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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071210Sterling direct.pdfBEFORE THE ~..~..;.....,.. ZOUl DEC lO PM 3: 36 IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR ) CASE NO.IPC-E-07.8 AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES ) AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE ) IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. ) ) ) ) ) DIRECT TESTIMONY OF RICK STERLING IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION DECEMBER 10, 2007 1 Q.Please state your name and business address for 2 the record. 3 A.My name is Rick Sterling. My business address 4 is 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho. 5 Q.By whom are you employed and in what capacity? 6 A.I am employed by the Idaho Public Utilities 7 Commission as a Staff engineer. 8 Q.What is your educational and professional 9 background? 10 A.I received a Bachelor of Science degree in 11 Civil Engineering from the University of Idaho in 1981 12 and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from 13 the University of Idaho in 1983. I worked for the Idaho 14 Department of Water Resources from 1983 to 1994. In 15 1988, I received my Idaho license as a registered 16 professional Civil Engineer. I began working at the 17 Idaho Public Utilities Commission in 1994. During my 18 employment at the IPUC, I have attended the annual 19 regulatory studies program sponsored by the National 20 Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) at 21 Michigan State University, as well as numerous other 22 seminars and short courses. 23 Q.What is the purpose of your testimony in this 24 proceeding? 25 A.The purpose of my testimony is to discuss the CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0812/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 1 STAFF 1 net power supply cost recommendation of Idaho Power, to 2 explain why I believe it is too high, and to make an 3 alternative recommendation that I believe fairly and 4 reasonably represents the Company's normalized net power 5 supply cost for the 2007 test year. 6 Q.Please briefly summarize your proposed net 7 power supply cost adj ustments . 8 A.I am proposing a net power supply cost of $34.9 9 million, which is approximately $6 million less than 10 Idaho Power's. proposed net power supply cost. My net 11 power supply cost recommendation is based on the use of a 12 natural gas price of $7.62 per MMBtu in the AURORA model. 13 Q.Have you reviewed the work done by Idaho Power 14 to develop a net power supply cost recommendation for 15 this case? 16 A.Yes, I have reviewed the Company's testimony 17 and recommendations related to net power supply cost, and 18 have also reviewed all of the supporting exhibits and 19 workpapers prepared by the Company as well as all of the 20 power supply cost simulations made using AURORA. 21 Q.What is Idaho Power recommending as the net 22 power supply cost to be included in its revenue 23 requirement? 24 A.Idaho Power is recommending a net power supply 25 cost of $41.0 million in addition to PURPA costs of $93.1 CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0812/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 2 STAFF 1 million, for a total power supply cost of $134.1 million. 2 Q.Do you agree with the net power supply cost 3 recommendations contained in the testimony of Idaho Power 4 witness Greg Said? 5 A.No, I do not. I believe that the net power 6 supply cost recommendations of the Company are too high. 7 I do accept the Company's estimate of PURPA costs, 8 however. 9 Q.Why do you believe that the net power supply 10 cost recommendations of the Company are too high? 11 A.I believe that Idaho Power's net power supply 12 cost recommendations are too high because of incorrect 13 assumptions made by the Company regarding natural gas 14 fuel prices used in AURORA, the model used for computing 15 net power supply costs. 16 Q.Are natural gas price assumptions crucial in 17 the determination of net power supply costs, even though 18 Idaho Power has a relatively small amount of natural gas 19 fired generation on its system? 