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BEEORE THE IDAHO PUBLTC UTILITIES COMM]SSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPL]CATION
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT FIXED
COST ADJUSTMENT ("FCA") RATES
FOR ELECTR]C SERVICE EROM JUNE 7,
20L9, THROUGH MAY 3L, 2020.
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
DIRECT TESTIMONY
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CONNIE G. ASCHENBRENNER
CASE NO. ]PC-E-19-10
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O Please state your name, business address, and
present position
"Company").
with ldaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or
A. My name is Connie G. Aschenbrenner. My
business address is 7227 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho
83102. I am employed by Idaho Power as the Rate Design
Senior Manager in the Regulatory Affairs Department.
O. Pl-ease describe your educational- background.
A. In May of 2006, I received a Bachelor of
Business Administration deqree in Einance from Boise State
University in Boise,
a Master of Business
Idaho. In December of 201L, I earned
Administration degree from Boise State
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University. In addition,
utllity ratemaking course
Training for the ELectric
through New Mexico State
Utilities.
I have attended the electric
The Basr.cs:
Industry, a
Univers j-ty's
PracticaL Requlatory
course offered
Center for Pubfic
1B Pfease descrlbe your work experience with
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A. In 2072, I was hired as a Regulatory Analyst
in the Company's Regulatory Affairs Department. My primary
responsibilities incl-uded support of the Company's
Commercial- and Industrial customer cfass's rate design and
general support of tariff rules and regulations. In 20L5,
I assumed responsibil-ities assocj-ated with Residential- and
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1 Sma1l General- Servj-ce rate desi-gn, as well as activj-tles
2 associated with demand-side management ("DSM"). In 2016, I
3 was promoted to a Senior Regulatory Analyst and my
4 responsibil-ities expanded to include the development of
5 complex cost-rel-ated studies. In 20!1 , I was promoted to
6 Rate Design Manager for Idaho Power and, in 20L9, I was
7 promoted to my current rol-e of Rate Design Senior Manager.
8 I am currently responsible for the management of the rate
9 design strategies of the Company, management of the
10 Company's Fixed Cost Adjustment (*FCA"), and oversight of
11 all tarif f admini-stration.
72 O. What is the purpose of your testimony?
13 A. The purpose of my testimony is to describe the
1,4 Company's request to implement its annual FCA rates in
15 conformance with Idaho Publ-ic Utilities Commission
76 ("Commission") Order No. 32505 (Case No. IPC-E-11-19),
!7 which approved the FCA as a permanent rate mechanism for
18 the Residential- and Smal-l- General Service customers. The
!9 Company is seeking authority to collect the 20tB ECA
20 deferral bal-ance of $34,188,216 through its proposed 2019-
21, 2020 FCA rates, which is an j-ncrease of $19,181,565 from
22 the current FCA deferral- balance of $15,606,71,1,. This
23 represents a 3.64 percent i-ncrease over current authorized
24 billed revenue for the Residential and Sma1l Generaf
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1 Because the $34,788,216 2078 FCA deferral exceeds
2 the 3 percent dlscretionary cap adopted by the Commissionl
3 by $4,852,3'19, the Company is al-so presenting the
4 Commission with al-ternate 201,9-2020 FCA rates shoul-d the
5 Commission choose to impose the discretionary 3 percent cap
6 and defer collection of 2078 FCA deferral- costs in excess
1 of the cap to a subsequent year.
