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August 5,2021
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Jan Noriyuki, Secretary
ldaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg 8,
Suite 201-A (83714)
PO Box 83720
Boise, ldaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. IPC-E-21-25
ln the Matter of the Application of ldaho Power Company's Petition for
Approval of a Customer Surcharge and Modified Line Route Configuration
for Construction of a New 138 KV Transmission Line in the Wood River
Valley
Dear Ms. Noriyuki:
Enclosed for electronic filing, please find ldaho Power Company's Petition to
Approve Surcharge and Modified Line Route in the above matter.
Also please find the attached Direct Testimony of Ryan N. Adelman and Direct
Testimony of Timothy E. Tatum, filed in support of the Petition. Word versions of the
testimonies will be sent to your attention at a later date for the convenience of the Reporter.
Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you might have about this
filing
Very truly yours,
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Enclosures
Donovan E. Walker
DONOVAN E. WALKER (lSB No. 5921)
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
Telephone: [phone]
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Attorney for ldaho Power Company
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S PETITION
FOR APPROVAL OF A CUSTOMER
SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE
ROUTE CONFIGURATION FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 138 Iry
TRANSMISSION LINE IN THE WOOD
RIVER VALLEY
CASE NO. IPC-E-21-25
PETITION TO APPROVE
SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED
LINE ROUTE
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ln accordance with ldaho Code SS 61-501, 61-502, 61-503, 61-508, 61-526, 61-
527,61-528, 67-6528, as well as RP 53, and 1 12, ldaho Power Company ("ldaho Power"
or "Company') respectfully petitions the ldaho Public Utilities Commission ('|PUC" or
"Commission") for an order: (1) approving a proposed surcharge for ldaho Power
customers in Blaine County to pay for additional undergrounding of the previously
approved transmission line; (2) approving the modifications to the line route previously
approved by the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessig ("CPCN") in Order No.
33872: and (3) finding that the Commission's findings and directives from the CPCN,
Order No. 33872, as well as the order requested in this case, carries with it the express
authority over any action or order of other government agencies or local governments
that are in conflict with such orders of the Commission pursuant to ldaho Code S 67-6528.
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE. 1
Currently, the north portion of Blaine County ("North County" or "North Valley"),
including the cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley, is served by a single power source: ldaho
Power's Wood River-Elkhorn-Ketchum 138 kilovolt ("kV) transmission line ("Existing
Transmission Line"). The previously approved construction of a new 138 kV transmission
line and related facilities, which will provide redundant service from the Wood River
substation near Hailey into the Ketchum substation (referred to in this Petition as the
"Transmission Line"), would add an important second power source to the North County,
thereby providing fully redundant electrical service to the area.
\Mthout the new Transmission Line, a prolonged power outage on the Existing
Transmission Line could have a devastating impact on the North County, particularly
during extreme weather conditions, potentially jeopardizing essential services and public
safety and cause economic harm to the business community. !n addition to its reliability
benefits, the Transmission Line would also allow Idaho Power to de-energize the Existing
Transmission Line in order to make necessary repairs and upgrades to that line safely
and efficiently. All of these concerns form an important basis for the urgency expressed
in this Petition and in prior efforts, and the significant effort that the Company undertook
in working with interested parties to develop the solution described in this Petition.
The proposed modified line route and build configuration forthe Transmission Line,
along with the proposed surcharge mechanism described in this Petition, represents the
culmination of more than a decade of planning and collaboration with the residents of
Blaine County. Approval of the recommendations presented in this case will serve the
public interest and support ldaho Power's efforts to provide safe, reliable, and fair-priced
electric service to its customers.
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Accordingly, as stated above, ldaho Power respectfully petitions the Commission
for an order approving a proposed surcharge for ldaho Power customers in Blaine County
to pay for additional undergrounding of the previously approved Transmission Line. See,
Order No. 33872. ldaho Power provides herewith, as Attachment 1, the proposed
Schedule 96, BIaine County Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities
("Schedule 96"), which provides the surcharge amounts for Blaine County customers on
each applicable retail tariff schedule. ldaho Power also seeks issuance of an Accounting
Order to account for and match the surcharge revenues and the associated incremental
cost.
Additionally, ldaho Power petitions the Commission to authorize changes to the
line route and configuration that differ from the route and configuration approved in Order
No. 33872 for which the Commission previously granted a CPCN.
Lastly, ldaho Power requests that the Commission make express findings that its
directives to ldaho Power pursuant to the CPCN, and pursuant to the requests in this
Petition, to construct a second 138 kV transmission line as being necessary and in the
public interest in order to provide adequate and reliable electric service to the North Valley
and to promote public health, safety, and convenience, carries with it the express
authority over any action or order of other government agencies or local governments
that are in conflict with such orders of the Commission pursuantto ldaho Code S 67-6528.
ldaho Power files with this application the accompanying direct testimony of Ryan
Adelman, Vice President of Power Supply, regarding Idaho Power's local permitting
activities with BIaine County, as well as the proposed line route and configuration; and
the direct testimony of Timothy Tatum, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, regarding the
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proposed surcharge amounts and calculation methodology. ln support of the Petition,
ldaho Power represents as follows:
I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS AND BACKGROUND
A. The 2017 CPCN I
On September 15,2017, the Commission granted to ldaho Power a CPCN for the
Transmission Line "as requested in the Company's Application." Order No. 33872, p. 1.
The order was in response to Idaho Power's Application for a CPCN to make system
improvements and to secure adequate and reliable service to customers in the Wood
River Valley by constructing a new 138 kV transmission line and related facilities to
provide redundant service from the Wood River substation near Hailey into the Ketchum
substation in Sun Valley. ldaho Power sought the CPCN for a particular line route and
facilities identified in its Application and accompanying Testimony, and explained the
history of ldaho Power's efforts to obtain a permit for the Transmission Line, primarily the
important reliability and public safety-related rationale for the Transmission Line. Case
No. IPC-E-16-28. The Commission reviewed testimony and comments from numerous
intervening parties and members of the public. The Commission held public hearings
and conducted a technical hearing, during which direct testimony was entered into the
record and witnesses were made available for cross-examination by the parties.
ln its Order granting the CPCN, the Commission not only found that the new
Transmission Line was required to provide safe and reliable service to the North Valley,
1 The history of the Transmission Line substantially predates the 2017 CPCN. ldaho Power previously
held a CPCN issued in 1974 for the construction of a second 138 kV transmission line into the North
Valley. This CPCN was cancelled in 1995 in part because of public opposition, as well as inability to
identiff an acceptable route and inability of the localjurisdiction to fund undergrounding.
