20020913Motion for Scheduling Order.pdf

BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526
Idaho Power Company
P. O. Box 70
Boise , Idaho 83707
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING BY
IDAHO POWER COMPANY OF ITS
2002 ELECTRIC INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLAN (IRP).
CASE NO. IPC-02-
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'
MOTION FOR SCHEDULING ORDER
COMES NOW , Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "the Company
and , in accordance with RP 51-, hereby requests that the Commission issue a
scheduling order authorizing Idaho Power to file reply comments in this case which
would include and be based in part on the Report to be filed by Idaho Power in
accordance with the requirements of Commission Order No. 29085 in Case No. IPC-
01-42 (Garnet Proceeding).
Idaho Power recognizes that the potential unavailability of the Garnet
contract has become a legitimate issue to be considered in the 2002 IRP. In Order No.
29084 , the Commission noted that the Company s 2002 IRP assumes the Garnet
contract will be a resource and, should the Garnet contract prove to be unavailable, the
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Commission directed the Company to identify alternative options available to it for
satisfying the identified energy and peaking load deficits. To present those options to
the Commission , Idaho Power was directed to prepare a report or plan for satisfying
future resource requirements ("the Garnet Report"
).
Order No. 29085 provides that the
Company will file this Report with the Commission on or before October 23, 2002.
To avoid duplication of effort and to make sure that the record in this case
contains all of the relevant information the Commission will need to evaluate the
Company s 2002 IRP , Idaho Power proposes to include the information presented in
the Garnet report as a part of its reply comments in this proceeding. In its reply
comments the Company will also address the other issues raised in the comments filed
by the Staff and other interested parties. Once the reply comments are filed , the
Commission then can make a determination as to whether or not it has all the
information it needs to make a decision to acknowledge the 2002 IRP. If the
Commission determines that additional information is required , the Commission can
then determine how it desires to obtain the needed information.
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, Idaho Power requests that the Commission issue
its Order authorizing Idaho Power to file reply comments in this case on or before
October 23 2002.
Respectfully submitted this 13th day of September, 2002.
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BARTON L. KLINE
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
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