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July 9, 2009 8: 30
Jean Jewell
Commssion Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commssion
PO Box 83720
Boise, il 83720-0074
Randy C. Allphin
Senior Plang Administrator
Tel: [phone]
rallphintfidahopower.com
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RE: Cargil Environmental Finance - Bettencour B6 Anaerobic Digester Schedule 86 Agreement
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Attached is an original signed Schedule 86, Uniform Non-Firm Energy Purchase agreement
between Idaho Power Company and Cargil Environmental Finance for the new Bettencour B6
Anaerobic Digester generation unt.
As Schedule 86 is an Idaho Power approved tariff, Idaho Power is providing this original
signed agreement for filing in the commssion records and is not seeking additional commssion
approval of this agreement.
Please fie this original in a new contract fie for this project.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
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Randy C Allphi
Idaho Power Company
cc: Rick Sterling (IPUC)
Scott Woodbury (IPUC)
Bar Kline (IPCo)
Donavan Walker (IPCo)
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POBox 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 1221 W Idaho St. Boise, Idaho 83702
e IDAHO POWER COMPANY
SCHEDULE 86
UNIFORM AGREEMENT
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For the Purchase of Non-Fir Energy From Qualifyng Facilities
THIS AGREEMENT made this 30 1) day of :J 't he, 2009, between
CARGILL ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE DIVISION OF CARGILL, INCORPORATED whose mailing address is:
9350 Excelsior Boulevard, Hopkis, MN 55343 hereinafter called Seller and IDAHO POWER COMPAN, a corporation with
its principal office located at 1221 West Idao Street, Boise, Idaho hereafter called "Company".
NOW, THEREFORE, The paries agree as follows:
1. Company shall purchase Energy produced by the Seller's Qualifying Facility located at or near: 3350 S 2400E
Jerome, ID 83338. County of Gooding, State ofIdaho, located in Section ~, Township.l, Range -., BM, in
the form of three phase 60 Hz and at a nominal phase to phase potential of 480 volts, subject to emergency operating
conditions of the Company. Purchases under this Agreement are subject to the Company's applicable Tarff provisions,
including but not limited to Schedules 86 and 72 approved by and as may be hereafter modified by the Idao Public Utilities
Commssion ("Commission") and the provisions of this Agreement.
2. Seller shall pay Company for all costs ofInterconnection Facilities as provided for in Exhibit A of ths Agreement
and Schedule 72.
3. In addition to the charges provided under Paragraph 2, Seller shall pay to the Company the monthy Operations
and Maintenance Charge specified in Schedule 72 on the Investment by the Company in Interconnection Facilities which
investment is set forth in Exhibit A, attched hereto and made a par hereof. As such investment changes, in order to provide
facilities to serve Seller's requirements, Company shall notify Seller in wrting of additions or deletions of facilities by
forwarding a dated revised Exhbit A, which shall become part of ths Agreement. The monthy Operation & Maintenance
Charge will be adjusted to correspond to the Revised Exhibit A.
4. The intial date of acceptance of Energy under this Agreement is subject to the Company's ability to obtain
required labor, materials, equipment, satisfactory rights of way, and comply with governental regulations.
5. The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the date first above wrtten, and shall continue to full force
and effect until canceled by Seller upon sixty (60) days prior wrtten notice.
6. This Agreement and the rates, terms, and conditions of service set fort or incorporated herein, and the respective
rights and obligations of the paries hereunder, shall be subject to valid laws and to the regulatory authority and orders, rules,
and regulations of the Commission and such other adminstrative bodies havig jurisdiction.
7. Nothing herein shall be constred as limiting the Commission from changing any rates, charges, classification or
service, or any rules, regulation or conditions relating to service under this Agreement, or constred as affecting the right of the
Company or the Seller to unilaterally make application to the commission for any such change.
8. This Agreement shall not become effective until the Commission approves all terms ánd provisions hereof
without change or condition and declares that all payments to be made hereunder shall be allowed as prudently incured
expenses for ratemakig purposes.