8 Q. How is your testimony organized?
9 A. My testimony will discuss the following areas
10 rel-ated to the FCA mechanj-sm and the Company's request to
11 implement new rates for Schedule 54, Eixed Cost Adjustment:
72 (1) I wil-l- briefly discuss the FCA mechanism itsel-f and how
13 the ECA amount is determined; (2) I wil-l- describe the
14 determination of the 20lB FCA amount; (3) I will discuss
15 the calculation of the FCA rates the Company is proposi-ng
1,6 to be effective June l, 2019, through May 31, 2020; (4) I
11 wil-l discuss how the 3 percent discretionary cap is
18 calculated and impacts the Commission may wish to consider
19 before imposing, (5) I will present the Commission with the
20 calculation of the FCA rates the Company would implement to
2L be effective June L, 2019, through May 31, 2020, should the
22 Commission choose to impose the discretionary cap of 3
1 fn Order No. 3026'l (Case No. IPC-E-04-15), the Commission
approved a di-scretionary rate adjustment cap for annual- FCA-related
changes. In Order No. 33295 (Case No. IPC-E-14-17), the Commission
approved a settfement stipu"lation that cfarified the manner in which
the cap j-s determined each year.
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percent; and (6) I will dlscuss the Company's compliance
with Order No. 34019.
I. FI]GD COST ADWSTMENT MECTIA}IISM
What is the purpose of the FCA mechanism?O.
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"decoupl es , "
in order to
The ECA is a mechanism thattrue-up
billedor separates,
remove the financial
energy safes
disincentive
from revenue
that exists
when the Company invests in DSM resources and activities.
Under the FCA, rates for Residential- Service (Schedules 7,
5, and 6) and Small- General Servj-ce (Schedul-es 7 and10 3, 4,
11 B) customers are adjusted annually to recover or refund the
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case and the l-evel
the Company's most recent
of fixed cost recovery thatl4
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general rate
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sal-es during
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received based upon the actual billed energy
the previous cal-endar year.
Pfease describe the FCA mechanism.
For both the Residential- and Smal-l- General
Service cl-asses, the FCA mechanism is the same. The
f ormul-a used to determine the FCA amount is:
FCA : (CUST X FCC) (ACTUAL X ECE)
Where:
FCA : Fixed Cost Adjustment;
CUST : Average Number of Customers,
FCC : Eixed Cost per Customer rate,
by cl-ass;
by class;
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ACTUAL Actual Bil-l-ed kil-owatt-hours (*kwh")
Energy
FCE : Fixed
The ECA amount is the
l-evel- of
the level-
"authorized fixed cost recovery"
of "actual fixed cost recovery"
Can the FCA deferral bal-ance
Sal-es, by cl-ass; and
Cost per Energy rate, by class.
difference between the Company's
(CUST X FCC) and
(ACTUAL X FCE) .
be either
or negative?
. Yes. A positive FCA indicates the Company's
customer has
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15 similar fashion, a negative FCA indlcates the Company's
16 authorized fixed cost recovery amount is fess than the
11 fj-xed costs determined to have been recovered through the
18 energy rate and results in a refund to customers.
L9 II. FcjA DETERMINATION FOR CALEIIDAR YE,AR 2018
20 O Dld the FCC and FCE rates used to determine
bal-ance change from prior years?
FCC and FCE rates used to determine
bafance are unchanged from the prior
2L the 2018 FCA deferra]
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year. The ECC
Company's most
and FCE rates were established in the
recent general rate case, Case No.
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recovery derived?
A The authorized level of fixed cost recovery is
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Schedule 54,
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the product of
by class. The
on the number
end of each month.
methodology that was
This approach applies the same
used to determine customer counts in
and can be found in the Company's tariff under
Fixed Cost Adjustment.
How is the authorized leve1 of fixed cost
the FCC and the average number of customers,
Company uses a prorated customer count based
of active utility service agreements at the
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rate case. The annual
by calculating the
customer counts
general
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prorated
O.How is the actual level of fixed cost recovery
In compliance with Order No. 33295, the actual
l1 level of fixed cost recovery is the product of the FCE and
the cal-endar year,18 the actual billed energy sales for
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20 Does the Company compute a monthly FCA
2L deferral balance?
22 A Yes.S j-nce 2009,
FCA deferral
the Company has reported the
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balance in t.he monthly ECA
the Commission. Exhibit No. 1 is a copy
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of the monthly ECA report for calendar year 20LB with year-
end information.
