20170123final_order_no_33702.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
January 23, 2017
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF )
IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR ) CASE NO. IPC-E-16-30
AUTHORITY TO CONSOLIDATE ANNUAL )
REPORTING REQUIREMENT ) ORDER NO. 33702 __________________ )
On November 23, 2016, Idaho Power Company petitioned the Commission to amend
Order No. 29505 to change the requirement that the Company's Weatherization Assistance for
Qualified Customers (WAQC) report be filed separately from the Company's Demand-Side
Management (DSM) Annual Report, and to allow the Company to include this information in the
DSM Annual Report going forward. Petition at 1. The Company requests approval of this
proposal by February 1, 2017, with the consolidated reporting to begin with the March 15, 2017
DSM Annual Report. Id. at 4.
The Commission issued a Notice of Petition and Notice of Modified Procedure
setting a deadline for comments of January 10, 2017, and a deadline for reply comments by the
Company, if any, of January 17, 2017. Order No. 33669. Commission Staff timely filed
comments supporting the Company's proposal. The Commission received no other comments or
reply comments.
APPLICATION
In its Application, the Company explains that Commission Order No. 29505 requires
the Company to file an annual W AQC report separately from the DSM Annual Report. Petition
at 2. The Company believes the Commission set a separate reporting requirement to help the
Commission more easily monitor the Company's DSM and weatherization programs, which
were relatively small in 2004 when the Order issued, but were expected to grow significantly.
Id.
The Company states that since 1989, it has filed conservation or DSM reports that
included information on the weatherization program. Id. It has filed annual DSM reports since
2011, which include a W AQC chapter containing similar content to that provided in the annual
W AQC report. Id. The Company also states that the DSM and W AQC annual reports cover the
same annual reporting periods. Id. at 3. The Company states that, if the Application is granted,
the Company will no longer file a separate W AQC report but will continue to satisfy the W AQC
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reporting requirements by including the W AQC infonnation as part of the DSM Annual Report.
Id.
According to the Company, consolidating the W AQC report information into the
DSM Annual Report will eliminate duplicative reporting and reduce costs. The Company
indicated that it consulted with Commission Staff, Community Action Partnership Association of
Idaho, and members of the Company's Energy Efficiency Advisory Group about the Company's
proposal to consolidate the W AQC report into the DSM Annual Report, and that the parties
supported the Company's proposal. Id.
In summary, the Company requests to include the required W AQC report information
in the DSM Annual Report filed on March 15th each year, and to eliminate the requirement to file
a separate W AQC report ( currently filed on April 1st). The Company requests approval of this
proposal by February 1, 2017, with consolidated reporting to begin in the 2016 DSM Annual
Report to be filed on March 15, 2017. Id. at 6, 7.
STAFF COMMENTS
Staff supports the Company's request to consolidate the required W AQC reporting
into the DSM Annual Report and to eliminate the requirement to file a separate W AQC report.
Staff Comments at 3. Staff believes the proposal will eliminate duplicative reporting and may
reduce costs. Id. at 2.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over this matter under Idaho Code §§ 61-502 and
61-503. The Commission has the express statutory authority to investigate rates, charges, rules,
regulations, practices, and contracts of public utilities and to determine whether they are just,
reasonable, preferential, discriminatory, or in any way in violation of any provision of law, and
may fix the same by Order. Idaho Code§§ 61-502 and 61-503.
Based on the information in the record, the Commission finds it reasonable to
authorize the Company to consolidate the required annual W AQC report into the annual DSM
report, starting with the 2016 DSM report due to be filed on March 15, 201 7. We find that doing
so will eliminate duplicative reporting, may potentially reduce costs, and will continue to satisfy
W AQC reporting requirements. As a result, we find that the consolidation of reporting is in the
public interest.
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ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company is authorized to consolidate its annual
W AQC report into its annual DSM report. The Company is no longer required to separately file
a W AQC report, but is directed to include all the information that was previously required to be
included in the W AQC report in the annual consolidated DSM report.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order with regard to any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code § 61-
626.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this
day of January 2017.
ATTEST:
Diane M. Hanian
Commission Secretary
O:IPC-E-16-30_cc2
ORDER NO. 33702
PAUL KJ
ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER
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