CARGILL ENVIRONMEN AL FINANCE DIVISION OF CARGILL
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DATED
BY
IDAHO POWER COMPAN
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FACILITY AN POINT OF DELIVERY
PROJECT NO.31616150
B6 Anaerobic Digester Project
A-I DESCRITION OF FACILITY
(Must include the Nameplate Capacity rating and VAR capabilty (both leading and lagging) of all generation units
to be included in the Facility.)
Two - GE Jenbacker 416 Gensets. 1138KW, 1890 KVA 60 HZ 1693 A c? p.f. = .08 480 V
V AR Capability (both leading and lagging):0.8 - 1.0 lagging
A-2 LOCATION OF FACILITY
Near: Jerome, Idaho
Sections: ~Township: 8S Range: 16E County: Gooding il.
Description of Interconnection Location: The Point of Interconnection for the Bettencour B6 Dair
Digester Project wil be the low-side bushings on the padmounted transformer (BBD6).
Nearest Idaho Power Substation:HYA-043
A-3 SCHEDULED OPERATION DATE
Seller has selected September 1, 2009 as the estimted Scheduled Operation Date.
Idaho Power, based on the information supplied by the Seller, wil schedule its construction in accordance
with Schedule 72 and the Generation Interconnection Process.
A-4 MAXIMUM CAPACITY AMOUN: This value wil be 2.13 MW which is consistent with the value
provided by the Seller to Idaho Power in accordance with Schedule 72 and the Generation Interconnection
Agreement. This value is the maximum energy (MW) that potentially could be delivered by the Seller's
Facility to the Idaho Power electrical system at any moment in time.
A-5 POINT OF DELIVERY
"Point of Delivery" mean_less otherwise agreed by both Paries, thent of where the Sellers
Facility's energy is delivered to the Idaho Power electrical system. The Generation Interconnection
Agreement and Schedule 72 wil determne the specific Point of Delivery for this Facility. The Point of
Delivery identified by the Generation Interconnection Agreement and Schedule 72 wil become an integral
part of this Agreement.
A-6 LOSSES
If the Idaho Power Metering equipment is capable of measurg the exact energy deliveries by the Seller to
the Idaho Power electrical system at the Point of Delivery, no Losses wil be calculated for this Facility. If
the Idaho Power Metering is unable to measure the exact energy deliveries by the Seller to the Idaho Power
electrical system at the Point of Delivery, a Losses calculation wil be established to measure the energy
losses (kWh) between the Seller's Facility and the Idaho Power Point of Delivery. This loss calculation
wil be initially set at 2% of the kWh energy production recorded on the Facility generation meterig
equipment. At such time as Seller provides Idaho Power with the electrical equipment specifications
(transformer loss specifications, conductor sizes, etc) of all of the electrical equipment between the Facility
and the Idaho Power electrical system, Idaho Power wil confgue a revised loss calculation formula to be
agreed to by both paries and used to calculate the kWh Losses for the remaining term of the Agreement. If
at any time durg the term of this Agreement, Idaho Power determnes that the loss calculation does not
correctly reflect the actual kWh losses attributed to the electrical equipment between the Facility and the
Idaho Power electrical system, Idaho Power may adjust the calculation and retroactively adjust the previous
months kWh loss calculations.
A-7 METERIG AN TELEMETRY
The Generation Interconnection Agreement and Schedule 72 wil determne the specific metering and
telemetry equipment for this Facility. At the mimum the Metering Equipment and Telemetry equipment
must be able to provide and record hourly energy deliveries to the Point of Delivery and any other energy
measurements required to administer ths Agreement. These specifications wil include but not be limted
to equipment specifications, equipment location, Idaho Power provided equipment, Seller provided
equipment, and all costs associated with the equipment, design and installation of the Idao Power provided
equipment. Seller wil arange for and make available at Seller's cost communcation circuit(s) compatible
l'to Idaho Power's commueions equipment and dedicated to Idaho ller's use termnating at the Idaho
Power facilities capable of providing Idaho Power with continuous instantaneous information on the
Facilities energy production. Idaho Power provided equipment wil be owned and maintained by Idaho
Power, with total cost of purchase, installation, operation, and maintenance, including administrative cost
to be reimbursed to Idaho Power by the Seller. Payment of these costs wil be in accordance with the
Generation Interconnection Agreement and Schedule 72 and the total metering cost wil be included in the
calculation of the Monthly Operation and Maintenance Charges specified in the Generation Interconnection
Agreement and Schedule 72.
