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Senior Attorney
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Ms. Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 W . Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. IPC-E -O.- 3 f
ldaho Power Company's Application For
Approval of a New Schedule 84: Net Metering
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed herewith for filing with the Commission are an original and
seven (7) copies of ldaho Power Company's Application for approval of a new
Schedule 84 .- Net Metering. Also enclosed are an orlginal and three (3) copies of
Sheets 84-1 through 84-3 of Schedule 84.
! would appreciate it if you would return a stamped copy of this transmittal
letter for our files.
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Barton L. Kline
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ldaho Power Company
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Boise, ldaho 83707
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Attorney for ldaho Power Company
Street Address for Express Mail:
1221 West ldaho Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
APPROVAL OF A NEW SCHEDULE 84 -.
NET METERING.
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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CASE NO. IPC.E -Or3 q
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APPLICATION
COMES NOW, IDAHO POWER COMPANY ("!daho Powe/' or the
"Company''), and in accordance with RP 52 hereby applies for a Commission order
approving a new Schedule 84 - Net Metering. Concurrent with this filing, ldaho Power
has also filed Applications to modify (1) the existing Schedule 86 : Cooeneration and
Small Power Production -- Non-firm Energy, to remove the language in that schedule
associated with net metering service, and (2) the existing Schedule 72 -
!nterconnection to Non-Utility Generation, to implement streamlined interconnection
procedures. Because these three schedules are interrelated, ldaho Power believes it
would be appropriate for the Commission to consolidate the three Applications for
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APPLICATION, Page 1
consideration and hearing by the Commission. This Application is based on the
following:
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BACKGROUND
On January 22,1997, the Commission issued Order No. 26750 authorizing
ldaho Power to implement net metering as an option in the Purchase Price section of
the Company's Schedule 86 -- Cooeneration and Small Power Production -- Non-Firm
Enerov. Net metering was identified as Option B in the Purchase Price section of
Schedule 86 and described as "Offset to Retail Sales." At the time Order No. 26750
was issued, only one customer was taking net metering service from ldaho Power. ln
the fall of 2001, two additional customers requested net metering service. ln recent
months the Company has received input from potential net metering customers and
other interested parties indicating that the current net metering provisions of Schedule
86 - Option B, are difficult to understand and cumbersome to implement. ln response
to those comments and in an effort to reduce the administrative requirements of
computing individual monthly charges for different generating facilities and multiple
customers, the Company is hereby requesting authorization to revise its net metering
provisions.
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL
ln the proposed Schedule 84, the Company is requesting approval of a net
metering option that:
(a) Allows the Company to use its existing billing system;
APPLICATION, Page 2
(b) Allows the customer to use a single meter to register the energy
supplied by the Company and the energy delivered by the customer;
(c) Charges the customer the rate consistent with its class of service
while the meter is running forward;
(d) Pays the customer the retail rate consistent with its class of service
while the meter is running backward; and
(e) Does not impose any monthly charges other than those provided
for on the customer's standard service schedule.
ldaho Power is proposing that its net metering option, the proposed
Schedule 84, be available to customers taking service under Schedule 1 or Schedule 7
who own and/or operate a generation facility that is fueled by solar, wind, biomass, or
hydropower, or represents fuel cell technology, is rated at25 kilowatts of nameplate
capacity or less, and is interconnected to the customers' individual electric system on
the custome/s side of the meter. A single meter will be utilized for the net metering
service. All energy supplied by the Company to the customer will cause the meter to
run foruvard; all energy delivered by the customer to the Company will cause the meter
to run backward. lf the energy supplied by the Company exceeds the energy generated
by the customer during the billing period, the customer will be billed for the net amount
of energy recorded on the meter at the standard Schedule 1 or Schedule 7 tariff rate, as
applicable. lf the energy generated by the customer exceeds the energy supplied by
the Company during the billing period, the customer will be credited for the net amount
of energy delivered to the Company at the standard Schedule 1 or Schedule 7 tariff
rate, as applicable.