20 A.Yes, Idaho Power's net power supply costs are 21 not only a function of the costs of fueling and operating 22 its own generating resources, but are also a function of 23 the costs of its off-system purchases and its secondary 24 sales. During the majority of the year, gas-fired 25 generation is the marginal resource in the region; CASE NO. IPC-E- 07 - 0812/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 3 STAFF 1 consequently, it tends to set the market price for all 2 market purchases and sales. Obviously, higher gas prices 3 dri ve electric market prices up and lower gas prices 4 dri ve market prices down. 5 Q.How do high gas prices affect Idaho Power and 6 its ratepayers? 7 A.High gas prices actually benefit Idaho Power 8 and its ratepayers in most years. Because Idaho Power is 9 a net energy seller over the course of the year, high gas 10 prices and high electric market prices allow the Company 11 to sell its surplus low-cost hydro and coal generation at 12 those higher market prices, substantially reducing its 13 net power supply costs. 14 Q.What assumptions about gas price did Idaho 15 Power make for purposes of its AURORA power supply cost 16 simulations? 17 A.Idaho Power's derivation of the gas prices it 18 used in AURORA is shown on Staff Exhibit No. 106. Idaho 19 Power obtained 10-year gas price forecasts from three 20 different sources-PIRA, DOE-EIA, and Global Insight-and 21 five-year forecasts from two sources-NYMEX and IGI. 22 Idaho Power computed a weighted average price using each 23 of the ten years from 2007-2016, then made other 24 adjustments to prepare the prices for input into the 25 AURORA model. Idaho Power generated upper and lower CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0812/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 4 STAFF 1 limits for gas prices to be used in AURORA by applying 2 the standard deviation in actual prices at Sumas from 3 2001 through 2006. The result of this exercise was an 4 average gas price of $7. 93/MMBtu with upper and lower 5 limits of $9. 99/MMBtu and $5.87 /MMBtu. 6 Q.How was this range of assumed gas prices used 7 by Idaho Power in the AURORA mode i ? 8 A.Idaho Power assumed that high gas prices are 9 associated with low water conditions and that low gas 10 prices occur when water conditions are high. For the 79 11 water years of record used in the power supply analysis, 12 the Company created an algorithm that assigned the 13 highest gas price ($9.99) to the lowest water year on 14 record and assigned the lowest gas price ($5.87) to the 15 highest water year on record. Gas prices were then 16 assigned to all of the years in between based on their 17 relative water condition. 18 Q.What is wrong with this approach in your 19 opinion? 20 A.I believe that Idaho Power's approach is wrong 21 for two reasons. First, I do not believe it is 22 appropriate to use 10, or even five years of gas price 23 forecasts when we are really only trying to establish 24 power supply costs between now and when Idaho Power files 25 its next general rate case. Company witness Gale states CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0812/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 5 STAFF 1 on page 17 of his testimony that the Company intends to 2 make more frequent rate case filings in the future. 3 Informally, Idaho Power has told Staff that its future 4 rate case filings could be made as often as annually. 5 With the new Evander Andrews plant yet to be included in 6 rate base, and with hydro relicensing costs quickly 7 growing, Staff believes another general rate case filing S is likely very soon. Therefore, because we are likely 9 only setting rates to be effective for approximately the 10 next year, it seems logical that we should only be using 11 gas price forecasts representative of the same time 12 frame. Gas price forecasts five or ten years into the 13 future have no relevance whatsoever when we are only 14 setting rates one year into the future. 15 Q.What is your other primary obj ection to the 16 method used by Idaho Power? 17 A.My second obj ection relates to Idaho Power's lS assumption that gas prices are directly related to hydro 19 conditions. I do not believe that gas prices are 20 correlated with hydro conditions on Idaho Power's system, 21 or for that matter, even with Northwest hydro conditions. 