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but the Commission also approved the specific route configuration proposed by the
Company.
Given the record before us, we find that redundancy is needed
to provide adequate and reliable service to the North Valley
and promote public health, safety and convenience, and thus
grant the Company's requested CPCN authorizing
construction of a second transmission line. Further, we
approve the Company's requested route of overhead
transmission from the Wood River substation to the transition
point near Elkhorn Road, then underground transmission to
the Ketchum substation ... We find that the Company has
demonstrated that the overhead transmission option through
downtown Ketchum is not feasible, and that the preferred
route is overhead transmission to the Elkhorn Road transition
point, then underground transmission to the Ketchum
substation. That is the route for which we grant the CPCN.
Order No. 33872, p. 15.
The Commission also recognized the potential of the parties involved to continue
to work together, after issuance of its CPCN, to try and find "areas of common interest
and common ground, notwithstanding the outcome of this proceeding." ln its order, the
Commission stated:
The Commission appreciates the considerable time and
expense that the parties and participants, including local
governments, organizations, and citizens, dedicated to
providing testimony and comments. The submissions were
very well informed and thoughtful and have greatly aided our
understanding of the issues in this case. Likewise, we
appreciate the Company's efforts to involve the communities
in its decision-making processes and to keep the communities
informed through the CAC [Community Advisory Committee]
processes. We believe those processes were successful, as
demonstrated by the high-level of public involvement in this
case. We encourage all interested parties to continue to work
together on these issues, as there may still be opportunities
to find areas of common interest and common ground,
notwithstanding the outcome of this proceeding.
/d., p. 13.
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B. Communitv lnvolvement and Local Permittina Efforts
Previously, and prior to the CPCN proceedings at the IPUC, ldaho Power
submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit ('CUP') to the Blaine County
Commission following the development of the Wood River Electrical Plan. The County
Board ultimately denied this pre-CPCN CUP application. Subsequent to the issuance of
the CPCN, Idaho Power filed a new application for a CUP with the Blaine County
Commission, to seek out a mutually acceptable route configuration that was consistent
with the CPCN and acceptable to Blaine County, with the opportunity to mutually agree
to certain micro-siting of facilities, and for the County Board to request additional
undergrounding should it identiff a method to fund the additional incremental cost of such
undergrounding.
Over the years, ldaho Power has carried out extensive public involvement and
local permitting efforts relating to the transmission line project. Going back beyond 2007,
Idaho Power worked with local leaders and stakeholders in the development of the Wood
River Electrical Plan. ldaho Power conducted extensive local permitting efforts with the
Blaine County Commission both prior and subsequent to the IPUC's issuance of the
CPCN. \l/l.rile the permitting efforts initiated prior to the CPCN ended in a denial of the
requested CUP to construct the line by the County Board, the additional permitting efforts
initiated post-CPCN, although lengthy, have resulted in this Petition evidencing
agreement between ldaho Power and the Blaine County Commission upon a line route
configuration, as well as a surcharge mechanism to allow ldaho Power's customers in
Blaine County to fund the incremental cost of additional undergrounding.
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i. Wood River Electrical Plan and Backuo Power Studv
ldaho Power's current efforts to construct the Transmission Line began in 2007
with the formation of a Community Advisory Committee ('CAC'), which developed the
Wood River Electrical Plan ("WREP'), a comprehensive plan for future transmission
facilities in the Wood River Valley. Through work beginning in 2007 and including periodic
updates in future years, the WREP has emphasized the need for a second transmission
source to the North Valley, which would be fulfilled by the Transmission Line. ldaho
Power's November 8, 2016, Application and supporting Testimony to the IPUC in the
CPCN proceeding2 provides a more detailed description of the WREP process and its
support for the Transmission Line.
Also considered as part of the IPUC's CPCN case and proceedings was an
examination of alternative backup power sources for the Wood River Valley. ln addition
to the WREP planning process, ldaho Power also worked with the WREP CAC, the Wood
River Renewable Energy Working Group, and the Ketchum Energy Advisory Committee
to review other potential energy sources to provide backup power for the North County.
Based on this review, Idaho Power produced a report entitled "Northern Wood River
Valfey-Local Backup Electrical Supply Report" in October 2015, as further updated in
November 2016 ("Backup Power Report"). The ldaho National Laboratory (which has
more than 1,000 megawatts of hybrid power, solar, and wind energy systems deployed
at Department of Defense and industry/utility sites around the world) provided
independent technical review and feedback for the Backup Power Report.
2 IPUC Case No. IPC-E-16-28.
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The Backup Power Report analyzed dieselgeneration, naturalgas generation, and
solar generation as potential backup power sources, after determining that wind
generation, geothermal generation, and biomass generation were not viable alternatives
for the Wood River Valley. The installation costs and the annual maintenance costs,
respectively, for the three backup energy sources analyzed in the Backup Power Report
would be significantly higher than the installation and annual maintenance costs for the
Transmission Line. The alternative backup power cost comparisons to the estimated $30
million Transmission Line are as follows: Diesel Engine ($57 million tota! installation
cosU$1 million annual operations and maintenance), Gas Turbine ($t01 million/$0.455
million) and PV plus Battery Storage ($92+ million/$3.45 million).ln 2020,ldaho Power
reevaluated the alternative technologies in the Backup Power Report using current
pricing, but found that the Transmission Line remains the most cost-effective solution for
the North County by a large margin.
ii. Pre-CPCN. Blaine Countv Conditional Use Permit. 201t1-2017
Following ldaho Power's WREP process, the Company filed a CUP application for
the Transmission Line on April 23, 2014, with the Blaine County Planning and Zoning
Commission ("P&2" or "P&Z Commission"). The initial P&Z proceedings focused on
potential alternate backup power sources as discussed above, with participation by
several groups including the Wood River Renewable Energy Working Group and the
Ketchum Energy Advisory Committee. After completing the Backup Power Report, ldaho
Power filed an amended CUP application for the Transmission Line with the P&Z on
September 9, 2016. As provided in that application, the Transmission Line would be
located overhead from the Wood River Substation to Buttercup Road, where it would
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continue overhead north along Buttercup Road and Highway 75 to a point where the
Transmission Line would transition underground at either Elkhorn Road (Option 1) or the
southern end of Hospital Drive (Option 2). The additional Transmission Line
undergrounding between Elkhorn Road and South Hospital Drive under Option 2 would
be paid for by a Local lmprovement District ('LID') north of East Fork Road or other
financing options.
