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Home My WebLink About20041029Request for Public Hearings.pdf,"'" I " ; :.. t.. LJ (2' r'~.L-2APIT AL ENTERPRISES, INC. f\1'1 9: t ~ 2356 BERYL AVE. TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 83301 PHONE: 208-731-2741 IPC' ;;--dl(' "1 '--O t:; l: L t. . ,,; znDt; OCT , ,".., ' u j ' / ;, .. i t.... J IILI TIES cor"; !SSION October 25, 2004 REQUEST HELP FROM U.S. SENATOR LARRY CRAIG . :: ! , FOR LEADORE, IDAHO WIND FARM \ I Savings to Idaho Power Customers $46 MilliON DOLLARS PER YEAR Certified mail, return receipt requested. Idaho Public Utilities Commission Commission Secretary O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 INTERNET ADDRESS (leadoreidaho windfarm. com) for complete information Subject: Idaho Public Utilities Commission letter and order, (order number 29614) Preliminary notice for a public hearing to be conducted for reasons we believe issues cannot be adequately addressed through written submissions related to Idaho Power Co. 2004 Integrated Resources Plan. (IRP) We will be requesting this hearing according to the attached Exhibit A and B. At the present time we feel the general public should have the opportunity to voice their opinion on the competitive energy source from the Leadore, Idaho wind farm, which Idaho Power Co. should own and operate. We will be requesting a hearing in Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello and Salmon for the general public s comments. Information is available for the general public and who ever it may concern on the Internet. Internet address is (leadoreidahowindfarm.com). Capital Enterprises, Inc. and Warren P. Chapman, as an individual, will be making written comments on the plan which will be submitted to the Commission Secretary before December 3, 2004. Capital Enterprises, Inc. and Warren P. Chapman, as an individual, will be requesting written comments that a public hearing be conducted so the general public will have an opportunity to comment on the savings to the general public, the Leadore, Idaho wind farm will have for many years to come. Sincerely yoursA)~~~Warren P. Chapman Secretary Warren P. Chapman .:v aWlpPIJ?~ As an individual PAGE 1 OF 4 cc: Rick Sterling P. Staff Engineer Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box 83720Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Barton L. Kline Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707-0070 Gregory W. Said Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707-007- Letter to Editor Idaho Statesman 1200 Curtis Rd. Boise, Idaho 83706 Letter to Editor Idaho Press Tribune O. Box 9399 Nampa, Idaho 83652 Letter to Editor Idaho State Journal O. Box 431 Pocatello, Idaho 83204 Letter to Editor Post Register O. Box 1800 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 Letter to Editor Recorder Harold O. Box 310 Salmon, Idaho 83467 PAGE 2 OF4 Paul Kjellander, President Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Marsha H. Smith, Commissioner Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Dennis S. Hansen, Commissioner Idaho Public Utilities Commission O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 Windland Inc. A TT: Roald Paskiland 10480 Garverdate Ct. 8044A Boise, Idaho 83704 BPA ATT: Richard Stroth 1350 Lindsay Blvd. Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 G .E. Wind Energy ATT: David Johnson1605 N.W. Sammamish Issaquah, Washington 98027 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ATT: Andrew Soto 888 First Street N . Washington D.C. 20426-0001 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ATT: Patrick H. Wood III, Chairman 888 First Street N. Washington D.C. 20426-0001 S. Senator Larry Craig Senate Hart 328 Washington, D.C. 20510 PAGE 3 OF 4 Letter to the Editor Times News 132 3rd Street West Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 B1m Att: Gloria R. Jakovac And Jude Trapani Highway 93 Salmon, Idaho 83467 Idaho Department of Land Bureau of Surface and mineral Resources Winston H. Wiggins, Director 954 West Jefferson Boise, Idaho 83720-0050 Idaho Power Company Karl E. Bokenkamp O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 PAGE 4 OF4 IDAHO PUBLIC UTiliTIEScommiSSion Dirk Kempthome, Governor o. Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720-0074 October 13, 2004 Paul Kjellander, President Marsha H. Smith, Commissioner Dennis S. Hansen, Commissioner Wan-en P. Chapman Capital Enterprises, Inc. 2356 Beryl Ave. Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 Dear Mr. Chapman: The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has received your two recent mailings concerning a proposed wind power project near Leadore. We have also received a copy of Idaho Power September 3, 2004 reply letter to you concerning the proposed project. As pointed out by Idaho Power in its letter, Idaho Power recently sublnitted to the Commission its 2004 Integrated Resources Plan (IRP). The IR.P is a plan that outlines how Idaho Power s loads are expected to grow over the next 10 years and how the Company intends to meet those loads. The 2004 IRP includes as part of the plan acquisition of350 MW of wind generation over the lO-year planning period. I believe that the IRP and its review process is the appropriate forum to debate the merits of wind energy and its proper place in Idaho Power generation portfolio. The IRP is available on Idaho Power s website, or you can request a printed copy directly from the Company. As part of the review process for the 2004 IRP, the Commission has set up a public comment period. Written comments on the plan may be submitted to the COlllmission Secretary, and n1ust be received no later than December 3, 2004. I have enclosed a copy of the Commission Order establishing the COffilnent