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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20040813Joint Motion Settlement.pdf" ''" . " t- ! \' f"-r\t:'""LI /~- ~ FiLED rYlliJ (:1 BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526 MONICA B. MOEN ISB #5734 Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street P. O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-2682 FAX Telephone: (208) 388-6936 Attorney for Idaho Power Company '1!"l'11. t! 1(' h OM 4: c::: t.lHFi HUt: v 'I \J . 7" !:~1'1' !~'!~: UjILI!iL~) !""Ui, j....;v WELDON B. STUTZMAN Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise , Idaho 83720-0074 Telephone: (208) 334-0318 FAX Telephone: (208) 334-3762 Attorney for Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS INTERIM AND BASE RATES AND CHARGES FORELECTRIC SERVICE. CASE NO. IPC-03- JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT COMES NOW , Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power") and the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Staff"), herein collectively referred to as "the Parties and in accordance with RP 056 and RP 271-280, hereby move the Commission for an Order accepting the settlement negotiated by the Parties as embodied in the Stipulation which is attached to this Motion as Exhibit 1. This Motion is based on the following: JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page In this case, Idaho Power filed its test year income tax expense based on the current statutory income tax rates. Commission Staff advocated use of an historic five-year average to calculate income tax expense. In Order No. 29505 issued on May 25, 2004 , the Commission adopted the Commission Staff's position and ordered the Company to use a historic five-year average to calculate the Company s test year income tax expense in lieu of the statutory rates. This reduced the test year revenue requirement attributable to income tax expense by $11 504 677. Idaho Power filed a timely Petition for Reconsideration and , in Order No. 29547 issued on July 13, 2004, the Commission decided to reconsider that portion of Order No. 29505 relating to the Commission determination of the Company s income tax expense for revenue requirement purposes. Following the issuance of Order No. 29547 and pursuant to notice issued in accordance with RP 272 , the Parties entered into settlement discussions which resulted in the execution of the Stipulation which is attached as Exhibit 1 to this Motion. II. The Parties negotiated the Stipulation as an integrated settlement document. The Parties request that the Stipulation be entered into the record as evidence in this proceeding. The Parties agree that the Stipulation is in the public interest and that all of the terms of the Stipulation are fair, just and reasonable. The Parties support adoption of the Stipulation and acceptance of the Stipulation by the Commission with the intention that settlement will allow Idaho Power to continue its compliance with the normalization provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and associated Treasury JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 2 Regulations and will allow Idaho Power to continue to obtain the benefits of accelerated depreciation. III. In its Order granting reconsideration , the Commission directed Idaho Power and Staff to propose a procedural schedule to complete the reconsideration process including an evidentiary hearing within the statutory time requirements contained in Idaho Code 961-626. In its Notice of Scheduling issued on August 2 , 2004, the Commission set deadlines for simultaneous prefiling of both direct and rebuttal testimony and exhibits. The Commission further set September 10, 2004 as the date for a hearing on reconsideration. In light of the very tight time frame imposed by Idaho Code 961-626, the Parties believe that the most efficient way to demonstrate to the Commission that this settlement is fair, just and reasonable is by written comment... As such , the Parties request that the Commission process this Motion on modified procedure and on an expedited basis. If the Commission desires testimony in support of this Motion and the settlement between the Parties, the Parties are willing to provide such testimony on very short notice. In further consideration of the fact that the Parties have reached an agreed- upon settlement, the Parties respectfully request that the Commission vacate the currently scheduled prefiling dates for direct and rebuttal testimony and exhibits, but retain the September 10 hearing date for use in the event it is necessary to present live testimony. JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 3 NOW , THEREFORE, Idaho Power and the Staff request that the Commission issue its Order (1) ordering that this motion be processed under modified procedure on an expedited basis; (2) vacating the current dates for prefiling direct and rebuttal testimony on reconsideration but reserving the current hearing date of September 10 for a possible hearing; and (3) accepting the Stipulation in full settlement of the issues relating to calculating the Company s test year income tax expense associated with Idaho Power s Petition for Reconsideration as granted by the Commission in Order No. 