20110413intervention_order_no_32223.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
April 13 2011
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR A
DETERMINATION REGARDING A FIRM
ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT WITH
WESTERN DESERT ENERGY, LLC FOR
THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF
ELECTRIC ENERGY
ORDER NO. 32223
CASE NO. IPC-ll-
On March 10, 2011 , the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure in the case referenced above. In the Firm Energy Sales Agreement, Western
Desert Energy agrees to sell electric energy to Idaho Power Company for a 20-year term.
Because the Commission determined that the Agreement should be processed under Modified
Procedure, there was not a provision in the Notice that set a deadline for the filing of Petitions to
Intervene. Order No. 32203.
On April 7, 2011, Western Desert Energy, LLC filed a Petition to Intervene in this
case.
COMMISSION FINDINGS
We decline to grant intervenor status to Western Desert Energy because we find that
it is a party to the Firm Energy Sales Agreement. As a counterparty to the Firm Energy Sales
Agreement with Idaho Power, Western Desert Energy is an actual party to the Agreement
submitted to the Commission for our consideration. In other words, the wind company is a
counterparty to Idaho Power and has a direct interest in the Firm Energy Sales Agreement.
Consequently, a Petition to Intervene to obtain party status is not necessary in this case.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petition to Intervene filed by Western Desert
Energy, LLC is denied as unnecessary because the Petitioner is a party to the Firm Energy Sales
Agreement identified above.
ORDER NO. 32223
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this /3-M
day of April 20l1.
PAUL KJELLA
MACK A. REDFORD, C MMISSIONER
I!.
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Commission Secretary
O:IPC-II-OI ks2 Intervention
ORDER NO. 32223