Although the FCA is an annual mechanism that is
ultimately calculated and determined using customer counts
and bil-Ied energy sales data for the entire calendar year,
a monthly FCA deferral balance is estimated and recorded in
the Company's accounting records to maintain compliance
with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This
estimated monthly FCA deferral balance is provided to the
Commission in the monthly FCA report.
O. Is it possible for the reported monthly ECA
deferral- balance estimate to differ from the annual amount?
A. Yes. Because the monthly FCA deferral bal-ance
is computed using monthly customer counts while the annual
FCA deferral balance is computed using the average customer
count for the year, the sum of the monthly calculations may
differ from the annual cal-cul-ation.
O. How is the reported monthly estimate adjusted
to align with
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the authorized annual amount?
At year-end, once the annual ECA amount is
determi-ned, an adjustment is made to the sum of the
previously recorded t2 monthJ-y estimates to align with the
annual- FCA deferral balance. Because the annual customer
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O. What adjustments were made to the 2078 monthly
finalestimates to
year-end 2078
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align
FCA
these amounts with the Company's
deferral- balance?
To align with the annuaf FCA amount to be
recorded in the Company's 2018 financial statements, dD
6 upward adjustment of $127,892 was made for the Residential
7 customer class, reflected on l1ne 6, column O of Exhibit
8 No. 1. An upward adjustment of $1,845 was made for the
9 Small- General Service customer class, reflected on l-ine 20,
10 column O of Exhibit No. 1. The total upward adjustment for
11 both customer classes is $123,737.
72 O. What is the tota] amount of the FCA, not
13 including interest?
74 A. The total amount of the ECA for both the
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!6 including interest, is $34,337,922. Exhibit No. 2 shows
L7 the calcul-ation of the FCA for each customer cl-ass. The
18 calculation of the ECA uses the average annual- customer
19 count and the annual- billed sales amount, whi-ch are
20 incl-uded in Exhibit No. 3.
27 The calcu]ated FCA deferral ba]ance for the
22 Residentlal customer class, not including interest, is
23 $33,088,346. An amount of $33,088,344 is found in Exhibit
24 No. 7, line 6, column P. The $2 difference between Exhibit
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ECA deferral balance for the SmalI General Service customer
c1ass, not including interest, is $1,249,576. This amount
is al-so found in Exhibit No. 1, line 20, column P.
O. What is the total- amount of the 20L8 FCA,
including interest?
A. The total amount of the 2078 FCA is
$34,788,275.89, reflected on l-ine 32, column V, of Exhibit
No. 4. The ECA for the Residential- cl-ass is
$33,522,802.44,ref l-ected on Iine 15,
for the Small Generaf
column V, of Exhibit
Service Cl-ass is10 No. 4. The FCA
11 $1,265,413.45, refl-ected on line 29, column V, of Exhibit
72 No. 4. Exhibit No. 4 shows the ECA deferral- ba]ances and
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interest, through May 20L9. Exhibit No.
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Exhibit No. 4
sent to the Commission each month,' however,
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that information
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onlyMay 2079
for the
whil-e Exhibit No. 1 shows
cal-endar year.
What is the significance of these numbers withO
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2l A. Because the Residential FCA is a positive
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approved mechanism, the Residential class will recei-ve an
average use per
establ-ished i-n the
accordance with the
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adjustment to al-l-ow for recovery of the
were not recovered through actual billed
during the year.
The Smal-l- General- Service ECA is
number, meaning that the cal-culated use
this class has also decreased from the
fixed costs that
energy charges
al-so a positive
customer for
the Company's most recent general
has not recovered its authorized
rate
per
Ievel
CASC
level- of fixed
established in
and the Company
costs based
on actual billed sales for the Small- General Service cl-ass.
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L4 III. CAICT'I.ATION OF THE 2019-2020 FCA RATE
15 O. Pl-ease describe the cal-culation of the FCA
rates the Company proposes go into effect on June L, 2019.