The P&Z Commission held public hearings on ldaho Power's CUP application on
October 13, November 10, and December 1,2016, and on January 5,2017, and also
held a public workshop on the Transmission Line project on October 20,2016. (The IPUC
issued its final order granting the CPCN on September 15, 2017.) During the public
hearings, the P&Z Commission requested that ldaho Power divide the Transmission Line
south of Elkhorn Road into five segments, for a more in-depth analysis of the routing and
undergrounding options within each segment, including undergrounding costs.
The P&Z Commission issued its Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and
Decision on ldaho Power's CUP application on March 1 ,2017 , denying the application by
a 4-1 vote, The P&Z Commission based its denial on two primary concerns: (1) the
installation of taller poles along Buttercup Road and Highway 75, where the Transmission
Line would be combined with the existing distribution line, and (2) the installation of the
overhead Transmission Line between St. Luke's Hospital and Elkhorn Road, where there
is currently no overhead primary distribution Iine. The Decision from the P&Z on March 1,
2017, states:
Even where a distribution line exists today, a new
transmission line [would] be higher and wider than the existing
distribution line. A new transmission line will be higher up to
15 feet and about six inches wider. See the Plan & Profile
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Drawings in the application materials. Based on a great deal
of written and verbal public comments, changes of this nature
are substantial enough to impact the open, relatively rural
character and the property values from Buttercup at West
Meadow to the hospital.
\A/here an existing distribution line does not exist along
Hospital Dr. and then along either the highway or the bike path
to the north from there, a new transmission line will not be
harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the existing
or intended character of this area. A new transmission line
would convert this from a riparian area north and south of the
river to more of an industrial-like area,
ldaho Power appealed the P&Z Decision to the County Board, and at its August 1,
2017, appeal hearing, the Blaine County Commission denied ldaho Power's appeal by a
2-1 vote, as set forth in its Decision and Order dated September 12,2017. In that Order,
the County Board agreed with the P&Z Commission's concerns regarding the visual
impact of the Transmission Line and also referenced Idaho Power's application to the
IPUC requesting authorization for the Transmission Line, stating:
The Board is cognizant of parallel proceedings before the
ldaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on the question of
whether a redundant transmission line is needed in this area.
Assuming that the PUC determines that a redundant
transmission line is needed to serve northern Blaine County,
IPC could obtain conditional approval from the County by
relocating and/or reducing the visual impact of the
transmission line, especially within the Highway 75 corridor.
iii. Post-CPCN, Blaine Countv Conditional Use Permit, 2017-2021
As summarized above, on September 15, 2017, following an extensive hearing
process, the IPUC approved ldaho Power's application for a CPCN. The CPCN confirms
that the Transmission Line is needed to provide adequate and reliable electric service to
the North Valley. The CPCN approves the Transmission Line routing and configuration
as proposed in ldaho Power's CPCN application (the "CPCN Route"). Under the CPCN
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Route, the Transmission Line would be located overhead from the Wood River Substation
to Buttercup Road and continue overhead north along Buttercup Road and Highway 75
to Elkhorn Road, where the Transmission Line would transition underground for
approximately two miles to the Elkhorn Substation. Along Buttercup Road and Highway
75, the overhead Transmission Line would be combined with the existing distribution line
in an "underbuilt" configuration. Underbuilt distribution is not under ground but rather hung
directly below the above-ground transmission.
On November 20, 2017, Idaho Power filed a new CUP application with the P&Z
Commission to construct the Transmission Line as authorized pursuant to the IPUC's
CPCN. ldaho Power's P&Z application was based on the CPCN Route, and ldaho Power
also worked with the P&Z Commission to identify: (1) any desired "micro-siting"
adjustments for the overhead Transmission Line within the CPCN Route, and (2) any
additional burials of the Transmission Line within the CPCN Route, which would be
funded by Blaine County.
ldaho Power had extensive engagement with the Blaine County Commission in
connection with its November 2017 CUP application. The Company presented its CUP
application materials in a joint workshop with the P&Z Commission and the County Board
on February 8, 2018, and collaborated in two joint mediation sessions with the P&Z
Commission and County Board on June 11 and September 6, 2018. The P&Z
Commission also held a Iengthy public hearing process for ldaho Power's CUP
application, with meetings held on November 13, 15, and 27 and December 6, 2018.
During the P&Z Commission's public meetings, ldaho Power and the P&Z
conducted an extensive analysis of micro-siting options and potential additional burials of
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the Transmission Line, based on the five Transmission Line segments previously
identified by the P&Z Commission. ldaho Power provided plan and profile drawings
showing the proposed pole locations for each of the approximately 180 poles for the
CPCN route. ldaho Power and the P&Z Commission reviewed each pole location and
made micro-siting adjustments for a number of pole locations along the length of the
Transmission Line route. ldaho Power also provided a "placemat" drawing of the CPCN
Route, showing the estimated cost of burying the new Transmission Line and existing
distribution line in each of the five Transmission Line segments reviewed by the P&Z
Commission. (This "placemat" can be found in Adelman Direct Testimony, Exhibit No.
1.)
Based on its extensive review of the Transmission Line with ldaho Power, the P&Z
Commission approved ldaho Power's CUP application for the Transmission Line by
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision dated January 15,2019. The P&Z
Commission Decision did not approve a specific route for the Transmission Line. !nstead,
it provided a prioritized series of seven undergrounding options for the Transmission Line
and existing distribution lines for the County Board to consider and select from. The P&Z
deferred to the County Board for this selection process because only the County Board
could commit Blaine County to fund the various Transmission Line buria! options.
