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January 23, 2007
Jean D. Jewell , Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P. O. Box 83720
Boise , Idaho 83720-0074
Re:Case No. IPC-07-0dt.
In The Matter of the Petition of Idaho Power Company for an
Exemption of Specific Accounts From the Company s Rule C
Provisions Regarding Aggregated Meter Reading
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Please find enclosed for filing an original and seven (7) copies of Idaho Power
Company s Petition for the above-referenced matter.
I would appreciate it if you would return a stamped copy of this transmittal letter in
the enclosed self-addressed , stamped envelope.
Very truly yours
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O, Box 70 (83707)
1221 W. Idaho St.
Boise, 10 83702
LISA D. NORDSTROM ISB #5733
BARTON L. KLINE ISB #1526
Idaho Power Company
P. O. Box 70
Boise , Idaho 83707
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FAX Telephone No. [phone]
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Attorneys for Idaho Power Company
Street Address for Express Mail
1221 West Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF
IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN
EXEMPTION OF SPECIFIC ACCOUNTS
FROM THE COMPANY'S RULE C
PROVISIONS REGARDING AGGREGATED
METER READING
) CASE NO. IPC-07-
) PETITION
COMES NOW , Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power" or "the Company ) and
pursuant to RP 053 , hereby requests the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (the
Commission ) issue an order granting Idaho Power an exemption for specific accounts
from the Company s Rule C provisions regarding aggregated meter reading. In support
of this Petition , Idaho Power represents as follows:
When Idaho Power delivers power to a customer with more than one delivery
point or with multiple meters , the Company takes separate meter readings and
PETITION , Page
generally does not combine them. This practice conforms with Idaho Power s General
Rules and Regulations , Rule C ~ 6 , which states:
Where separate Points of Delivery exist for supplying service
to a Customer at a single Premises or separate meters are
maintained for measurement of service to a Customer at a
single Premises , the meter readings will not be combined or
aggregated for any purpose except for determining if the
Customer s total power requirements exceed 25 000 kW.
There are good reasons why Rule C prohibits aggregated meter readings , not
the least of which is the additional complexity and infrastructure required to perform this
function. Thus, the Company is not requesting these provisions in Rule C be removed
or deleted. Rather, the Company requests an exemption from Rule C's aggregated
meter reading provisions to allow bills for specific large accounts to be prepared by
combining the readings from multiple meters. This would allow Idaho Power to best
accommodate the electric requirements of some of the Company s larger customers
where multiple meters at the same premises are the most cost-effective and optimal
means to design the distribution facilities necessary to provide the customer s requested
level of service.
For example , a customer s energy load may be served by a dedicated substation
with multiple feeders where the customer s energy needs exceed the maximum 10 MW
limit of a typical feeder. Because each feeder requires a separate meter and the cost to
install substation metering is substantial , the optimal solution is simply to meter each
feeder individually and aggregate the meter readings.
A second situation in which multiple meters at the same premises can be the
most cost-effective and optimal means of providing service is when the customer
requests Alternate Distribution Service (Schedule 46). Depending on the configuration
PETITION , Page 2
under which alternate distribution service is provided , a customer may receive service
from both a feeder metered at the substation and from a feeder metered at primary
voltage. In this situation, the most economic means of providing service is to aggregate
the meter readings for billing purposes.
A third situation in which multiple meters can be economic is when the feeder
providing service to a large customer is taken out of service for maintenance and an
alternate feeder is used temporarily to provide service during the maintenance period.
Idaho Power s ability to aggregate these meter reads for billing purposes would avoid
multiple monthly maximum demand charges.
II.
Idaho Power Company currently has 13 accounts that fall within one of the three
scenarios explained above and where aggregated billing would provide the best, most
cost-effective result. Therefore, the Company requests an exemption from aggregated
meter reading provisions in Rule C ~6 for the following accounts:
Amalgamated Sugar (Paul)
American Micro Systems (Pocatello)
Kinross Delamar (Murphy)
Lamb Weston (Twin Falls)
McCain Foodservice (Burley)
Micron Fab B (Nampa)
Micron Nano Fab (Boise - anticipated to be online 4/1/07)
Mountain Home Air Force Base (Mountain Home)
Irrigation Customers:
Grindstone Butte: Header 746, Pump 05s 0ge 3403 (Glenns Ferry)
Grindstone Butte: Header 744, Pump 05s 0ge 3405 (Glenns Ferry)
Farm Development Corp (Sailor Creek): Header 745
PETITION, Page 3
Pump 05s 0ge 3404 (Glenns Ferry)
Magic Water Corporation (Buhl)
West End Project (Melba)
III.
If and when other occasions arise when aggregated meter reading is determined
to be electrically optimal , cost-effective and/or operationally required in order to provide
the requested service to a customer, the Company requests the Commission authorize
Idaho Power to forward the customer s name, city location, and an explanation of why
aggregation is appropriate to the Commission for review without requiring the Company
to file a separate Petition requesting an exemption. Unless the Commission has an
objection , the customer would then be added to the list of customers exempt from Rule
C as it is applied to aggregated meter readings.
IV.
The customers of the aforementioned accounts listed in Section II have received
a letter and a personal contact from Idaho Power explaining the Company s intention to
file this Petition seeking their exemption from Rule C's aggregated meter reading
provisions. Each customer has been assured only their name and city location would
be disclosed in this process, and no customer objected.
The Company requests that this Petition be processed under RP 201 et seq.
allowing for consideration of issues to be processed under Modified Procedure , i.e., by
written submissions rather than by an evidentiary hearing.
PETITION, Page 4
VI.
Communications with reference to this Petition should be sent to the following:
Lisa D. Nordstrom
Barton L. Kline
Idaho Power Company
P. O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
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idahopower.com
Ric Gale
VP - Pricing & Regulatory
Idaho Power Company
P. O. Box 70
Boise , ID 83707
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WHEREFORE Idaho Power Company respectfully requests that the
Commission issue an order granting an exemption for specific accounts from the
Company s Rule C regarding aggregated meter readings.
DATED this J'b day of January, 2007.
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LISA D. NORD TROM
Attorney for Ida 0 Power Company
PETITION , Page 5