20220722Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: RILEY NEWTON, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DAYN HARDIE, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JULY 26, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO
ACQUIRE RESOURCES TO BE ONLINE BY 2023 TO SECURE
ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS; CASE
NO. IPC-E-22-13.

On April 29, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
for an order granting the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to acquire
120 megawatts of dispatchable energy storage necessary to meet the identified capacity deficiency
in 2023.
On May 25, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35417. Order No. 35417 directed Staff to confer with the parties
regarding the procedural schedule after the Notice of Parties issued.
The Commission granted intervention in this case to the Industrial Customers of Idaho
Power, Idaho Hydroelectric Power Producers Trust d/b/a IdaHydro, Micron Technology, Inc., and
Idaho Conservation League. Order Nos. 35407, 35413, and 35449.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
After conferring with the parties in this case, Staff recommends the Commission issue
a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing an August 30, 2022, public comment deadline and a
September 13, 2022, Company reply deadline.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and establish a
public comment deadline of August 30, 2022, and Company reply deadline of September 13,
2022?

Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General

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