HomeMy WebLinkAbout20131004Decision Memo.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: KARL KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2013
SUBJECT: CONTINUATION OF IDAHO POWER’S DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS,
CASE NO. IPC-E-13-14
On June 4, 2013, the Commission initiated this proceeding to examine the continuation or
modification of three voluntary demand response (“DR”) programs offered by Idaho Power Company: A/C
Cool Credit; Irrigation Peak Rewards; and FlexPeak Management programs. See Order No. 32823. A series
of five public workshops occurred between July 10 and August 27, 2013. Workshop participants discussed
how the Company includes DR in its Integrated Resource Plan, how it calculates cost-effectiveness, the
purpose of DR, and DR programs and their operational design. The last workshop also included settlement
discussions that culminated in a settlement agreement.
On October 2, 2013, the Company filed the settlement agreement, along with a motion and
testimony that ask the Commission to approve it. All parties to the case, except the Industrial Customers of
Idaho Power, signed the settlement agreement. One non-party—workshop participant Mike Seaman—also
signed. The signors—Mr. Seaman, Idaho Power, Commission Staff, Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association,
the Idaho Conservation League, and the Snake River Alliance—state that the settlement is fair, just and
reasonable and in the public interest and that the Commission should approve it under RP 274.
Commission Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Settlement that allows
interested persons 21 days to comment on the proposed settlement. Staff advised the case parties and Mr.
Seaman of this proposal. The Company agreed. No one objected.
COMMISSION DECISION
Would the Commission like to issue a Notice of Settlement that sets a 21-day comment deadline
and short reply period?
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