A~8 NETWORK RESOURCE DESIGNATION AN TRASMISSION SERVICE REQUEST
Idaho Power cannot accept or pay for generation from this Facility until a Transmission Service Request
("TSR") and a Network Resource Designation ("NR") application have been accepted by Idaho Power's
delivery business unt. Federal Energy Regulatory Commssion ("FERC") Rules require Idaho Power to
prepare and submit the TSR and NR. Because much of the information Idaho Power needs to prepare the
TSR and NR is specific to the Seller's Facility, Idaho Power's abilty to file the TSR and NR in a timely
maer is contingent upon timely receipt of the required information from the Seller. Seller's failure to
provide complete and accurate information in a timely manner can delay the First Energy Date and
may result in Seller paying higher costs for interconnection.
i.) Transmission Service Request (TSR)- Idaho Power wil prepare and submit the TSR
withi a reasonable period of time after the Seller (a) provides written confiration that
the Generation Interconnection Agreement ("GIA") between Seller and Idaho Power's
delivery business unt has been executed for this Facility and (b) provides all of the
Facility-specific details required to complete the TSR.
ii.) Network Resource Designation - Idaho Power wil complete and file the NR application
within a reasonable period of time after a) this Agreement has been executed by both
paries and b) the TSR has been fied and accepted and c) all necessary information has
been received from the Seller to enable Idao Power to complete the NR application.
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-1
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb. 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
AVAILABILITY
Service under this schedule is available throughout the Company's service territory within the
State of Idaho.
APPLICABILITY
Service under this schedule is applicable to any Seller that:
1. Owns or operates a Qualifying Facilty with a nameplate capacity rating of less than 10
MW and desires to sell Energy generated by the Qualifying Facilty to the Company on a non-firm, if, as,
and when available basis;
2. Meets all applicable requirements of the Company's Schedule 72 and the Generation
Interconnection Process.
DEFINITIONS
Avoided Energy Cost is the weighted average of the daily on-peak and off-peak Dow Jones Mid-
Columbia Electricity Price Index (Dow Jones Mid-C Index) prices for nonfirm energy published in the Wall
Street Journal. If the Dow Jones Mid-C Index prices are not reported for a particular day or days, the
average of the immediately preceding and following reporting periods or days wil be used.
Designated Dispatch Facilty is the Company's Boise Bench Dispatch Center.
Energy means the non-firm electric energy, expressed in kWh, generated by the Qualifying
Facility and delivered by the Seller to the Company in accordance with the conditions of this schedule.
Energy is measured net of Losses and Station Use.
Generation Facilty means equipment used to produce electric energy at a specific physical
location, which meets the requirements to be a Qualifying Facilty.
Generation Interconnection Process is the Company's generation interconnection application and
engineering review process developed to ensure a safe and reliable generation interconnection.
Interconnection Facilties are all facilties reasonably required by Prudent Electrical Practices and
the National Electric Safety Code to interconnect and safely deliver Energy from the Qualifying Facilty to
the Company's system, including, but not limited to, connection, transformation, switching, metering,
relaying, communications, disconnection, and safety equipment.
Losses are the loss of electric energy occurring as a result of the transformation and transmission
of electric energy from the Qualifying Facility to the Point of Delivery.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-2
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb, 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O,N, 30508
Jean D, Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
(Continued)
DEFINITIONS (Continued)
Point of Delivery is the location where the Company's and the Sellets electrical facilties are inter-
connected.
Prudent Electrical Practices are those practices, methods and equipment that are commonly used
in prudent electrical engineering and operations to operate electric equipment lawfully and with safety,
dependabilty, effciency and economy.
PURPA means the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Qualifying Facilty is a cogeneration facility or a small power production facilty which meets the
PURPA criteria for qualification set forth in Subpart B of Part 292, Subchapter K, Chapter I, Title 18, of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
Schedule 72 is the Company's service schedule which provides for interconnection to non-utilty
generation or its successor schedule(s) as approved by the Commission.
