20070628notice_of_joint_settlement_workshop.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 28, 2007
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S PETITION TO INCREASE
THE PUBLISHED RATE ELIGIBILITY CAP
FOR WIND-POWERED SMALL POWER
PRODUCTION FACILITIES; AND
TO ELIMINATE THE 90%/110%
PERFORMANCE BAND FOR WIND-
POWERED SMALL POWER PRODUCTION
FACILITIES
CASE NO. IPC-07-
NOTICE OF
INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF
JOINT SETTLEMENT WORKSHOP
(REFERENCE RELATED CASE NOS. PAC-
07-07 (P ACIFICORP) AND A VU-O7-
(A VISTA)
On February 6, 2007, Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power; Company) filed a
Petition with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) proposing a $10.72/MWh
wind integration adjustment or reduction to published avoided cost rates. In support of its
proposal the Company submits its recently completed Wind Integration Study. The Company
requests a Commission order
1. Raising the cap on entitlement to published avoided cost rates for intermittent
wind-powered small power production facilities that are qualifying facilities (QFs) under
Sections 201 and 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) from th~
current level of 100 k W to 10 aMW per month; and
2. Authorizing Idaho Power to purchase state-of-the-art wind forecasting services
that will provide the Company with forecasts of wind conditions in those geographic areas where
the Company s wind generation resources are located. It is Idaho Power s proposal that the
order should further provide that wind-powered QFs will reimburse the Company for their share
of the cost of the wind forecasting service; and
3. Authorizing Idaho Power to require the inclusion of a Mechanical Availability
Guarantee (MAG) in all new contracts to purchase energy from wind-powered QFs; and
4. In conjunction with the Commission s approval of paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 above
the Company proposes to eliminate the requirement that the 90%/110% performance band be
included in new contracts for energy purchases from intermittent wind-powered QFs.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF JOINT SETTLEMENT WORKSHOP
A Notice of Petition and Notice of Preliminary Procedure was issued in Case No.
IPC-07-03 on February 16, 2007. As a matter of preliminary procedure and prior to any
procedural scheduling by the Commission, Idaho Power on March 15 , 2007, hosted the first
workshop in Case No. IPC-07-03. Pursuant to Notice a second workshop was held on June
, 2007.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in Case No.
IPC-07-03 for the purpose of becoming a party, i., to present evidence, to acquire rights of
cross-examination, to participate in settlement or negotiation conferences, to engage in discovery
and to make and argue motions must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission pursuant to
Rules 72 and 73 of the Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and .073.
Persons desiring to acquire intervenor rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene
on or before Wednesday, July 18,2007. Persons seeking intervenor status shall also provide
the Commission Secretary with their electronic mail address to facilitate future communications
in this matter.
NOTICE OF JOINT SETTLEMENT WORKSHOP
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Commission Staff will sponsor a joint
settlement workshop in Case Nos. IPC-07-03 (Idaho Power), PAC-07-07 (PacifiCorp), and
A VU-07-02 (Avista) to explore whether parties can agree to a common generic wind
integration adjustment to published rates. Participants in the settlement workshop must be a
party of record in at least one of the identified case dockets. Settlement negotiations are
conducted pursuant to Commission Rules of Procedure and are by their very nature confidential.
IDAPA 31.01.01.272-276. The joint settlement workshop will occur on TUESDAY. JULY
31. 2007 -BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M. AT THE J.R. WILLIAMS BUILDING EAST
CONFERENCE ROOM. 700 W. STATE STREET. BOISE. IDAHO
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all workshops, hearings and prehearing
conferences in this matter will be held in facilities meeting the accessibility requirements of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Persons needing the help of a sign language interpreter
or other assistance in order to participate in or to understand testimony and argument at a public
hearing may ask the Commission to provide a sign language interpreter or other assistance at the
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF JOINT SETTLEMENT WORKSHOP
workshop. The request for assistance must be received at least five (5) working days before the
workshop by contacting the Commission Secretary at:
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (FAX)
Mail: secretary~puc.idaho.gov
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Petition in Case No. IPC-07-03 may be
viewed at www.puc.idaho.gov by clicking on "File Room" and "Electric Cases " or can be
viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472
Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and at the general business office of Idaho Power Company,
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this 62.g#-day of June 2007.
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Je jD. Jewell
'rfimission Secretary
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NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
NOTICE OF JOINT SETTLEMENT WORKSHOP