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Home My WebLink About20191113Brief.pdfECHOHNWT &OTSEN MAR( A. ECHo IIAWI' ERrc L. OLSEN JoSEPH T. PREsroN 505 PrRslI\a AvE.. Sr r. l0O POBOX6tt9 PocATELLO 1D 81205-61 l9 208.478. r624 20E.478-1670 FAx w\\'\\'. f('HoH A\\.ti. c()\I November 13, 2019 ldaho Public Utilitios Commission Of,im ol ths Socrstery RECEIVED Nov I 3 208 Diane Hanian, Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd. Building ti, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 BoF€, ldaho ane.hol .idaho Re CASE No.: IPC-E-I8-15 tsRIEF RE: TREATMENT OF EXISTING ON-SI'I'E GENE,RATION CUSTOMERS Dear Ms. Hanian: Enclosed you will find the original and seven (7) copies ofthe following: l. Brief Re: Treafrnent of Existing On-Site Generation Customers Electronic copies have been served per the Certificate of Service. Please file the Brief in the case file. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call. Thank you. Sincerely, lrric L. Olscn EI.O/tf Enclosures HlwDox\cLIENTS\ I 343\0025\00093s3 I.DOCX ldaho Public Ulilitios Commission Offico o, lho SocrotarvRECEIVED NOV I 3 ZOtgEric L. Olsen (lSB# 481l) ECIIO IIAWK & OLSEN. PLLC 505 Pcrshing Ave.. Ste. 100 P.O. Box 6l l9 Pocatello, ldaho 83205 Telephonc: (208) 478-1 624 Pacsimile: (208) 41 8-l 67 0 Email: elo@echohawk.com tlttorney.for Intervenor ldaho lrrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE, MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION TO STTJDY THE COSTS, BENEFITS, AND COMPENSATION OF NET EXCESS ENERGY ST]PPLIED BY CUSTOMER ON. SITE GENF],RATION Boise, ldaho CASI, \O. IPC-E-18-15 BRIEF RE,: TREATMENT OF EXISTINC ON-SITE (;ENERA'I'ION CUSTOMERS COMES NOW Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. ("llPA") and pursuant to Commission's Order No. 34460 and provides its brief regarding the treatment of cxisting on-site generation customers under thc Settlement Agreement. I. THE ISSUE In Order No. 34046, the Commission found it fair. just and reasonable to separate on-site generating customers undcr Schedules I &7 and Schedulc 84 and place them under new Schedules6&8. Order No.34046 at l5-16. 'l'his finding was based on the overall distinctions between a class of customers thal used thc grid for standard energy import and a class of customers who use the grid lo both import and export energy . Id. at I 6. I'hc Commission reiteraled that the "separale rate classes cstablished here are not meant to be punitive nor discriminatory-nor, as with rates, are they a olassillcation that will not cvolve." Id. at 19. ln this companion case, the parties did not come to a consensus on how to treat existing on-site generation customers ("Existing Gcncrators") under the new net metering rules ("new rules") proposed in the Settlement Agrccmcnt. One school ofthought advocatcs that the applicable legal and regulatory standards would allow Existing Generators to continue under thc old and more generous nct metering rules ("old rules") indcfinitely.r The principal basis for such I 'l'hc right to be undcr thc old rules rvould apparently run with thc Existing Generators' site or propcrty IIPA BRIEF RE: TREATIVI llN'I OF EXISTING ON-SITD CENERA'IION CUSTOMERS - Pagc I CASE NO. IPC-E.I8.I5 treatment is that the Existing Generators rclicd on thc old rulcs to evaluate the economics of acquiring thc on-site generation, i.c., analyze the payback period to recover the investment through offsetting their self-consumption and estimating the amount ofthe credit reccivcd for electricity put back onto the system. As such, it would be unl'air kr make Existing Generators subject to the less generous, new rules in light ofsuch reasonable reliance. In contrast, thc other school ol'thought has advocatcd a transition period whereby the Existing Generators and any on-site generator subject to the ncw rulcs ("New Generator") would gradually transition over an eight (8) year period from the old rules to the new rules, w'ith both Existing Generators and New Generators being on equal footing. This gradual transilion is argued to be a way to recognizc the reasonable, reliance interest ol'Old Generators while not creating any class distinction betwcen Old Generators and New Generators. This transition plan is contained in the Settlement Agreement in fl IV(G) as the de(ault treatment for Old Generators if the Commission determines that Old Generators should be subject to thc ncw rules. Thus, the Commission is tasked with determining whethcr it would be fair, just and reasonable to lurthcr segregate Schedules 6 & 8 by creating scparate subclasses for Old Generators that would be only be subject to the old rules, as opposed to New Generators who would gradually transition fiom thc old rules to the new rules. II. IIPA'S POSITION The Commission cannot allow Idirho Power Company ("lPC), with respect to its "rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, [to] make or grant any preference or advantage to any corporation or person or subject any corporation or person to any prejudice or disadvantagc." I.C. $ 61-315. In other words, IPC cannot make any unreasonablc difference as torates,chargcsorcreditsasbctweenclassesofservice.8.g.,Building(i)ntrdctorsAssociation of Southwestern lduhov. ldaho Public Utilities Commission, 151 ldaho 10, 13 (2011) (holding that I.C. $ 61-315 requires that there be no unreasonable difl'ercncc as to charges between classes of servicc). Here, thc IIPA believes that thc transition period found in fl IV(G) olthe Settlcment Agreement strikes the appropriate balance between recognition of thc Old Generators' reasonable