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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20110316Noe Di.pdf-".ic_.0- ftHD¡,"'lidt\ J P'lh 4: 4l BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY TO INCREASE ITS RATES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE TO RECOVER ITS 2010 PENSION CASH CONTRIBUTION. CASE NO. IPC-E-11-04 IDAHO POWER COMPANY DIRECT TESTIMONY OF KELLEY K. NOE 1 Q.Please state your name and business address. 2 A.My name is Kelley K. Noe. My business address 3 is 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho. 4 Q.By whom are you employed and in what capacity? 5 A.I am employed by Idaho Power Company (" Idaho 6 Power" or "Company") as a Regulatory Analyst II. 7 Q .Please describe your educational background. 8 A.In May of 2004, I received a Bachelor of 9 Business Administration in Finance from Boise State 10 University. 11 Q.Please describe your business experience with 12 Idaho Power. 13 A.In September 2006, I accepted a position at 14 Idaho Power as a Financial Analyst in the Finance 15 Department. My primary duties included performing credit 16 reviews on current and prospective transmission customers 17 as well as providing the financial support for Grid 18 Operations, Planning, and Operations Analysis and 19 development groups. 20 In October 2010, I accepted a Regulatory Analyst II 21 position within the Regulatory Affairs department of the 22 Company. My duties as a Regulatory Analyst II include 23 gathering, analyzing, and coordinating data from various 24 departments throughout the Company required for development NOE, DI 1 Idaho Power Company 1 of jurisdictional separation studies, as well as other 2 analyses that may be required. 3 Q.What is the scope of your testimony in this 4 proceeding? 5 A.I am sponsoring testimony in this proceeding 6 to present the customer rate impacts resulting from the 7 Company's proposal for recovery of its 2010 cash 8 contributions to the pension plan, as described by Mr. 9 Darrel Anderson in his direct testimony. 10 Q.Have you prepared exhibits for this 11 proceeding? 12 A.Yes. I am offering the following exhibits: 13 Exhibi t No.1, Calculation of Revenue Impact by Rate Class 14 - Adj ustment to Base Revenues, Exhibit No.2, Calculation 15 of Revenue Impact by Rate Class - Adjustment to Billed 16 Revenues. 17 Q.What cash contribution did the Company make to 18 its pension balancing account in 2010? 19 A.As detailed in Darrel Anderson's testimony, 20 the Company contributed $60 million to the pension 21 balancing account. The Idaho portion of this contribution, 22 $56,505,566, was added to the balancing account in 23 September 2010. This balance was reduced by the $5,416,796 24 and was recovered between June 1, 2010, and May 31, 2011. NOE, DI 2 Idaho Power Company 1 During the same period, the balancing account will have 2 earned carrying charges of $372,368 to arrive at the ending 3 balance of $51,461,138. 4 Based on Mr. Anderson's proposal to recover this 5 amount over a three-year period, the Company is seeking the 6 Idaho Public Utili ties Commission's ("Commission") approval 7 of an additional $11,736,917 in annual cost recovery for 8 the Idaho-allocated portion of the 2010 cash contribution 9 to the pension balancing account. 