Seller is any entity that owns or operates a Qualifying Facilty and desires to sell Energy to theCompany. .
Standby Power is electrical energy or capacity supplied by the Company during an unscheduled
outage of a Qualifying Facilty to replace energy consumed by the seller which is ordinarily supplied by
the Seller's Qualifing Facilty.
Station Use is electric energy used to operate the Qualifying Facilty which is auxilary to or directly
related to the generation of electricity and which, but for the generation of electricity, would not be
consumed by the Seller.
Supplementary Power is electric energy or capacity supplied by the Company which is regularly
used by a Seller in addition to the Energy and capacity which the Qualifying Facilty usually supplies to
the Seller.
PURCHASE PRICE
The Company wil pay the Seller monthly, for each kWh of Energy delivered and accepted at the
Point of Delivery during the preceding calendar month, an amount equal to 85 percent of the monthly
Avoided Energy Cost.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-3
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb. 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FI RM
ENERGY
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE
The conditions listed below shall apply to all transactions under this schedule.
1.
Company.
The Company shall purchase Energy from any Seller that offers to sell Energy to the
2.As a condition of interconnection with the Company, the Seller shall:
a. Complete and maintain all requirements of interconnection in accordance with
Schedule 72.
b. Complete and maintain all requirements of the Company's Generation
Interconnection Process.
c. Submit proof to the Company of all insurance required by paragraph 12.
d. Obtain written confirmation from the Company that all conditions to
interconnection have been fulfiled prior to operation of the Generation Facility. Such
confirmation shall not be unreasonably withheld by the Company.
3. The Seller shall never deliver or attempt to deliver energy to the Company's system
when the Company's system serving the Seller's Generation Facility is de-energized for any reason.
4. The Seller and the Company shall each indemnify the other, their respective officers,
agents, and employees against all loss, damage, expense, and liabilty to third persons for injury to or
death of persons or injury to propert, proximately caused by the indemnifying part's construction,
ownership, operation or maintenance of, or by failure of, any of such part's works or facilities used in
connection with purchases under this schedule. The indemnifying part shall, on the other party's
request, defend any suit asserting a claim covered by this indemnity. The indemnifying part shall pay
all costs that may be incurred by the other party in enforcing this indem nity.
5. The Company shall offer to provide Standby Power and Supplementary Power to the
Seller. Charges for Supplementary and Standby Power wil be in accordance with the Company's
Schedule 7 as that schedule is modified from time to time by the Commission.
6. The Seller shall maintain voltage levels acceptable to the Company.
7. The Seller shall maintain at the Qualifying Facility or such other location mutually
acceptable to the Company and Seller, adequate metering and related power production records, in a
form and content recom mended by the Company.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-4
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb. 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
Either the Seller or the Company after reasonable notice to the other party, shall have the right,
during normal business hours, to inspect and audit any or all such metering and related power
production records pertaining to the Seller's account.
8. During a period of shortage of energy on the Company's system, the Seller shall, at the
Company's request and within the limits of reasonable safety requirements as determined by the Seller,
use its best efforts to provide requested Energy, and shall, if necessary, delay any scheduled shutdown
ofthe Qualifying Facility.
9. The Company and the Seller shall maintain appropriate operating communications
through the Designated Dispatch Facilty.
10. The Company shall not be obligated to accept, and the Company may require the Seller
to curtail, interrupt or reduce deliveries of Energy if the Company, consistent with Prudent Electrical
Practices, determines that curtailment, interrption or reduction is necessary because of line
construction or maintenance requirements, emergencies, or other critical operating conditions on its
system.
11. If the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of
electricity to its Customers, the Company may require the Seller to curtail its consumption of electricity
in the same manner and to the same degree as other Customers within the same Customer class who
do not own Generation Facilities.
12. The Seller shall secure and continuously carr liabilty insurance coverage for both
bodily injury and property damage liabilty in the amount of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence
combined single limit.
