20040108Certificate No 420.pdf

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND NECESSITY FOR THE RATEBASING OF
THE BENNETT MOUNTAIN POWER PLANT.
CASE NO. IPC-03-
CERTIFICATE NO. 420
On September 26 2003 , Idaho Power Company filed an Application for a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a new natural gas-fired generating plant in
Mountain Home, Idaho pursuant to Idaho Code g 61-526.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the future public convenience and necessity require
and will require Idaho Power Company authorization to construct and subsequently operate a
162 MW natural gas-fired power plant and related interconnection facilities at Mountain Home.
The Bennett Mountain generating plant will be located in the Mountain View Industrial Park in
Mountain Home and will be interconnected to the natural gas transmission system approximately
3,400 feet away. Idaho Power shall operate and maintain the Bennett Mountain power plant to
furnish electric energy to its customers.
THIS CERTIFICATE is predicated upon and issued pursuant to the findings of fact
and conclusions of law contained in Order No. 29410 service dated January 2, 2004, in the
above-referenced case.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this
ft... day of January 2004.
PAU ~SIDENT
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
IS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Commission Secretary
Vld/O:IPCE0312 Cert 420