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Home My WebLink About20051020Motion to determine exemption status.pdfDean J. Miller ISB #1968 McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Street O. Box 2564-83701 Boise, ill 83702 Tel: 208.343.7500 Fax: 208.336.6912 oe~mcdevi tt mill er. com :?ECElVEO11 n1L U OCl 20 Pi'; 3: 54 ' . 1 P\JBl\~ . , ,~;, - I' (0 \ j;. ~ ~"l \ :J S lOr!JTHJ\\t.id ... Attorneys for Magic Wind, LLC ORI GINAL BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN ORDER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING IDAHO POWER'S PURP A OBLIGATION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO PURCHASE ENERGY GENERATED BY WIND- POWERED SMALL POWER PRODUCTION FACILITIES. Case No. IPC-O5- MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS COMES NOW Magic Wind LLC , (" Magic Wind") by and through its counsel of record and respectfully moves the Commission for an Order deternlining that Magic Wind is exempt from the reduction of published rate cap eligibility for published avoided costs from 10 aMW to 100 kw contained in Order No. 29839, and in support thereof respectfully shows as follows: On August 4, 2005 the Commission issued Order No. 29839 reducing the eligibility standard for published avoided cost from 10 aMW to 100 kw. In the same Order the Commission created an exemption from the new eligibility requirement, defined as follows: For purposes of deternlining eligibility we find it reasonable to use the date of the Commission s Notice in this case, i., July 1 , 2005. For those QF projects in the negotiation queue on that date, the criteria that we will look at to determine project eligibility are: (1) submittal of a signed power purchase agreement to the utility, or (2) submittal to the utility of a completed Application for the Interconnection Study and payment of fee. In addition to a finding of existence of one or both of the preceding threshold criteria, the QF must also be able to demonstrate other indicia of substantial progress and project maturity, e., (1) a MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 1 wind study demonstrating a viable site for the project, (2) a signed contract for wind turbines, (3) arranged financing for the project, and/or (4) related progress on the facility pernlitting and licensing path. 2. Thereafter, on September 21 , 2005 , in response to Petitions for Reconsideration, the Commission affirnled the exemption standard above set forth, although the eligibility date was changed from July 1 , 2005 to August 4 2005. See Order No. 29872, pg 12. 3. As established by the Affidavit of Arnland Eckert, filed contemporaneously herewith Magic Wind, meets at least one of the threshold eligibility requirements and at least one of the secondary requirements and is therefore exempt from the new eligibility cap. The Affidavit of Mr. Eckert refers to documents which Magic Wind considers to be confidential or trade secrets. Said documents will be made available to Staff and Idaho Power Company upon execution of an appropriate Protective Agreement. WHEREFORE Magic Wind respectfully requests that the Commission enter its Order deternlining that Magic Wind is exempt from the eligibility cap established by Order No. 29839. DATED this day of October, 2005. Respectfull y submitted J. iller McDevitt & Miller LLP 420 W. Bannock Boise, ID 83702 Phone: (208) 343-7500Fax: (208) 336-6912 Counsel for Magic Wind LLC MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the l.J5l11-day of October, 2005, I caused to be served, via the methodes) indicated below, true and correct copies of the foregoing document, upon: Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street o. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 i i ewell~puc.state.id. us Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Scott Woodbury Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street o. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 swoodbu((!2puc. state. id Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Barton L. Kline Monica B. Moen Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 BKline((!2i dahopo w er. com MMoen~idahopower. com Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Linda Nordstrom PacifiCorp 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800 Portland, OR 97232 Fax: 503.813.7252 Ii sa. nordstrom((!2paci fi corp. com Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Bob Lively Pacificorp One Utah Center, 23rd Floor 201 S. Main Street Salt Lake City, UT 84140 Fax: 801.220.2798 bob.livel Y~j)acificorp. com Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 3 rJi r:/ William J. Batt John R. Hammond, Jr. Batt & Fisher, LLP U S Bank Plaza, 5th Floor 101 South Capital Boulevard O. Box 1308 Boise, ID 83701 Fax: 208.331.2400 irh~battfisher. com wib~battfisher. com Michael Heckler Director of Marketing & Development Windland Incorporated 7669 West Riverside Drive, Suite 102 Boise, ID 83714 Fax: 208.375.2894 mheckl er~windland. com Peter J. Richardson James T. Carkulis Richardson & O'Leary PLLC 99 East State Street O. Box 1849 Eagle, ID 83616 Fax: 208.938.7904 peter~ri chardsonando I eary. com Glenn Ikemoto Principal Energy Vision, LLC 672 Blair Avenue Piedmont, CA 94611 Fax: 510.217.2239 gl enni ((!2pacbell.net MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 4 Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email cV" Richard L. Storro Director, Power Supply and David Meyer 1411 E. Mission Ave. O. Box 3727, MSC- Spokane, WA 99220-3727 Fax: 509.495.4272 di ck. storro~a vi stacom. com david.mever((!2avistacorp. com R. Blair Strong Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller LLP 717 West Sprague Ave., Suite 1200 Spokane, W A 99201-3505 Fax: 509.838.0007 r. blair. strong~painehamblen. com J. R. Simplot Company Attn: David Hawk Director, Energy Natural Resources 999 Main Street Box27 Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 389-7306 Fax: (208) 389-7333 dhawk((!2simplot.com R. Scott Pasley Assistant General Counsel J. R. Simp lot Company 999 Main Street P. O. Box 27 Boise, Idaho 83702 (208) 389-7321 (208) 389-7464 telefax spasl ev((!2simp I ot. com MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 5 Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email William M. Eddie Advocates for the West O. Box 1612 Boise, ID 83701 bill eddi e((!2rnlci .net MOTION TO DETERMINE EXEMPTION STATUS - 6 Hand Delivered S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email