22 I believe that natural gas prices are influenced by 23 numerous factors, most of which have nothing to do with 24 water conditions in the Northwest. Because pipelines 25 allow natural gas to be transported throughout North CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 6 STAFF 1 America, gas prices now tend to rise or fall in unison. 2 Prices in the Northwest can be affected by a prolonged 3 cold snap in the Northeast, for example, by tropical 4 storms and hurricanes in the Gulf, or by unusual demand 5 in California. Underground gas storage levels, drilling 6 activity and market speculation also significantly affect 7 prices. Gas demand, wherever it occurs in the country, S can affect prices nationally. Regional supply 9 interruptions seem to be one of the few factors that can 10 still significantly affect regional gas prices. 11 Q.Have you examined any data or performed any 12 analysis to support your conclusion that gas prices and 13 Northwest hydro conditions are not related? 14 A.Yes, I have. I performed regression analysis 15 using historical Henry Hub and Sumas gas prices as 16 reported by the Intercontinental Exchange and historical 17 water conditions represented by hydro shaping factors lS used in AURORA. The hydro shaping factors used in AURORA 19 reflect monthly and annual scaling factors used to 20 accurately replicate historic hydro conditions in areas 21 throughout the Northwest. The source for the hydro data 22 used in AURORA is the Northwest Power Pool. Staff 23 Exhibit No. 107 shows the results of the correlation 24 analysis on a monthly basis for hydro conditions since 25 2001 at Hells Canyon, Southern Idaho, run-of-river plants CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 7 STAFF 1 on Idaho Power's system, the Oregon-Washington-Northern 2 Idaho area, British Columbia and Montana. As shown by 3 the exhibit, there appears to be no correlation 4 whatsoever between Northwest hydro conditions and Sumas 5 gas prices on a monthly basis. The results are similar 6 for Henry Hub gas prices. 7 Q.Are you saying that neither gas prices nor S hydro conditions affect power supply costs? 9 A.No, I am not suggesting that gas prices and 10 hydro conditions do not affect power supply costs. 11 Clearly, both greatly affect power supply costs. They do 12 so independently, however. What I am saying is that gas 13 prices are unrelated to Northwest hydro conditions. 14 Q.What gas prices did you consider using for the 15 power supply analysis in AURORA? 16 A.I believe it is reasonable to simply use gas 17 prices representative of the 2007 test year. To obtain lS prices representative of 2007, I considered several 19 forecasts available to Staff. One forecast I considered 20 was the May 2007 forecast prepared by Global Insight. 21 Idaho Power used Global Insight's 2006 forecast in 22 developing the Company's gas price forecast. I also 23 considered the Department of Energy/Energy Information 24 Administration forecast that was released in February 25 2007, and the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) S STAFF 1 fuel price forecast approved on September 11, 2007. In 2 addition to these forecasts, I considered the most recent 3 12 months of NYMEX spot market prices and NYMEX futures 4 prices for 200S. I also reviewed recent forecasts made 5 by gas industry experts as reported quarterly in the 6 publication Na tural Gas Week. 7 Q.Do you consider these sources to be superior to S those used by Idaho Power? 9 A.All of the forecasts I considered were more 10 recent than the forecast information used by Idaho Power. 11 I had an advantage in my analysis because all of the gas 12 price information I considered was simply not yet 13 available at the time the Company prepared its case. 14 Q.What gas prices do you believe should be used 15 for power supply modeling in AURORA? 16 A.My recommendation is to use a gas price of 17 $7.62 per MMBtu for all 79 water years based on the lS natural gas price forecast contained in the Energy 19 Information Administration's 2007 Annual Energy Outlook. 20 That is the forecasted price for 2007 (in year 2007 21 dollars) . 