APPLICATION, Page 3
The Company is proposing to make the net metering service available
under Schedule 84 available on a first-come, first-served basis untilthe cumulative
generation nameplate capacity of net metering systems connected to the Company's
system equals 2.9 megawatts. The 2.9 megawatt limit represents one-tenth of one
percent of the Company's retail peak demand for 2000. The one-tenth of one percent
limit is considered to be an industry standard and is identicalto the limit on net metering
capacity the Commission previously approved for Avista Utilities.
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TARIFFS
Attached to this Application as Attachment 1 are Second Revised Sheet
84-1, First Revised Sheet 84-2, and First Revised Sheet 84-3.
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COMMUNICATIONS
Communications with reference to this Application should be sent to the
following:
Barton L. Kline
Senior Attorney
ldaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70
Boise, lD 83707
Maggie Brilz
Director of Pricing
ldaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70
Boise, lD 83707
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PROCEDURE
Concurrent with the filing of this Application,.ldaho Power has filed an
Application asking the Commission to approve new rate Schedule 86 -- Cooeneration
and Smal I Power Produntion -- Non-Firm Fnorov
APPLICATION, Page 4
ln addition, ldaho Power has also
filed an Application asking the Commission to approve certain amendments to
Schedule 72 * lnlerconnection to Non-Utilitv Generation. Schedule 72 is the
Company's service schedule which provides for interconnection to non-utility
generation. Because these three Applications are so interrelated, ldaho Power believes
that it would be appropriate for the Commission to consolidate its consideration of these
three Applications. ldaho Power also believes that these three Applications are good
candidates for consideration by the Commission under modified procedure.
WHEREFORE, ldaho Power respectfully requests that the Commission
issue its Order approving the Company's new Schedule 84 as proposed in
Attachment 1.
Respectfully submitted this 9th day of November, 2001.
BA L. KLINE
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
APPLICATION, Page 5
ATTACHMENT 1
IDAHO POWER COMPANY SECOND REVISED SHEET B4-I
CANCELS
I.P.U.C. NO.25, TARIFF NO. IOI FIRST REVISED SHEET NO.84-]
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING
AVAILABILITY
Service under this schedule is ovoiloble throughout the Compony's service territory within the Stote
of ldoho for Customers intending to generote electricily to reduce oll or port of their monthly energy
usoge.
Service under this schedule is ovoiloble on o first-come, first-served bosis until the cumulotive
generotion nomeplote copocity of net metering systems equols 2.9 MW, which represents one-tenth of
one percent of the Compony's retoilpeok demond during 2000.
APPLICABILITY
Service under this schedule is opplicoble to ony Seller thot:
t.Tokes retoil electric service on Schedule lor Schedule Z;
2. Owns ond/or operotes o Generotion Focility thot:
o. Hos o totol nomeplote copocity roting of 25 kW or smoller;
b. Generotes electricity fueled by solor, wind, biomoss, or hydropower, or represents
fuel cell technology;
c. ls interconnected to the Seller's individuol electric system on the Seller's side of
the Compony's retoil metering point, thus oll energy received ond delivered by the
Compony is through the existing retoil meter.
3. Meets oll opplicoble requirements of the Compony's Schedule 72 ond Generotion
lnterconnection Process.
DEFINITIONS
Generotion Focility meons oll equipment used to generote electric energy where the resulting
energy is either delivered to the Compony vio o single metering point or is consumed by the customer.
Generotion lnterconnection Process is the Compony's generotion interconnection opplicotion
ond engineering review process developed to ensure o sofe ond relioble generotion interconnection.
lnterconnection Focilities ore oll focilities reosonobly required by Prudent Electricol Proctices ond
lhe opplicoble electric ond sofety codes to interconnect ond sofely deliver Energy from lhe Generotion
Focility to the Point of Delivery.
IDAHO
lssued - November 9,2001
Effective - December 10, 2001
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gole, Vice President, Regulotory Affoirs
l22l West ldoho Street, Boise, ldoho
IDAHO POWER COMPANY FIRST REVISED SHEET B4-2
CANCELS
I.P.U.C. NO. 26, TARIFF NO. IOI ORIGINAL SHEET NO.B4-2
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NEI METERING
(Continued)
DEFINITIONS (Continued)
Point of Delivery is the retoil melering point where the Compony's ond the Seller's electricol
focililies ore interconnected.
