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June 19, 2020
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Diane Hanian, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
Re: Case No. IPC-E-20-26
ln the Matter of ldaho Power Company's Application for Authority to Morliff
Schedule 84's Metering Requirement and to Grandfather Existing Customers with
Two Meters.
Dear Ms. Hanian:
Attached for electronic filing in the above matter is ldaho Power Company's
Application in the above matter. Also attached for filing is the Direct Testimony of Connie G.
Aschenbrenner. ln lieu of a disc, attached is a Word version of the testimony for the Reporter.
lf you have any questions about the enclosed documenE, please do not hesitate to
contiact me.
Very truly yours,
X*!-7/"*t..*,
Lisa D, Nordstrom
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Enclosures
LISA D. NORDSTROM (lSB No. 5733)
ldaho Power Company
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
I no rd st rom @ idah o powe r. com
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITTES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO MODIFY SCHEDULE
84's METERING REQUIREMENT AND TO
GRANDFATHER EXISTING CUSTOMERS
WITH TWO METERS.
CASE NO. |PC-E-20-26
APPLICATION
ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Power" or "Company"), in accordance with tdaho
Code SS 61-502 ,61-622, RP 052 and 123, respectfully requests the ldaho Public Utilities
Commission ("Commission") authorize the Company to modify the metering requirement
under Schedule 84, Customer Energy Production Net Metering Service ("schedule 84")
to be effective on December 1, 2020, or another date as ordered by the Commission
("Effective Date"). The requested modification would remove the two-meter requirement
for new Schedule 84 customers that begin taking service under Schedule 84 on or after
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APPLICATION - 1
the Effective Date. The Company further requests that, simultaneous with the
implementation of the single-meter requirement, the Commission grandfather existing
customers and applicants with two-meter systems under the current one-for-one net
metering billing construct provided for in Schedule M, for a period of no more than 10
years.
I. BACKGROUND
1. ldaho Power is an ldaho corporation whose principal place of business is
1221West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho 83702.
2. ldaho Power is a public utility supplying retail electric service to more than
570,000 customers in southern ldaho and eastern Oregon. ldaho Power is subject to the
jurisdiction of this Commission in ldaho and to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility
Commission of Oregon. ldaho Power is also subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal
Energy Regu latory Commission.
3. Schedule 84 is an optional service offered by the Company for customers
intending to operate their own generation facilities with a capacity up to 100 kilowatts
("kW') to offset a portion or alltheir energy usage. Net metering customers may transfer
excess electricity to the Company from customer-owned generation facilities.
4. ldaho Power's Schedule 84 has allowed commercial, industrial, and
irrigation ("Cl&l') customers to connect a generating resource they own or operate to the
Company's system to offset all or part of their electric consumption since September
2002.1 Although residentialand smallgeneralservice ('R&SGS') net metering customers
utilize a single utility meter to net both consumption and excess generation, Cl&l net
1 ln the Matter of the Application of ldaho Power Company for Amendments fo Schedule 84- Net
Metering, Case No. IPC-E-O2-M, Order No. 29024 (August 21,2002).
APPLICATION - 2
meterang customers were required to install a second meter to measure the energy
provided by the customer's generating facility. This metering configuration allowed Cl&l
customers to offset any energy charges with the production from their on-site generation
system and enabled collection of demand and basic load capacity charges based on the
customer's gross demand, measured independent of the on-site generation.
5. !n 2016, the Commission approved a modification in Advice No. 16-05 to
allow the second meter to be installed, at the Company's discretion, either adjacent to or
on the customer's side of the point of delivery. Because the existing two-meter
requirement was cost-prohibitive in some cases, the Company proposed this change to
reduce the barriers to participation for primary service-level customers who desire to
i nstall on-site generation.
6. ln Case No. IPC-E-18-15, the Commission defined grandfathered systems
as existing Schedule 6 and Schedule 8 customers under the rules in place as of
December 20,2019. The Commission further ordered four criteria that would apply for
grandfathering by system: (1) a customer who moves into a property with a grandfathered
on-site generation system will "inherit" the grandfathered status of the system, (2) if a
system is offline for longer than six months, or is moved to another site, the grandfathered
system is forfeited, (3) to allow for the replacement of degraded or broken panels, the
customer may increase the capacity of the grandfathered system by no more than 10
percent of the originally installed nameplate capacity or 1 kW, whichever is greater, and
(4) grandfathered status terminates December 20,2045.2
2 ln the Matter of the Petition of ldaho Power Company to Study fhe Costs, Benefits, and Compensation
of Net Excess Eneryy Supplied by Customer On-Srte Genention, Case No. IPC-E-18-15, Order Nos.
34509 (December 20,2019) and 34546 (February 4,2020\.
APPLICATION - 3
ll. SCHEDULE 8'[ GROWTH
7. As of May 31 ,2020, participation in Schedule 84 included 165 service points
with 6.96 MW of installed generation capacity and an additiona! 175 service points with
14.85 MW of pending generation capacity, for a total potentialfor 340 service points with
21.82 MW of Schedule &4 generation capacity.
8. From 2015 through 2019, Schedule 84 has experienced a 49 percent
compound annualgrowth rate ('CAGR') in installed generation capacity. From year+nd
2019 through the end of May 2020, there has been a257 percent increase in active and
pending Schedule 84 generation capacig.