29547. Respectfully submitted this day of August, 2004. ()~~ BARTON L. KLINE Attorney for Idaho Power Company "-"' I.! WELDON B. STUTZMAN Attorney for Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this day of August, 2004 , I served a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing JOINT MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT upon the following named parties by the method indicated below and addressed to the following: Lisa D. Nordstrom Weldon B. Stutzman Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 334-3762 Randall C. Budge Eric L. Olsen Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center Pocatello, ID 83204-1391 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 232-6109 Anthony Yankel 29814 Lake Road Bay Village, OH 44140 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (440) 808-1450 Peter J. Richardson Richardson & 0' Leary 99 East State Street, Suite 200 O. Box 1849 Eagle , ID 83616 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 938-7904 Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates 6070 Hill Road Boise, I D 83703 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 384-1511 Lawrence A. Gollomp Assistant General Counsel U. S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue , SW Washington , D.C. 20585 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (202) 586-7479 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, Page Dennis Goins Potomac Management Group 5801 Westchester Street Alexandria, VA 22310-1149 Conley E. Ward Givens , Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock Street O. Box 2720 Boise , I D 83701-2720 Dennis E. Peseau , Ph. Utility Resources, Inc. 1500 Liberty Street S., Suite 250 Salem , OR 97302 Dean J. Miller McDevitt & Miller LLP O. Box 2564 Boise , ID 83701 Jeremiah Healy United Water Idaho, Inc. O. Box 190420 Boise, I D 83719-0420 William M. Eddie Advocates for the West O. Box 1612 Boise, ID 83701 Nancy Hirsh NW Energy Coalition 219 First Ave. South, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98104 Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17th Street Boise, I D 83702 Michael Karp 147 Appaloosa Lane Bellingham , W A 98229 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE , Page 2 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 388-1300 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (503) 370-9566 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 336-6912 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 362-7069 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 342-8286 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (206) 621-0097 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 384-8511 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (360) 724-5272 Michael L. Kurtz , Esq. Kurt J. Boehm , Esq. Boehm, Kurtz & Lowry 36 East Seventh Street, Suite 2110 Cincinnati , OH 45202 Kevin Higgins 39 Market Street, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Thomas M. Power Economics Department, LA 407 University of Montana 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE , Page 3 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (513) 421-2764 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX IDAHO POWER COMPANY CASE NO. IPC-O3- EXHIB IT JOINT MOTION FOR SETTLEMENT BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526 MONICA B. MOEN ISB #5734 Idaho Power Company P. O. Box 70 Boise , Idaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-2682 FAX Telephone: (208) 388-6936 Attorney for Idaho Power Company Street Address for Express Mail 1221 West Idaho Street Boise , Idaho 83702 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS INTERIM AND BASE RATES AND CHARGES FORELECTRIC SERVICE. CASE NO. IPC-03- STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT This Stipulation is entered into among Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power"), the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Staff"), and the other Parties in this proceeding as their signatures appear on the signature pages hereof (collectively referred to as "the Parties" and individually as "Party" Background In this case , Idaho Power filed its test year income tax expense based on the current statutory income tax rates. Staff advocated use of an historic five-year average to calculate income tax expense. In Order No. 29505, the Commission adopted STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page the Commission Staff's position and ordered the Company to use a historic five-year average to calculate the Company s test year income tax expense in lieu of the statutory rates. This reduced the test year revenue requirement attributable to income tax expense by $11 504 677. Idaho Power filed a timely Petition for Reconsideration and , in Order No. 29547, the Commission decided to reconsider that portion of Order No. 29505 relating to the Commission s determination of the Company s income tax expense for revenue requirement purposes. II. Terms of the Stipulation The Parties stipulate and agree as follows: Order No. 29505 should be modified to utilize statutory income tax rates to compute test year income tax expense. Applying the statutory rates results in a federal tax rate of 350/0 (net of state benefit, 32.7950/0) and a