22 Q.Why do you propose to use the same gas price 23 for all 79 water years? 24 A.I believe it is appropriate to use the same gas 25 price for all 79 water years because I have found no CASE NO. IPC-E-07-OS12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 9 STAFF 1 evidence to suggest that gas prices vary based on water 2 conditions. The purpose of using 79 different water 3 years is to simulate normal water conditions during the 4 test year. Normal gas prices for the test year can be 5 simulated with only a 'single estimate because gas prices 6 are unrelated to water conditions. 7 Q.What net power supply cost do you calculate S using AURORA with the $7.62 per MMBtu gas price you 9 believe should be used? 10 A.Using a gas price of $7.62 per MMBtu for all 11 water years, AURORA calculated a net power supply cost of 12 $34.9 million. Net power supply costs are comprised of 13 four accounts: 447 System Opportunity Sales; 501 Fuel 14 (Coal); 547 Fuel (Gas); and 555.1 Purchased Power. 15 Staff's proposed totals for each account are shown on 16 Exhibit No. lOS, and are also compared to Idaho Power's 17 proposed amounts. Staff's most significant adjustment is lS a $5.3 million reduction in account 555.1 Purchased 19 Power. 20 Except for the change in gas price, I used all 21 of Idaho Power's other assumptions in AURORA. A summary 22 of the results of this AURORA simulation is presented in 23 Staff Exhibit No. 109. 24 Q.Have you prepared an exhibit comparing your net 25 power supply cost recommendations to Idaho Power's? CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 10 STAFF 1 A.Yes, Staff Exhibit No. 110 compares my 2 recommendation for net power supply cost to Idaho 3 Power's. The exhibit also shows the PURPA costs that are 4 added to get total power supply cost, as well as the 5 normalized power supply costs adopted in the Company's 6 last general rate case. 7 Q.Did you make any AURORA runs using gas prices S from Idaho Power's own gas forecast? 9 A.Yes, I did. I used Idaho Power's own 10 forecasted gas prices for 2007 and 200S to compute net 11 power supply costs. Using Idaho Power's own gas price 12 forecast for 2007 ($S. 20 per MMBtu) for all 79 water 13 years, I computed a net power supply cost of $ 21. S 14 million. If I used Idaho Power's 2007 gas price as an 15 average for the 79 water years and assigned higher and 16 lower prices to the years based on water condition using 17 Idaho Power's method, a net power supply cost of $33.7 lS million was computed. 19 Q.Why are you not recommending simply using Idaho 20 Power's own gas price forecast for the years when rates 21 will be in effect to establish net power supply costs? 22 A.I am not recommending that Idaho Power's own 23 gas price forecasts for 2007 or 200S be used because I 24 believe that the gas prices are too high. Such high gas 25 prices produce net power supply cost results that are CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 11 STAFF 1 unrealistically low. 2 Q.Why did you choose to not use gas prices from 3 the Northwest Power and Conservation Council? Isn' t the 4 Council's forecast the most recent publicly available 5 forecast? 6 A.The Council's September 11, 2007 gas price 7 forecast is the most recent publicly available forecast, S so in that respect it may be superior to other forecasts 9 that could be used. Using the Council's forecasted gas 10 price for 2007, AURORA calculates a net power supply cost 11 of $ 27. S million. I chose to not recommend using the 12 Council's gas price forecast because I believe the 13 Council's estimated price for 2007 is too high. Despite 14 the forecast being the most recently released, it is 15 actually several months older than it appears due to the 16 public review process it must go through. In addition, I 17 do not believe that the Council focused much on 2007 lS since the year would be three-fourths over by the time 19 the forecast was released and the price forecast for 2007 20 would be of limited use to users of the forecast. 21 Q.Have you prepared an exhibi t to compare Idaho 22 Power's net power supply recommendation, your 23 recommendation, and other net power supply results 24 obtained using other possible gas price assumptions? 