A. The FCA rates the Company proposes to go into
effect on June 7, 2079, were calculated by taking the ECA
deferral- balances for each customer cl-ass described above
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class normalized energy
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used for the
that has been used
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What has the Company determined the forecast
r to be for both the Residenti-al- andnormalized energy sal-es
Small- General- Service cl-asses?
A. The Company's forecasted normalized energy
sales are 5,103,484,'723 kwh for the Residential class and
133,563,135 kwh for the Small General Service class. The
forecasted normalized energy sal-es are found in Exhj-bit No.
5, column b.
u As defined in the approved mechanism, what are
for the Residential and Smafl-10 the corresponding FCA rates
11 Genera1 Service cl-asses based on a combined and equal FCA
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Service classes. Order No. 32505 at 9. Because the
cents per kwh and the corresponding
General Servi-ce class woul-d be 0.8366
rate for the
cents per kwh.
Exhibit No. 5.
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23 energy consumption per customer such that the Company under
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establ-1shed in Case No. IPC-E-11-08,
rate surcharge.
O. Incl-uding the current
each cl-ass requires a
FCA rates in effect,
as measured
37, 2020. This would represent an annual-
percent from current billed revenue for
what is the percentage change in bil-l-ed revenue
from total bil-Ied amounts currently recovered from
Residential- and Smal-l- General Service classes?
A. The Company proposes to col-l-ect the resulting
increase of $19,181,565 in the FCA rates effective June 7,
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2079, through May
increase of 3.64
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12 billed revenue is found in Exhibit No. 6. This proposed
13 increase resul-ts in an approximate $3.49 increase to the
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classes on
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for the Residential and Sma11 General- Servi-ce
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2 The Company previously collected the FCA surcharge through the
"Annuaf Adjustment" fine item. fn response to customer feedback and
after consultation with Commj-ssion Staff, the fine item will- be updated
effective with each customer's April 2019 billing cycIe.
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1 Q. What is the difference between the FCA
2 deferral bal-ance currently in amortization and the proposed
3 ECA deferra1 balance to be collected through the ECA rate?
4 A. In this filing, the Company is proposing to
5 col-l-ect rates based on an FCA deferral bal-ance of
6 $34,188,276, which is $19,181,565 more than the current FCA
7 deferral ba1ance of $15, 60 6,111. The current deferra1
8 balance was approved 1n Order No. 34079, issued in Case No.
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11 IV. RATE AD.]US${ENT CAP
t2 O. When did the Commission adopt a 3 percent cap
that coul-d be applied to the FCA deferral- col-lectj-on?
A. In Case No. IPC-E-04-15 (subsequent to severa1
workshops attended by parties to that case), the Company,
Commission Staff, and the NW Energy Coal-iti-on signed a
sett1ement stipulation presenting the framework for an FCA
pi1ot. In its request for the Commission's approval of
that settlement stipulation, the Company also requested the
Commission adopt a 3 percent discretionary cap on any
upward rate change that could be implemented at the option
of the Commissi-on.
O. Why did the Company initial-l-y request the
Commission adopt a cap?
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A The cap proposal was initially intended to
mitigate some
occur with the
simi1ar to why a cap was imposed for the Company's Power
Cost Adjustment ("PCA") mechanism.3 The Company proposed
that in future years, the Commissi-on, at its discretion and
judgment, can impose the cap or l-et the rate change as
cal-culated. At the time of the Company's proposal, it
noted that, historically, under the PCA mechanism, the
Commission has been rel-uctant to impose the cap for various
reasons, including the dil-ution of the price signal and
to avoid a situation where deferred cost recovery is
compounded with a subsequent year's rate adjustments, often
referred to as "pancakinq." Nevertheless, the cap is there
as a tool for the Commission's potential- use.
O. How is the cap calculated?
A. As agreed to in the stipulation approved by
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of the potential
introduction of
rate impacts that might
a new rate mechanism,
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in Order No. 33295, the Company cafculates
cap on annual- i-ncreases by dividing thethe 3 percent
proposed ECA
revenue.
