HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000522_sw.docDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
MYRNA WALTERS
RON LAW
LOUANN WESTERFIELD
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
RANDY LOBB
BEV BARKER
BILL EASTLAKE
WORKING FILE
FROM:
DATE: MAY 22, 2000
RE: CASE NO. IPC-E-00-08 (Idaho Power)
LOW-INCOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM—MODIFICATIONS
On May 12, 2000, Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting approval of proposed modifications to its Low-Income Weatherization Program.
Idaho Power Company’s Low-Income Weatherization Program was approved by the Commission in 1999 in Case No. IPC-E-89-06, Order Nos. 22413 and 22478. Since 1989, the program has changed with respect to the participating organizations, the funding level, and the method of recovering program expenditures. The state program is administered by the State of Idaho, Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Welfare, Bureau of Policy, and is operated by six local not-for-profit agencies that are designated subgrantees. The five agencies that the Company presently contracts with in its state of Idaho service territory are El Ada, Inc., South Central Community Action Agency, Canyon County Organization on Aging, Eastern Idaho Special Services Agency, and the SouthEastern Idaho Community Action Agency.
Current information concerning the operation of the Idaho low-income weatherization program is contained in the 2000 Idaho Weatherization State Plan, which is attached to the Company’s Application. As an adjunct of that plan, Idaho Power has been approached and has agreed to remove restrictions that are contained in the original Low-Income Weatherization Program. The Company requests approval of the following modifications to its Low-Income Weatherization Program.
Removing the requirement that eligible dwellings, additional eligible dwellings, and eligible buildings be primarily heated by electricity.
Eliminating the disallowance of plastic window coverings and of repair/replacement of fossil fuel heating.
Adopting the state’s average cost limitation for program funds of not more than 75% support labor/overhead and not less than 25% material investment average per eligible dwelling installed by the agency.
Adopting the allowance of expenditures for health and safety measures of up to 10% of the average cost per dwelling.
Increasing the required savings-to-investment ratio (SIR) for qualifying energy conservation measures from 1.0 to 1.1 or greater.
The Company requests that its Application be processed under Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Staff concurs with the Company’s proposed procedure.
Commission Decision
Does the Commission agree that it is reasonable to process the Company’s Application in IPC-E-00-08 pursuant to Modified Procedure?
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