20161123Petition.pdf

LISA D. NORDSTROM
Lead Counsel
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November 23, 2016
VIA HAND DELIVERY
Jean D. Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-16-30
An IDACORP Company
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Idaho Power Company's Petition to Consolidate Annual Reporting Requirements
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing in the above matter please find an original and seven (7) copies
of Idaho Power Company's Petition.
If you have any questions about the enclosed documents, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
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Enclosures
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Lisa D. Nordstrom
LISA D. NORDSTROM (ISB No. 5733)
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, Idaho 83707
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Attorney for Idaho Power Company
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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CASE NO. IPC-E-16-30
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S
PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE
ANNUAL REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
COMES NOW, Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company"), by and
through its undersigned counsel, and hereby petitions the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission ("Commission") to amend Order No. 29505 to change the requirement that
Idaho Power's Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers report ("WAQC
Report") be filed separately from the Company's Demand-Side Management Annual
Report ("DSM Annual Report"), and authorize the Company to include this information
in the DSM Annual Report going forward. This Petition is based on the following:
IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE
ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS -1
I. BACKGROUND
1. On May 25, 2004, the Commission issued Order No. 29505 in Case No.
IPC-E-03-13, requiring Idaho Power to file the annual WAQC Report (known as Low
Income Weatherization Assistance or "LIWA") separately from its DSM Annual Report.
In that order, the Commission stated:
In addition, Idaho Power shall be required to file an
annual LIWA report with the Commission. This report shall
be separate from its annual demand side management
(DSM) report, although at least a synopsis of the LIWA
report should be included in the DSM report. The LIWA
report should include, but is not necessarily limited to: the
number of homes weatherized by county, a projection of
homes to be served in the future, the cost per home served,
a comparison of administrative costs to funds actually spent
on homes weatherized, some detail of weatherization
measures installed, associated energy savings, and overall
cost-effectiveness.
Order No. 29505, p. 33.
2. At the time Order No. 29505 was issued in 2004, Idaho Power's DSM and
weatherization programs were relatively small but expected to grow significantly as a
result of that Order. It is Idaho Power's belief that the separate reporting requirement
was intended to allow the Commission to more easily monitor that growth. Idaho Power
has filed Conservation and/or DSM reports since 1989 and these reports included
information on the LIWA/WAQC program. In 2011, Idaho Power began filing for the
prudence of its DSM expenses annually and has prepared an expanded DSM Annual
Report to facilitate the annual reviews of DSM expenditures. Because the Commission
Staff reviews WAQC and DSM expenditures at the same time, Idaho Power includes a
WAQC chapter within the DSM Annual Report containing similar content provided in the
annual WAQC report.
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ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS - 2
II. PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
3. The Company requests to include the required WAQC Report information
in the Company's DSM Annual Report filed on March 15th each year and eliminate the
requirement to file a separate WAQC Report. The annual WAQC Report is currently
filed on April 1st_
4. The DSM Annual Report currently contains a section dedicated to WAQC
reporting. (See Demand-Side Management 2015 Annual Report, pp. 91-94.) Both the
DSM and WAQC annual reports cover the same annual reporting periods. All WAQC
reporting requirements set forth in Order No. 29505 will continue to be satisfied by
including the WAQC information as part of the DSM Annual Report. Consolidating the
WAQC Report information into the Company's DSM Annual Report eliminates
duplicative reporting and reduces costs for customers.
5. On March 29, 2016, and August 29, 2016, Idaho Power consulted the
Commission Staff by telephone to discuss the above-mentioned proposal to consolidate
the WAQC reporting into the Company's DSM Annual Report. Staff expressed support
for the proposal. Idaho Power consulted the Executive Director of the Community
Action Partnership Agency of Idaho by telephone on April 5, 2016, who also expressed
support for the combined reporting. On August 30, 2016, at a meeting of the Energy
Efficiency Advisory Group ("EEAG"), Idaho Power consulted with EEAG members
concerning the consolidation of the WAQC reporting into the DSM Annual Report.
Attending members were in support of consolidating the reporting.
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Ill. CONCLUSION
For the reasons cited herein, Idaho Power respectfully submits that the
consolidation of reporting is in the public interest and hereby requests that the
Commission approve the consolidation of WAQC reporting in the 2016 DSM Annual
Report beginning March 15, 2017.
In order to facilitate the preparation of the 2016 DSM Annual Report, Idaho
Power respectfully requests the Commission issue its order by February 1, 2017.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 23rd day of November, 2016.
~d ~~ is D.NORDSROM
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 23rd day of November, 2016, I served a true and
correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE ANNUAL
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS upon the following named parties by the method
indicated below, and addressed to the following:
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2019 N. 17th St.
Boise, ID. 83702
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Boise, Idaho 83706
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