Prudent Electricol Proctices ore those proctices, methods ond equipment thot ore commonly used
in prudent electricol engineering ond operotions to operote electric equipment lowfully ond with sofety,
dependobility, efficiency ond economy.
Schedule 72 is the Compony's service schedule which provides for lnterconnection of Non-Utility
Generotion or its successor schedule(s) os opproved by the Commission.
Seller is ony entity thot owns or operotes o Generotion Focility ond desires to interconnect ond
operote o Generotion Focility ond potentiolly sell net surplus Energy to the Compony.
MONTHLY BILLING
The Seller sholl be billed in occordonce with the Seller's opplicoble stondord service Schedule I or
Schedule 7, including oppropriote monthly chorges.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE
The conditions listed below sholl opply to olltronsoctions under this schedule.
Bolonces of generotion ond usoge by the Seller:
o. lf electricity supplied by the Compony during the Billing Period exceeds the
electricity generoted by the Seller ond delivered to the Compony during the Billing Period,
the Seller sholl be billed for the net electricity supplied by the Compony of the Seller's
stondord schedule retoilrote, in occordonce with normolmetering proctices.
b. lf electricity generoted by the Seller during the Billing Period exceeds the electricity
supplied by the Compony during the Billing Period, the Seller:
Sholl be billed for the opplicoble non-energy chorges for the Billing Period
under the Seller's stondord service schedule, ond
Sholl be finonciolly credited for the energy delivered to lhe Compony
during the Billing Period of the Seller's stondord service schedule retoilrote
2. As o condilion of interconnection with the Compony, the Seller sholl:
o. Complete ond mointoin ollrequirements of interconnection in occordonce wifh
the opplicoble portions of Schedule 72.
IDAHO
lssued - November 9,2001
Effective - December 10, 2O0l
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gole, Vice President, Regulotory Affoirs
l22l West ldoho Street, Boise, ldoho
IDAHO POWER COMPANY FIRST REVISED SHEET NO. B4-3
CANCELS
I.P.U.C. NO.26. TARIFF NO. iol ORIGINAL SHEET NO.84-3
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
b. Complete ond mointoin oll requirements of the Compony's Generotion
lnterconnection Process.
c. Obtoin written confirmotion from the Compony thot oll conditions to
interconnection hove been fulfilled prior to operotion of the Generotion Focility. Such
confirmotion sholl not be unreosonobly withheld by the Compony.
3. The Seller sholl never deliver or ottempt to deliver energy to the Compony's system when
the Compony's system serving the Seller's Generotion Focility is de-energized for ony reoson.
4. The Compony sholl not be lioble directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to ollow
on ottochment of o net metering focility to the Compony's system, or for the octs or omissions of the Seller
thot couse loss or injury. including deoth, to ony third porty.
5. The Seller is responsible for oll costs ossocioted with the Generotion Focility ond
lnterconnection Focilities. The Seller is olso responsible for oll costs ossocioted with ony Compony
odditions, modificotions, or upgrodes to ony Compony focilities thot the Compony determines ore
necessory os o result of the instollotion of the Generotion Focility in order to mointoin o sofe, relioble
electricol system.
6. The Compony sholl not be obligoled to occept, ond the Compony moy require the Seller
to curtoil, intem,rpt or reduce deliveries of Energy if the Compony, consistent with Prudent Electricol
Proctices, determines thot curtoilment, intenuption or reduction is necessory becouse of line construction
or mointenonce requirements, emergencies, or other criticol operoting conditions on its system.
7. lf the Compony is required by the Commission to institute curtoilment of deliveries of
electricity to its customers, the Compony moy require the Seller to curtoil its consumption of eleclricity in
the some monner ond to the some degree os other Customers within the some customer closs who do not
own Generotion Focilities.
8. The Seller sholl gront to the Compony oll occess to oll Compony equipment ond focilities
including odequote ond continuing occess rights to the property of the Seller for the purpose of
instollotion, operotion, mointenonce, replocement or ony other service required of soid equipment os well
os oll necessory occess for inspection, switching ond ony other operotionol requirements of the Seller's
lnlerconnections Focilities.
IDAHO
lssued - November 9,2001
Effective - December 10, 2001
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gole, Vice President, Regulotory Affoirs
l22l West ldoho Street, Boise, ldoho