iv. Appeal to the Blaine Countv Commission
Several parties appealed the P&Z Commission's January 15, 2019, Decision
approving the Transmission Line CUP to the County Board. The County Board issued its
Decision on Appeal on June 4,2019, which affirmed the P&Z Commission's CUP grant,
with the condition that "the entire transmission line be undergrounded from the Wood
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River Substation north to the City of Ketchum." However, the Decision on Appeal also
recognized that it could be difficult to secure the required funding to bury the entire
Transmission Line, and left open the possible consideration of "an overhead transmission
line in this area" after funding discussions are "fully exhausted"
It is within that review that the Board must find that the only
condition of approval that would allow it to make positive
findings at this time is to underground the entire line from the
Wood River Substation to the traffic Iight at the intersection of
Elkhorn Road and Highway 75. Undergrounding the
redundant transmission line allows for positive findings on
compliance with the Comprehensive PIan, impacts on
neighboring uses, potential hazards and disturbances, and
permanent damage to areas of vital scenic importance. While
imposino such a condition will require difficult
discussions on the fundino altematives, the Board
believes that these fundina discussions should be fullv
exhausted before anv consideration of an overhead
transmission line in this area. Dependins upon the
results of these fundino orocesses, further consideration
and deliberation mav be necessarv to "continue to work
together on these issues, as there mav still be
opportunities to find areas of common interest and
common oround." Accordingly, the Board affirms the
Commission's decision with the modification that it require as
a condition of approval that the entire transmission line be
undergrounded from the Wood River Substation north to the
City of Ketchum.
County Board's June 2019 Decision on Appeal, p. 6 (emphasis added).
ln the months following its June 2019 Decision on Appeal, the Blaine County
Commission explored severa! potential funding options to pay for the incremental cost of
burying the entire Transmission Line from Elkhorn Road approximately 10 miles south to
the Wood River Substation. Based on ldaho Power's estimates, the incremental cost of
complete undergrounding would be approximately $38 million. As part of its efforts, the
Blaine County Commission sought an amendment to ldaho's LID statute for power line
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burials (ldaho Code Title 50 Chapter 25), which currently exempts five-acre or larger
parcels from LID assessments. The Blaine County Commission amendment would have
limited the five-acre exemption to agricultura! parcels only. However, this legislative effort
was not successful, and the County Board determined that the LID statute does not
provide a viable option for funding the full burial of the Transmission Line.
The Blaine County Commission also analyzed the possibility of funding the full
Transmission Line burial through the county levy override process. A two-year levy would
require simple majority voter approval but would sharply increase property taxes over the
two-year period to fund the $38 million Transmission Line burial. Conversely, a 30-year
Ievy would result in lower annual property tax increases butwould require two-thirds voter
approval, which the County Board does not consider feasible. ldaho counties also have
bonding authority to fund large capital improvements, but the County Board determined
that bonding would not be available to fund the Transmission Line buria! because the
Transmission Line would not be owned by Blaine County.
After determining that Blaine County has no realistic option for funding the full
Transmission Line burial, the County Board held public stakeholder meetings on
September 3, 10, and 21,2020, to explore alternate burial options for the Transmission
Line. ldaho Power participated in each stakeholder meeting and provided engineering
and financial information for the Transmission Line to assist with Blaine County's review.
The County Board reviewed several partial underground options for the Transmission
Line, including the underground options listed in the P&Z Commission's January 15,
2019, Decision approving the Transmission Line CUP.
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The County Board expressed interest in a partial undergrounding option that
would: 1) bury the Transmission Line an additional 1.1 miles south from Elkhorn Road to
South Hospital Drive, and 2) bury the existing distribution line for approximately 8 miles
along the planned Transmission Line route along Buttercup Road and Highway 75
("Distribution Line"). ldaho Power's cost estimate for this option is approximately $8.4
million: $2.7 million for the Transmission Line burial and $5.7 million for the Distribution
Line burial.
The County Board inquired about potential funding from ldaho Power franchise
fees within Blaine County to pay for the $8.4 million partial undergrounding option. ldaho
Power explained that it was willing to consider utilizing the 3 percent franchise fees from
Blaine County cities, as well as a potential 3 percent billing surcharge within
unincorporated Blaine County, to provide funding for the County Board's partial burial
options. However, the County Board indicated that it would be difficult for Blaine County
cities to divert their existing ldaho Power franchise fees for Transmission Line burials.
Consequently, the County Board requested that ldaho Power consider assessing a new
surcharge on all power bills within Blaine County, separate from existing franchise fee
assessments, to provide funding for the $8.4 million partial underground option.
Idaho Power reviewed the County Board's request for surcharge funding for the
$8.4 million partialunderground option. The Company determined that, based on its 2019
total revenues in Blaine County, a 3 percent surcharge on all Blaine County customer
power bills over a 20-year period would fund approximately $9.1 million of upfront burial
costs and financing cost over the collection period. ldaho Power stated that it would agree
to a surcharge proposal up to a maximum 3 percent, subject to IPUC approval, if the
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County Board requested the surcharge on behalf of Blaine County residents. ldaho
Power further stated that the surcharge would be assessed on a monthly flat fee basis.
Using Blaine County revenues lrom 2020 as a new baseline, the Company estimates
monthly fixed charges of $3.42 for Residential and Small General Service customers and
$14.36 for Non-Residential (large commercial, industria!, and irrigation) customers. The
surcharge calculation is detailed in Section ll and in the Direct Testimony of Timothy
Tatum.
The Blaine County Commission conducted a non-scientific public survey of Blaine
County residents in November 2020 to determine public support for Transmission Line
burial options and individua! cost assessments. The survey showed support for the $8.4
million undergrounding proposal funded by estimated fixed monthly charges, with 57
percent of respondents strongly supporting or somewhat supporting this option,
compared with 31 percent strongly opposing or somewhat opposing the option.
\Mile the County Board continued to review undergrounding options for the
Transmission Line project in the fall of 2020, as well as potential alternative energy
sources for Blaine County, Idaho Power advised the County Board in October 2020 that,
after further analysis, the Company would be able to extend the Transmission Line burial
further south a distance of 1.4 miles (an additional 0.3 miles from the prior option) from
Elkhorn Road to near Owl Rock Road, under ldaho Power's same estimated fixed
surcharge assessment per customer over an approximately 20-year period. The total
estimated incremental cost of this "Owl Rock Road Route" is $9.8 million, based on the
$5.7 million Distribution Line burial estimate, and a $4.1 million Transmission Line burial
estimate to Owl Rock Road.
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On December 22,2020,ldaho Power filed an application to the County Board for
CUP approva! of the Owl Rock Road Route funded by the surcharge. The County Board
held public hearings on ldaho Power's application on January 12 and February 9, 2021.
The County Board approved ldaho Power's application at the February 9,2021, public
hearing, finalized the Conditions of Approval at its February 9, 2021, meeting, and issued
its Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision on March 15,2021 ("Final CUP).