10 Q.If the Commission approves the Company's 11 requested pension recovery amortization, what is the 12 percentage increase in revenue as measured from total base 13 amounts currently recovered from customers? 14 A.Total Idaho jurisdictional base revenue 15 currently recovered from customers is comprised of revenue 16 generated from base rates, including the current Pension 17 Recovery Adj ustment. Exhibit No. 1 to my testimony 18 illustrates that the revenue impact of the proposed 19 amortization to Idaho retail customers for the June 1, 20 2011, through May 31, 2012, forecast year is $11,736,912 or 21 1.47 percent as measured from current base rates. 22 Q.Have you prepared an exhibit that details the 23 quantification of the customer class impacts resulting from NOE, DI 3 Idaho Power Company 1 the Company's request, as measured from current billed 2 revenue? 3 A.Yes. Exhibit No. 2 to my testimony 4 illustrates quantification of the total revenue impact, 5 including the current Power Cost Adjustment and Fixed Cost 6 Adjustment, for the affected classes for the June 1, 2011 7 through May 31, 2012, period. 8 Q.Is the Company proposing that it continue its 9 pension cost recovery from Idaho customers after the end of 10 the amortization period on May 31, 2014? 11 A.Yes. The Commission-ordered pension balancing 12 account mechanism is intended to smooth out the 13 amortization of pension costs over a reasonable time 14 period. Therefore, the Company will continue to track the 15 difference between its cash contributions to the pension 16 balancing account and amounts recovered in rates until the 17 Commission authorizes a new amount and amortization period 18 for recovery of the Idaho portion of the Company's pension 19 cost balancing account. The computed amounts of pension 20 cost recovery from Idaho customers accumulated in the 21 pension cost balancing account will reduce the amount 22 placed into customers' rates for the ensuing authorized 23 amortization period. NOE, DI 4 Idaho Power Company 1 Q.What type of rate design does the Company 2 propose to apply to recover the pension costs under the 3 proposed balancing account mechanism? 4 A.As illustrated in Exhibit No. 1 to my 5 testimony, the Company proposes to recover the pension 6 balancing account amortization requested in this filing as 7 an equal percentage rate of 1.47 percent applied to all 8 rate classes' forecast base revenues. In turn, the Company 9 is proposing the same 1.47 percent uniform percentage 10 increase be applied as equally as technically possible 11 among the billing components within the rate classes' 12 schedules, with exceptions for Service Charges in 13 Residential Service (Schedules 1, 3, 4, and 5), and Small 14 General Service (Schedule 7). Attachment No. 1 to the 15 Application in this filing includes the Company's 16 Calculation of Revenue Impact documents illustrating the 17 impact of pension cost recovery on each billing component 18 wi thin each retail rate schedule. The proposed rate design 19 in this proceeding is consistent with that approved by the 20 Commission on May 28, 2010, in Case No. IPC-E-10-08, Order 21 No. 31091. 