HomeMy WebLinkAbout20150511_4671.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: DAPHNE HUANG
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MAY 6, 2015
SUBJECT: PACIFICORP’S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF POWER
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY –
IDAHO, CASE NO. PAC-E-15-06
On May 1, 2015, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (the Company) filed an
Application asking the Commission to approve its Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with
Brigham Young University – Idaho (BYU). Under the PPA, BYU would sell, and the Company
would purchase, electric energy generated from BYU’s gas/oil fueled generating facility in
Rexburg, Idaho. The parties ask that the Application be processed by Modified Procedure. Staff
recommends that the Application be processed by Modified Procedure with a 21-day notice and
comment period, and a 7-day reply comment period. See IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a 21-day comment period, followed by a 7-day reply comment period?
Daphne Huang
Daphne Huang
Deputy Attorney General
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