Under the Final CUP, the County Board modified the "all underground" condition for the
Transmission Line included in the County Board's initial June 4, 2019, CUP grant,
replacing that condition with the partial underground condition set forth in the Fina! CUP
for the Owl Rock Road Route. A copy of the Final CUP can be found in Adelman Direct
Testimony, Exhibit No. 2.3
v. Petition to this Commission forApproval of the Owl Rock Road Route and
Surcharoe
ldaho Power now files this Petition with the IPUC for approval of the Owl Rock
Road Route, and the ldaho Power surcharge assessments in Blaine County to pay for
the incrementa! undergrounding costs of the Owl Rock Road Route and associated
financing costs, as described in this Petition. ldaho Power seeks approval from the
Commission of modifications to the CPCN Route that include additional undergrounding
of the transmission line from the CPCN undergrounding point near Elkhorn Road, south
past the Hospital to a point near Owl Rock Road, which is approximately an additiona! 1.4
miles. The Transmission Line would include overhead construction from the Wood River
substation near Hailey to the underground transition point at Owl Rock Road.
3 On April 9,2021, a group of Blaine County residents filed a Petition for Judicial Review in Blaine
County District Court of the March 15,2021, Final CUP.
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Additionally, rather than place the existing distribution lines as under-build on the new
overhead transmission structures, the existing distribution lines along the route would be
buried. This will both reduce the height of the transmission poles and reduce the number
of lines in the air (the Transmission Line will have three energized wires while the existing
distribution line has between three and six energized wires and one neutral wire). The
additional incremental cost of burying the distribution lines, as well as the additional 1.4
miles of underground transmission, are to be funded by the surcharge mechanism. The
proposed Owl Rock Road Route can be found in Adelman Direct Testimony, Exhibit No.
3.
II. SURCHARGE
As introduced above, ldaho Power proposes a surcharge to ldaho Power's Blaine
County customers' bills to finance the incremental costs of undergrounding the above-
referenced sections of transmission and distribution lines of the Owl Rock Road Route
over an estimated 20-year period. Below, the Company offers background on the
development and proposed application of these surcharge amounts and estimated impact
on customer bills.
A. Backoround
!n connection with the County Board's three public stakeholder meetings held in
September 2020 referenced above, ldaho Power committed to evaluate an on-bill
financing option to cover the costs of undergrounding portions of the Transmission Line.
More specifically, Blaine County representatives asked ldaho Power to perform an
analysis that would approximate the level of funding that would be generated from a
surcharge equal to 3 to 5 percent of billed revenue for ldaho Power's Blaine County
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customers and to evaluate undergrounding options that could be funded by such a
surcharge, assuming a2}-year financing term.
ldaho Power is generally opposed to on-bill financing mechanisms to fund third-
party electric infrastructure requests beyond that which can be provided for through state-
authorized franchise fees. However, at the request of the BIaine County Commission and
given the unique circumstances here, ldaho Power agreed to consider a 3 percent
surcharge funding option among the other funding options being evaluated by the County
Board. As summarized above, the County Board considered levies, bonds, and LlDs as
possible underground funding options, even to the extent of seeking legislative
amendments to the LID process. Ultimately, the County Board determined that none of
these potentialfunding mechanisms were viable. Given the Blaine County Commission's
assessment of funding options and considering the specific narrow circumstances-the
siting of a transmission line through a scenic corridor, the lack of alternative funding
mechanisms, and the critical need for the line to maintain reliable service-ldaho Power
believes the use of a surcharge mechanism is acceptable in this instance.
B. Total Surcharse Methodoloqv
The proposed surcharge amounts are projected to provide sufficient funding to
fu!!y recover the estimated $9.8 million in incremental costs of the additional
undergrounding for the Owl Rock Road Route, including interest at the Company's
authorized rate of return. As compared to the original CPCN Route, the Owl Rock Road
Route is estimated to cost an additional $5.7 million to underground the eight miles of
existing distribution line along the Transmission Line route and an additional $4.1 million
to underground the additional 1.4 miles of the Transmission Line south of Elkhorn Road.
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The Company estimates a surcharge based on 3 percent of billed revenue in
Blaine County will collect approximately $1.1 million on a levelized basis annually at
current customer counts. The surcharge revenue forecasted over the 2O-year collection
period, discounted to its current present value at the Company's authorized rate of return
(adjusted for the impact of income taxes), is anticipated to fully recover the estimated $9.8
million of incremental undergrounding costs for the Owl Rock Road Route.
To provide rate transparency for impacted customers, ldaho Power requests the
Commission approve the proposed surcharges in this case based on the estimated
incremental project cost, to become effective on the first bill date of the month following
energization of the facilities (i.e., when the Transmission Line becomes "used and
useful"). Upon completion of the Transmission Line, ldaho Power will review the actual
total project construction cost for the Owl Rock Road Route as compared to the estimated
cost of the CPCN Route (the incremental cost) to ensure the approved surcharge rates
are sufficient to recover the incremental project cost over the desired 2O-year financing
term.
lf the incremental cost review suggests the approved rates should be modified to
provide for the intended cost recovery and financing term, ldaho Power will update the
surcharge amounts and file with the Commission for review and approval. Under either
scenario, ldaho Power proposes beginning collection from Blaine County customers
using the proposed amounts based on estimated cost, until such time the Commission
approves revised surcharge amounts. Additionally, because the actual incremental cost
of the project and changes in customer counts over time will impact actual revenue
collection, ldaho Power proposes that the surcharge rates remain effective untilthe actual
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE.20
incremental cost is fully recovered. This may be sooner or later that the 2}-year estimated
collection period based on changes in those variables.
As noted above, ldaho Power estimates the incremental cost of the additional Owl
Rock Road Route undergrounding to be $9.8 million: $5.7 million for the approximately 8
miles of new distribution line burials and $4.1 million for the additional 1.4 miles of
transmission line burials. However, these amounts are estimates and actual costs may
differ. As a practical matter, construction costs wil! be tracked as work is completed -
that is, the line will not be built in segments. As a result, Blaine County's costs will be
associated with the incremental amount over the CPCN-approved amount, as the Blaine
County project constitutes the difference in project design and associated cost.