9. Recent Schedule 84 growth continues to be primarily driven by the
irrigation class, which has experienced a 127 percent CAGR in installed generation
capacity from 2015 through 2019, with most of that growth occuning in the lasttwo years.
ln just the five months between year-end 2019 and the end of May 2A20, installed and
pending generation capacity in the irrigation class has grown 564 percent, from 2.47 nfiN
to 16.40 MW.
Idaho Schedule 84 (Irrigation OnIy)
Total- Nameplate Capacity
2075 - May 31, 2020
L21\CAGR 2.47 Wit
0.09 .13 MW 1.09 MW
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2018 2019
r Pending Capacity
2015 2016 2017
rCumulative Capacity
May 2020
YTD
1 3. 33 MW
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APPLICATION .4
III. MODIFICATIONS TO METERING REQUIREIIENT
10. ln support of this Application, ldaho Power has filed the Direct Testimony of
Rate Design Senior Manager Connie Aschenbrenner. Ms. Aschenbrenne/s testimony
details the Company's request for the Commission to modify the metering requirement
under Schedule 84 from a two-meter to a single-meter requirement for all new Schedule
84 customers as of the Effective Date.
11. Based on feedback received from customers, installers and stakeholders,
ldaho Power believes a single meter requirement will reduce incremental costs and
complexities resulting from the existing two-meter requirement. Further, modification of
the metering requirement and transition to a single-meter requirement will enable the
Company to holistically study the value of excess energy for all on-site generation in both
the R&SGS and C!&l customer classes. Finally, the Company believes the modification
in the metering requirement provides a reasonable distinction for the Commission to rely
on as a basis for grandfathering.
12. Attachment I to this Application is ldaho Power's proposed IPUC No. 29,
Tariff No. 101, in both clean and legislative formats, containing the revised tariff sheets
for providing retail electric service to Schedule 84 customers effective December 1, 2020,
or another date as ordered by the Commission.
IV. GRANDFATHER EXISTING CUSTOT,IERS WITH TWO METERS
13. The Company requests that the Commission issue an order establishing
existing Schedule 84 customers with two-meter interconnections be grandfathered for a
period of no more than 10 years pursuant to the current metering and billing provisions
contained in Schedule 84 as of the Effective Date. Under this proposal, all new single-
APPLICATION.5
metered systems would not be grandfathered, and therefore would be subject to any
future changes to the billing and compensation structure provided under Schedule 84, or
a successor tariff offering, ordered by the Commission.
14. As described in Ms. Aschenbrenne/s Direct Testimony, the Company
proposes defining an existing customer as a person or business who either has an approved
two-meter on-site generation system interconnected with ldaho Power's system before the
Effective Date or who has submitted an application to install a two-meter on-site generation
system as of the Effective Date ordered by the Commission. A customer that has applied
for the Company's net metering service before the Commission's ordered Effective Date
would be required to proceed to interconnec't their system within one year of their date of
application.3 Further, any customer that submitted an application after the service date of
this Application would be required to provide proof to the Company that a financial
investment in a two-meter system was made before the Commission's ordered Effective
Date.
15. ldaho Power proposes the following criteria apply to grandfathered systems
in Schedule 84: (1) a customer who moves into a proper$ with a grandfathered on-site
generation system "inherits" the grandfathered status of the system, (2) if a system is
offline for longer than six months, or is moved to another site, the grandfathered system
is forfeited, (3) to allow for the replacement of degraded or broken panels, for applications
received before May 1, 202U, the customer may increase the capacity of the
3 Schedule 72 provides that "applications that are not completed within one year of the initial Feasibility
Review are considered expired,'
4 As of May 1, 2020, solar on-site generation capacity has been evaluated in terms of the inverter size
(AC), not the panel size (DC), for the Feasibili$ review. Therefore, changes to panel size do not directly
impact the nameplate capacity of the inverter for systems evaluated on or after May 1,2020.
APPLICATION - 6
grandfathered system by no more than 10 percent of the originally installed nameplate
capacity or 1 kW, whichever is greater, (4) grandfathered status terminates 10 years from
the Commission Order date, and (5) a customer who modifies their system from a two-
meter interconnection to a single-meter interconnection will forfeit their grandfathering
status.
16. The Company also recommends that any Schedule 8 Small General
Service On-site Generation customer who was grandfathered by the Commission in
Order Nos. 34509 and 34546 would maintain grandfathering status as prescribed by the
Commission in those orders if they later exceed the energy requirements of Schedule 8
and are moved to Schedule 9 Large General Service and take service under Schedule
84.
17. lf an on-site generation customer taking service under Schedule 84
requests to expand their system on or after the Effective Date, the customer would have
two choices: (1) the existing grandfathered system would remain behind the second
customer generation meter, and the new system would be placed behind the load meter,
or (2) the existing and new systems could be combined, following the customer
generation rules in place at the time, and placed behind a single meter with the load.
V. COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICE OF PLEADINGS
18. ldaho Power will notify all Cl&l customers, regardless of whether they have
on-site generation installed, of the changes proposed to Schedule 84. Attachment 2 to
this Application contains a draft of the letter that will be sent to existing and pending
customers.
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19. The Company will also send bill inserts to allCl&l customers to make them
aware of the Company's proposal and the opportunity for public review. Attachment 3 to
the Application includes a copy of the bill insert that will be sent to customers with their
bills.
20. ldaho Power will notify the installer community through an email to the
distribution list for its periodic publication, the Customer Generation Newsletter. A copy
of the notification that will be sent to installers can be found in Attachment 4 to the
Application.
21. ldaho Power has also served a copy of this Application and Ms.
Aschenbrenne/s Direct Testimony on the parties of record in its previous Cl&l on-site
generation docket, Case No. IPC-E-19-15.
22. The Company has, concurrent with this filing, updated its website to notiff
potential customers of the proposal; the Company will maintrain a list of Frequently Asked
Questions ("FAQs') that will remain accessible to existing and potential customers, as
well as installers. The Gompany also intends to notiff Schedule &4 applicants and their
designated installerof the changes proposed in this Application when the Company sends
the application confi rmation email.
23. Communications and service of pleadings with reference to this Application
should be sent to the following:
Lisa D. Nordstrom
ldaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
lnordstrom@idahooower. com
dockets@idahopower. com
Connie G. Aschenbrenner
Timothy E. Tatum
ldaho Power Gompany
1221 West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
caschenbrenner@idahopower. com
ttatum@ id ahopower. com
APPLICATION .8
VI. REQUEST FOR RELIEF
24. As discussed in greater detail above and in Ms. Aschenbrenne/s Direct
Testimony, ldaho Power respectfully requests the Commission authorize the Company
to remove the two-meter requirement for new Schedule M customers that begin taking
service under Schedule 84 effective December 1,2020, or another date as ordered by
the Commission. The Company further requests that, simultaneous with the
implementation of the single-meter requirement, the Commission grandfather existing
customers and applicants with two-meter systems under the current one-for-one net
metering billing construct provided for in Schedule 84, for a period of no more than 10
years.
DATEO at Boise, ldaho, this 19th day of June 2020.
"(* !.7(^l.t^^,
LISA D. NORDSTROM
Attorney for Idaho Power Company
APPLICATION - 9
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-20-26
IDAHO POWER GOMPANY
ATTACHMENT 1
PROPOSED TARIFF
(clean and legislative formats)
ldaho Power Company Fifth Revised Sheet No, &4-1
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 84-1
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
AVAILABILITY
Service under this schedule is available throughout the Company's service territory within the State
of ldaho for Customers intending to operate Net Metering Systems to generate electricity to reduce all or
part of their monthly energy usage.
Effective June 1,2018, Schedule &4 is closed to service for ldaho residential and ldaho small
general service customers.
APPLICABILITY
Service under this schedule is applicable to any Customer that:
1. Does not take service under Schedule 4 or Schedule 5; and
2. Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility fueled by solar, wind, biomass, geothermal,
or hydropower, or represents fuel celltechnology; and
3. Maintains its retail electric service account for the loads served at the Point of Delivery
adjacent to the Generation lnterconnection Point as active and in good standing; and
4. Meets all requirements applicable to Net Metering Systems detailed in the Company's
Schedule 72 lnterconnections to Non-Utility Generation; and
5. Takes retail electric service under:
a. Schedule 1 or Schedule 7; and
Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility with a total nameplate capacity rating of 25
kilowatts (kW) or smaller that is interconnected to the Customer's individual elec'tric system on
the Customer's side of the Point of Delivery, thus all energy received and delivered by the
Company is through the Gompany's existing watt-hour retail meter.
b. Schedules other than Schedule 1. Schedule 4. Schedule 5. or Schedule 7; and
i. Two-Meter lnterconnection (Closed to new aoplicants effective December
1.2020\: Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility with a total nameplate capacity
rating of 100 kW or smaller that is interconnected at a Generation lnterconnection Point
that, at the Company's discretion, is located either adjacent to or on the Customeds side
of the Point of Delivery and is metered through a meter that is separate from the retail load
metering at the Customer's Point of Delivery. A separate meter from the existing retail
load metering at the Customer's Point of Delivery is not required if the Customer meets
the criteria below. The One Meter Option is available if:
1. The Generation Facility has a total nameplate capacity rating of 25
kW or smaller; and
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective - December 1,2020
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Afiairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Third Revised Sheet No. 84-2
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Second Revised Sheet No. &4-2
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
APPLICABI LITY (Continued)
2. The Generation Facility has a total nameplate capacity rating that
is no more than 2o/o of the Customer's Basic Load Capacity (BLC) or comparable
average maximum monthly Billing Demands.
ii. Sinqle'Meter lnterconnection (aoplicable to nen, aoolicants effective
December 1, 2020): Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility with a total nameplate
rating of 100 kW or smaller that is interconnected to the Customer's individual electric
system on the Customer's side of the Point of Delivery, thus all energy received and
delivered by the Company is through the Company's existing watt-hour retail meter.
DEFINITIONS
Basic Load Caoacitv (BLC) is the average of the two greatest non-zero monthly Billing Demands
established during the 12-month period wttich includes and ends with the cunent Billing Period.