Such insurance shall include an endorsement naming the Company as an additional insured
insofar as Iiabil ity arising out of operations unde r this schedule and a provision that such I iabilty policies
shall not be canceled or their limits of liabilty reduced without 30 days' written notice to the Company.
The Seller shall furnish the Company with certificates of insurance together with the endorsements
required herein. The Company shall have the right to inspect the original policies of such insurance.
13. The Seller shall grant to the Company all necessary rights of way and easements to
install, operate, maintain, replace, and remove the Company's metering and other Interconnection
Facilties including adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Seller. The Seller
warrants that it has procured sufficient easements and rights of way from third parties as are necessary
to provide the Company with the access described above. The Seller shall execute such other grants,
deeds, or documents as the Company may require to enable it to record such rights of way and
easements.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-5
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb. 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
14. Depending on the size and location of the Seller's Qualifying Facility, it may be
necessary for the Company to establish additional requirements for operation of the Qualifying Facilty.
These requirements may include, but are not limited to, voltage, reactive, or opera ting requirements.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Original Sheet No. 86-6
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved Effective
Feb. 29, 2008 March 1, 2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell SecretarySCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
Idaho Power Company
For the Purchase of Non-F irm
Energy From Qualifying Facilities
THIS AGREEMENT Made this
between
day of ,20 ,
whose mailng address is
hereinafter called Seller and Idaho Power Company, a corporation
with its principal offce located at 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho hereinafter called "Company".
NOW, THEREFORE, The parties agree as follows:
1. Company shall purchase Energy produced by the Seller's Qualifying Facilty located at ornear, County of , State of Idaho, located in theof Section , Township, Range , BM, in the form of three phase
60 Hz and at a nominal phase to phase potential of volts, subject to emergency operating
conditions of the Company. Purchases under this Agreement are subject to the Company's applicable
Tariff provisions, including but not limited to Schedules 86 and 72 approved by and as may be hereafter
modified by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") and the provisions of this Agreement.
2. Seller shall pay Company for all costs of Interconnection Facilities as provided for in
Exhibit A of this Agreement and Schedule 72.
3. In addition to the charges provided under Paragraph 2, Seller shall pay to the Company
the monthly Operation & Maintenance Charge specified in Schedule 72 on the investment by the
Company in Interconnection Facilties which investment is set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and
made a part hereof. As such investment changes, in order to provide facilties to serve Seller's
requirements, Company shall notify Seller in writing of additions or deletions of facilties by forwarding a
dated revised Exhibit A, which shall become part of this Agreement. The monthly Operation &
Maintenance Charge wil be adjusted to correspond to the Revised Exhibit A.
4. The initial date of acceptance of Energy under this Agreement is subject to the Company's
abilty to obtain required labor, materials, equipment, satisfactory rights of way, and comply with
governmental regulations.
5. The term of this Agreement shall become effective on the date first above written, and
shall continue to full force and effect until canceled by Seller upon sixty (60) days prior written notice.
6. This Agreement and the rates, terms, and conditions of service set forth or incorporated
herein, and the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, shall be subject to valid laws
and to the regulatory authority and orders, rules, and regulations of the Commission and such other
administrative bodies having jurisdiction.
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID
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Idaho Power Company IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONApproved EffectiveOriginal Sheet No. 86-7 Feb. 29, 2008 March 1,2008
Per O.N. 30508
Jean D. Jewell Secretary
I.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101
SCHEDULE 86
COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION NON-FIRM
ENERGY
Idaho Power Company
For the Purchase of Non-F irm
Energy From Qualifying Facilties
(Continued)
7. Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the Commission from changing any rates,
charges, classification or service, or any rules, regulation or conditions relating to service under this
Agreement, or construed as affecting the right of the Company or the Seller to unilaterally make
application to the Commission for any such change.
8. This Agreement shall not become effective until the Commission approves all terms and
provisions hereof without change or condition and declares that all payments to be made hereunder
shall be allowed as prudently incurred expenses for rate making purposes.
(APPROPRIATE SIGNATURES)
IDAHO
Issued per Order No. 30508
Effective - March 1, 2008
Issued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
John R. Gale, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ID