20200717Notice_of_Applicaton_Order_No_34728.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
ORDER NO. 34728 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
July 17, 2020
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

On June 19, 2020, Idaho Power Company (“Idaho Power” or “Company”) filed an
Application requesting Commission authorization to: 1) replace the present two-meter requirement
in Schedule 84 with a single-meter requirement as of December 1, 2020, and; 2) make customers
who sign up for Schedule 84 on or after December 1, 2020 subject to any future Commission-
approved changes to the Schedule 84 billing methodology and compensation structure, and; 3)
grandfather customers who have applied to take service under Schedule 84 before December 1,
2020 to the present terms in Schedule 84 for 10 years.
The Commission now issues this Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline setting an intervention deadline for interested persons to intervene and obtain all rights
of a party to the case.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company proposes to change the two-meter
requirement in Schedule 84 to a single-meter requirement as of December 1, 2020. Application at
1-2.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company requests the Commission
grandfather existing customers under present terms of Schedule 84 for 10 years. Application at 5.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes to define existing
customers as any customer who: 1) has interconnected a two-meter on-site generation system to
the Company’s system prior to December 1, 2020, or; 2) has submitted an application to
interconnect a two-meter on-site generation to the Company’s system prior to December 1, 2020
and who proceeds to successfully interconnect to the Company’s system within one year, or; 3)
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
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can demonstrate a financial commitment for a two-meter system prior to December 1, 2020 and
who proceeds to successfully interconnect within one year. See Application at 6.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes that customers who
take service under Schedule 84 on or after the effective date would be subject to any future changes
to the billing and compensation structure under Schedule 84. See Application at 5-6.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company further proposes that: 1) the
grandfathered status stay with the system at the meter location site, and; 2) if the system is offline
for longer than six months or is moved to a different meter site the grandfathered status is forfeited,
and; 3) applications received before May 1, 2020 be allowed to increase the capacity of the
grandfathered system by no more than 10% of the originally installed nameplate capacity, or 1
kW, whichever is greater, and; 4) a customer who modifies their system from a two-meter
interconnection to a single-meter interconnection would forfeit the grandfathered status of the
system. See Application at 6-7.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes customers on Schedule
8 who were grandfathered by Commission Order Nos. 34509 and 34546 in IPC-E-18-15 would
maintain grandfathering status as prescribed by the Commission in those orders if those customers
later exceed the energy requirements of Schedule 8 and are moved to Schedule 9 and Schedule 84.
Application at 7.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes that if a customer
chooses to expand their system after the effective date, the customer would have the option to
either: 1) place the new system behind the load meter and keep the existing grandfathered system
behind the second customer generation meter, or 2) combine the existing and new system and take
service subject to the rules in place at the time and place the system behind a single meter with the
load. Id.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application is available for public
inspection during regular business hours at the Commission’s office. These documents are also
available on the Commission’s web site at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Electric” icon, then
select “Open Cases” and click on the case number as shown on the front of this document.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held
pursuant to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code and specifically Idaho
Code §§ 61-502 and 61-503.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who wish to intervene in this matter to
obtain the rights of party (e.g., to file formal discovery, or present evidence or cross-examine
witnesses at a hearing) must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission under the
Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and .073. Persons who wish
to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than twenty-one days
following the service date of this Notice. Such persons shall also provide the Commission
Secretary with their electronic mail address to facilitate further communications.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who would like to present their views
without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination are not required to intervene but may
present their views by submitting written comments to the Commission.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice
of Parties after the deadline for intervention has passed. The Notice of Parties shall assign exhibit
numbers to each party in this proceeding.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that once the Notice of Parties is issued,
Commission Staff will informally confer with the parties to discuss a schedule to process this case
and other issues as raised by the parties.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this case for the
purpose of obtaining parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the
Commission, pursuant to Rules 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.72-.73, within 21 days of the service date
of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Secretary issues a Notice of Parties, Staff
will informally confer with the parties to discuss the appropriate scheduling of this case.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties continue to comply with Order No. 34602,
issued March 17, 2020. All pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and shall
be deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service
between parties should also be accomplished electronically. Voluminous discovery-related
documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 17th
day of July, 2020.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER

ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Diane M. Hanian
Commission Secretary

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