state tax rate of 6./0. On a normalized basis, this change would increase Idaho Power s Idaho jurisdictional test year revenue requirement by $11 504 677. For the period June 1 2004 through May 31 2005, the Company will compute and record monthly in a regulatory asset account an amount equal to the additional revenue the Company would have received through its energy rates if its revenue requirement had been determined using the statutory income tax rates rather than the five-year historic average income tax rates. The energy rate to be used to compute the additional monthly revenue to be recorded in the regulatory asset account will be determined in accordance with the formula set out below: STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 2 Where: $11 504 667 (normalized increased revenue) 476,747 MWh (normalized Idaho jurisdictional energy sales adjusted for load growth of 3.140/0 per year) $0.92209/MWh The monthly entry in the regulatory asset account will be computed by multiplying actual MWh sales during the month by $0.92209/MWh. The total amount recovered will include interest on the regulatory asset from June 1 , 2004 at the PCA carrying charge rate which is currently one percent (10/0). Exhibit 1 shows how the regulatory asset will be accrued assuming normalized Idaho jurisdictional sales levels would occur. To effectuate the deferral , the Parties propose the following accounting entries: During the deferral period, the Company will record the deferred regulatory assets with the following monthly entry: Record the regulatory c;isset: DEBIT:Account 182.366 - Requlatorv Assets CREDIT: Account 407.466 - Requlatorv Creditsand Account 421. - Interest Income Beginning June 1 , 2005, the Company will reverse the regulatory assets with the following monthly entry: Record reversal of regulatory assets: STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 3 DEBIT:Account 407.366 - Requlatorv Debits CREDIT:Account 182.366 - Requlatorv Assets In addition to the recovery of the income tax expense for the June 1 2004 through May 31 2005 period described in paragraph B above $11 504 677 will be included in the Company s base rates for ongoing recovery after June 1 , 2005. The Company will not seek to recover in its revenue requirement any deficiency assessed by the Internal Revenue Service related to the one-time adjustment associated with the capitalized overhead cost tax method change for the years 1987 through 2000. III. The Parties have negotiated this Stipulation as an integrated settlement document. The Parties recommend that the Commission accept this Stipulation without material change or condition. This Stipulation will be entered into the record in this proceeding and no Party shall oppose its adoption or appeal any portion of this Stipulation if the Stipulation is subsequently approved by the Commission without material change. If the Commission requests testimony in support of the Stipulation, Idaho Power and Staff shall each make witnesses available to provide testimony in support of this Stipulation. IV. It is the intent of the Parties that this settlement will allow Idaho Power to continue its compliance with the normalization provisions of the nternal Revenue Code and associated Treasury Regulations and will allow Idaho Power to continue to obtain the STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 4 benefits of accelerated depreciation. If the Internal Revenue Service questions or challenges Idaho Power s compliance with income tax normalization requirements or its right to utilize accelerated depreciation , the Parties agree they will work cooperatively to obtain Commission orders that will bring Idaho Power into compliance. If the Commission rejects any or all of this Stipulation or imposes any material conditions on approval of this Stipulation, each Party reserves the right, upon written notice given to the Commission and the other Parties to this proceeding within seven (7) days of the Commission s order, to withdraw from this Stipulation. In such case , the withdrawing Party shall not be bound by the terms of this Stipulation and such withdrawing Party shall be entitled to pursue reconsideration as provided in Order No. 29547 and to undertake such other steps it deems appropriate. VI. The Parties agree that this Stipulation will be in the public interest and that all of its terms and conditions are fair, just and reasonable. This Stipulation may be executed in counterparts and each signed counterpart shall constitute an original document. STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 5 oy - l~ - Date Q~~ BARTON L. KLINE Attorney for Idaho Power Company STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT, Page 6 g- /w/6 L Date ~DON ~T ~:-' Attorney for Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT , Page 7 IDAHO POWER COMPANY CASE NO. IPC-O3- EXHIBIT 1 SETTLEMENT STIPULATION B I Se t t l e m e n t Ju n e 2 0 0 4 t h r u M a y 2 0 0 5 Ju n e Ju l v Au Q u s t Se o t e m b e r Oc t o b e r No v e m b e r De c e m b e r Ja n u a r v Fe b r u a r v Ma r c h Ao r i l Ma v To t a l s $1 1 50 4 67 7 . 