Desiqnated Meter is the retail meter physically connected to the Net Metering System.
Excess Net Enerqv means the positive difference between the kilowatt-hours (kWh) generated
by a Customer and the kWh supplied by the Company over the applicable Billing Period.
Generation Facilitv means all equipment used to generate electric energy where the resulting
energy is either delivered to the Company via a single meter at the Point of Delivery or Generation
lnterconnection Point, or is consumed by the Customer.
Generation lnterconnection Point is the point where the conductors installed to allow receipt of the
Custome/s generation connect to the Company's facilities adjacent to the Customer's Point of Delivery.
lnterconnection Facilities are all facilities reasonably required by Prudent Electrical Practices and
the applicable electric and safety codes to interconnect and safely deliver energy from the Generation
Facility to the Point of Delivery or Generation lnterconnection Point.
Net Metefino Service is the Company's service that provides for transfer of electric energy to the
Company by means of a net metering arangement under the terms of Schedule 84 or its successor
schedule(s) as approved by the Commission. This optional service provides for Customers to install
Generation Facilities to interconnect to the Company's system to offset all or a portion of their electrical
usage. This service is comprised of all Customers taking service under Schedule 84.
Net Meterino System is a Customer-owned Generation Facili$ interconnected to the Company's
system under the applicable terms of Schedule 72 and Schedule 84.
Point of Deliverv is the retail metering point where the Company's and the Custome/s electrical
facilities are interconnected to allowthe Customer to take retail electric service from the Company.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective - December 1,2020
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Third Revised Sheet No. 84-3
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Second Revised Sheet No. &4-3
SCHEDULE 84
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
DEFI NITIONS (Continued)
Prudent Electrical Practices are those practices, methods and equipment that are commonly used
in prudent electrical engineering and operations to operate electric equipment lawfully and with safety,
dependability, efficiency and economy.
Schedule 72 is the Company's service schedule which provides for interconnection to non-utility
generation or its successor schedule(s) as approved by the Commission.
MONTHLY BILLING
The Customer shall be billed in accordance with the Customefs applicable standard service
schedule, including appropriate monthly charges.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASEAND SALE
The conditions listed below shall apply to all transactions under this schedule
1. Balances of generation and usage by the Customer:
a. lf electricity supplied by the Company during the Billing Period exceeds the
electricity generated by the Customer and delivered to the Company during the Billing Period, the
Customer shall be billed for the net electricity supplied by the Company at the Custome/s
standard schedule retail rate, in accordance with normal metering practices.
b. Effective at the beginning of each Custome/s January 2014 Billing Period, if
electricity generated by the Customer and delivered to the Company during the Billing Period
exceeds the electricity supplied by the Company during the Billing Period, the Excess Net Energy
shall be canied forward as a kWh credit to offset energy usage in a subsequent Billing Period.
Excess Net Energy credits are subject to the following provisions:
i. Credits can only be used to offset billed kWh consumption. Customers shall
be billed for all applicable non-energy charges for the Billing Period according to the
applicable standard seruice schedule.
ii. Credits shall carry forward provided the Customer maintains electric service
at the same Point of Delivery.
iii. Credits are non-transfenable in the event that a Customer relocates and/or
discontinues service at the Point of Delivery associated with the Net Metering System. Any
unused credits will expire at the time the final bill is prepared.
2. Aggregation of meters for the annual transfer of unused Excess Net Energy credits:
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective - December 1,2020
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Third Revised Sheet No. &4-4
Cancels
l.P.U.C. No. 29. Tarifi No. 101 Second Revised Sheet No. &4-4
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASEAND SALE (Continued)
a. lf a balance of Excess Net Energy credits exists at a Designated Meter at the end of
the Customer's December Billing Period the Customer may request to transfer the unused credits
to offset energy consumption at eligible meters. A meter is eligible for aggregation if it meets all of
the following criteria:
i. The account subject to ofiset is held by the Customer; and
ii. The meter is located on, or contiguous to, the propefi on which the
Designated Meter is located. For the purposes of this tariff, contiguous property includes
propefi that is separated from the Premises of the Designated Meter by public or railroad
rights of way; and
iii. The meter is serued by the same primary feeder as the Designated Meter at
the time the Customer files the application for the Net Metering System; and
iv. The electricity recorded by the meter is for the Custome/s requirements; and
v. For Customers taking service under Schedule 1 or Schedule 7, credits may
only be transferred to meters taking service under Schedule 1 or Schedule 7. For Customers
taking service under Schedule 9, Schedule 19, or Schedule 24, credits may only be
transfened to meters taking service under Schedule 9, Schedule 19, or Schedule 24.
b. Customers may submit requests to transfer Excess Net Energy credits betureen
January 1 and January 31 of each year. All requests must be received by ldaho Porrver by midnight,
Mountain Standard Time, on January 31. lf a Customer does not request to transfer Excess Net
Energy credits by the January 31 submission deadline Excess Net Energy credits will carry forward
to offset consumption at the Designated Meter until they become eligible for transfer on January 1
of the following year.
