20210514Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: MATT HUNTER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 13, 2021

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
A DETERMINATION ACKNOWLEDGING ITS NORTH VALMY POWER
PLANT EXIT DATE; CASE NO. IPC-E-21-12

On April 30, 2021, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied for Commission
acknowledgment that its exit date from the North Valmy Power Plant (“Valmy”) Unit 2 is
appropriate based on currently available information.
THE APPLICATION
In its Application, the Company describes the history of the Company’s efforts to end
its participation in the operation of Valmy Units 1 and 2. Application at 3-4. To determine the
appropriate timing of the Valmy Unit 2 exit, the Company asserts it “conducted focused system
reliability and economic analyses….” Id. at 5. The Company concludes from these analyses that
the appropriate exit date from Valmy Unit 2 is December 31, 2025. Id. at 9-10. The Company asks
that the Commission acknowledge that the Company’s exit date from Valmy Unit 2 is appropriate
based on the information currently available. Id. Finally, the Company requests the Commission
process this case by Modified Procedure and issue a final order by September 29, 2021. Id.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline setting a 21-day intervention period.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline setting a 21-day intervention period?

Matt Hunter
Deputy Attorney General

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