20090410Quarterly Progress Report.pdf

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4/10/2009
Ms. Jean D. Jewell, Secreta
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, il 83720-0074
RE: Performance-Based Demand-Side Management Incentive Pilot Quaerly Progress
Update - Case No. IPC-E-06-32
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Pursuant to Order No. 30268, please find the attched Performance-Based Demand-Side Management
Incentive Pilot Quaerly Progress Update for the first quarer of 2009.
On March 11, 2009, Idaho Power Company fied a request to terminate the Performance-Based Demand-
Side Management Incentive Pilot effective Januar 1,2009 (Case No. IPC-E-09-04). However, Idaho Power
wil continue to submit quarerly progrss reports in conformance with Order No. 30268 until the
Commission terminates the pilot progrm or until the pilot program expires on December 31, 2009.
If you have any questions regarding this update, please feel free to contact me at 388-5515.
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Quarterly Progress Update 'J.
Year-To-Date March 31, 2009
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Market Share Estimate
ENERGY STARIB Homes Completed'81
Estimated Total New Single-Family
Homes2 311
1 st Quarter Market Share Estimate 26.0%
Notes:
(1) The number of ENERGY STAR Homes completed is based on the number of incentive paymentsIdaho Power has issued year-to-date, March 31,2009.
(2) The estimate of total new homes is based on a combination of data from the most recent WellsFargo Idaho Construction Report dated December 2008 and Idaho Powets records of new
residential service points added during the period.
Quarterly Incentive/Penalty Assessment. Idaho Power will be eligible for an incentive payment
under the pilot in 2009 if the ENERGY STAR Homes Northwest program achieves an annual
market share above 11.7 percent of total new single-family homes built in the company's service
area. As can be seen in the table above, the market share estimate for the first quarter of 2009 is
26 percent. The first quarter market share level should not be viewed as an indicator of the
expected annual market share achievement under the pilot. The first quarter market share level is
likely artificially high due to the seasonality of new home construction combined with the lag time
between the recording of new residential homes in Idaho Power's customer database and the.
associated requests for incentive payments under the program. On an annual basis, these factors
should be far less impactfuI to the market share calculation. While Idaho Power intends to
maximize its market share achievement for ENERGY STAR homes in 2009, it is likely that the
program wil achieve an annual market share level for 2009 that is lower than the first quarter
market share estimate.
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Preliminary Program Costs
Expense Category
Incentives
Labor
Marketing
Other Expense
Training
Staff Expense
Total
151 Quarter 2009
$ 49,450
18,926
4,966
3,960
1,353
$ 78,655
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