c. Requests to transfer Excess Net Energy credits must be executed by the Company
no later than March 31. Transfers will be based on the balance of Excess Net Energy credits
available at the time the transfer is made.
d. lf multiple meters are eligible for aggregation, Excess Net Energy credits must first
be applied to the Designated Meter, then to eligible meters on the same rate schedule as the
Designated Meter. Remaining Excess Net Energy credits may then be applied to offset
consumption at eligible meters on differing rate schedules in accordance with Section 2a(v) above.
e. A meter aggregation fee of $10.00 will be assessed per aggregated meter per
annual transfer transaction.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective - December 1,202O
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E, Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company First Revised Sheet No. &4-5
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 OrioinalSheet No. 84-5
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
3. The Customer shall never deliver or attempt to deliver energy to the Company's system
when the Company's system serving the Custome/s Generation Facility is de-energized for any reason.
4. The Company shall not be liable directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to allow
an attachment of a Net Metering System to the Company's system, or for the acts or omissions of the
Customer that cause loss or injury, including death, to any third party.
5. The Customer is responsible for all costs associated with the Generation Facility and
lnterconnection Facilities. The Customer is also responsible for all costs associated with any Company
additions, modifications, or upgrades to any Company facilities that the Company determines are
necessary as a result of the installation of the Generation Facility in order to maintain a safe, reliable
electrical system.
6. The Company shall not be obligated to accept, and the Company may require the
Customer to curtail, interrupt or reduce deliveries of energy if the Company, consistent with Prudent
Electrical Practices, determines that curtailment, intenuption or reduction is necessary because of line
construction or maintenance requirements, emergencies, or other critical operating conditions on its
system.
7. lf the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of
electricity to its customers, the Company may require the Customer to curtail its consumption of electricity
in the same manner and to the same degree as other Customers on the Company's standard service
schedules.
8. The Customer shall grant to the Company all access to all Company equipment and
facilities including adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Customer for the purpose
of installation, operation, maintenance, replacement or any other service required of said equipment as
well as all necessary access for inspection, switching and any other operational requirements of the
Customer's lnterconnection Facilities.
9. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately if a Net Metering System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent removal or disablement for the purposes of this schedule
is any removal or disablement of a Net Metering System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed systems will be removed from service under this schedule and placed on the
appropriate standard service schedule.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective - December 1,202O
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Porrrer Company F€u*SElth Revised Sheet No. 84-1
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Thir4Fourth Revised Sheet No. 84-1
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
AVAILABILITY
Seruice under this schedule is available throughout the Company's service territory within the State
of ldaho for Customers intending to operate Net Metering Systems to generate electricity to reduce all or
part of their monthly energy usage.
Effective June 1, 2018, Schedule 84 is closed to service for ldaho residential and ldaho small
general service customers.
APPLICABILITY
Service under this schedule is applicable to any Customer that:
1. Does not take service under Schedule 4 or Schedule 5; and
2. Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility fueled by solar, wind, biomass, geothermal,
or hydropower, or represents fuel cell technology; and
3. Maintains its retail electric service account for the loads served at the Point of Delivery
adjacent to the Generation lnterconnection Point as active and in good standing; and
4. Meets all requirements applicable to Net Metering Systems detailed in the Compant's
Schedule 72 lnterconnections to Non-Utility Generation; and
5. Takes retailelectric service under
a. Schedule 1 or Schedule 7; and
Owns and/or operates a Generation Facility with a total nameplate capacity rating of 25
kilowatts (kW) or smaller that is interconnected to the Custorne/s individual electric system on
the Custome/s side of the Point of Delivery, thus all ene€y received and delivered by the
Company is through the Company's existing watt-hour retailmeter.
b. Schedules other than Schedule 1. Schedule 4. Schedule 5. or Schedule 7; and
i. Two-Meter lnterconnection (Closed to new apolicants effective December
1, 2020): Orns and/or operates a Generation Facility with a total nameplate capacity
rating of 100 kVV or smaller that is interconnected at a Generation lnterconnection Point
that, at the Company's discretion, is located either adjacent to or on the Custome/s side
of the Point of Delivery and is metered through a meter that is separate from the retail load
metering at the Customer's Point of Delivery. A separate meter from the existing retail
load metering at the Custome/s Point of Delivery is not required if the Customer meets
the criteria below. The One Meter Option is available if:
i1. The Generation Facility has a total nameplate capacity rating of 25
kW or smaller; and
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€4O46
Effective - J€ne-Decembel'|, MM
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Porer Company Seeen+I'nircLRevised Sheet No. 842
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|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 FirslSecond Revised Sheet No. 84-2
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
APPLICABILITY (Continued)
Z. The Generation Facilig has a total nameplate capacity rating that
is no more than 27o of the Customer's Basic Load Capacity (BLC) or comparable
average maximum monthly Billing Demands.
ii. Sinole-Meter lnterconnection (apolicable to new aoplicants effective
December 1. 2020): Owns and/or ooerates a Generation Facilitv with a total nameplate
ratino of 100 kW or smaller that is interconnected to the Customer's individual electric
svstem on the Customer's side of the Point of Deliyerv. thus all enerqv received and
delivered bv the Comoanv is throuqh the Comoanv's existino watt-hour retail meter.
