20200724Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER AI\DERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:EDWARD JEWELL
DEPUTY ATTORI\EY GENERAL
DATE: JULY 22,2020
SUBJECT:IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPAI\Y'S APPLICATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO MODIFY SCHEDULE 84'S METERING
REQUIREMENT AND TO GRANDFATHER EXISTING CUSTOMERS
WITH TWO METERS; CASE NO. IPC-E-20-26.
On June 19,2020,ldaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company") filed an
Application requesting authorization to remove the two-meter requirement for new Schedule 84
customers and to grandfather existing customers with two-meter systems under the current I : I
monthly netting for l0 years.
On July 17, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 34728.
APPLICATION AI\D NOTICE
It has come to Staff s attention that there is a discrepancy between the Company's
proposed definition of an existing customer and what was stated in the Notice of Application.
The Company's Application states,
As described in Ms. Aschenbrenner'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 Idaho 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 interconnect their
system within one year of their date of application. Further, any
customer that submitted an application after the service date of this
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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.
Application at 6
The Notice states,
[T]he 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) 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.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue an Amended Notice of Application that
amends the cited provision as follows:
[T]he Company proposes to define existing customers as any
customer who: l) has interconnected a two-meter on-site
generation system to the Company's system prior to December l,
2020, or; 2) has submitted an application to interconnect a two-
meter on-site generation system to the Company's system prior to
December 1,2020 and who proceeds to successfully interconnect
to the Company's system within one year of their date of
application. e+3) Further. any customer that applies after June 19.
2020. must ea'n demonstrate a financial commitment for a two-
meter system prior to December l, 2020 and +vhe-preeeeds.+e
successfully interconnect within one year. See Application at 6.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an Amended Notice of Application?
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