HomeMy WebLinkAbout20160314_4924.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: MARCH 10, 2016
SUBJECT: ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION TO MODIFY
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE 135 – NET METERING SERVICE
CASE NO. PAC-E-16-07
On February 29, 2016, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power applied to the
Commission for authority to modify Electric Service Schedule 135 – Net Metering Service by
raising the current participation cap from 714 kilowatts (kW) to 2,000 kW. The Company
explains that it began offering net metering service to customers in 2003 pursuant to Commission
Order No. 29260, with capped participation in the net metering service at 714 kW. The Order
also indicated that the cap should be reviewed when that limit is reached. The Company now
reports that, as of December 31, 2015, participation in the net metering service has exceeded the
714 kW cap, with 161 customers on the net metering service having 1,049 kW of interconnected
load. The Company does not wish to remove the cap entirely because it is a useful check point
for the Company to report to the Commission on the extent to which the Company and non-
participating customers are subsidizing net metering customers. The Company states that
currently the subsidy is a minor part of total Idaho retail revenues. But the subsidy will need to
be addressed in the future. The Company thus proposes to maintain a cap as a future check point
for its continuing reports to the Commission. The Company proposes to raise the cap to 2,000
kW.
The Company requests that the new rates take effect on April 1, 2016, and that the
case be processed by Modified Procedure.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff concurs with the use of Modified Procedure. Staff recommends that the
Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure setting a 21-day
comment period and a 7-day reply period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting a 21-day comment period and 7-day reply period?
/s/ Karl Klein
Karl Klein
Deputy Attorney General
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