Because ldaho Power will be managing the Transmission Line project on a total
project basis, as it does with other Iarge projects, the Company plans to calculate the
actua! cost of the additional Owl Rock Road Route burials as the difference between (1)
the total estimated project cost for the CPCN Route and (2) the total actua! project cost
of the Owl Rock Road Route. The difference between these two total project costs would
represent the incremental cost of the Owl Rock Road Route to be financed through the
surcharge.
The actual cost for the Owl Rock Road Route will be determined after completion
of the project. By contrast, the cost of the CPCN Route must be estimated, since the
CPCN Route will not actually be constructed. Idaho Power plans to calculate the
estimated cost of the CPCN Route when it receives final pre-construction pricing
information for the Owl Rock Road Route. This most current pricing information for the
Ow! Rock Road Route would provide the most accurate data for estimating the cost of
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE - 21
the CPCN Route, since both routes wil! include both overhead and underground
transmission construction.
As further background on CPCN Route cost estimates, ldaho Power prepared two
such estimates previously: a $30,333,902 cost estimate in 2016 and a $35,102,288 cost
estimate in 2019. The $30,333,902 cost estimate was included in ldaho Power's
November 8,2016, CPCN Application to the Commission in Case No. IPC-E-16-28 (see
"Transition Point 1" cost estimate from2016 Adelman Direct Testimony, Exhibit No. 7).
The $35,1 02,288 cost estimate was prepared by ldaho Power in 201 9 to calculate
the incremental cost Blaine County would have to pay to underground the entire
Transmission Line and can be found in Adelman Direct Testimony, Exhibit No. 4. This
increased cost estimate was based upon updated labor and materials costs from 2019
and certain modifications to the CPCN Route that were developed by ldaho Power and
the P&Z Commission when the P&Z Commission issued its conditional use permit for the
Transmission Line project in January 2019, as discussed above. These modifications to
the CPCN Route included slightly moving or "micro-siting" the overhead transmission line
pole locations to better accommodate adjacent improvements (such as bike trails, trees,
traffic lanes and residential subdivisions) and making certain electrical system upgrades
that could be more efficiently and economically installed as part of the overall
Transmission Line project (such as installing a new ring bus at the Wood River Substation
to enhance Iocal switching capacity).
To calculate the incremental cost assigned to Blaine County, ldaho Power will
identify the difference between the estimated total project cost for the CPCN Route and
the actual tota! project cost for the Owl Rock Road Route. The Company believes this is
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE - 22
the best approach, rather than trying to pinpoint the cost differences for the separate
different construction configurations of the routes. Reviewing the total costs of both routes
takes into account all cost differences between the routes, including overheads, labor,
materials and other construction costs. While ldaho Power has provided separate cost
estimates for the distribution line burials ($5.2 million) and additional underground
transmission line burials ($4.1 million) for the Ow! Rock Road Route, the final calculation
for the actual Owl Rock Road Route incrementa! cost would be the difference between
the total Ow! Rock Road Route actua! cost and the total CPCN Route estimated cost.
Upon project completion, ldaho Power will file its final determination of the incremental
project cost with the Commission for review and approval along with any necessary
changes to the surcharge, as previously noted.
The actual incremental cost will represent the "principal amount" to be repaid
through the surcharge assessments. Blaine County will have the option to prepay all or
part of the outstanding surcharge principal amount at any time. ln the case of partial
prepayments, the monthly surcharge assessments wil! remain the same, but the
allocation between principal and interest of the surcharge payments will be adjusted to
reflect Blaine County's principal prepayment, with a corresponding reduction in the
number of surcharge payments remaining under the surcharge repayment schedule.
C. Surcharse Amounts
To determine the surcharge amounts to be paid by Blaine County customers,
ldaho Power first assessed all potential options (e.9., fixed, variable, assessed based on
individual customer characteristics), and ultimately determined that a flat (or fixed)
monthly charge would be the most appropriate. As the name implies, a flat charge will
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE.23
be the same each month for each customer by customer category. The Company
considers this the most appropriate and reasonable type of charge because the costs of
undergrounding are not associated with energy use or demand. Further, Idaho Power
cannot assess a charge based on factors that the Company does not possess-for
example, customer property size/value or customer income level. Additionally, and
importantly, flat charges are non-bypassable, transparent, predictable, and easy to
understand by customers.
Next, the Company identified appropriate customer classes to which to apply the
surcharge. Idaho Power grouped BIaine County customers into two basic categories: 1)
Residential and Small Genera! Service, and 2) Non-Residential (including large
commercial, industrial, and irrigation).
Using 2020 customer bills and the estimated $9.8 million of incremental
undergrounding costs as the basis, customers in the Residentia! and Small General
Service category could expect a monthly flat charge of approximately $3.42 and
customers in the Non-Residential category could expect a monthly flat charge of
approximately $14.36. The methodology for calculating these amounts is detailed in the
Direct Testimony of Timothy Tatum.
D. Tariff Schedule
The proposed new Schedule 96 (Attachment 1) provides the estimated surcharge
amounts for customers on each applicable retai! tariff schedule. These schedules have
been appropriately modified to include a cross-reference to new Schedule 96 and the
legislative and clean versions are included as Attachment2lo this Petition.
E. Customer Notification
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ldaho Power has created a postcard that will be distributed to all customers
residing in Blaine County who would be impacted by the surcharge. The customer notice
provides a brief explanation describing the purpose of the proposed surcharge and
references the opportunity for public comment on the Company's Petition. The postcard
is included as Attachment 3 to this Petition.
III. ACCOUNTING ORDER AND TREATMENT
ldaho Power respectfully requests an Accounting Order that would authorize the
Company to depreciate the incremental capital costs over the Z}-year surcharge period
and match the annual depreciation expense with the actual annual principal payment of
the incremental capital so that the incremental costs are fully depreciated over the same
time period as the surcharge is collected and ensuring that ldaho Power's broader retail
customer base is held harmless from a revenue requirement perspective. The
incremental capital costs will be collected through the surcharge over the estimated 20-
year surcharge period. ln contrast, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles require
those costs to be depreciated overthe lives of the related assets, which, in the Company's
current approved depreciation rates, average more than 50 years. Without the proposed
Accounting Order, there would be a mismatch between the timing of surcharge revenues
and the related depreciation expenses.
Accounting for the incremental capital costs will follow the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission ("FERC") Uniform System of Accounts, with the costs recorded
in FERC Account 101, Utility Plant in Service, and the appropriate FERC plant accounts.