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exceed the 3
deferral change by the forecasted base rate
Does the proposed collection of $34,188,216
percent cap approved by the Commj-ssion?
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A Yes. Pl-ease reference Exhibit No. 5. To
determi-ne if the FCA deferral balance exceeds
Company
Change /
In this
was compared to
and the deferral
forecasted base
the cdp, the
ECA Deferral
3 percent.
collected in
percent
revenue currentl-y being
which results in a 4.02
first determines whether the Proposed
Forecasted Base Rate Revenue exceeds
case, the 201,8 FCA deferral bal-ance ($34, 188,216)
the 2071 FCA deferral- balance ($15,606,17L)
change ($19,181,555) is divided by the
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percent discretionary cap, what
FCA balance be?13
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the Smal-l- General1B
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were to implement the 3
woul-d the resulting 20L8
an incremental $14,329,786-
Residential- cfass and $450,233 from
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the
Service cl-ass.
amount of the 20LB FCA would be deferred
a future period?
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the Company
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If the Commi-ssion efects to implement the cdp,
woul-d defer a total of $4,852,379 in 20!8 FCA
collect in a future period-$4,553,522 from the
class and $298,85'l from the Smal-l- General24 Residential
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0.What potential implications should the
Commissj-on consj-der as it contemplates the deferral- of a
portion of the 2078 FCA deferra1 balance for col-Iection in
a future period?
A. As mentioned earlier in my testJ-mony, it is my
undersLanding that the Commission has been careful to avoj-d
a situation where deferred cost recovery is compounded with
a subsequent year's rate adjustment, often referred to as
"pancakinq." In liqht of this view, the Company be1ieves
it is important for the Commission to consj-der two known
components of this year's 2019/2020 PCA that wil-l- represent
one-time rate reduction benefits to customers beginning
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L6 $5 mill-ion stemming from the revenue sharing mechanism
L7 approved by Order No. 33149. The second beneficial
18 2079/2020 PCA component is rel-ated to the provision of
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approved in Order
reduce rates this
thereby helping to
No. 34017. WhiIe these components wiff
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approximateJ-y $1 .1 mil1ion,
other rate increases l-ike the
also represent known, or 1ike1y,
year by
offset
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1 increases to customer rates next year when they expi-re.
2 Deferring the collection of a portion of this year's FCA
3 deferral balance wil-l only add to these probable rate
4 increases next year.
5 It is also j-mportant to consider the Company has
6 filed to reduce its Energy Efficiency Rider collection by 1
7 percent effective June L, 2019 (Case No. IPC-E-19-06),
8 which is only slightly offset by the Company's proposed
9 0.11 percent increase attributed to rate impacts associated
10 with the Company's request (Case No. IPC-E-19-08) to
11 recover j-ncremental annuaf levelized revenue requirement
12 associated with its Valmy plant to become effective, if
13 approved, on the same date. To the extent this potential
L4 combined net rate decrease coul-d offset the uncapped
15 incremental- increase in the 2019-2020 FCA rates, any
L6 concern of rate pancaking could be avoided, and j-t may
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18 0. How does the 2018 FCA deferral balance compare
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Commission relates to
to l-ast year's large decrease?
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customer in 201,8 was22 2078 FCA increase. While use per
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level of FCA col-lection
which was approximately
the l-evel of this year's
the Commission el-ects not
associated with cal-endar year 2076,
$35 million or just slightly above
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coIJ-ection, the leve1 of
uncapped FCA deferral balance. If
to apply a cap to this year's FCA
allowed collection would still be
less than the FCA collectlon approved for the 2076 FCA.
Last year, collection related to the FCA decreased from
approximately $35 m11l-ion in the prior year to
approxj-mately $16 million, largely related to weather
impacts on sales. This year's uncapped FCA increase wou1d
simply reverse the majori-ty of l-ast year's FCA coll-ection
decrease and bring the level- of col-l-ection in line with
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t4 u.Do you believe it is in the best interest of
15 customers to defer coll-ection of a portion of the 20lB ECA?