22 Q.Why are there pension cost recovery exemptions 23 for the Service Charge billing component within the NOE, DI 5 Idaho Power Company 1 Company's Residential Service and Small General Service 2 rate schedules? 3 A.In Case No. IPC-E-09-30, the Company and the 4 other settlement parties signed a Stipulation that was 5 later approved in Commission Order No. 30978. In paragraph 6 7.2.1.1 of the Stipulation, it states: 7 The Company's share of the PCA rate 8 reduction will be applied to increase 9 permanent base rates on a uniform10 percentage basis to all customer11 classes and special contract 12 customers. Schedule 1 and Schedule 713 customer classes will have any14 increase placed on their respective15 energy ra tes. This increase in base16 rates will remain in effect until new17 base rates, which are ordered in a 18 future Idaho Power Company general19 rate case, become effective. 20 21 (Emphasis added.) 2223 The Company is proposing similar treatment for 24 pension cost recovery by applying additional charges to 25 only the respective Residential and Small General Service 26 rate schedules' energy billing component. This will 27 necessi tate an increase in excess of 1.47 percent to each 28 affected rate class's energy component to recover the total 29 pension costs allocated to that rate class. 30 Q.Will the recovery of pension expense costs 31 appear as a separate line item on customers' bills? NOE, DI 6 Idaho Power Company 1 A.No. Because the Company is proposing an 2 increased percentage rate be applied to all base rate 3 billing components, pension expense recovery will be 4 integrated within those component rates and not listed as a 5 separate item on customers' bills. 6 Q.Does this conclude your testimony? 7 A.Yes, it does. NOE, DI 7 Idaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTiliTIES COMMISSION CASE NO. IPC-E-11-04 IDAHO POWER COMPANY NOE, DI TESTIMONY EXHIBIT NO.1 Id a h o P o w e r C o m p a n y Ca l c u l a t i o n o f R e v e n u e I m p a c t St a t e o f I d a h o Pe n s i o n F u n d i n g Fl i e d M a r c h 1 5 , 2 0 1 1 Su m m a r y o f R e v e n u e I m p a c t To t a l Pe r c e n t Ra t e Av e r a g e No r m a l i z e d Cu r r e n t Ad j u s t m e n t s Pr o p o s e d Ch a n g e Li n e Sc h . Nu m b e r of En e r g y Ba s e Mi l l s to B a s e Ba s e Mi l s Ba s e t o B a s e No Ta r i f f D e s c r i p t i o n No . Cu s t o m e r s ( 1 ) (k W h ) (1 ) Re v e n u e Pe r kW h Re v e n u e Re v e n u e Pe r kW h Re v e n u e Un i f o r m T a r i f f R a t e s : 1 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e 1 39 8 , 8 9 0 4, 9 9 0 , 4 8 2 , 9 6 7 $3 7 2 , 5 9 1 , 2 1 2 74 . 6 6 $5 , 4 7 5 , 4 9 4 $3 7 8 , 0 6 6 , 7 0 6 75 . 7 6 1. 4 7 % 2 Ma s t e r M e t e r e d M o b i l e H o m e P a r k 3 22 5, 1 6 0 , 6 3 4 $3 6 6 , 1 8 1 70 . 9 6 $5 , 3 7 8 $3 7 1 , 5 5 9 72 . 0 0 1. 4 7 % 3 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e E n e r g y W a t c h 4 42 74 1 , 7 4 5 $5 4 , 5 0 6 73 . 4 8 $8 0 0 $5 5 , 3 0 6 74 . 5 6 1. 4 7 % 4 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e T i m e - o f - D a y 5 74 1, 1 7 5 , 1 9 0 $8 6 , 3 4 9 73 . 4 8 $1 , 2 7 0 $8 7 , 6 1 9 74 . 5 6 1. 