reliance intcrest in the financial terms of the old rulcs while at the same time making no unreasonable distinction as to the application ofthe new rules to Old Generators and Ncw (]enerators during the transition period and beyond. As such the IIPA urges the Commission to I IPA BRIE I,' Rli: 'l ltL,A'I'lllENT OF LXIS'l lNG ON-SITE GENERATION CIISTON'IERS - Pagc 2 (.n Stl NO- IItl-li- I lt- l i adopt fl IV(G) as the fair, just and reasonable transition period applicable to Old Gencrators and New Generators in this case. DATED this 13th day ol'November, 2019. DCHO HAWK & OLSEN ERIC L. oLSEN tlP,\ BRIEF RE: TREA'l'MENT Of EXISTINC ON-SITE CENERATION (lllS I'OMERS - Page J CASE NO, IPC-E- I8.]5 frru-*- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE li+ I HEREBY CERTIFIY that on this Slrday of November, 2019, I served a true, correct and complete copy of the aforementioned document to each of the following, via [J.S. Mail or private courier, email or hand delivcry, as indicated below: Lisa D. Nordstrom Regulatory Dockets Attorney for Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, lD 83707 I nordstrom@idahoDower.com dockets@ida hopower.com Tim Tatum V.P. of Regulatory Affairs Idaho Power Company P.O. Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 ttatum@idahoDower.com U.S. Mail Hand Delivered overnight Mail Telecopy (F-ax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Overnight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Elcctronic Mail (Email) trntrtrX ntrx ntrX trnX trtrX IIPA BRIEF ltt,:'I REATMENT OIr !lXlSt lNG ON-SITE GENER{TION CUSTOMERS- Pagc,t CASE NO, IP(].F].]8.I5 Diane M. Flanian, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission P.O. Box 83720 I 133 I W. Chinden Blvd. Building 8, Suite 201-A Boise, ID 83714 diane.holt@puc. idaho. gov Anthony Yankel Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. 12700 Lake Avenuc, Unit 2505 Lakewood, Oll44107 tonv@yankel.net Abigail R. Germaine Deputy City Attomey Boise City Attorney's OIIice 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, Idaho 83701 -0500 asermaine(a)ciwofboise.org U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Overnight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) Preston N. Carter Givens Pursley LLP 601 West Bannock Street Boise, Idaho 83702 prestoncarter@sivensDursley.com trtrx trntrnx U.S. Mail Hand Dclivcrcd ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Dlectronic Mail (Email) kendrahl@ei venspursley.com U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) trtrx U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) Zack Waterman and Mike Hcckler Idaho Sierra Club 503 W l.'ranklin St. Boise, Idaho 83702 ntrX U.S. Mail Hand Delivered ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email)zack.r,"'aterman ierraclub.ors michael.p.heckler@email.com Kelsey Jae Nunez Kelsey Jae Nuncz LLC 920 N Clover Dr. Boise, Idaho 83703 kelsev@kelsevi aenunez.com utrX trntrnX U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Blcctronic Mail (Email) C Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices Po Box 2900 Boise, ID 83701 tom.arkoosh@.arkoosh. com U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) erin.cecil@arkoosh.com lll'A BRIEF Rli: I IiUATMENT OF EXIS'I lNG ON-Sl'l'E GENL,RATION CUSTOMERS - Prge 5 (i^st-t N(}. II,C-l.t-l 8-t 5 Renjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th St. Boise. Idaho 83702 botto@idahoconsen ation.ore Russell Schiermeier 29393 Davis Road Bruneau, Idaho {13604 bur"hav@email.com David Bender Earthjustice 3916 Nakoma Rd Madison, WI 53711 dbender@earthi ustice.org F Diego Rivas NW Energy Coalition 1 101 8th Avc Helena. MT 59601 di \VE ntrx trtrx U.S. Mail Iland Delivered Ovcmight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovcmight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Eleotronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail IIand Delivered Overnight Mail 'l'etecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) ti.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronio Mail (Email) trtrx trtrx nnnnx trnx Austin Reschhoff Thorvald A Nelson Holland & Hart LLP 555 7th St Sre 3200 Denver, CO 80202 darueschho ft'@hollandhaxt. com tnel son@hollandhart.com IIPA BRIEF RE: TREATMENT OI. tXIS't'lNC ON-SITE GENERATION CUSTOMCRS - l'ase 6 CASE NO. IPC-E-I8-I5 Ted Weston RocLa Mountain Power 1407 WN'l'cmple Ste 330 Salt Lake ciry, tJT 84116 ted.weston@pacifi coro.com Yvonne R I Iogle Rocky Mountain Power 1407 WN Tcmple Ste 320 salt t,ake City, t.iT 84116 Yvonne.hoele@pacifi com.com Briana Kobor Vote Solar 358 S 700 E Stc 8206 Salt Lake Ciry, Ljl'84102 briana@votesolar.org Jim Swier Micron Technolory Inc 8000 S Federal Way Boise, ID 83707 iswier@micron.com Dr. Don Reading 6070 Ilill Road Boise, lD 83703 dreadine@mindsDring.com trtrX trtrtrnx U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Dclivcrcd Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) tslectronic Mail ([.mail) nnX trtrx trtrx U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Lmail) U.S. Mail Hand Delivered Ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) U.S. Mail Hand Dclivcred ovemight Mail Telecopy (Fax) Electronic Mail (Email) Eric L. Olscn Echo Hawk & Olsen llPA BRIEF RE: TRIATMENT OF EXISTING ON-SITE GENERATION CUSTOMERS - Psge 7 CASI.]NO. IPC.L.I8.I5 Peter J Richardson Richardson Adams PLLC 515 N 27th Street PO Box 721 8 Boise, ID 83702 Deter@richardsonadams.com Electronic Service Only dockets@idahoporver.com Electronic Service Only Al Luna aluna@earthiustice.ore Nick Thorpe nthorpe@earthiustice.ore frgu^- trfl