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Home My WebLink About20131213Report.pdfPeter J. Richardson ISB # 3195 Greg Adams ISB # 7454 RICHARDSON ADAMS PLLC 515 N. 27th Street Boise,Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 938-790 1 Fax: (208) 938-7904 peter@richardsonadams. com Attomeys for J. R. Simplot Company and C learwater Paper Corporation. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF PURPA QF CONTRACT PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE SURROGATE AVOIDED RESOURCE (SAR) ANN INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP) METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULATING AVOIDED COST RATES lfr! ' l-i-^l.j I';; i: lg BET'ORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ) cAsE NO. GNR-E-1I43 ) REPORT BY TI# J. R. STMPLOT ) COMPANY AND CLEARWATER ) PAPER CORPORATTON ON PURPA ) CONTRACTINGPROCEDURES ) ) ) Pursuant to Order No. 32697 issued in the above captioned docket by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission"), the J. R. Simplot Company and Clearwater Paper Corporation by and through their attorneys of record, Richardson Adams, PLLC, hereby lodges its Report on PURPA Contracting Procedures. REPORT In Order No. 32697, the Commission directed the parties to, "participate in workshops with one another to begin to form a structure for fair and reasonable contracting procedures and rules. We expect the parties to submit to this Commission no later than December 13, 2013, a proposal for approval of such terms." In the intervening year, the parties held two workshops. Although much progress has been made, the parties have not yet arrived at a consensus as to the appropriate contracting procedures and rules. I -Simplot/Clearwater Report on PURPA Conhacting Procedures Simplot and Clearwater believe the Commission's findings in Order No. 32697 are still compelling in that: [S]uch procedures and rules would be beneficial to both the utilities and the QFs. We find that a fair and consistent set of rules for the utilities and QFs would reduce confusion and provide more certainty regarding the expectations of all contracting parties. We are optimistic that such rules might also reduce the number of complaints filed with this Commission because of disputes regarding contract terms. The Commission's findings relative to the importance of establishing a consistent set of procedures and rules for the utilities and QFs are still important (and achievable) goals. Simplot and Clearwater therefore respectfully request the Commission order the parties to continue their efforts by establishing additional workshops dates and hearings (if necessary) to resolve the outstanding issues. DATED this 13th day of December, 2013. RICHARDSON ADAMS PLLC By: Attorneys for the J. R. Simplot Company and Clearwater Paper Corporation rsB #319s 2 -SimploUClearwater Report on PURPA Contracting Procedures CERTIF'ICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 13tr day of December, 2013, a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing REPORT BY Ttm J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY AND CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION was served via electronic mail to: Jean D. Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 47 4 W est Washington Steet Boise,Idatro 83702 i ean j ewell@fruc. idaho. gov (also by hand delivery) Donovan Walker Idaho Power Company PO Box 70 Boise,Idaho 83702 dwalker@ idahopower. com Daniel Solander PacifiCorp/dba Rocky Mountain Power 201 S. Main St., Ste.2300 Salt Lake City, Utah S4l I I daniel. solander@nacifi com.com John R. Lowe Consultant Renewable Energy Coalition 12050 SW Tremont St. Portland, Oregon 97225 Bill Piske, Manager lnterconnect Solar Development, LLC 1303 E. Carter Boise,Idaho 83706 billpiskie@cableone.net Wade Thomas General Counsel Dynamics Energy, LLC 776W. Riverside Dr., Ste. l5 Eagle, Idalro 8361l6 wthomas@dynamisenerey.com Kris Sasser Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W est Washington Sfreet Boise,Idatro 83702 kri sine. xasser@.puc. idaho. gov Michael Andrea Avista Corporation POBox3727 Spokane, Washington 99220 michael.andrea@avistacorp. com Dean J. Miller McDevitt & Miller 420 West Bannock Boise,Idatro 83702 i oe@mcdevitt-miller.com R. Greg Ferney Mimura Law Offices, PLLC Interconnect Solar Development, LLC 21768. Franklin Road, Ste. 120 Meridian,Idatro 83642 Ronald L. Williams Williams Bradbury, PC 1015 W Hays Street Boise,Idaho 83702 ron@ wil liamsbradbury. c om Shelly M. Davis Barker Rosholt & Simpson, LLP 1010 W. Jefferson St. (83702) PO Box 2139 Boise,Idaho 83701 smd@idahowaters.com 3 -Simplot/Clearwater Report on PURPA Contracting Procedures Robert A. Paul Grand View Solar II 15690 Vista Circle Desert Hot Springs, CA 92241 Robertapaul0 8 @ gmai l. com Aron F. Jepson Blue Ribbon Energy 10660 s 540 E Sandy, Utah 84070 arronesq@aol.com Ted Diehl General Manager North Side Canal Company 921 N. Lincoln St. Jerome,Idaho 83338 nscanal@cableone.net Ted S. Sorenson, PE Birch Power Company 5203 S llm E Idatro Falls, Idaho 83404 ted@tsorenson.net Megan Decker RNP 907 SW Oak St., Ste. 303 Portland, OR 97205 megan@rnp.org Liz Woodruff Ken Miller SRA PO Box 1731 Boise,ID 83701 Don Sturtevant Energy Director J.R. Simplot Company PO Box 27 Boise, Id 83707-0027 don. sturtevant@simplot.com James Carkulis Exergy Development Group 802 West Bannock Boise,Idaho 83702 j carkulis@.exersydevelopment. com M.J. Humphries Blue Ribbon Energy 4515 S. Ammon Rd Ammon,Idaho 83406 blueribbonenersy@ gmail.com Bill Brown Adams County Board of Commissioners PO Box 48 Council,Id 83612 bdbrown@ fr onti ernet. net Glenn Ikemoto Idatro Wind Farms, LLC 6762Blair Ave. Piedmont, CA 94311 glenni@ envisionwind. com mar garet@envisionwind. com Ben Otto ICL 710 N. 6th St Boise,ID 83701 botto@ idahoconservation. org Robert D. Kahn Executive Director NIPPC I117 Minor Ave, Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98101 Marv Lewallen Clearwater Paper Corporation 601 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 1100 Spokane, WA 99201 marv. lewallen@ clearwaterpaper. com 4 -Simplot/Clearwater Report on PURPA Contracting Procedures Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise, Id 83703 dreading@mindspring.com Twin Falls Canal Co. Brian Olmstead General Manager olrnstead@tfcanal. com Lori Thomas Capital Law Group Ithornas@capital laweroup. com Deboratr Nelson Kelsey Nunez Givens Pursley 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, Id 83702 den@ eivenspursley. com kj n@ givenspursley. com Michael J. Uda Uda Law Firm, PC 7 w 6d'Ave, Ste 4E Helena, MT 59601 muda@mthelena.com C. Thomas Arkoosh Capitol Law Group 205 N. los st.,4tr Floor Boise, Id 83701 tarkoo sh@capito llaw group. com Don Schoenbeck RCS dws@r-c-s-inc.com Tuana Christensen Energy Integrity Proj ect tuana@ energyinte sritvproj ect. org J. Kahle Becker The Alaska Center 1020 W. Main St., Ste.400 Boise,ld83702 kahle@.kahlebecker. law. com k#a 5 -Simplot/Clearwater Report on PURPA Contracting Procedures