20140214Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF

FROM: KRISTINE SASSER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: FEBRUARY 11, 2014

SUBJECT: IDAHO POWER’S REQUEST TO UPDATE SCHEDULE 86, CASE NO.
IPC-E-13-25

On October 24, 2013, Idaho Power Company filed Tariff Advice No. 13-05 with the
Commission seeking authority to update its Schedule 86. Staff recommended the tariff advice be
suspended and the case be processed by Modified Procedure. At the Commission’s regularly
scheduled November 25, 2013, Decision Meeting the Commission suspended the tariff advice
and determined that the case should be processed by Modified Procedure.
On December 6, 2013, the Commission issued a Notice of Filing and set a deadline
for intervention. Order No. 32945. J.R. Simplot Company; Cassia Wind Farm, LLC; SE
Hazelton A, L.P.; Fulcrum, Inc.; BP Hydro Associates; Bypass Power Company, Inc.; and Notch
Butte Hydro Company, Inc., petitioned for, and were granted, intervention. Order No. 32960.
THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Pursuant to the Commission’s directive, the parties discussed a procedural schedule,
service of discovery, and other issues pertinent to the processing of this case. Some parties were
concerned that Modified Procedure would not provide an adequate record upon which the
Commission could make a decision. Consequently, the parties propose the following procedural
schedule:
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
The parties agree that best efforts will be made to answer discovery within 14 days, but no later
than 21 days from the date of the discovery request.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to adopt the schedule proposed by the parties and issue a
Notice of Schedule and Notice of Technical Hearing?

Kristine A. Sasser
Deputy Attorney General

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