76 No. For the reasons described above, the
l7 Company does not bel-ieve implementing the cap in this
18 instance is warranted nor woul-d it serve in the best
79 interests of customers.
20 \I. PROPOSED FCA RATES WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAP
27 Did the Company calcul-ate the 2019-2020 FCA
22 rates that wou]d result if the Commission chooses to
23 implement the cap?
A. Yes . Bel-ow I wil-l present the resul-ts of the
25 alternate 2019-2020 FCA rates based on a capped 2078
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1 FCA deferral- bal-ance to help inform the Commission's
2 decision on this matter.
3 Q. Please descri-be the cal-cul-ation of the FCA
4 rates the Company would implement on June L, 2019, if the
5 Commission decides to implement the cap.
6 A. The alternate FCA rates were cal-cul-ated by
7 taking the capped FCA deferral- balances for each customer
8 class described above ($28,969,280.15 for Residential- and
9 $966,61,6.49 for Smal-l- General Service) and dividing by the
1O respective class normal-ized energy sales forecast for the
11 June t, 2019, through May 31, 2020, Test Year.
72 0. What has the Company determined the forecast
13 normal-ized energy sales to be for both the Residential and
L4 Smafl- General- Service cl-asses?
15 A. The Company's forecasted normalized energy
!6 sal-es are 5,103,484,723 kwh for the Residential cl-ass and
71 133,563,135 kwh for the Small General Service cfass. The
18 forecasted normalized energy sal-es are found in Exhibit No.
19 5, cofumn n.
20 O. As defined in the approved mechanism, what are
27 the corresponding capped ECA
Smal-l- General Service cl-asses
rates for the Residential- and
based on a combined and equal
23 FCA rate change?
24 A. Under the capped alternative, to recover the
25 capped level of fixed costs, the FCA rate for the
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Residential cl-ass woufd be 0.5611 cents per kwh and the
Genera] Service cfasscorresponding rate for the Smal-l-
woul-d be 0.7L99 cents per kwh.
in Exhibit No.5, columns m through s
O. Including the current ECA rates in effect,
what is the percentage change in bi1led revenue as measured
from total billed amounts currently recovered from
Residential- and Small General Service cfasses under the
al-ternate rates ?
A. Under the capped alternative, the Company
would collect the resulting j-ncrease of $74,329,786 in the
FCA rates effective June L, 20L9, through May 31, 2020.
This woul-d represent an annual j-ncrease of 2.13 percent.
from current billed revenue for the affected customer
classes. The percentage change in billed revenue is found
in Exhibit No. 1. This proposed increase resul-ts in an
approximate $2.62 increase to the monthly bill of a typical
residential- customer using 950 kWh per month.
O. If the Commission implements the 3 percent
cdp, what is the capped 20L8 deferral- balance?
A. Exhibit No. 5 contains a derivation of the
20tg ECA deferral balance, if the Commission decides to
implement the cdp, to be col-l-ected through the FCA rate.
Elrst, forecasted 2019-2020 base rate revenues by cJ-ass
The cal-culation of these
rates is found
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Idaho Power Company
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cdp, resulting in a capped increase of $13,868,952.41 for
the Residential class and $460,233.01 for the Small General-
Service class (column i). Second, the capped increase j-s
then added to the 20L1 FCA Doll-ars by class as approved in
Order No. 34019, $15,100,327.68 for the Residential- class
and $506,383.42 for the Smal-l General Service cl-ass (col-umn
h), leaving 2078 FCA deferral balances of $28,969,280.15 to
be coll-ected from for the Residential- class and $956,61,6.49
to be collected from the Smal-I General Service cl-ass
10 (column j).