4 7 % 5 Sm a l l G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 7 28 , 2 5 8 14 9 , 7 3 8 , 6 4 2 $1 4 , 2 1 5 , 3 7 9 94 . 9 3 $2 0 8 , 8 9 4 $1 4 , 4 2 4 , 2 7 3 96 . 3 3 1. 4 7 % 6 La r g e G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 9 31 , 0 6 7 3, 5 0 9 , 3 9 5 , 0 7 6 $1 8 7 , 3 0 0 , 1 2 5 53 . 3 7 $2 , 7 5 2 , 2 2 9 $1 9 0 , 0 5 2 , 3 5 4 54 . 1 6 1. 4 7 % 7 Du s k t o D a w n L i g h t i n g 15 0 6, 5 6 2 , 0 9 5 $1 , 1 1 2 , 3 9 7 16 9 . 5 2 $1 6 , 3 4 7 $1 , 1 2 8 , 7 4 4 17 2 . 0 1 1. 4 7 % 8 La r g e P o w e r S e r v i c e 19 11 5 2, 0 5 9 , 2 0 7 , 4 3 7 $8 2 , 3 8 0 , 1 2 40 . 0 1 $1 , 2 1 0 , 4 8 7 $8 3 , 5 9 0 , 8 9 9 40 . 5 9 1. 4 7 % 9 Ag r i c u l t u r a l Ir r i g a t i o n S e r v i c e 24 16 , 7 1 0 1, 6 7 9 , 7 0 5 , 7 3 7 $1 0 1 , 5 7 4 , 2 1 2 60 . 4 7 $1 , 4 9 2 , 5 6 1 $1 0 3 , 0 6 6 , 7 7 3 61 . 3 6 1. 4 7 % 10 Un m e t e r e d G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 40 1, 9 8 4 16 , 0 0 0 , 9 4 1 $1 , 0 4 6 , 7 5 4 65 . 2 $1 5 , 3 6 1 $1 , 0 6 2 , 1 1 5 66 . 3 8 1. 4 7 % 11 St r e e t L i g h t i n g 41 31 4 23 , 0 1 8 , 8 4 9 $2 , 7 4 2 , 0 5 5 11 9 . 1 2 $4 0 , 2 9 4 $2 , 7 8 2 , 3 4 9 12 0 . 8 7 1. 4 7 % 12 Tr a f f c C o n t r o l L i g h t i n g 42 35 8 3, 4 7 7 , 1 1 3 $1 5 7 , 8 6 1 45 . 4 0 $2 , 3 3 0 $1 6 0 , 1 9 1 46 . 0 7 1. 4 8 % 13 To t a l U n i f o r m T a r i f f s 47 7 , 8 3 4 12 , 4 4 4 , 6 6 6 , 4 2 6 $7 6 3 , 6 2 7 , 4 4 3 61 . 3 6 $1 1 , 2 2 1 , 4 4 5 $7 7 4 , 8 4 8 , 8 8 8 62 . 2 6 1. 4 7 % 15 Sp e c i a l C o n t r a c t s : 16 Mi c r o n 26 1 46 6 , 7 4 1 , 2 9 9 $1 6 , 0 0 0 , 6 0 7 34 . 2 8 $2 3 5 , 3 3 8 $1 6 , 2 3 5 , 9 4 5 34 . 7 9 1. 4 7 % 17 J R S i m p l o t 29 1 18 0 , 7 5 8 , 7 9 7 $5 , 8 0 2 , 1 4 6 32 . 1 0 $8 5 , 2 0 5 $5 , 8 8 7 , 3 5 1 32 . 5 7 1. 4 7 % 18 DO E 30 1 25 1 , 5 4 8 , 8 8 1 $7 , 9 8 8 , 5 5 2 31 . 7 6 $1 1 7 , 2 7 2 $8 , 1 0 5 , 8 2 4 32 . 2 2 1. 4 7 % 19 Ho k u 32 1 13 7 , 5 0 3 , 8 0 0 $5 , 2 8 4 , 3 8 3 38 . 4 3 $7 7 6 5 2 $5 , 3 6 2 , 0 3 5 39 . 0 0 1. 4 7 % 20 To t a l S p e c i a l C o n t r a c t s 4 1, 0 3 6 , 5 5 2 , 7 7 7 $3 5 , 0 7 5 , 6 8 8 33 . 8 4 $5 1 5 , 6 7 $3 5 , 5 9 1 , 1 5 5 34 . 3 4 1. 4 7 % 22 To t a l Id a h o R e t a i l S a l e s 47 7 , 8 3 8 13 , 4 8 1 , 2 1 9 , 2 0 3 $7 9 8 , 7 0 3 , 1 3 1 59 . 2 5 $1 1 , 7 3 6 , 9 1 2 $8 1 0 , 4 4 0 , 0 4 3 60 . 1 2 1. 4 7 % (1 ) J u n e 1 , 2 0 1 1 - M a y 3 1 , 2 0 1 2 F o r e c a s t e d P C A T e s t Y e a r "' : , ( ) m Il ' I l ) ( cc Z l J ~ CÐ o C Ð a ' -" ß l Z ; : 0- 0 Z - " ' . 0 () - . -" 0 ~ - " ii:-"-"~ BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION CASE NO. IPC-E-11-04 IDAHO POWER COMPANY NOE, DI TESTIMONY EXHIBIT NO.2 Id a h o P o w e r C o m p a n y Ca l c u l a t i o n o f R e v e n u e I m p a c t St a t e o f I d a h o Pe n s i o n F u n d i n g Fi l e d M a r c h 1 5 , 2 0 1 1 Su m m a r y o f R e v e n u e I m p a c t To t a l Pe r c e n t Ra t e Av e r a g e No r m a l i z e d Cu r r e n t Ad j u s t m e n t s Pr o p o s e d Ch a n g e Li n e Sc h . Nu m b e r of En e r g y Bi l e d Mi l s to B i l l e d To t a l B i l l e d Mi l s Bil e d t o B i l l e d ~ Ta r i f f D e s c r i p t i o n No . Cu s t o m e r s ( 1 ) (k W h ) (1 ) Re v e n u e Pe r kW h Re v e n u e Re v e n u e Pe r k W h Re v e n u e Un i f o r m T a r i f f R a t e s : 1 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e 1 39 8 , 8 9 0 4, 9 9 0 , 4 8 2 , 9 6 7 $3 9 4 , 2 0 9 , 9 8 4 78 . 