper Corporation 601 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100 Spokane, Washington 99201 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email dreadinQ(mindspring.com d r(then iohnsonassociates. corn Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email robertapau108(qmail.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email don. sturtevantsim plot. com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email rkahncnippc.orq Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email bdbrownfrontiernet.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email marv.lewallenclearwaterpaper.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -2 Renewable Energy Coalition and Dynamis Energy, LLC Ronald L. Williams WILLIAMS BRADBURY, P.C. 1015 West Hays Street Boise, Idaho 83702 Renewable Energy Coalition John R. Lowe, Consultant Renewable Energy Coalition 12050 SW Tremont Street Portland, Oregon 97225 Dynamis Energy, LLC Wade Thomas, General Counsel Dynamis Energy, LLC 776 East Riverside Drive, Suite 150 Eagle, Idaho 83616 Interconnect Solar Development, LLC R. Greg Ferney MIMURA LAW OFFICES, PLLC 2176 East Franklin Road, Suite 120 Meridian, Idaho 83642 Bill Piske, Manager Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 East Carter Boise, Idaho 83706 Renewable Northwest Project, Idaho Windfarms, LLC, and Ridgeline Energy LLC Dean J. Miller Chas. F. McDevitt McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2564 Boise, Idaho 83701 Megan Walseth Decker Senior Staff Counsel Renewable Northwest Project 421 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1125 Portland, Oregon 97204 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ronwilliamsbrad bury.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email iravenesanmarcosvahoo.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email wthomas(ädynamisenerQy.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email qrecumimuralaw.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email biIIpiske(cableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email ioecmcdevitt-miIler.com chasmcdevitt-milIer.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email meqan(rnp.orq CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -3 Idaho Windfarms, LLC Glenn Ikemoto Margaret Rueger Idaho Windfarms, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, California 94611 Twin Falls Canal Company, North Side Canal Company, Big Wood Canal Company, and American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 C. Tom Arkoosh ARKOOSH EIGUREN PLLC 802 West Bannock, Suite 900 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, Idaho 83701 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY Donald W. Schoenbeck RCS, Inc. 900 Washington Street, Suite 780 Vancouver, Washington 98660 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY Twin Falls Canal Company Brian Olmstead, General Manager Twin Falls Canal Company P.O. Box 326 Twin Falls, Idaho 83303 ELECTRONIC SERVICE ONLY North Side Canal Company Ted Diehl, General Manager North Side Canal Company 921 North Lincoln Street Jerome, Idaho 83338 Birch Power Company Ted S. Sorenson, P.E. Birch Power Company 5203 South 11 th East Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 _Hand Delivered U.S. Mail —Overnight Mail FAX X Email ilenni(envisionwind .com marqaret(envisionwind .com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tom.arkooshaelawlobby.com erin.cecikaeIawIobby.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email dwsr-c-s-inc.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email oImstead(ätfcanaI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email nscanakcableone.net Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tedtsorenson.net CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -4 Blue Ribbon Energy LLC M.J. Humphries Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 3470 Rich Lane Ammon, Idaho 83406-7728 Arron F. Jepson Blue Ribbon Energy LLC 10660 South 540 East Sandy, Utah 84070 Idaho Conservation League Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 North Sixth Street (83702) P.O. Box 844 Boise, Idaho 83701 Snake River Alliance Liz Woodruff, Executive Director Ken Miller, Clean Energy Program Director Snake River Alliance P.O. Box 1731 Boise, Idaho 83701 Energy Integrity Project Tauna Christensen Energy Integrity Project 769 North 1100 East Shelley, Idaho 83274 Idaho Wind Partners I, LLC Deborah E. Nelson Kelsey J. Nunez GIVENS PURSLEY LLP 601 West Bannock Street (83702) P.O. Box 2720 Boise, Idaho 83701-2720 Mountain Air Projects, LLC J. Kahle Becker The Alaska Center 1020 West Main Street, Suite 400 Boise, Idaho 83702 Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email blueribbonenerQy(ämaiI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email arronesp(aoI.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email bottoidahoconservation.orc Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email lwoodruffsnakeriveraIIiance.orQ kmilIersnakenveralliance.org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email tau nacenerqyinteqrityproiect.org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email den(ciivenspursIey.com kinpivenspursley.com Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX X Email kahIe(kahlebeckerIaw.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -5 Michael J. Uda Hand Delivered UDA LAW FIRM, P.C. U.S. Mail 7 West 6th Avenue, Suite 4E Overnight Mail Helena, Montana 59601 FAX X Email muda(ämtheIena.com Christa Bearry, Legal Secretary () CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -6