20170613final_order_no_33786.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 13,2017
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY TO )CASE NO.IPC-E-17-09
APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE )
ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT FOR THE )ORDER NO.33786
MT.HOME SOLAR 1,LLC PROJECT )
On June 6,2017,Idaho Power Company filed an Application asking the Commission
to approve the Second and Third Amendments to its Energy Sales Agreement with Mt.Home
Solar 1,LLC.The Agreement is a contract under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
(PURPA).The Amendments correct a typographical error and update information in Appendix
B to the Agreement.Idaho Power asks that the Commission approve its Application upon StafFs
review and without further process.Application at 4.
BACKGROUND
The Commission approved Idaho Power’s Agreement with Mt.Home Solar in 2015.
Order No.33206.Under the Agreement,Idaho Power purchases,and Mt.Home Solar sells,
energy generated by Mt.Home Solar’s solar generation facility (Facility)near Mountain Home,
Idaho.Application at 2.The Facility is a qualifying facility (QF)under PURPA.Id.at 1.in
201 5,the Commission approved a first amendment to the Agreement to change the contracting
party and project name from “Mountain Home Solar,LLC”to “Mt.Home Solar I,LLC.”Order
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
In the Second Amendment,Idaho Power and Mt.Home Solar propose to correct
Article 7.5 of the Amendment which omitted the word “Percentage”from the second sentence.
Application at 2-3.The corrected sentence reads,“All pricing contained within Appendix E for
the current applicable month(s)will be multiplied by the Pricing Adjustment Percentage and the
resulting revised prices will replace the prices contained within Appendix B ....“Id.at 3
(correction underlined).
The Third Amendment makes changes to the Agreement’s Appendix B to update
descriptions of the Facility’s physical characteristics to be more general to ensure it matches the
equipment studied and accepted in the Generator Interconnection Agreement between the
contracting parties.Id.at 2-3.
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Idaho Power states that the proposed Amendments “have no material effect to the
terms and provisions of the [Agreement]and do not alter the performance requirements or
pricing contained in the [Agreement].”Id.at 3-4.The Company also indicated,“The changes
are only needed to property administer and enforce the [Agreement].”Id.at 4.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Given the limited scope of the Amendments,Idaho Power requested that the
Amendments be approved without further process.Staff has reviewed the Application and
attachments and concurs with the Company as to the limited scope and impact of the proposed
agreed Amendments.Accordingly,Staff recommended that the request be approved without
further process.
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS
Given the record before us,we find it reasonable to correct and update idaho Power
and Mt.Home Solar’s Agreement with the agreed proposed Amendments.We find that no
further process is needed and thus approve the Amendments as proposed.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Idaho Power’s Application to approve the Second
and Third Amendments to its Energy Sales Agreement with Mt.Home Solar 1,LLC is approved
without change or condition.
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.Within seven (7)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration,any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration.See Idaho Code §6 1-626.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of June 2017.
PAUL KJELLANDER,PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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