25 A.Yes, I have. Staff Exhibit No. 111 shows the CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 12 STAFF 1 effect of various gas price assumptions on net power 2 supply costs and compares my recommended result to the 3 Company's. As the results show, my recommended net power 4 supply cost is below the Company's recommendation, but 5 higher than it would be if several other gas forecasts 6 were used, including the Company's own forecasted prices 7 for 2007 and 200S. Compared to the results obtained S using other possible gas prices, I believe my 9 recommendation is conservative. 10 Q.What happens if Idaho Power's actual net power 11 supply costs turn out to be different than those adopted 12 in this general rate case? 13 A.If actual power supply costs in the future are 14 different than those adopted in this general rate case, 15 then the difference will be considered in the annual 16 Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) until the Company's next 17 general rate case. Under the PCA, 90 percent of the lS difference between the annual proj ected power cost and 19 the Commission approved base power cost as established in 20 this case will be credited to or collected from 21 customers. Consequently, Idaho Power will never be at 22 risk for more than 10 percent of the difference between 23 projected power supply costs and the base power supply 24 costs. 25 Q.Can you validate the AURORA model by comparing CASE NO. IPC-E-07-0S12/10/07 STERLING, R (Di) 13 STAFF 1 predicted results to actual net power supply costs from 2 prior years, say for 2006? 3 A.Although it is possible to compare simulated 4 results to actual historical results, the two will 5 probably never be equal even if historical gas prices and 6 hydro conditions are replicated. Actual electric market 7 prices are affected by many things besides just hydro 8 conditions and natural gas prices. Many factors that 9 affect actual power supply costs simply cannot easily be 10 replicated on an actual basis in AURORA, such as weather, 11 plant outages, fuel supply interruptions, and market 12 speculation. The 2006 water year results from the "base 13 case" used to determine power supply costs in this case 14 will not match actual 2006 power supply costs because the 15 "base case" for 2006 only differs from the other 78 years 16 used in the analysis by the hydro conditions. The base 17 case for 2006 does not use actual gas prices in 2006, 18 actual demand in 2006, or any other actual data from 19 2006. The 2006 results only reflect 2006 water 20 condi tions and nothing more. 21 Q.Does this conclude your direct testimony in 22 this proceeding? 23 A.Yes, it does. 24 25 CASE NO. 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Sterling, Staff 12/10/07 Page 2 of2 Summary of Net Power Supply Cost Adjustments to Specific Accounts Account Description IPCo Proposal Staff Proposal Adjustment 447 System Opportunity Sales $142,883,600 $142,875,579 $8,021 System Opp. Sales Trans & Wheeling Revenue $6,426,777 $6,426,777 $ Subtotal $149,310,377 $149,302,356 $8,021 501 Fuel (Coal)$(119,484,800)$(119,480,735)$(4,065) 547 Fuel (Gas)$(7,085,900) $(6,416,597) $(669,303) 555.1 Purchased Power $(57,283,900) $(51,942,918) $(5,340,982) Purchased Power Trans & Wheeling Cost $(1,270,606) $(1,270,606) $ Subtotal $(58,554,506) $(53,213,524) $(5,340,982) Total Net Power Supply Cost (excluding Trans & Wheeling)$(40,971,000) $(34,964,671) $(6,006,329) Exhibit No, 108 Case No. IPC-E-07-8 R. Sterling, Staff 12/10/07 Scenari 1 2007 NORMALIZED NET POWER SUPPLY COSTS Scenario 2; DOE AEO Avg Gas 2007$; Every Hour; Every Day; Every Weel Thennal Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,346,837 Hydro Generation (MWh)6,179,840 Combustion Turbine (MWh)82,639 Total Market Purcases (MWh)921,242 Total Market Sales (MWh)981,35 Total Thennal Unit Fuel Costs ($000).1/126,58 Total Market Purchases ($000)77,861 $84.52 Total Market Sales ($000)50,896 $51.86 Net Pow~ Suonlv Costs 1$000\153513 Brer, Boarman. Valmy, Danskln, Bennett Mt Scenario 2 Therml Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,328,182 Hydro Genertion (MWh)7,615,503 Combustion Turbine (MWh)57,396 Total Market Purchases (MWh)538,198 Total Market Sales (MWh)1,989,883 Total Thennal Unit Fuel Costs ($000)"124,320 Total Market Purcases ($000)42,796 $79.52 Total Market Sales ($000)102,880 $51.0 Net Power Suoolv Costs 1$0001 64236 Brer. Boarman. Valmy, Dakin, Bennett Mt Scenario 3 Therml Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,316,972 Hydro Genertion (MWh)8,618,509 Combustion Turbine (MWh)42,852 Total Market Purcases (MWh)304,535 Total Market Sales (MWh)2,733,316 Total Thennal Unit Fuel Costs ($000).122,981 Total Market Purchases ($000)23,365 $76.72 Total Market Sales ($000)141,234 $51.67 Net Power Sunnlv Costs 1$0001 5,112 Brger. Boarman. Valmy, Danski, Benett Mt Scenario 4 Thennal Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,290,572 Hydr Generation (MW)9,950,676 Combustion Turbine (MWh)35,501 Total Market Purchases (MWh)182,796 Total Market Sales (MWh)3,909,803 Total Therml Unit Fuel Costs ($000).121,969 Total Market Purchases ($000)14,021 $76.70 Total Market Sales ($000)193,910 $49.60 Net Pow~ Sunnlv Costs i$OOO\157,9201 Brger. Boman. Valmy, Danskin, Bennett Mt ScenarioS Thennal Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,213,469 Hydro Generation (MWh)11,609,792 Combustion Turbine (MW)18,200 Total Market Purchase (MWh)45,777 Total Market Sales (MWh)5,337,060 Total Therml Unit Fuel Costs ($000)"119,338 Total Market Purcases ($000)3,200 $69.91 Total Market Sales ($000)247,967 $46.46 Net Power Suoolv Cots 1$0001 1125,4291 Br, Boarman, Valmy, Dann. Bennett Mt AVERAGE OF ALL YEARS Thennal Generation (MWh) (Br, Bo, V)7,301,247 Hydro Generation (MWh)8,748,180 998.7 Combustion Turbine (MW)47,390 Total Market Purchase (MWh)403,134 Total Market Sales (MW)2,950,346 Total Thennal Unit Fuel Costs ($000).123,071 Total Market Purcases ($000)32,644 $80.97 Total Market Sales ($000)145,826 $49.43 Net Power Suoolv Costs ($0001 9888 Brer,Boardman,Valmy,Dann(excl fixed) Danskin-Fixedand Benntt Mountain PPL11 Exud Dankin Fix Wheeling AvgNPSC 2,840 19,230 2,950 34,909 10/1012007 4:07 PM 007 Noralized Thennal Out ut MW im Bridger 5,056,012almy 1 ,857,497 433,328 5,343 nett Mt 77,296 7 Normlized Cost $000 1m Bridger 73,364Valmy 40,915Boardman 6,014Danskin 451Bennett Mt 5,804 2007 Nonnalized Thennal Outout IMWh Jim Bridger 5,055,557 Valmy 1,849,467 Boardman 431,012 Danskin 3,463 Bennett Mt 54,209 2007 Nonnalized Cost $000 Jim Bridger 73,358 Valmy 40,752 Boardman 5,986 Danskin 11 293 BennettMt 4,083 2007 Normlized Thennal Out ut MWh Jim Bridger 5,053,280Valmy 1,835,518Boardman 428,175Danskin 2,577Bennett Mt 40,275 2007 Normlized Cost $000 Jim Bridger 73,325 40,421 5,933 214 2,966 2007 Normlized Therml Output (MWh) Jim Bridger 5,051,003 Valmy 1,818,266 Boardman 421,304 Danskin 2,116 BennettMt 33385 2007 Nonnalized Cost ($0001 Jim Bridger 73,292 Valmy 40,121 Bordman 5,865 Danskin 1/179 Bennett Mt 2,512 2007 Nonnalized Thennal Outnut MWh Jim Bridger 5,042,897 Valmy 1,775,050 Bordman 395,523 Danskin 748 Bennett Mt 17,452 2007 Nonnalized Cost 1$000 Jim Bridger 73,174 almy 39,246 Boardman 5,538 Danskin 11 63 BennettMl 1,317 112007 Norlized Thennal Outout (MWh im Bridger 5,051,862 "almy 1,827,301 Bordman 422,085 Danskin 2,859 Bennett Mt 44,531 2007 Noralized Cost $000 Jim Bridger 73,304 Valmy 40,30 Boardman 5,873 Danskin 1/242 Bennett Mt 3,348 ~ 577 212 49 1 9 $/MWh $14.51 $22.03 $13.88 $84.45 $75.08 aMW 577 211 49 o 6 $/MWh $14.51 $22.03 $13.89 $84.56 $75.33~ 577 210 49 o 5 $/MWh $14.51 $22.02 $13.86 $82.98 $73.66 aMW 577 208 48 o 4~ $14.51 $22.07 $13.92 $84.66 $75.25~ 576 203 45 o 2 $/MWh $14.51 $22.11 $14.00 $84.85 $75.45 aMW 577 209 48 o 5 $/MWh $14.51 $22.06 $13.91 $84.56 $75.19 Exhibit No. 109 Case No. IPC-E-07-8 R. Sterling, Staff 12/1 0/07 Page 1 of 2 IP C O P O W E R S U P P L Y C O S T S F O R 2 0 0 7 N O R M A L I Z E D L O A D S O V E R 7 9 W A T E R Y E C O N D I T O N S SU B S E Q U E N T T O A D D I T I O N O F 2 0 0 7 P U R P A A N D H O R I Z O N C O N T R A C T S AV E R A G E DO E A E O A v g G a s 2 0 0 7 $ ; E v e r y H o u r ; E v e r D a y ; E v e r y W e e Ja n u a r y Fe b a r y MG &i ~ Ju n e Jl Au g u s t ~ Oc t b e No v e m b e De c e m b e r An n u a l Hy d r o e l e c t r i c G e n e r a t i o n ( M W h ) 74 4 , 4 7 6 . 6 86 1 , 5 6 0 . 3 87 3 , 1 0 4 . 