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Home My WebLink About20181121Petition to Intervene.pdfC. Tom Arkoosh, ISB No. 2253 ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES 802 W. Bannock Street, Suite LP 103 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, ID 83701 Telephone: (208) 343-5105 Facsimile: (208) 343-5456 IiICEIVED Z. (Dx C) :ii* iiilT 2l PH 3: 32 0 Email: tom.arkoosh sh.cor-r'r Admin copy: erin.cecil@arkoosh.com Attorneys for IdaHydro BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY TO STUDY FIXED COSTS OF PROVIDING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS Case No. IPC-E-18-16 IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE COMES NOW the Idaho Hydroelectric Power Producers Trust, an Idaho Trust, dibla IdaHydro ("IdaHydro"), by and through its counsel of record, C. Tom Arkoosh of Arkoosh Law Offices, and pursuant to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01 .071-073, hereby petitions the Commission for leave to intervene herein and to appear and participate herein as a party, and as grounds therefore states as follows: 1. The name and address of the intervenor is: IdaHydro clo C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 802 W. Bannock Street, Suite LP 103 P.O. Box 2900 Boise, ID 83701 Telephone: (208)343-5105 Facsimile: (208) 343-5456 Email: tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.corn With an email copy to: erin.cecil@arkoosh.com Copies of all pleadings, production requests, production responses, Commission orders and other documents should be provided as noted above. ) ) ) ) ) ) IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page I 2. This Intervenor, IdaHydro is a confederacy of Idaho small hydroelectric producers joined in a trust for mutual benefit, consisting of approximately 80 MW of capacity produced by 28 small hydroelectric plants. All its members currently sell electric power and energy to Idaho Power pursuant to multiple contracts, and have the potential to sell additional electric power and energy at other possible cogeneration and small power production locations in Idaho. IdaHydro members all have Surrogate Avoided Resource pricing and Schedule 72 operation and maintenance. Therefore, IdaHydro claims a direct and substantial interest in this proceeding in that the prices it receives for electrical sales and costs it pays to Idaho Power may be affected by the outcome of this proceeding. 3. IdaHydro intends to participate herein as a party and, if necessary, to introduce evidence, cross-examine witnesses, call and examine witnesses, and be heard in argument. The nature and quality of evidence which this Intervenor will introduce is dependent upon the nature and effect ofother evidence in this proceeding. 4. Without the opportunity to intervene herein, this Intervenor would be without any means of participation in this proceeding, which may have a material impact on the prices it receives for electric sales and costs it pays to Idaho Power. WHEREFORE, IdaHydro respectfully requests that this Commission grant its Petition to Intervene in these proceedings and to appear and participate in all matters as may be necessary and appropriate and to fully participate in these proceedings. DATED tt i, -daay of November, 2018. ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES C. Tom Arkoosh Attorney for IdaHydro IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 2 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on tne ff aay of November, 2018, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document(s) upon the following person(s), in the manner indicated: Original and 7 copies to Diane Hanian Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington Boise, ID 83702 Copies to: Sean Costello Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W . Washington Boise, lD 83702 Lisa D. Nordstrom Regulatory Dockets Idaho Power Company PO Box 70 Boise, lD 83707 Tim Tatum Idaho Power Company PO Box 70 Boise, ID 83707 Matthew A. Nykiel Idaho Conservation League 102 South Euchd,#207 P.O. Box 2308 Sandpoint, ID 83864 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier X Hand Delivered Via Facsimile X E-mail diane.hanian@puc. idaho. gov X x X U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail sean. costel lo@puc. idaho. gov U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail COlTI dockets@i dahopou,er. corn U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail ttatum@idahopower.com X U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail Mnykiel@idahoconservation.org IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 3 Anthony Yankel U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. _ Overnight Courier 12700 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505 Hand Delivered Lakewood, OH 44107 Via Facsimile X E-mail tony@)'ankel.net Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6th Street Boise, ID 83702 Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Ave. Ste. 100 P.O. Box 6119 Pocatello,ID 83205 Preston N. Carter Deborah E. Nelson Attorney for Auric Solar, LLC Attorney for Idaho Clean Energy Association 601 W. Bannock St. Boise, ID 83702 Elias Bishop Auric Solar, LLC 2310 South 1300 West west valley city, uT 84119 David Bender Vote Solar Earthjustice 3916 Nakoma Road Madison, WI 5371I Briana Kobor Vote Solar 986 Princeston Avenue S Salt Lake City, UT 84105 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail botto@idahoconservation.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail elo@echohawk.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail prestoncarler@ givenspursley.com den@ givenspursle)r.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail el ias. bi shop(a)auric so 1ar. coln U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail dbender@earthj ustice. org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail briana@voteso lar.org x \a X X \a x IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE -Page 4 City of Boise Abigail R. Germaine Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney's Office 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise, ID 83701-0500 Sierra Club Kelsey Jae Nunez Kelsey Jae Nunez LLC 920 N. Clover Drive Boise, ID 83703 Tom Beach Crossborder Energy 2560 9th Street, Suite 2134 Berkeley, CA947l0 Zack Waterman Director, Idaho Sierra Club 503 W. Franklin St. Boise, ID 83702 Michael Heckler 3606 N. Prospect Way Garden City, ID 83714 Snake River Alliance NW Energy Coalition John R. Hammond, Jr. FISHER PUSCH LLP l0l s. capitol Blvd., Suite 701 P.O. Box 1308 Boise, ID 83701 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail agermaine@cityofboise. org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail kelsey@kelseyi aenunez.con-r U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail tom@crossborderenergy. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail zack U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail Michael.p. heckler@,emai l. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail i rh@flsherpusch. com snakeriveral I iance. or x \a X X x IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 5 dieso@nwenergy.org Intermountain Wind and Solar, LLC Ryan B. Frazier Brian W. Burnett KIRTON McCONKIE 50 E. South Temple, Suite 400 P.O. Box 45120 Salt Lake city, uT 841l l Doug Shipley Intermountain Wind and Solar, LLC 1953 West 2425 South Wood Cross, UT 84087 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail rfrazier@kmclaw.com bburnett@kmclaw.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail do uq(@ imwi ndan d so I ar. c o m dale@imwindandsolar.com x x C. Tom Arkoosh IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 6