9 9 $5 , 4 7 5 , 4 9 4 $3 9 9 , 6 8 5 , 4 7 8 80 . 0 9 1. 3 9 % 2 Ma s t e r M e t e r e d M o b i l e H o m e P a r k 3 22 5, 1 6 0 , 6 3 4 $3 8 8 , 5 3 7 75 . 2 9 $5 , 3 7 8 $3 9 3 , 9 1 5 76 . 3 3 1. 3 8 % 3 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e E n e r g y W a t c h 4 42 74 1 , 7 4 5 $5 7 , 7 1 9 77 8 2 $8 0 0 $5 8 , 5 1 9 78 . 8 9 1. 3 9 % 4 Re s i d e n t i a l S e r v i c e T i m e - o f - D a y 5 74 1, 1 7 5 , 1 9 0 $9 1 , 4 4 0 77 8 1 $1 , 2 7 0 $9 2 , 7 1 0 78 . 8 9 1. 3 9 % 5 Sm a l l G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 7 28 , 2 5 8 14 9 , 7 3 8 , 6 4 2 $1 4 , 9 1 1 , 5 1 4 99 . 5 8 $2 0 8 , 8 9 4 $1 5 , 1 2 0 , 4 0 8 10 0 . 9 8 1. 4 0 % 6 La r g e G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 9 31 , 0 6 7 3, 5 0 9 , 3 9 5 , 0 7 6 $1 9 8 , 2 2 8 , 3 8 1 56 . 4 9 $2 , 7 5 2 , 2 2 9 $2 0 0 , 9 8 0 , 6 1 0 57 . 2 7 1. 3 9 % 7 Du s k t o D a w n L i g h t i n g 15 0 6, 5 6 2 , 0 9 5 $1 , 1 3 2 , 8 3 1 17 2 . 6 3 $1 6 , 3 4 7 $1 , 1 4 9 , 1 7 8 17 5 . 1 2 1. 4 4 % 8 La r g e P o w e r S e r v i c e 19 11 5 2, 0 5 9 , 2 0 7 , 4 3 7 $8 8 , 7 9 2 , 7 8 4 43 . 1 2 $1 , 2 1 0 , 4 8 7 $9 0 , 0 0 3 , 2 7 1 43 . 7 1 1. 3 6 % 9 Ag r i c u l t u r a l Ir r i g a t i o n S e r v i c e 24 16 , 7 1 0 1, 6 7 9 , 7 0 5 , 7 3 7 $1 0 6 , 8 0 4 , 8 1 6 63 . 5 9 $1 , 4 9 2 , 5 6 1 $1 0 8 , 2 9 7 , 3 7 7 64 . 4 7 1. 4 0 % 10 Un m e t e r e d G e n e r a l S e r v i c e 40 1, 9 8 4 16 , 0 0 0 , 9 4 1 $1 , 0 9 6 , 5 8 1 68 . 5 3 $1 5 , 3 6 1 $1 , 1 1 1 , 9 4 2 69 . 4 9 1. 4 0 % 11 St r e e t L i g h t i n g 41 31 4 23 , 0 1 8 , 8 4 9 $2 , 8 1 3 , 7 3 6 12 2 . 2 4 $4 0 , 2 9 4 $2 , 8 5 4 , 0 3 0 12 3 . 9 9 1. 4 3 % 12 Tr a f f c C o n t r o l L i g h t i n g 42 35 8 3, 4 7 7 , 1 1 3 $1 6 8 , 6 8 9 48 . 5 1 $2 , 3 3 0 $1 7 1 , 0 1 9 49 . 1 8 1. 3 8 % 13 To t a l U n i f o r m T a r i f f s 47 7 , 8 3 4 12 , 4 4 4 , 6 6 6 , 4 2 6 $8 0 8 , 6 9 7 , 0 1 2 64 . 9 8 $1 1 , 2 2 1 , 4 4 5 $8 1 9 , 9 1 8 , 4 5 7 65 . 8 9 1. 3 9 % 15 Sp e c i a l C o n t r a c t s : 16 Mi c r o n 26 1 46 6 , 7 4 1 , 2 9 9 $1 7 , 4 5 4 , 0 3 9 37 . 4 0 $2 3 5 , 3 3 8 $1 7 , 6 8 9 , 3 7 7 37 . 9 0 1. 3 5 % 17 J R S i m p l o t 29 1 18 0 , 7 5 8 , 7 9 7 $6 , 3 6 5 , 0 2 9 35 . 2 1 $8 5 , 2 0 5 $6 , 4 5 0 , 2 3 4 35 . 6 8 1. 3 4 % 18 DO E 30 1 25 1 , 5 4 8 , 8 8 1 $8 , 7 7 1 , 8 7 5 34 . 8 7 $1 1 7 , 2 7 2 $8 , 8 8 9 , 1 4 7 35 . 3 4 1. 3 4 % 19 Ho k u 32 1 13 7 , 5 0 3 , 8 0 0 $5 , 7 1 2 , 5 7 0 41 . 5 4 $7 7 , 6 5 2 $5 , 7 9 0 , 2 2 2 42 . 1 1 1. 3 6 % 20 To t a l S p e c i a l C o n t r a c t s 4 1, 0 3 6 , 5 5 2 , 7 7 7 $3 8 , 3 0 3 , 5 1 3 36 . 9 5 $5 1 5 , 4 6 7 $3 8 , 8 1 8 , 9 8 0 37 . 4 5 1. 3 5 % 22 To t a l Id a h o R e t a i l S a l e s 47 7 , 8 3 8 13 , 4 8 1 , 2 1 9 , 2 0 3 $8 4 7 , 0 0 0 , 5 2 5 62 . 8 3 $1 1 , 7 3 6 , 9 1 2 $8 5 8 , 7 3 7 , 4 3 7 63 . 7 0 1. 3 9 % (1 ) J u n e 1 , 2 0 1 1 - M a y 3 1 , 2 0 1 2 F o r e c a s t e d P C A T e s t Y e a r -0 ' " ( ) m Ql ' Q l X tC Z ( J ~ CD e CD e ' .. . 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