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IDAHO PUBLICUTILITIES COMMISSION
IDAHO PUBLIC UTiliTIES COMMISSION
BEFORE THE
CASE NO. IPC-E-08-22
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
INFORMATION
ATTACHMENT NO.3
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An IDACORP Company
NE S RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Echo Chadwick
Corporate Communication
388-6654 or echadwick~idahopower.com
Idaho Power Seeks to Modify New Construction Services Charges and Credits
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 30, 2008-Idaho Power fied an application with the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission (lPUC) today, to modify Rule H tarff charges and credits for new service
attchments and distribution line instalations or alterations.
"We are asking the IPUC to accept these changes to the tarff to shift a greater portion of the cost
of new construction for services from our existing retail customers to those developers and new
customers requesting the construction," said Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Ric Gale. "The
company continues to work with developers and the building communty regarding
modifications to the taff and planng for growth."
The company's proposed revisions would update charges and allowances for line extensions,
modify refud provisions, and address fuding public roadway relocations. The application also
proposes updating Rule H charges and credits on an anual basis to reflect curent costs.
Idaho Power requested approval of the updated taff by March 1, 2009 with an effective date
120 days later to allow for an implementation period.
Under the new proposal, the Overhead and Underground Service Attchments section would be
separate. The new section includes updated charges for underground service attachments less
than 400 amperages and outlines the calculation for determining charges greater than 400
amperages.
The Line Installation and Service Attchment Allowances section was modified and updated to
reflect curent costs associated with providing and installng "stadard" terminal facilties for
single-phase and three-phase service attachments and line installations. The company proposes
one allowance toward the cost of terminal facilities and line installations and modifies company-
funded allowances inside subdivisions. Some portion of the construction cost will continue to be
recovered through rates.
P.O. Box 70 (83707)
1221 W. Idaho St.
Boise, 10 83702
Rule H Tariff Page 2 of2 10/30/08
The proposal also seeks to change the availability of vested interest refuds from a five-year
recovery period to four years, and discontinue all subdivision lot refuds. Subdividers continue
to be eligible for vested interest refuds outside of subdivisions. Under the proposal, they also
are eligible for refuds inside subdivisions for additional line installations that are not par of the
initial line installation.
Under the new Public Roadway Relocations section, Idaho Power identifies when and to what
extent it fuds roadway relocations, specifically those road improvements for the benefit of the
general public and other paries.
To lear more about the application, the public can view Idaho Power's proposal, Case No. IPC-
E-08-22, at ww.idahopower.com/aboutus/regulatoryino/fiings.asp. the IPUC Web Site-
ww.puc.state.id.us.oratIdahoPower.sCorporateHeadquarers.1221W.IdahoStreet.Boise.
Idaho.
Idaho Power is committed to preserving and protecting our precious resources to ensure the
delivery of fair-priced, reliable, safe electricity thoughout our entire service area. The
company's application is a proposal open to public review and comment and is subject to IPUC
approval.
IDACORP, Inc., Boise, Idaho-based and formed in 1998, is a holding company comprised of
Idaho Power Company, a regulated electric utility; IDACORP Financial, a holder of affordable
housing projects and other real estate investments; and Ida-West Energy, an operator of small
hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements ofthe Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978. IDACORP's origins lie with Idaho Power and operations beginning in
1916. Today, Idaho Power employs approximately 2,000 people to serve a 24,000 square-mile
service area in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. With 17 low-cost hydroelectric projects as the
core of its generation portfolio, Idaho Power's 485,000 residential, business and agricultual
customers pay some of the nation's lowest prices for electricity. To lear more about Idaho
Power or IDACORP, visit ww.idahopower.com or ww.idacorpinc.com .
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Important Rate
Information For Building
Contractors & Developers
New Construction for Servces-
Modifcation of Chares and Credits
Idaho Power fned an application with the Idaho Public Utiities
Commsion (IPUC) on Oct 30, requestig modifcation of
Rule H tar chaes and credits for new servce attachments
and distribution lie instalations or alterations.
1be company is askig the IPUC to accept changes to the
tarilf that help shift a greater porton of the cost of new
constrcton for servces from OUT existing retail customers
to those developers and new customers requesting the
construction. The company continues to work with
developers and the building community regading
modifications to the tariff and planning for gro"\'t.
The companýs proposed revsions:
. update charges and allowaces for line exensions,
. modify refund provisions, and
. address funding public roadway relocations.
The company's application is a proposal open to public
review and comment and is subject to IPUC approva.
'.he public can view Idaho Power's proposal, Case
No. IPC-E-08-22, at www.idahopower.com/aboutus/
reguatoryinfo/filings.asp. the IPUC Web Site- WW.puc.
state,jd.us, or at Idaho Power's Corporate Headquarters,
1221 W. Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho.
Idaho Power is committed to preservng and protecting
our precious resources to ensure the delivery of fair"priced,
reliable, safe electrcity throughout our entire servce area.
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Subject: New Constructionfor Services - Modifcation of Charges and Credits
Dear Contractor:
Idaho Power filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilties Commission (IPUC) on Oct. 30,
requesting modification of Rule H taff chages and credits for new service attchments and
distribution line instalations or alterations.
In our application, we are asking the IPUC to accept changes to the tarff that help shift a greater
portion of the cost of new construction for services from our existing retail customers to those
developers and new customers requesting the construction. The company's proposed revisions
update charges and allowances for line extensions, modify refud provisions, and address
fuding public roadway relocations. The application also proposes updating Rule H charges and
credits on an anual basis to reflect current costs.
Under the new proposal, the Overhead and Underground Service Attchments section would be
separate. The new section includes updated charges for underground service attchments less
than 400 amperages and outlines the calculation for determining charges greater than 400
amperages.
The Line Installation and Service Attchment Allowances section was modified and updated to
reflect curent costs associated with providing and instaling "standard" terminal facilities for
single-phase and three-phase service attchments and line installations. The company proposes
one allowance toward the cost of terminal facilities and line installations and modifies company-
fuded allowances inside subdivisions. Some portion of the constrction cost will continue to be
recovered though rates.
Our proposal also seeks to change the availability of vested interest refuds from a five-year
recovery period to four years, and discontinue all subdivision lot refuds. Subdividers continue
to be eligible for vested interest refuds outside of subdivisions. Under the proposal, they also
are eligible for refuds inside subdivisions for additional line installations that are not par of the
initial line installation.
P.O. Box 70 (83707)
1221 W.ldaho St.
Boise. 10 83702
(Insert Recipient's Name)Page 2 of2 (Insert Date)
Under the new Public Roadway Relocations section, we identify when and to what extent we
fud roadway relocations, specifically those road improvements for the benefit of the general
public and other paries.
We requested approval of the updated tariff by March 1,2009 with an effective date 120 days
later to allow for an implementation period.
To lear more about the application, you can view Idaho Power's proposal, Case No. IPC-E-08-
22, at ww.idahopower.com/aboutus/regulatoryinfo/fiings.asp. the IPUC Web Site-
ww.puc.state.id.us.oratIdahoPower.sCorporateHeadquarers.1221W.IdahoStreet.Boise.
Idaho.
We will work with you and the building communty regarding these modifications to the taff
and planing for growt. Idaho Power is committed to preserving and protecting our precious
resources to ensure the delivery of fair-priced, reliable, safe electricity thoughout our entire
service area.
Sincerely,
Ric Gale
Vice President of Regulatory Affairs