20050610Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:KIRA DALE PFISTERER
DATE:JUNE 10, 2005
RE:PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMP ANY FOR AN ORDER
PROVIDING A LIMITED WAIVER OF UTILITY CUSTOMER
RELATIONS RULES 201.03 AS IT IS APPLIED TO TIME-VARIANT
PRICING SERVICE. CASE NO. IPC-05-19.
On June 2, 2005 , Idaho Power Company filed a Petition with the Commission
requesting an Order providing Idaho Power with a limited waiver of Utility Customer Relations
Rule 201.03 to accommodate the meter data translation system used to implement the time-
variant pricing associated with Idaho Power s Schedules 4, 5, and 19.
BACKGROUND
On March 22, 2005 , the Commission approved two optional, pilot projects
implementing time-variant pricing for residential customers: Schedule 4 , Residential Service
Energy Watch Pilot Program, and Schedule 5, Residential Service Time-of-Day Pilot Program.
Order No. 29737. These programs, as well as Schedule 19, Large Power Service, utilize
advanced meter reading (AMR) to facilitate time-variant pricing.
The AMR system collects the customers' hourly usage data and , to implement time-
variant pricing, a data translation system accumulates this data into appropriate time periods
(e., on-peak, mid-peak, and off-peak). As a result, customers will receive bills that display
their total energy consumption but do not display the beginning and ending meter readings, as
required pursuant to Utility Customer Relations Rule 201.03. In order to provide such
information, Idaho Power would have to modify its data translation system. Modifying the meter
data translation system, which is owned and maintained by a third party, would be costly and
according to Idaho Power, is not economically feasible.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Petition be processed by Modified Procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should Idaho Power Company s Petition for an Order Providing A Limited Waiver of
Utility Customer Relations Rule 201.03 as Applied to Time-Variant Pricing Service be processed
by Modified Procedure?
Kira D ~ P fsterer
M:IPCEO519 - kdp
DECISION MEMORANDUM