2 88 , 3 4 8 . 88 , 5 3 9 . 4 84 6 , 7 0 1 . 3 72 8 , 2 9 . 1 68 7 , 5 9 3 . 1 58 0 , 3 0 9 . 5 53 1 , 8 5 . 7 47 9 , 3 4 4 . 3 69 8 , 0 4 8 . 6 8, 7 4 8 , 1 7 9 . 7 Br t d g e r En e r g y ( M W h ) 45 1 , 6 8 9 . 8 40 7 , 9 7 7 . 9 38 9 , 7 8 4 . 6 32 7 , 8 3 9 . 4 36 0 , 6 2 3 . 3 43 2 , 9 8 9 . 0 45 1 , 6 8 9 . 8 45 1 , 6 8 9 . 8 43 7 , 1 1 9 . 2 45 1 , 6 8 9 . 8 43 7 , 1 1 9 . 2 45 1 , 6 8 9 . 8 5, 0 5 1 , 8 6 1 . 6 Co l ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 6, 5 5 . 2 $ 5, 9 1 9 . 9 $ 5, 8 5 5 . 6 $ 4, 7 5 7 . 1 $ 5, 2 3 2 . 8 $ 6,2 8 2 . 5 $ 6, 5 5 4 . 2 $ 6, 5 5 4 . 2 $ 8, 3 4 2 . 7 $ 6, 5 5 . 2 $ 6, 3 4 2 . 7 $ 6, 5 5 4 . 2 $ 73 , 3 0 4 . 1 Bo a r d m a n En e r g y ( M W h ) 38 , 7 8 4 . 2 35 , 2 1 8 . 8 39 , 6 1 1 . 1 24 , 7 3 7 . 1 11 , 7 0 1 . 2 27 , 5 9 5 . 4 40 , 3 8 1 . 5 41 , 3 0 4 . 3 39 , 8 3 7 . 9 41 , 3 3 7 . 1 40 , 1 0 2 . 6 41 , 4 9 3 . 5 42 2 , 0 8 4 . 7 Co s t ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 54 . 2 $ 49 0 . 6 $ 55 0 . 7 $ 34 . 3 $ 18 6 . 7 $ 39 7 . 8 $ 56 0 . 0 $ 57 1 . 2 $ 55 1 . 1 $ 57 1 . 6 $ 55 . 3 $ 57 3 . 5 $ 5, 8 7 3 . 0 Va l m y En e r g y ( M W h ) 16 3 , 2 0 9 . 4 14 8 , 1 1 2 . 9 16 1 , 1 1 1 . 1 72 , 4 8 7 . 8 12 3 , 5 0 8 . 1 14 7 , 8 4 9 . 0 16 9 , 8 6 . 0 17 0 , 4 2 9 . 7 16 3 , 4 5 0 . 5 17 0 , 3 4 3 . 1 18 5 , 6 7 5 . 4 17 1 , 4 6 2 . 0 1,8 2 7 , 3 0 . 9 Co l ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 3, 6 0 . 8 $ 3, 2 8 9 . 2 $ 3, 5 5 8 . 4 $ 1, 6 0 . 9 $ 2, 7 3 5 . 8 $ 3,2 8 3 . 1 $ 3, 7 3 4 . 4 $ 3, 7 5 0 . 0 $ 3, 5 9 9 . 0 $ 3, 7 4 8 . 2 $ 3,6 4 . 1 $ 3, 7 7 0 . 9 $ 40 , 3 0 3 . 7 Da n s k l n En e r g y ( M W h ) 0. 0 0. 1 18 . 7 1,4 9 7 . 3 1,2 9 3 . 6 46 . 5 0.1 2.1 2. 5 2, 8 5 8 . 9 Co t ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ $ $ $ 0. 0 $ 0. 0 $ 1. 4 $ 12 5 . 7 $ 11 0 . 3 $ 4. 0 $ 0. 0 $ 0. 2 $ 0. 3 $ 24 1 . 8 Fi x e d C a p a c i t y C h a r g e - G a T r a n s p o r t t i n ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 22 0 . 8 $ 22 0 . 8 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 2, 8 2 6 . 5 To t a l C o s t $ 22 0 . 8 $ 22 0 . 8 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 5 . 8 $ 36 6 . 9 $ 35 1 . 5 $ 23 8 . 4 $ 24 1 . 2 $ 23 4 . 6 $ 24 1 . 5 $ 3, 0 6 . 3 Be n n t t M o u n t i n En e ( M W h ) 17 . 0 9.4 22 7 . 2 53 . 6 76 6 . 8 19 , 1 0 6 . 9 17 , 3 3 1 . 0 4,2 1 7 . 7 84 . 1 1, 2 6 9 . 8 88 . 4 44 , 5 3 1 . 1 Co t ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ $ 1. 4 $ 0. 7 $ 16 . 0 $ 3. 8 $ 55 . 1 $ 1, 4 1 1 . 7 $ 1, 3 0 0 . 4 $ 31 9 . 2 $ 50 . 0 $ 10 8 . 7 $ 81 . 3 $ 3, 3 4 8 . 3 Fi x e d C a p a c i t y C h a r g e - G a s T r a n s p o r t t i o ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ To t a l C o s t $ $ 1. 4 $ 0. 7 $ 16 . 0 $ 3. 8 $ 55 . 1 $ 1, 4 1 1 . 7 $ 1, 3 0 0 . 4 $ 31 9 . 2 $ 50 . 0 $ 10 8 . 7 $ 81 . 3 $ 3, 3 4 8 . 3 Pu r c h a s e d P o w e r ( E x c l u d i n g C S P P ) Ma r k e t E n e r g y ( M W h ) 21 , 3 3 9 . 2 2,8 5 3 . 6 98 . 4 5, 9 8 1 . 6 20 , 3 9 6 . 1 35 , 7 0 8 . 4 11 4 , 7 7 5 . 3 60 , 2 3 3 . 3 40 , 7 2 1 . 5 5, 3 9 5 . 0 50 , 5 9 2 . 4 44 , 3 4 9 . 0 40 3 , 1 3 3 . 8 Co n t E n e r g y ( M W h ) 25 , 4 4 5 . 2 22 , 7 7 0 . 8 25 , 8 5 2 . 5 25 , 2 4 3 . 7 22 , 2 5 1 . 8 60 , 3 3 4 . 8 82 , 2 4 7 . 7 59 , 3 6 1 . 3 20 , 8 7 2 . 0 26 , 0 4 7 . 0 23 , 5 8 7 . 8 32 , 8 2 9 . 1 40 6 , 8 4 3 . 9 To t a l E n e r g y E x c l . C S P P ( M W h ) 46 , 7 8 4 . 4 25 , 4 2 4 . 4 26 , 8 4 0 . 9 31 , 2 2 5 . 3 42 , 8 4 7 . 9 96 , 0 4 3 . 3 17 7 , 0 2 3 . 0 11 9 , 5 9 4 . 6 61 , 5 9 3 . 5 31 , 4 4 2 . 1 74 , 1 6 0 . 2 77 , 1 7 8 . 1 80 , 9 7 7 . 7 Ma r e t C o s t ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 95 1 . 4 $ 18 1 . 9 $ 84 . 2 $ 35 9 . 2 $ 1, 2 8 1 . 8 $ 2,3 1 6 . 6 $ 10 , 2 4 7 . 9 $ 5, 6 2 2 . 7 $ 3,1 6 7 . 0 $ 42 2 . 1 $ 4,2 2 7 . 9 $ 3, 8 2 0 . 8 $ 32 , 8 4 3 . 5 Co n t c t C o s t ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 1,2 2 1 . 4 $ 1,0 9 3 . 0 $ 91 2 . 1 $ 89 0 . 8 $ 78 5 . 0 $ 2,7 7 9 . 6 $ 3, 1 4 9 . 5 $ 2, 9 8 . 5 $ 1,0 0 1 . 9 $ 1, 2 0 . 3 $ 1, 3 5 8 . 7 $ 1, 8 9 1 . 0 $ 19 , 2 9 9 . 4 To t a l C o s t E x c l . C S P P ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 2, 1 7 2 . 8 $ 1, 2 5 . 9 $ 97 6 . 3 $ 1, 2 4 9 . 