DEFINITIONS
Basic Load Gaoacitv (BLC) is the aveage of the two greatest non-zoro monthly Billing Demands
established during the 12-month period wtrich indudes and ends wtth the current Billing Period.
Desionated Meter is the retail meter physically connected to the Net Metering System
Excess Net Enerov means the positive difference betrveen the kilowatt-hours (kWh) generated
by a Customer and the kWh supplied by the Company over the applicable Billing Period.
Generation Facility means all equipment used to generate elec'tric energy where the resulting
energy is either delivered to the Company via a single rpter at the Point of Elelivery or Generation
lnterconnection Point, or is consumed by the Customer.
Generation lnterconnection Point is the point where the conductors installed to allow receipt of the
Custome/s generation connect to the Company's facilities adjaent to the Customer's Point of Delivery.
lnterconnection Facilities are allfaciliUes reasonably requircd by Prudent Electrical Practices and
the applicable electric and safety codes to interconnect and safely deliver energy ftom the Generation
Facility to the Point of Delivery or Generation lnterconnection Point.
Net Meterino Service is the Company's service that provides for transfer of electric energy to the
Company by means of a net metering arrangement under the terms of Schedule 84 or ils sucoessor
schedule(s) as approved by the Commission. This optional service provides for Customers to install
Generation Facilities to interconnect to the Company's system to oftset all or a portion of their electrical
usage. This service is comprised of all Customerc taking seruice under Schedule &4.
Net Meterino Svstem is a Customer-owned Generation Facility interconnected to the Company's
system under the applicable terms of Schedule 72 and Schedule &4.
Point of Deliverv is the retail rnetering point where the Company's and the Custome/s electrical
facilities are interconnected to allor the Customer to take retail electric service from the Company.
IDAHO lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
lssued per Order No.€2935 , Vice President, Regulatory AffairsEffective-lanuaryAgggrnbell,wM. 1221 WestldahoStreet, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Ponver Company Seeen+Inirc!-Revised Sheet No. &4-3
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l.P.U.C. No. ?9. Tariff No. 101 FirS*Second Revised Sheet No. 84-3
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
DEFI NITIONS (Continued)
Prudent Electrical Practices are those practices, methods and equipment that are commonly used
in prudent electrical engineering and operations to operate electric equipment lawfully and with safety,
dependability, efficiency and economy.
Schedule 72 is the Company's service schedule which provides for interconnection to non-utili$
generation or its successor schedule(s) as approved by the Commission
MONTHLY BILLING
The Customer shall be billed in accordance with the CustomeCs applicable standard service
schedule, including appropriate monthly charges.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE
The conditions listed below shall apply to all transactions under this schedule.
1. Balances of generation and usage by the Customer:
a. lf electricity supplied by the Company during the Billing Period exceeds the
electricity generated by the Customer and delivered to the Company during the Billing Period, the
Customer shall be billed for the net electricity supplied by the Company at the Customer's
standard schedule retail rate, in accordance with normal metering practices.
b. Effective at the beginning of each Custome/s January 2014 Billing Period, if
electricity generated by the Customer and delivercd to the Company during the Billing Period
exceeds the electricity supplied by the Company during the Billing Period, the Excess Net Energy
shall be canbd forward as a kWh credit to ofEet energy usage in a subsequent Billing Period.
Excess Net Energy credits are subject to the following provisions:
i. Credits can only be used to offset billed kWh consumption. Customers shall
be billed for all applicable non-energy charges for the Billing Period according to the
applicable standard service schedule.
ii. Credits shallcarryfonrard provided the Customer maintains electric service
at the same Point of Delivery.
iii. Credits are non-transferrable in the event that a Customer relocates and/or
discontinues service at the Point of Delivery associated with the Net Metering System. Any
unused credits will expire at the time the final bill is prepared.
2. Aggregation of meters for the annual transfer of unused Excess Net Energy credits:
IDAHO lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
|lssuedperorderNo'€2925,VicePresident,RegulatoryAffairs| =ffective - JanusqAQgceqp."ell, 30{429e0 1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Seeen+Inirr!_Revised Sheet No. 844
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|.P.U.C. No. 29. Taffi No. 101 Fi+sFSecond Revised Sheet No. 84-4
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
a. lf a balance of Excess Net Energy credits exists at a Designated Meter at the end of
the Customer's December Billing Period the Customer may request to transfer the unused credits
to offset energy consumption at eligible meters. A meter is eligible for aggregation if it meets all of
the following criteria:
i. The account subject to offset is held by the Customer; and
ii. The meter is located on, or contiguous to, the properg on which the
Designated Meter is located. For the purposes of this tariff, contiguous propefi includes
propelty that is separated from the Premises of the Designated Meter by public or railroad
rights of way; and
iii. The meter is served by the same primary feeder as the Designated Meter at
the time the Customer files the application for the Net Metering System; and
iv. The electricity recorded by the meter is for the Custome/s requirements; and
v. For Customers taking service under Schedule 1 or Schedule 7, credits may
only be transfened to meters taking seruice under Schedule 1 or Schedule 7. For Customers
taking service under Schedule 9, Schedule 19, or Schedule 24, credits may only be
transferred to meters taking service under Schedule 9, Schedule 19, or Schedule 24.
b. Customers may submit requests to transfer Excess Net Energy credits between
January 1 and January 31 of each year. All requests must be reeeirred by ldaho Power by midnight,
Mountain Standard Time, on January 31. lf a Customer does not request to transfer Excess Net
Energy credits by the January 31 submission deadline Excess Net Energy credits will carry fonrvard
to offset consumption at the Designated Meter until they become eligible for transfer on January 1
of the following year.
c. Requests to transfer Excess Net Energy credits must be executed by the Company
no later than March 31. Transfers will be based on the balance of Excess Net Energy credits
available at the time the tansfer is made.
d. lf multiple meters are eligible for aggregation, Excess Net Energy credits must first
be applied to the Designated Meter, then to eligible meters on the same rate schedule as the
Designated Meter. Remaining Excess Net Energy credits may then be applied to offset
consumption at eligible meters on differing rate schedules in accordance with Section 2a(v) above.
e. A meter aggregation fee of $10.00 will be assessed per aggregated meter per
annual transfer transaction.
IDAHO tssued by TDAHO POWER COMPANY
I tssued per Order No.€3935 AregoeAAffiardflmolhy-E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory AffairsI Effective - Janua+Dece!0bel1, W4M. 1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company
|.P.U.C. No 29. Tariff No. 1O'l
First Revised Sheet No. B4-5
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OrioinalSheet No.84-5
SCHEDULE 84
CUSTOMER ENERGY PRODUCTION
NET METERING SERVICE
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
3. The Customer shall never deliver or attempt to deliver energy to the Company's system
when the Company's system serving the Customer's Generation Facility is de-energizedfor any reason.
4. The Company shall not be liable directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to allow
an attachment of a Net Metering System to the Company's system, or for the acts or omissions of the
Customer that cause loss or injury, including death, to any third party.
5. The Customer is responsible for all costs associated with the Generation Facility and
lnterconnection Facilities. The Customer is also responsible for all costs associated with any Company
additions, modifications, or upgrades to any Company facilities that the Company determines are
necessary as a result of the installation of the Generation Facility in order to maintain a safe, reliable
electrical system.
6. The Company shall not be obligated to accept, and the Company may require the
Customer to curtail, interrupt or reduce deliveries of energy if the Company, consistent with Prudent
Electrical Practices, determines that curtailment, interruption or reduction is necessary because of line
construction or maintenance requirements, emergencies, or other critical operating conditions on its
system.
7. lf the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of
electricity to its customers, the Company may require the Customer to curtail its consumption of electricity
in the same manner and to the same degree as other Customers on the Company's standard service
schedules.
8. The Customer shall grant to the Company all access to all Company equipment and
facilities including adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Customer for the purpose
of installation, operation, maintenance, replacement or any other seruice required of said equipment as
well as all necessary access for inspection, switching and any other operational requirements of the
Custome/s I nterconnection Facilities.
9. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately if a Net Metering System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent removal or disablement for the purposes of this schedule
is any removal or disablement of a Net Metering System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed systems will be removed from service under this schedule and placed on the
appropriate standard service schedule.
IDAHO lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANYlssuedperorderNo.33935,VicePresident,RegulatoryAffairsEffective-"tanua*aeeeEbell,*14M. 1221 WestldahoStreet, Boise, ldaho
BEFORE TIiIE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.MMISSION
CASE NO. 1PG.E.20.26
IDAHO POWERCOMPANY
ATTACHMTENT 2
GUSTOTTflER LETTER
3Effi*,
An roAcoRp company
Date
Name
Address
City, State Zip
Subject: Customer Generation Update
DCaT NAME:
As a valued customer with an investment in renewable energ'y, we want to keep you informed of a request
made by ldaho Power to 1) grandfather your system under the current compensation structure, and 2) move
to a single-meter system for new on-site generation customers.
On June 19,2O2O,ldaho Power submitted a request to the ldaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) asking for
these two changes to Schedule 84 (Customer Energy Production Net Metering Service). lf approved by the
IPUC, these changes would apply to large commercial (i.e., large general servicef, industrial and irrigation
(Cl&l) customers with net metering service under Schedule 84.
We recognize the investment customers like you have made when purchasing a renewable energy generation
system, so we've asked the IPUC to grandfather existing Cl&l on-site generation customers for 10 years under
the current compensation structure. We also requested to grandfather customers who have applied to
connect a new customer generation system but have not yet completed interconnection.
V 1. As a current on-site generation customer, you would be grandfathered if this proposal is approved.
V 2. As a customer with an active on-site generation application, you would be grandfathered if this proposal is
approved and if you complete the two-meter design interconnection process before the application
expiration date.
ldaho Power also asked the IPUC to modify the metering requirement in Schedule 84 for new Cl&l customers.
The requested modification would remove the two-meter requirement for new (non-grandfathered)
Schedule 84 customers, which will simplify the interconnection process moving forward.
Grandfathered customers would remain interconnected under the two-meter design.
V2: lf you would prefer to interconnect your system with the proposed single-meter standard, we have
requested an effective date of December t,2O2O, or as othenrrise ordered by the IPUC. Single-meter
interconnections would not be eligible for grandfathering.
We wlll keep you updated on the IPUC's decision regarding these tu,o requests as well as any future proposed
changes. ldaho Power, along with other stakeholders, will continue to evaluate on-site generation and may
propose additional changes in future filings. ldaho Power supports clean energy and customer choice. We
remain committed to providing all customers with reliable energy at affordable prices.
For more lnformation, please visit our webslte at idahopower,com/customergeneratlon or contact our
customer solutlons advlsors at 1€00632-6605. We appreclate the opportunlty to serve you.
Slncerely,
:JhaiathtaL
Theresa Drake
Senlor Manager, Customer Relatlons and Energy Efficiency
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIG UTILITIES COMMISSION
cAsE NO. IPC-E-20-26
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ATTAG!{MENT 3
BILL INS.ERT
lnlgation Grstomers
Considering On-slte Generation
ldaho Porver is requesting changes to its net metering
seMce that, if approrcd, will affect commercial, industrial and
irrigation (fthedule 84) customers with solar and other on-site
generation systems. ldaho Pcnrcr's proposal, which has been
filed with the ldaho Public Utilities Commlsion (PUC) asks to:. Grandfather existing customers under the oJnent
compensation structure, We are also requesting b
grandfathercustomers who have applied to connect
a nevv customer geneation system.
. Modrfy metering requirements for future customers who
install on-site generation, including solar. The modification
vrould rerro/e the tvro-meur requirement for nerar
Sdreduh 84 orstomers, simplifying the interonnectbn
process modng foraard. Grandfathered custcmers \ /ould
remain interconnecEd under *re h/vlmeter design.
Our proposal is under consirJeration by the IPUC.
For more information on the case, visit puc.idaho.gov
and refurence Case No. IPC-E-20-26.
lf you are thinking about installing on-site
geneEtioG visit our website or oontact
our Customer Solutions Aclvlsorc at
I-8(X)-632-ffiO5.
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tsEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIG UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-20.26
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ATTAGHTIIIENT 4
INSTALLER EMAIL NOTICE
KEffi*,
An IDACORP Companv
Date
To: lnstaller Email
CC: Customer Generation
Subject: Customer Generation Update
Hello,
We are writlng to keep the installer community informed of a request made by ldaho Power to 1) grandfather
all existing Schedule 84 systems under the current compensation structure, and 2) move to a single-meter
system for new Schedule 84 on-site generation customers.
On June L9,2O2O,ldaho Power submitted a request to the ldaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) asking for
these two changes to Schedule &4 (Customer Energy Production Net Metering Service). lf approved by the
IPUC, these changes would apply to large commercial (i.e., large general service), industrial and irrigation
(Cl&l) customers with net metering service under Schedule 84.
We recognize the investment customers made when purchasing a renewable energy generation system, so
we've asked the IPUC to grandfather existing C!&l on-site generation customers for 10 years under the current
compensation structure. lf this proposat is approved, the following Cl&l customers would be eligible for
grandfathering:
o Customers currently taking service under Schedule 84 as of December L,2020; orr Customers with an active application to take service under Schedule 84 as of June L9,2020,
that complete the interconnection process by the application expiration date; oro Customers who make a binding financial commitment and submit a customer generation application
after June t9,2020, and before December L,2020. Projects must complete the interconnection
process by the application expiration date, and proof of financial commltment will be required.
ldaho Power also asked the IPUC to modify the metering requirement in Schedule 84 for new
(non-grandfathered) Cl&l customers. The requested modification would remove the two-meter requirement
for new Schedule 84 customers, which will simplify the interconnection process moving fonrvard. The proposed
effectlve date for the single-meter standard is December L,2O2O. Grandfathered customers would remain
interconnected under the two-meter design.
We will keep you updated on the IPUCs decision regarding these requests as well as any future proposed
changes. ldaho Power, along with other stakeholders, will continue to evaluate on-site generation and may
propose additional changes ln future filings. ldaho Power supports clean energy and customer choice. We
remain committed to providing all customers with reliable energy at affordable prices.
For more information, please vlslt our webslte at idahopower.om/customergeneratlon or contact our
Customer Generation Team at 208-388-2559.
Sincerely,
.kuaaa)uu
Theresa Drake
Senlor Manager, Customer Relations and Energy Efficiency
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 19th day of June 2020 I served a true and conect
copy of the within and foregoing APPLICATION upon the following named parties by the
method indicated below, and addressed to the following:
Commission Staff
Edward Jewell
Deputy Attomey General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 West Chinden Blvd., Building 8
Suite 201-A
Boise, ldaho 83714
ldaho lrrigation Pumper: Association, lnc.
Eric L. Olsen
ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC
505 Pershing Avenue, Suite 100
P.O. Box 6119
Pocatello, ldaho 83205
Anthony Yankel
12700 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Idaho Conseryation League and Vote Solar
Benjamin J. Otto
ldaho Conservation League
710 North 6h Street
Boise, ldaho 83702
Vote Solar
Briana Kobor
Vote Solar
358 South 700 East, Suite 8206
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
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Holland & Hart, LLP
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Boise, ldaho 83707
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6070 Hill Road
Boise, ldaho 83703
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