Depreciation will be recorded in FERC Account 403 - Depreciation Expenses and FERC
PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE - 25
Account 108 - Accumulated Depreciation. Surcharge revenue will be recorded in FERC
Account 400 - General Business Revenue.
The Company has calculated the rate base and revenue requirement impacts of
the incremental costs using the requested depreciation method to ensure that the
surcharge revenue fully covers the revenue requirement so that ldaho Power's broader
retail customer base is not negatively impacted.
IV. IPUC AUTHORIW
ln addition to the Commission's foundational authority to direct a public utility to
serve in the public interest pursuant to a CPCN, the ldaho Legislature has granted the
Commission the ultimate authority for determining whether the public interest,
convenience, and necessity requires the construction of certain facilities by expressly
providing that land use actions or orders of other government agencies or local
governments that are in conflict with an order of the Commission are null and void.
Chapter 65 of Title 67 of the ldaho Code addresses local land use planning. ldaho Code
S 67-6528 addresses the interaction of Commission Orders and land use planning actions
by other government agencies.
lf a public utility has been ordered or permitted by specific
order, pursuant to title 61, ldaho Code, to do or refrain from
doing an act by the public utilities commission, any action or
order of a government agency pursuant to titles 31, 50 or 67,
ldaho Code, in conflict with said public utilities commission
order, shall be insofar as it is in conflict, null and void if prior
to entering said order, the public utilities commission has
given the affected governmental agency an opportunity to
appear before or consult with the public utilities commission
with respect to such conflict.
ldaho Code S 67-6528, Applicability of Ordinances.
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ln this case, subsequent to the Commission's grant of a CPCN directing the
construction of a second 138 kV transmission line into the North Valley, Order No. 33872,
several parties took the position that the Commission's CPCN had no authority over
conflicting local land use decisions because the Commission did not make any specific
reference or findings as to the same in its order granting the CPCN. ldaho Power did not,
and does not, agree with this contention. However, so as to provide clarity to the parties,
and to provide for the most expedient path forward to constructing the Iong needed, and
much delayed transmission line into the North Valley, Idaho Power respectfully requests
that the Commission make specific findings in its Order in this matter that its directives to
ldaho Power pursuant to the CPCN, and pursuant to the requests in this Petition, to
construct a second 138 kV transmission line as being necessary and in the public interest
in order to provide adequate and reliable electric service to the North Valley and to
promote public health, safety and convenience, carries with it the express authority over
any action or order of other government agencies or loca! governments that are in conflict
with such orders of the Commission pursuant to Idaho Code S 67-6528.
V. MODIFIED PROCEDURE
ldaho Power believes that a hearing is not necessary to consider the issues
presented herein and respectfully requests that this Petition be processed under Modified
Procedure; i.e., by written submissions rather than by hearing. RP 201, ef seg. lf,
however, the Commission determines that a technical hearing is required, the Company
stands ready to present its testimony and fully participate therein.
VI. COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICE OF PLEADINGS
Communications and service of pleadings, exhibits, orders, and other documents
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relating to this proceeding should be sent to the following:
Donovan E. Walker
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
dwalker@ idahopower. com
dockets@ idahopower. com
Timothy E. Tatum
ldaho Power Company
1221West ldaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ldaho 83707
ttatum @ idahopower. com
VII. REQUEST FOR RELIEF
ldaho Power respectfully requests that the Commission issue an Order: (1)
approving the proposed surcharges, tariff schedule, and Accounting Order as presented
herewith; and (2) approving the Owl Rock Road Route modifications to the Iine route
previously approved by the CPCN, Order No. 33872, and (3) that the Commission's
findings and directives from the CPCN, Order No. 33872, as well as the order requested
in this case, carries with it the express authority over any action or order of other
government agencies or local governments that are in conflict with such orders of the
Commission pursuant to ldaho Code S 67-6528.
Respectfully submitted this Sth day of August, 2021.
M?dotq-
DONOVAN E. WALKER
Attorney for ldaho Power Company
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this Sth day of August, 2021,1 served a true and correct
copy of the within and foregoing PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND
MODIFIED LINE ROUTE upon the following named parties by the method indicated
below, and addressed to the following:
Blaine County Board of County
Commissioners
20161st Avenue South, Ste. 300
Hailey, !D 83333
Tim Graves, Chief Deputy Blaine County
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
2191st Avenue South, Suite 201
Hailey, lD 83333
Blaine County Land Use Department
c/o Tom Bergin
219 1st Avenue South, Suite 208
Hailey, ID 83333
Ronald \Mlliams
WILLIAMS BRADBURY
PO Box 388, (83701),
802 West Bannock Street, Ste., LP 100
Boise, ldaho 83702
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PETITION TO APPROVE SURCHARGE AND MODIFIED LINE ROUTE.29
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIG UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-21-25
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ATTACHMENT 1
PROPOSED SCHEDULE 96
ldaho Power Company
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Orioinal Sheet No. 96-1
SCHEDULE 96
BLAINE COUNTY SURCHARGE
TO FUND THE UNDERGROUNDING
OF CERTAIN FACILITIES
PURPOSE
The purpose of this schedule is to set forth the monthly surcharge to fund the incremental cost of
undergrounding certain transmission and distribution facilities at the request of Blaine County. The
monthly surcharge will be billed separately by the Company to its Customers within the corporate limits
of Blaine County.
APPL!CABILITY
This schedule is applicable to all Customers served under the Company's schedules listed below
within the corporate limits of BIaine County.
CHARGE
The applicable monthly surcharge will be applied to Customers' bills starting on the first bill date
of the month following energization of the facilities and will remain in effect throughout the payback period.
The payback period is assumed to be twenty (20) years. Any over- or under-collection relative to actual
incremental project costs may be addressed through surcharge modification and/or increases or
decreases to the payback period.
