20141105Joint Stipulation to Vacate Testimony and Hearing.pdf

DONOVAN E.WALKER
Lead Counsel
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November 5,2014
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Jean D.Jewell,Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise,Idaho 83702
Re:Case No.IPC-E-14-18
Solar Integration Rates and Charges —Joint Stipulation to Vacate Testimony
and Hearing and to Schedule Settlement Conference
Dear Ms.Jewell:
Enclosed for filing in the above mailer are an original and seven (7)copies of a Joint
Stipulation to Vacate Testimony and Hearing and to Schedule Settlement Conference.
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Enclosures
1221 W.Idaho St.(83702)
P.O.Box 70
Boise,ID 83707
Donovan E.Walker
DONOVAN E.WALKER (ISB No.5921)
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O.Box 70
Boise,Idaho 83707
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY’S APPLICATION TO
IMPLEMENT SOLAR INTEGRATION
RATES AND CHARGES.
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)CASE NO.IPC-E-14-18
)
)JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE
)TESTIMONY AND HEARING AND
)TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT
)CONFERENCE
)
The parties,Idaho Power Company (‘Idaho Power”),Sierra Club,Idaho
Conservation League,Snake River Alliance,and Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
hereby stipulate and respectfully request the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to
vacate and strike the November 6,2014,filing of rebuttal testimony,and to vacate and
strike the November 13,2014,technical hearing previously scheduled for this matter.
After filing and review of Idaho Power’s Application,and the direct testimony of the
parties,as well as other relevant facts and circumstances regarding the development of
proposed solar projects in Idaho,the parties desire to suspend the remaining procedural
schedule to discuss and pursue settlement and resolution of this matter.The parties
hereby agree to meet for a settlement conference on November 17,2014,with the
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -1
anticipation of arriving at joint settlement to the issues herein.Should the parties be
unable to reach settlement,then a mutually agreeable schedule shall be re-established
for the filing of rebuttal testimony and hearing.
AGREED TO AND DATED at Boise,Idaho,this 5th day of November 2014.
DONOVAN E.WALKER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
DEAN J.MILLER
Attorney for Sierra Club
KEN MILLER
KELSEY JAE NUNEZ
Snake River Alliance
BENJAMIN J.OTTO
Attorney for Idaho Conservation League
KRISTINE A.SASSER
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -2
anticipation of arriving at joint settlement to the issues herein.Should the parties be
unable to reach settlement,then a mutually agreeable schedule shall be re-established
for the filing of rebuttal testimony and hearing.
AGREED TO AND DATED at Boise,Idaho,this 5th day of November 2014.
DONOVAN E.WALKER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
DEAN J.MILLER
Attorney for Sierra Club
KEN MILLER
KELSEY JAE NUNEZ
Snake River Alliance
BENJAMIN J.OTTO
Attorney for Idaho Conservation League
KRISTINE A.SASSER
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -2
anticipation of arriving at joint settlement to the issues herein.Should the parties be
unable to teach settlement,then a mutually agreeable schedule shall be re-established
for the filing of rebuttal testimony and hearing.
AGREED TO AND DATED at Boise,Idaho,this 5th day of November 2014.
DONOVAN E.WALKER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
DEAN J.MILLER
Attorney for Sierra Club
K N MILLERI
KELSEY JAEiU NEZ
Snake River AtIance
BENJAMIN J.OTTO
Attorney for Idaho Conservation League
KRISTINE A.SASSER
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENcE -2
anticipation of arriving at joint settlement to the issues herein.Should the parties be
unable to reach settlement,then a mutually agreeable schedule shall be re-established
for the filing of rebuttal testimony and hearing.
AGREED TO AND DATED at Boise,Idaho,this 5th day of November 2014.
DONOVAN E.WALKER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
DEAN J.MILLER
Attorney for Sierra Club
KEN MILLER
KELSEY JAE NUNEZ
Snake River Alliance
BENJAMIN J.QUO
Attorney for Idaho Conservation League
KRISTINE A.SASSER
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -2
anticipation of arriving at joint settlement to the issues herein.Should the parties be
unable to reach settlement,then a mutually agreeable schedule shall be re-established
for the filing of rebuttal testimony and hearing.
AGREED TO AND DATED at Boise,Idaho,this 5th day of November 2014.
DONOVAN E.WALKER
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
DEAN J.MILLER
Attorney for Sierra Club
KEN MILLER
KELSEY JAE NUNEZ
Snake River Alliance
BENJAMIN J.OTTO
Attorney for Idaho Conservation League
KRISTINE A.SASSER
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 5th day of November 2014 I served a true and
correct copy of the JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE upon the following named parties
by the method indicated below,and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff X Hand Delivered
Kristine A.Sasser
____U.S.
Mail
Deputy Attorney General
____Overnight
Mail
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
____FAX
472 West Washington (83702)X Email kris.sasserpuc.idaho.ciov
P.O.Box 83720
Boise,Idaho 83720-0074
Idaho Conservation League
____Hand
Delivered
Benjamin J.Otto X U.S.Mail
Idaho Conservation League
____Overnight
Mail
710 North Sixth Street (83702)
____FAX
P.O.Box 844 X Email bottocidahoconservation.orq
Boise,Idaho 83701
Snake River Alliance
____Hand
Delivered
Kelsey Jae Nunez X U.S.Mail
Snake River Alliance
____Overnight
Mail
P.O.Box1731
___FAX
Boise,Idaho 83701 X Email knunezsnakeriveraIliance.org
Ken Miller
____Hand
Delivered
Snake River Alliance X U.S.Mail
P.O.Box 1731
____Overnight
Mail
Boise,Idaho 83701
____FAX
X Email kmillersnakeriveralIiance.org
Sierra Club
____Hand
Delivered
Dean J.Miller X U.S.Mail
McDEVITT &MILLER LLP
____Overnight
Mail
420 West Bannock Street (83702)
____FAX
P.O.Box 2564 X Email joecmcdevitt-miller.com
Boise,Idaho 83701 heathermcdevitt-miller.com
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AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -3
Mail Vespa
____Hand
Delivered
Sierra Club X U.S.Mail
85 Second Street,Second Floor
____Overnight
Mail
San Francisco,California 94105
____FAX
X Email mail.vespacsierraclub.orq
Christa Bearry,Legal Assistar(,)
JOINT STIPULATION TO VACATE TESTIMONY AND HEARING
AND TO SCHEDULE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE -4