HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001720_jh.docDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
JEAN JEWELL
RON LAW
BILL EASTLAKE
LOU ANN WESTERFIELD
DON HOWELL
LYNN ANDERSON
RANDY LOBB
DAVE SCHUNKE
KEITH HESSING
BEV BARKER
GENE FADNESS
TONYA CLARK
WORKING FILE
FROM: JOHN R. HAMMOND
DATE: JULY, 20 2001
RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, AND THE CITY OF CALDWELL FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL LINE INSTALLATION AGREEMENT. CASE NO. IPC-E-01-24.
On July 13, 2001, Idaho Power Company, the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Caldwell, Idaho (“URA”) and the City of Caldwell (“Caldwell”) jointly filed an Application requesting Commission approval of a special line installation agreement (“Agreement”) they have entered into.
The Application states that URA and Caldwell have created an Urban Renewal Plan for the Caldwell East Urban Renewal Project that will rehabilitate and develop a specified area of the City. In order to accomplish this the Applicants state that it is necessary to have adequate electric utility service available to the area. Accordingly a new distribution feeder line, the “New Linden Feeder,” will be constructed. The Applicants state that grant monies are available for the construction of the required facilities. Due to the unique nature of funding for the line installation the parties have entered into the agreement pursuant to Rule H, Subparagraph VI, D, i.e., which allows for special arrangements that deviate from Rule H Refund Provisions. Based on this Agreement Idaho Power is willing to construct the New Linden Feeder and related distribution facilities upon payment by Caldwell in the amount of $408,386.30. Caldwell also agrees to waive all vested interest rights or payments in the New Linden Feeder in exchange for the Company agreeing to commit to making 10 MW of feeder line capacity available to the City within the Caldwell Project boundaries for seven years. The Application also states that for a period of five years, any capacity of the New Linden Feeder that is utilized for service outside the Caldwell Project boundaries will be subject to a connection charge.
The Applicants request that the Joint Application be processed using Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submissions rather than by an evidentiary hearing, under the Commission’s Rules of Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission process this case by Modified Procedure under the Commission’s Rules and issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process the Applicants’ Joint Application by Modified Procedure under the Commission’s Rules and issue a Notice of the Application and Notice of Modified Procedure?
John R. Hammond
Staff: Keith Hessing
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