20200925Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDT]M
TO COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMNISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER AIIDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMNIISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:MATT HUNTER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25,2020
SUBJECT:IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY'SAPPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO REVISE THE ENERGY EF'F'ICIENCY RIDE& TARIFF
SCHEDULE 91; CASE NO. IPC-E-20-33
On August 2l,2020,Idaho Power Company ("Company") applied to the Commission
for approval to increase the collectionpercentage of the Enerry EfficiencyRider ("Rider"), tariff
Schedule 9l .
THE APPLICATION
The Rider was created by the Commission in Order No. 29026 to fund demand-side
management ("DSM") programs, and is set as a percentage of the Company'sbase rate revenues.
See OrderNo.34345. The Company proposes the Riderpercentage be increasedfrom2.T 5 percent
to 3.10 percent. Application at 1 . The Company explains that this percentage change is intended
to closely match the Company's request in Case No. IPC-E-20-32 "to remove the revenue
requirement associated with the Boardman coal-fired plant scheduledto cease operations at the
endof 2020." Id. at3.
If the Company's Application is approved as filed, the Company's current billd
revenue would increase by $3.7 million (0.31 percent). Id. at 5. The Company notes that the
average residential customer using 950 kilowatts per month would see approximately a $0.29
increase in their monthly bill. Id.If the Company's concurrent application in Case No. IPC-E-20-
32 (to remove the revenue requirement associatedwith Boardman) is also approved as filed, the
combined impact of the two cases would be a net decrease of $314922 in billed revenue-a 0.03
percent reduction. Id. at 6. The combined impact of Commission approval of the Application in
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this case and Case No. IPC-E-20-32 would be a $0.02 decrease in the average residential
customer' s monthly bill. I d.
The Company requests its Application be processed underModified Procedure, and
proposes the Rider percentage change take effect January 1,2021. Id. at6-7 .
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Commission Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and
Notice of Intervention Deadline, setting aZl -day deadline for interestedpersons to intervene.
COM1VIISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issueaNotice ofApplicationandNotice of Intervention
Deadline, setting a2l-day deadline for interestedpersons to intervene?
Matt Hunter
Deputy Attomey General
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