0 0 Re v e n u e .. E . . No r m a l i z e d I d a h o J u r i s d i c t i o n a l S a l e s W/ G r o w t h Ad j 03 3 51 0 22 2 , 29 2 34 4 64 5 20 0 67 6 95 4 15 8 91 3 42 2 99 6 25 5 07 6 78 0 99 8 64 4 93 7 , 59 7 89 0 03 3 90 8 73 4 47 6 74 6 Ta x C o m p o n e n t R a t e 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 92 2 1 Re v e n u e $9 5 2 98 8 . 12 7 06 2 . 23 9 88 3 . 10 7 13 0 . $8 7 9 81 9 . $8 4 2 25 6 . $9 1 8 63 6 . $9 9 2 , 88 7 . $9 2 0 83 9 . $8 6 4 54 8 . $8 2 0 69 0 . $8 3 7 93 4 . $1 1 50 4 67 7 . 0 0 J.. Q . Be g i n n i n g B a l a n c e 95 2 98 8 . 08 0 05 1 . 31 9 93 4 . 42 7 06 5 . 30 6 88 4 . 14 9 14 1 . 06 7 77 7 . 06 0 66 5 . 98 1 50 4 . 84 6 05 2 . 66 6 , 74 2 . .. . 1 . ! Am o u n t C o l l e c t e d 95 2 , 98 8 . 12 7 06 2 . 23 9 88 3 . 10 7 13 0 . 87 9 , 81 9 . 84 2 , 25 6 . 91 8 , 63 6 . 99 2 , 88 7 . 92 0 83 9 . 86 4 54 8 . 82 0 69 0 . 83 7 93 4 . $1 1 50 4 67 7 . 0 0 ,. E En d i n g B a l a n c e 95 2 98 8 . 08 0 05 1 . 4 3 31 9 93 4 . 42 7 06 5 . 30 6 88 4 . 14 9 14 1 . 06 7 77 7 . 06 0 66 5 . 98 1 50 4 . 84 6 05 2 . 66 6 74 2 . 11 , 50 4 67 7 . In t e r e s t B a l a n c e s Ac c r u a l t h r u P r i o r M o n t h ..! ! ! . 95 2 98 8 . 08 0 84 5 . 32 2 , 46 2 . 4, 4 3 2 35 9 . 31 5 86 7 . 16 2 54 7 . 08 6 30 7 . 08 5 , 08 5 . 01 2 64 1 . 88 4 , 67 4 . 71 3 , 56 9 . Mo n t h l y I n t e r e s t R a t e ., g Mo n t h l y I n t e r e s t I n c l ( E x p ) 79 4 . 73 3 . 76 6 . 68 9 . 42 2 . 12 4 . 88 9 . 71 7 . 7, 4 8 4 . 20 5 . 88 8 . $5 5 , 71 5 . Pri o r M o n t h ' s I n t e r e s t A d j u s t m e n t s To t a l C u r r e n t M o n t h I n t e r e s t 79 4 . 73 3 . 76 6 . 68 9 . 42 2 . 12 4 . 88 9 . 71 7 . 48 4 . 20 5 . 88 8 . $5 5 , 71 5 . In t e r e s t A c c r u e d t o d a t e 79 4 . 52 7 . 29 4 . 98 3 . 13 , 40 5 . 53 0 . 41 9 . 13 7 . 38 , 62 1 . 82 6 . 71 5 . Ba l a n c e i n A c c o u n t 1 8 2 . 36 E 95 2 9 8 8 . 2 0 8 0 8 4 5 . 32 2 4 6 2 . 4 4 3 2 3 5 9 . 53 1 5 86 7 . 61 6 2 5 4 7 . 70 8 6 3 0 7 . 80 8 5 0 8 5 . 90 1 2 6 4 1 . 98 8 4 6 7 4 . 10 7 1 3 5 6 9 . 11 5 6 0 3 9 2 . 6E $1 1 5 6 0 3 9 2 . Se t t l e m e n t 1 1 . 5I d a h o 3 St a f f . x1 s 8 / 1 6 / 2 0 0 4 2 : 2 2 P M CERTI FICA TE OF SERVICE J.k I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this l(g day of August, 2004, I served a true and correct copy of the within and foregoing STIPULATION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF SETTLEMENT upon the following named parties by the method indicated below and addressed to the following: Lisa D. Nordstrom Weldon B. Stutzman Deputy Attorneys General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Street O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 334-3762 Randall C. Budge Eric L. Olsen Racine , Olson , Nye, Budge & Bailey O. Box 1391; 201 E. Center Pocatello, I D 83204-1391 Hand Delivered x U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 232-6109 Anthony Yankel 29814 Lake Road Bay Village , OH 44140 Hand Delivered x U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (440) 808-1450 Peter J. Richardson Richardson & 0' Leary 99 East State Street, Suite 200 O. Box 1849 Eagle, ID 83616 Hand Delivered x U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 938-7904 Don Reading Ben Johnson Associates 6070 Hill Road Boise , I D 83703 Hand Delivered x U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 384-1511 Lawrence A. Gollomp Assistant General Counsel U. S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20585 Hand Delivered x U.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (202) 586-7479 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE , Page Dennis Goins Potomac Management Group 5801 Westchester Street Alexandria, VA 22310-1149 Conley E. Ward Givens , Pursley LLP 601 W. Bannock Street O. Box 2720 Boise , I D 83701-2720 Dennis E. Peseau, Ph. Utility Resources, Inc. 1500 Liberty Street S., Suite 250 Salem, OR 97302 Dean J. Miller McDevitt & Miller LLP O. Box 2564 Boise, ID 83701 Jeremiah Healy United Water Idaho, Inc. O. Box 190420 Boise , ID 83719-0420 William M. Eddie Advocates for the West O. Box 1612 Boise , ID 83701 Nancy Hirsh NW Energy Coalition 219 First Ave. South, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98104 Brad M. Purdy Attorney at Law 2019 N. 17th Street Boise, I D 83702 Michael Karp 147 Appaloosa Lane Bellingham , W A 98229 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE , Page 2 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 388-1300 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (503) 370-9566 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 336-6912 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 362-7069 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 342-8286 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (206) 621-0097 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (208) 384-8511 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (360) 724-5272 Michael L. Kurtz , Esq. Kurt J. Boehm , Esq. Boehm , Kurtz & Lowry 36 East Seventh Street, Suite 2110 Cincinnati , OH 45202 Kevin Higgins 39 Market Street, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Thomas M. Power Economics Department, LA 407 University of Montana 32 Campus Drive Missoula, MT 59812 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE , Page 3 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX (513) 421-2764 Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX D1=f BARTON L. KLINE