8 $ 2, 0 6 . 9 $ 5, 0 9 . 2 $ 13 , 3 9 7 . 4 $ 8, 5 8 9 . 2 $ 4, 1 6 8 . 9 $ 1, 6 7 2 . 4 $ 5, 5 8 6 . 5 $ 5, 7 1 1 . $ 51 , 9 4 2 . 9 1 8 Su r p l u s S a l e En e r g y ( M W h ) 22 9 , 8 6 9 . 1 40 8 , 6 0 . 1 48 0 , 3 2 2 . 7 36 7 , 8 7 8 . 1 34 6 , 8 2 1 . 1 29 3 , 4 1 7 . 2 45 , 7 6 6 . 3 55 , 4 8 4 . 9 16 6 , 4 8 9 . 2 22 8 , 9 4 5 . 2 13 4 , 9 5 2 . 1 19 1 , 5 9 2 . 0 2, 9 5 0 , 3 4 6 . 1 Re v e n u e I n c l u d i n g T r a n s m i s i o n C o s t s ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 8,9 2 8 . 3 $ 21 , 0 0 1 . 6 $ 23 , 4 2 0 . 9 $ 1 7 , 3 6 1 . 9 $ 1 4 , 8 8 . 4 $ 10 , 8 5 8 . 0 $ 2, 8 4 1 . 1 $ 3, 7 7 8 . 8 $ 9, 5 7 3 . 8 $ 1 2 , 7 3 7 . 4 $ 7, 5 1 8 . 3 $ 12 , 9 2 1 . 4 $ 14 5 , 8 2 5 . 9 Tr a n s m i s s i o n C o s t s ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 22 9 . 9 $ 40 8 . 8 $ 48 0 . 3 $ 36 7 . 9 $ 34 6 . $ 29 . 4 $ 45 . 8 $ 55 . 5 $ 18 6 . 5 $ 22 8 . 9 $ 13 5 . $ 19 1 . 6 $ 2 , 9 5 0 . 3 Re v u e E x c l u d i n g T r a n s m i s s i o n C o t s ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 8,6 9 8 . 4 $ 20 , 5 9 2 . 8 $ 22 , 9 4 0 . 6 $ 1 8 , 9 9 . 1 $ 1 4 , 5 3 9 . 5 $ 10 , 5 8 4 . 8 $ 2, 7 9 5 . 3 $ 3, 7 2 1 . 3 $ 9, 4 0 7 . 3 $ 1 2 , 5 0 8 . 5 $ 7, 3 8 3 . 4 $ 12 , 7 2 9 . 9 $ 1 4 2 , 8 7 5 . 5 7 9 Ne t P o w e r S u p p l y C o s t s ( $ x 1 0 0 ) $ 4, 3 9 3 . 4 $ (9 , 4 3 6 . 0 ) $ (1 1 , 9 5 9 . 7 ) $ (8 , 7 8 2 . 7 ) $ (4 , 0 9 2 . 5 ) $ 4,7 8 5 . 8 $ 23 , 2 2 . 3 $ 17 , 3 9 5 . 1 $ 5,8 1 2 . 1 $ 32 9 . 1 $ 9, 0 8 7 . 6 $ 4, 2 0 3 . 2 $ 34 , 9 8 . 7 To t a l E n e r g y ( M W h ) 1, 2 1 5 , 0 3 5 . 5 1,0 6 9 , 5 0 3 . 3 1,0 1 0 , 1 1 8 . 5 95 6 , 9 8 7 . 1 1, 0 8 , 2 5 2 . 5 1, 2 5 8 , 5 2 4 . 2 1, 5 4 1 , 8 9 3 . 2 1,4 3 3 , 7 5 1 . 2 1, 1 0 0 , 1 0 5 . 7 99 , 3 8 4 . 8 1,0 8 2 , 7 4 1 . 5 1,2 4 9 , 1 7 1 . 0 13 , 9 5 6 , 4 4 8 . 5 Th e m a l G e n e r a t i o n ( M W h ) ( B r , B o , V ) 7,3 0 1 , 2 4 7 Jim Br t d g r 5,0 5 1 , 8 6 2 Hy d r o G e n e r a o n ( M W h ) 8,7 4 8 , 1 8 0 Va l m y 1,8 2 7 , 3 0 1 Co m b u s t i n T u r b n e ( M W h ) 47 , 3 9 0 Bo a r d m a n 42 2 , 0 8 .. : : n t r To t a M a r e t P u r c a s e s ( M W h ) 40 3 , 1 3 4 Da n s k i n 2,8 5 9 To t a M a r k e t S a l e s ( M W h ) 2,9 5 0 , 3 4 8 Be n n M t 44 , 5 3 1 tv . ~ & To t a l T h e r m a l U n i t F u e C o s t s ( $ 0 ) 12 3 , 0 7 1 20 0 3 N o r m l i z e d C o s t ( $ 0 0 ) ~ C I r t . . . To t a l M a r k e t P u r c l e s ( $ 0 0 ) 32 , 6 4 Jim Br t d g e r 73 , 3 0 4 0. . c r To t a l M a r k e t S a t e s ( $ 0 0 ) 14 5 , 8 2 6 Va l m y 40 , 3 0 4 -~ Z . . . Ne t P o w e r 5 0 I C o s t s $ 0 0 9, 8 8 8 Bo a r d m a n 5,8 7 3 0_ . . Oa n s k i n .. S . ~ Z 24 2 Be n n e t t M t 3, 3 4 'i g q - 0 'i . rl C I n . . (l S ' i 0 tv H ' t r \ 0 HI i o 0 .. ~ tv 00 Summary Comparison of Net Power Supply Costs Idaho Power Case Staff Case NPSC PURPA Total NPSC PURPA Total Scenario 1 Before 88 MW New PURPA and Horizon $ 91.8 $ 52.4 $144.2 $ 99.2 $ 52.4 $151.6 Scenario 2 After 88 MW New PURPA and Horizon $ 41.0 $ 93.1 $134.1 $ 34.9 $ 93.1 $128.0 Difference $ 10.1 $ 23.6 2005 Normalized Adopted Costs $ 47.2 $ 54.6 $101.8 All costs shown are in milion $ Exhibit No. 110 Case No. IPC-E-07-8 R. Sterling, Staff 12/10/07 Su m m a r y o f A U R O R A N e t P o w e r S u p p l y C o s t R e s u l t s Av g M a r k e t P u r c h a s e P r i c e ( $ / M W h ) Av g M a r k e t S a l e s P r i c e ( $ / M W h ) Ru n 10 Ru n Y e a r i AV E R A G E O F A L L Y E A R S Th e r m a l G e n e r a t i o n ( M W h ) ( B r , B o , V ) Hy d r o G e n e r a t i o n ( M W h ) Co m b u s t i o n T u r b i n e ( M W h ) To t a l M a r k e t P u r c h a s e s ( M W h ) To t a l M a r k e t S a l e s ( M W h ) To t a l T h e r m a l U n i t F u e l C o s t s ( $ 0 0 0 ) * To t a l M a r k e t P u r c h a s e s ( $ 0 0 0 ) To t a l M a r k e t S a l e s ( $ 0 0 0 ) Ne t P o w e r S u p p l y C o s t s ( $ 0 0 0 ) * B r i d g e r , B o a r d m a n , V a l m y , D a n s k i n ( e x c l f i x e d ) an d B e n n e t t M o u n t a i n 1/ E x c l u d e s D a n s k i n F i x e d Da n s k i n - F i x e d PP L Wh e e l i n g Av g N P S C .. : : ( ' t r ~. ~ ; . .. c . e n t ¡ 0. . ( D _ . 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