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Home My WebLink About20181019Application.pdfAn loAcoRP companv LISA D. NORDSTROM Lead Counsel lnordstrom@idahopower.com RTC T IV ED I{l}i] il[T l9 P]l t'rr tr3 October 19,2018 VIA HAND DELIVERY Diane Hanian, Secretary ldaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Street Boise, ldaho 83702 Case No. IPC-E-18-16 Study of Fixed Costs of Providing Electric Service to Customers ldaho Power Company's Petition to lnitiate Docket Dear Ms. Hanian Enclosed for filing in the above matter please find an original and seven (7) copies of ldaho Power Company's Petition to lnitiate Docket. lf you have any questions aboutthe enclosed documents, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, Re (z* Lisa D. Nordstrom 3Iffi* Z(^*t* LDN:kkt Enclosures o LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733) ldaho Power Company 1221 West ldaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise, ldaho 83707 Telephone: (208) 388-5825 Facsimile: (208) 388-6936 I n o rd strom @ id a h opowe r. com Attorney for ldaho Power Company BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION n ii r{: l\/F Il,\L--1'/i*l t L*- :,qit -lilT l9 P}{ tr: t+3 ,' I ; i*, : ' :,; '-:lli :Slcit IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY TO STUDY FIXED COSTS OF PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS COMES NOW, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Power" or "Comp?ny"), and hereby petitions the ldaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") under Procedural Rule 53.03 to initiate a docket to facilitate stakeholder input on, and ldaho Power's subsequent filing of, a comprehensive customer fixed-cost analysis as envisioned by Order No. 34046. This Petition is based on the following: I. PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET 1. On May 9,2018, the Commission issued Order No. 34046 in response to ldaho Power's Application for Authority to Establish New Schedules for Residential and Small General Service Customers with On-Site Generation in Case No. IPC-E-17-13. IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET - 1 ) CASE NO. IPC-E-18-16 )) IDAHO POWER COMPANY',S ) PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET The Commission found that 'it is time for the Company to address fixed-cost apportionment across its system" and lT lS FURTHER ORDERED that ldaho Power shall file a study with the Commission exploring fixed-cost recovery in basic charges and other rate design options prior to its next general rate case. Order No. 34046 at 17 and 31. 2. On page 23 of Order No. 34046, the Commission stated that it was "convinced" based upon evidence in the record of Case No. IPC-E-17-13 "that critical questions related to fixed costs must be addressed." Due to the unclear timing of ldaho Power's next general rate case, the Commission ordered the Company to undertake "a comprehensive customer fixed-cost analysis to determine the proper methodology and 'spread' of fixed costs as they relate to the Company's customers." 3. The Commission directed that "the Company, with input from interested parties, shall outline the scope of the study that should include exploring fixed-cost recovery in basic charges and other rate design options." Order No. 34046 at23. 4. Order No. 34046 indicated that "A status update shall be filed with the Commission on a quarterly basis, with more specific deadlines prescribed in the coming notice of application in that mattet." ld. II. COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICE OF PLEADINGS 5. Communications and service of pleadings with reference to this Petition should be sent to the following Lisa D. Nordstrom Regulatory Dockets !daho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, ldaho 83707 I nordstrom @ida hopower. com d ockets@ idahopower. com Tim Tatum ldaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 ttatu m@ idahopower. com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET - 2 III. CONCLUSION ldaho Power respectfully requests the Commission initiate a docket and intervention period to facilitate stakeholder input on a comprehensive customer fixed- cost analysis performed by the Company as envisioned by Order No. 34046. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 19th day of October,2018. LISA D. NOR Attorney for ldaho Power Company IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET - 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 19th day of October, 2018,1 served a true and correct copy of IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET upon the following named parties by the method indicated below, and addressed to the following: Commission Staff Sean Costello Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington (83702) P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-007 4 ldahydro C. Tom Arkoosh ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES 802 West Bannock Street, Suite 900 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, ldaho 83701 ldaho Conservation League Matthew A. Nykiel Idaho Conservation League 102 South Euclid #207 P.O. Box 2308 Sandpoint, ldaho 83864 Benjamin J. Otto ldaho Conservation League 710 North 6th Street Boise, ldaho 83702 ldaho lrrigation Pumpers Association, lnc. Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Avenue, Suite 100 P.O. Box 6119 Pocatello, ldaho 83205 _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email sean.coste uc idaho.oov _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.com erin.cecil@a rkoosh.com _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email mnykiel@idahoconservation.orq _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email botto@idahoconservation.oro _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email elo@echohawk.com Anthony Yankel 12700 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505 Lakewood, Ohio 44107 _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email tonv@vankel.net IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET - 4 Auric Solar, LLC Preston N. Carter Deborah E. Nelson GIVENS PURSLEY LLP 601 West Bannock Street Boise, ldaho 83702 Elias Bishop Auric Solar, LLC 2310 South 1300 West West Valley City, Utah 84119 Vote Solar David Bender Earthjustice 3916 Nakoma Road Madison, Wisconsin 537 1 1 Briana Kobor Vote Solar 986 Princeton Avenue S Salt Lake City, Utah 84105 City of Boise Abigail R. Germaine Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney's Office 150 North Capitol Boulevard P.O. Box 500 Boise, ldaho 83701-0500 ldaho Clean Energy Association Preston N. Carter Deborah E. Nelson GIVENS PURSLEY LLP 601 West Bannock Street Boise, ldaho 83702 Sierra Club Kelsey Jae Nunez KELSEY JAE NUNEZLLC 920 North Clover Drive Boise, ldaho 83703 _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXxEmail prestoncarter@q ivensourslev.com de n@q ivensp u rslev. com _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email elias.bishop@auricsolar.com _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAX X Email dbender@ea rthXtgtice.oLq _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email briana@votesolar.orq _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail _FAXX Email aoermaine@citvofboise.orq _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail FAX x Email prestoncarter@q ivenspurslev.com den@q ivenspu rslev. com _Hand Delivered _U.S. Mail _Overnight Mail_FAXX Email kelsev@kelseviaenunez.com IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S PETITION TO INITIATE DOCKET. 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