period. The Commission is not planning to conduct public hearings as part of the review process, however y,tJumay:request in your written comments that a public hearing he conducted if for some reason you believe issues calmot be adeCluately addressed through written su omissions. As Idaho Power also pointed out in its letter, the COll1pany intends to acquire wind generation through a competitive solicitation process. The Colmnission expects that a Request for Proposals (RFP) will be issued by Idaho Power before the end of this year. I encourage you to participate in the RFP.process if you believe you can submit a competitive proposal. Please keep in touch with Idaho Power directly if you intend to participate. Sincerely, Staff Engineer u:rsterli/waITen chapman Itr Located at 472 West Washington Street, Boise , Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 334-0300 Facsimile: (208) 334-3762 Office of the secretary Service Date October 12, 2004 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE FILING "OF IDAHO ~OWER COMP ANY'2004 ELECTRIC, INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP). CASE NO. IPC-O4- NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES ORDER NO. 29614 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 gro~ 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. NOTICE OF FILING 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 ~dustrial customers, irrigation representatives, state legislatures, Commission representatives, the Governor s office, and others fonned the Integrated Resource Plan Advisory Council (IRP AC) and made significant contributions to the Plan. The Company also solicited NOT! CE OF FILIN G NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES ORDER NO. 29614 , .; and received presentations from anaerobic digestion generation project dev~lopers, geotheIDlal generation project developers, wind generation project developers, and DSM advocates. To obtain public input, the Company made "live ~' presentations oftbe draft IRP throughout its Idaho and Oregon service territory, with public n1eetings in Pocatello, Twin Falls, Boise and Ontario Oregon. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the 2004 IR.P places a greater emphasis o~ conservation arid demand reduction options than the 2002 IRP. Following a risk analysis of 12. 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 demaIid-side management (DSM). More specifical1y, the balanced portfolio selected for this plan is composed of: 76 MW Demand Response Programs (DSM) 48 MW Energy Efficiency Pro grams (DSM) . 350-MW Wind-Powered Generation 100 MW Geo1;J1ermal-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 lRP 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 ofpubl~c input and reg~latory 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. NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE OF COMNffiNT DEADL~ ORDER NO. 29614 YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the 2004 lRP 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 fi'om the outlined quantities and types depending on many factors, including the response Idaho Poyver receives from various Requests for Proposals that it intends to issue to acquire new renewable and DSM resources. The 2004 IRP includes a near-tenD action plan that sets out specific actions to be taken by Idaho Power Company prior to the next IRP in 2006. NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the Company s filing in Case No. IPC-04-18 and fmds it reasonable to require written comments con~erning Idaho Power s IRP to be filed with the Commission by DO 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: bklin idaho ower.com Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W WASHINGTON ST BOISE, ID 83702-5983 GREGORY W. SAID IDAHO POWER CO:MP ANY PO BOX 70 BOISE, ill 83707-0070 Email: gsaid~ower.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. NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES ORDER NO. 29614 , -'.'- 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 Po~er s IRP Filing can be viewed online at www.puc.state.id.by clicking on "File Room" and "Electric Cases " or it can viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and ~daho 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 Rilles of Procedure IDAPA 31.91.01.000 et seq. ORDER IT IS HEREBY, ORDERED that this case be processed under Modified Procedure . and the foregoing schedule be adopted. NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE OF CO:MMENT DEADLINES ORDER NO. 29614 DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this iJ---fI- day of October 2004. ATTEST: ~tJ . Je . D. Jewell Commission Secretary O:IPCEO418 In NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE OF COMIvlliNT DEADLINES ORDER NO. 29614 LJ~ MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER CAPITAL ENTERPRISES, INC. 2356 BERYL AVE. TWIN FALLS, IDAHO 83301 PHONE: HOME- 208-734-682 CELL- 208-731-2741 October 25, 2004 We are looking for a company or companies to own, construct and operate a wind farm in Leadore, Idaho. Size 540 MW to 2000 MW Log on the Internet for more information. There you will find 23 pages of cost savings and 60 pages of wind farm data, including pictures. A large area map is available. A two-hour videotape is available. The Internet address is (leadoreidahowindfarm.com) If Idaho Power Company, Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Oregon Public Utilities Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the general public does not believe this is not in the best interest of Idaho Power Company and their rate payers, this wind farm is available to a third party under similar conditions that is being offered to Idaho Power Company Sincerely yoursPJ~f.~ Warren P. Chapman, Secretary