20200814Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMNISSIONER KIELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMl\fl SSIONER ANDERSON
COMN{ISSION SECRETARY
COM]VtrSSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:EDWARD JEWELL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: AUGUST 14,2020
SI]BJECT:IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'S APPLICATION
TO ESTABLISH TARIFF SCHEDULE 68 - INTERCONNECTIONS TO
CUSTOMER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; CASE NO.
IPC-E-20-30.
On July 20, 2020,Idaho Power Company ("Idaho Power" or "Company") filed an
Application requesting authority to establish tariff Schedule 68, lnterconnections to Customer
Distributed Energy Resources ("Schedule 68"). The Company states its filing is intended to
comply with the Commission's directives in Order Nos. 34046 and 34147 from Case No. IPC-E-
17-13 related to smart inverter requirements and a non-export option. There, the Commission
directed the Company to file proposed smart inverter requirements with the Commission within
60 days of the final adoption of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ("IEEE")
standards 1547 and 1547.1, and to study implementation of a non-export option. Order Nos.
34046 at 31,34147 at 16.
STAFF RBCOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline setting a 2l -day intervention deadline.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline setting a 2l -day intervention deadline?
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Deputy General
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