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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20171005_camille.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM 1 DECISION MEMORANDUM TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER COMMISSIONER RAPER COMMISSIONER ANDERSON COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF FROM: CAMILLE CHRISTEN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2017 SUBJECT: THE APPLICATION OF PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR AUTHORIZATION TO REVISE THE WIND INTEGRATION RATE AND IMPLEMENT A SOLAR INTEGRATION RATE FOR SMALL POWER GENERATION QUALIFYING FACILITIES, CASE NO. PAC-E-17-11. On August 28, 2017, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power applied to the Commission for an Order authorizing it to (1) decrease its wind integration rate for power purchase agreements with wind-powered qualifying facilities (QF), from $3.06 to $0.57 per megawatt-hour (MWh), and (2) implement a solar integration rate for purchases from solar- powered QFs, of $0.60 per MWh. Application at 1. The Commission issued an Order providing Notice of Application, setting a deadline for interventions, and directing the parties to confer about a proposed schedule and report their proposal to the Commission. Order No. 33871. No petitions for intervention were received. PARTIES’ PROPOSED SCHEDULE Staff and the Company conferred informally and agreed to the following schedule under Modified Procedure: DECISION MEMORANDUM 2 STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and adopt the parties’ proposed schedule, with comments due November 9, 2017, and reply comments, if any, due November 16, 2017. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and adopt the parties’ proposed schedule, with comments due November 9, 2017, and reply comments, if any, due November 16, 2017? I:\Legal\LMEMOS\PACE1711_cc2_dec memo.doc