20200316Order_No_34600.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
March 16,2020
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER'S )CASE NO.IPC-E-19-15
APPLICATION TO EVALUATE SCHEDULE )
84 --NET METERING )NOTICE OF CONTINUED
)SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVE
)DATE
)ORDER NO.34600
On April 5,2019,the Company filed an Application requesting the Commission initiate
a collaborative process to study the continued reasonableness of terms in Schedule 84 for
commercial,industrial,and irrigation net metering customers.The Company requested Schedule
84 be suspended to new applicants as of April 5,2019,while the case was processed.
On April 18,2019,the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Procedural Comment Deadline.Order No.34315.The Commission determined the Company
had not demonstrated Schedule 84 should be closed to new applicants during the pendency of the
case,and therefore suspended the Company's proposed effective date.Id.By statute,the
maximum time the Commission could initially suspend the proposed effective date was for 5
months plus 30 days.Idaho Code §61-622(4).The Commission suspended the effective date for
the maximum initial statutory amount,which was until October 7,2019.Order No.34315.
On September 10,2019,the Company submitted a letter consenting to extend the
suspension of the proposed effective date until November 15,2019.
On November 15,2019,the Commission issued a Notice of Continued Suspension of
Effective Date,which suspended the proposed effective date for an additional sixty days,until
January 14,2020,so the parties could continue the collaborative process.Order No.34488.
On January 14,2020,the Commission issued another Notice of Continued Suspension
of Effective Date,which suspended the proposed effective date for an additional sixty days,until
March 16,2020,so the parties could determine the proper course of action,given Order No.34509.
At the March 10,2020,Decision Meeting,Commission Staff recommended the
Commission continue to suspend the effective date because the parties had not yet been able to
meet to determine the proper course of action in lightof Order No.34509 and the Commission's
final order on reconsideration in IPC-E-18-15,Order No.34546.
NOTICE OF CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO.34600 1
Based on Staff's representation that the parties had not yet been able to meet as
contemplated in Order No.34546,we find good cause exists to suspend the proposed effective
date by another 60 days.Accordingly,pursuant to Idaho Code §61-622,we will continue to
suspend the Company's proposed effective date to allow time to determine how Commission Order
Nos.34509 and 34546 impact this docket.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Company's proposed effective date be suspended until
May 15,2020.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of March,2020.
PAÚL KJELI/ANIÈiR,PRESIDENT
STINE RAP MISSIONER
ERIC ANDERSON,CÒ'MMISSIONER
iane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
I:\Legal\ELECTRIC\IPC-E-19-15\IPCEl915_nte sus entd 3 ej
NOTICE OF CONTINUED SUSPENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE
ORDER NO.34600 2