11 O What is the remainder of the 2078 FCA deferred
72 bal-ance to be collected in a future period if the
cap?13 Commission chooses to implement the
14 As shown in Exhibit No. 5, the remainder of
15 the 20tB ECA deferred ba]ance if the Commi-ssion el-ects to
76 implement the cap is $4,553,522.29 for the Residential
class and $298,856.96 for the Small Genera1 Service class
(col-umn 1) .
VI. COMPLIANCE WTTH COMMISSION ORDER NO. 34079
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20 O. In the Company's 2011 FCA filing, Case No.
2! IPC-E-L8-02, the Commission encouraged the Company to
22 col-l-aborate with Commission St.aff ("Staff") in advance of
23 the 20L9 FCA filing to address i-ssues Staff raised in its
24 comments. Order No. 34019 at 4. Did the Company meet with
25 Staff in advance of this FCA filing?
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Idaho Power Company
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A. Yes. On January 28, 20L9, Idaho Power met
with Staff to discuss concerns raised in its comments i-n
Case No. IPC-E-]-B-02.
O. Did the meeting between the Company and Staff
result in any proposed modifications to the ECA for the
Commission's consi-deration in this case?
A. No. While the discussions covered a number of
aspects of the FCA and incl-uded a robust exchange of views
and ideas between the Company and Staff, no speciflc
modifications to the mechanism were discussed or agreed
upon. However, the Company remains committed to continuing
discussions with Staff regarding the FCA mechanism, if such
discussions are deemed warranted by Staff or the
Commission.
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Please summarize the Company's request in this
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L9 determine the 2018 FCA deferral balance
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the Commission
of $34,188 ,21 6
with Order No.
has
been correctly calculated in conformance
32505. Further, the Company requests the
authorize the collection of the proposed
which is an j-ncrease of $19,181,565 from
Commission
2079-2020 FCA,
the current ECA
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Idaho Power Company
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percent increase over current authorized revenue to become
effective June l, 20L9.
In the alternative, should the Commission wish to
apply the discretj-onary 3 percent cdp, the Company requests
the Commj-ssion approve its cal-cul-ation of the proposed
capped 2078 FCA in the amount of $29,935,896.64. This
l-evel- of col-l-ection would represent an increase of
$74,329, 186 from
$15,506,777, or a 2.13 percent increase over
to become effective June 1
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Yes, it does.
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ATTESTATION OF TESTIMONY
STATE OE IDAHO
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County of Ada
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I, Connie G. Aschenbrenner, having been duly sworn
to testify truthfully, and based upon my personal
knowledge, state the following:
I am employed by Idaho Power Company as the Rate
Design Senior Manager in the Regulatory Affairs Department
and am competent to be a witness in this proceeding.
f decl-are under penalty of perjury of the laws of
the state of Idaho that the foregoing pre-fiIed direct
testimony and exhj-bits are true and correct to the best of
my information and belief.
DATED this 15th day of March 2019.
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IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
CASE NO. IPC-E-I9-10
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EXHIBIT NO. 1
Exhibit No. 1
Case No. IPC-E-19-10
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GASE NO. IPC-E-19-10
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EXHIBIT NO.2
2018 Annual Fixed Cost Adjustment Deferral Calculation
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Customer Count
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Case No. IPC-E-19-10
C. Aschenbrenner, IPC
Page 1 of 1
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIG UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-I9-1 0
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ASCHENBRENNER, DI
TESTIMONY
EXHIBIT NO.3
2018 Monthly Customer Count and Billed Sales
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April 28,374.22 10,170,395
May 28,377.03 9,329,590
June 28,877.02 9,443,358
July 28,434.59 10,794,L72
August 28,581.06 12,5L4,931
September 28,533.16 10,558,591
October 28,569.57 9,572,118
November 28,596.30 9,581,709
December 28,679.13 LL,577,044
Annual Average
Customer Count
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Total Annual
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13L,700,501
Exhibit No. 3
Case No. IPC-E-19-10
C. Aschenbrenner, IPC
Page 1 of 1
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GASE NO. IPC-E-I9-10
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