20041012Notice of Filing Order No 29614.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 12 2004
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING OF IDAHO
POWER COMPANY'2004 ELECTRIC
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP).
CASE NO. IPC-04-
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On August 27, 2004, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power
, "
Company ) filed its
2004 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Commission. The Company s filing is pursuant to
a biennial requirement established in Commission Order No. 22299, Case No. U-1500-165. The
IRP describes the Company s growing customer base, load growth, supply-side resources and
demand-side management. Additionally, the 88-page IRP document and related appendices
contain information regarding available resource options, planning period forecasts, potential
resource portfolios, risk analyses, a ten-year resource plan, and a near-term action plan. Idaho
Power requests that the Commission issue an Order accepting and acknowledging the
Company s 2004 IRP and finding that the 2004 IRP meets both the procedural and substantive
requirements of Order No. 22299. In this Notice, the Commission establishes a lengthy review
period and written comment deadlines.
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the complete 2004 IRP consists of five
separate documents: the IRP document, an Economic Forecast, a Sales and Load Forecast, a
Demand-Side Management Annual Report, and a Technical Appendix.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Idaho Power worked with representatives of
major stakeholders for almost a year to develop the 2004 IPR. Members of the environmental
community, major industrial customers, irrigation representatives, state legislatures, Commission
representatives, the Governor s office, and others formed the Integrated Resource Plan Advisory
Council (IRP AC) and made significant contributions to the Plan. The Company also solicited
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and received presentations from anaerobic digestion generation project developers, geothermal
generation project developers, wind generation project developers, and DSM advocates. To
obtain public input, the Company made "live" presentations of the draft IRP throughout its Idaho
and Oregon service territory, with public meetings in Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise and Ontario
Oregon.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the 2004 IRP places a greater emphasis on
conservation and demand reduction options than the 2002 IRP. Following a risk analysis of
resource portfolios, Idaho Power selected a diversified portfolio with nearly equal amounts of
renewable generation and traditional thermal generation as the preferred resource portfolio.
contains nearly equal amounts of renewable generation and traditional generation as well as
demand response and energy efficiency programs. The selected portfolio will increase the
Company s power supply by approximately 800 aMW and increase the capacity of the system by
almost 940 MW over the planning horizon. Of this increase, 124 MW are achieved through
demand-side management (DSM). More specifically, the balanced portfolio selected for this
plan is composed of:
76 MW Demand Response Programs (DSM)
48 MW Energy Efficiency Programs (DSM)
350 MW Wind-Powered Generation
100 MW Geothermal-Powered Generation
48 MW Combined Heat and Power at Customer Facilities
88 MW Simple-Cycle Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbines
62 MW Combustion Turbine, Distributed Generation, or Market Purchases
500 MW Coal-Fired Generation
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Idaho Power s IRP is based on an expected
increase in households within its service territory from 320 000 today to over 380 000 by the end
of the planning period in 2013.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that in light of public input and regulatory support
of the 2002 IPR planning criteria, Idaho Power continues to emphasize a resource plan based
upon a worse-than-median (70th percentile) water conditions.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the 2004 IRP presented in this filing is the
Company s best current estimate of future loads and sets forth how the Company intends to serve
the electrical requirements of its native load customers over the next ten years. While the
proposed resource portfolio represents current resource acquisition targets, the actual resource
portfolio may differ from the outlined quantities and types depending on many factors, including
the response Idaho Power receives from various Requests for Proposals that it intends to issue to
acquire new renewable and DSM resources. The 2004 IRP includes a near-term action plan that
sets out specific actions to be taken by Idaho Power Company prior to the next IRP in 2006.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the
Company s filing in Case No. IPC-04-18 and finds it reasonable to require written comments
concerning Idaho Power s IRP to be filed with the Commission by no later than December 3,
2004. Written comments concerning this filing shall be mailed to the Commission and Idaho
Power at the addresses reflected below:
COMMISSION SECRETARY
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
BARTON L. KLINE
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
PO BOX 70
BOISE, ID 83707-0070
Email: bkline~idahopower.com
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, ID 83702-5983
GREGORY W. SAID
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
PO BOX 70
BOISE, ill 83707-0070
Email: gsaid~idahopower.com
These comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document. Persons desiring to submit comments via e-mail may do so by accessing the
Commission s home page located at www.puc.state.id.. Click the "Comments and Questions
icon, and complete the comment form, using the case number as it appears on the front of this
document. These comments must also be sent to Idaho Power at the e-mail addresses listed
above.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Idaho Power Company shall have until
December 23, 2004 to file a written response to any comments, if it so desires.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Idaho Power s IRP Filing can be viewed
online at www.puc.state.id.by clicking on "File Room" and "Electric Cases " or it can be
viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 West
Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and Idaho Power Company located at 1221 West Idaho Street in
Boise, Idaho (388-2200).
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has jurisdiction over this
matter and Idaho Power Company, an electric utility, pursuant to the authority and power granted
under Title 61 of the Idaho Code and the Commission s Rules of Procedure IDAPA
31.01.01.000 et seq.
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be processed under Modified Procedure
and the foregoing schedule be adopted.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this /:l-fi'
day of October 2004.
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
IS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
lri. jewell
Commission Secretary
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