Schedule Descrintion
Residential Service
Master Metered Mobile Home Park
Residential - Time-of-Day Pilot Plan
Residential Service On-Site Generation
Small General Service
Small General Service On-Site Generation
Large General Service - Secondary
Large General Service - Primary
Large General Service - Transmission
Large Power Service - Secondary
Large Power Service - Primary
Large Power Service - Transmission
Agricultural lrrigation Service
Monthlv Surcharqe
$3.42
$3.42
$3.42
$3.42
$3.42
$3-42
$14.36
$14.36
$14.36
$14.36
$14.36
$14.36
$14.36
1
3
5
6
7I
9S
9P
9T
19S
19P
197
24
IDAHO
lssued per Order No._
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
GASE NO. IPC-E-21-25
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
ATTACHMENT 2
(Glean and Legislative Formats)
ldaho Power Company Seventeenth Revised Sheet No. 1-2
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 1-2
SCHEDULE 1
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
STANDARD PLAN
(Continued)
RESIDENTIAL SPACE HEATING
All space heating equipment to be served by the Company's system shall be single-phase
equipment approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, lnc., and the equipment and its installation shall
conform to all National, State and Municipal Codes and to the following:
!ndividual resistancetype units for space heating larger than 1,650 watts shall be designed to
operate at 240 or 208 volts, and no single unit shall be larger than 6 kW. Heating units of 2 kW or larger
shall be controlled by approved thermostatic devices. \ffhen a group of heating units, with a total capacity
of more than 6 kW, is to be actuated by a single thermostat, the controlling switch shall be so designed
that not more than 6 kW can be switched on or off at any one time. Supplementa! resistance-type heaters,
that may be used with a heat exchanger, shall comply with the specifications listed above for such units.
SUMMER AND NON.SUMMER SEASONS
The summer season begins on June 1 of each year and ends on August 31 of each year. The
non-summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
County Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Small Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month
Energy Charge, per kWh
First 800 kWh
801-2000 kwrr
AllAdditional kWh Over 2000
Summer
$5.00
8.50050
10.22140,
12.14240
Non-summer
$5.00
7.8984i,
8.70770
9.64370,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 3-2
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 3-2
SCHEDULE 3
MASTER.METERED MOBILE HOME PARK
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
County Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Small Farm Energy Credit):
Service Charge, per month $5.00
Energy Charge, per kWh
al! kWl 8.s5520
Minimum Charoe
The monthly Minimum Charge shall be the sum of the Service Charge, the Energy Charge, and
the Power Cost Adjustment.
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company
l.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101
Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 5-3
Cancels
Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 5-3
SCHEDULE 5
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
TIME-OF-DAY PILOT PLAN
(oPTroNAL)
(Continued)
TIME PERIODS (Continued)
Holidays are New Year's Day (January 1), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Independence
Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November),
and Christmas Day (December 25).ll New Year's Day, lndependence Day , or Christmas Day falls on
Saturday, the preceding Friday will be designated a holiday. lf New Year's Day, lndependence Day, or
Christmas Day fa!!s on Sunday, the following Monday will be designated a holiday.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
County Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities, and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Small Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month $5.00
Energy Charge, per k\A/h
Summer
Peak
Off-Peak
Non-summer
Peak
Off-Peak
12.66s60
7.26070,
9.34950
7.26070,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Fifth Revised Sheet No. 6-6
Cancels
!.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 6-6
SCHEDULE 6
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
ON.SITE GENERATION
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
9. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately if an Exporting System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent remova! or disablement for the purposes of this Schedule
is any removal or disablement of an Exporting System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed or disabled systems will be removed from service under this schedule and
placed on the appropriate standard service schedule.
SUMMER AND NON-SUMMER SEASONS
The summer season begins on June 1 of each year and ends on August 31 of each year. The non-
summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set forth
in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy
Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine County
Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and Small Farm
Energy Credit).
The following rate structure and charges are subject to change upon Commission approval:
Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $5.00 $5.00
Energy Charge, per kWr
First 800 k\Mr
801-2000 k!\,tr
AllAdditional k\Mr Over 2000
8.5005/
10.22140
12.14240
7.8e840,
8.7077i,
f .il37i,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 7-2
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29, Tariff No. 101 Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 7-2
SCHEDULE 7
SMALL GENERAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
County Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Sma!! Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month
Energy Charge, per k\A/h
First 300 kWh
AllAdditional kWh
Summer
$5.00
9.69080
11.5418i,
Non-summer
$s.00
9.69080
10.1676i
PAYMENT
The monthly bil! rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Fifth Revised Sheet No. 8-5
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No, 101 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 8-5
SCHEDULE 8
SMALL GENERAL SERVICE
ON-SITE GENERATION
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
7. lf the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of
electricity to its customers, the Company may require the Customer to curtail its consumption of electricity
in the same manner and to the same degree as other Customers on the Company's standard service
schedules.
8. The Customer shall grant to the Company all access to all Company equipment and
facilities including adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Customer for the purpose
of installation, operation, maintenance, replacement, or any other service required of said equipment as
well as all necessary access for inspection, switching, and any other operational requirements of the
Customer's Interconnections Facilities.
9. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately if an Exporting System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent removal or disablement for the purposes of this Schedule
is any removal or disablement of an Exporting System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed or disabled systems will be removed from service under this schedule and
placed on the appropriate standard service schedule.
SUMMER AND NON-SUMMER SEASONS
The summer season begins on June 1 ofeach year and ends on August 31 ofeach year. The non-
summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set forth
in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy
Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine County
Surcharge to Fund the Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and Small Farm
Energy Credit).
The following charges are subject to change upon Commission approva!
Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $5.00 $5.00
Energy Charge, per k\Mr
First 300 k\Mr
AllAdditional k\Mr
9.69080
11.5418i,
9.6e080
10.1676i,
PAYMENT
The monthly bil! rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 9-3
Cancels
!.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 9-3
SCHEDULE 9
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine County Surcharge to Fund the
Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and Small Farm Energy Credit).
SECONDARY SERVICE Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $16.00 $16.00
Basic Charge, per kW of Basic Load Capacity
First 20 kW
AllAdditional kW
Demand Charge, per kW of Billing Demand
First 20 kW
AllAdditional kW
Energy Charge, per kWh
First 2,000 kWh
AllAdditional k\Mt
$0.
$s.
$0.00
$1.01
10.34090
4.78640,
$0.00
$1.01
$0.00
$4.37
9.30850
434230
00
95
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 19-3
Cancels
l.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 19-3
SCHEDULE 19
LARGE POWER SERVICE
(Continued)
FACILITIES BEYOND THE POINT OF DELIVERY
At the Customer's request and at the option of the Company, transformers and other facilities
installed beyond the Point of Delivery to provide Primary or Transmission Service may be owned,
operated, and maintained by the Company in consideration of the Customer paying a Facilities Charge
to the Company. This service is provided under the provisions set forth in Rule M, Facilities Charge
Service.
POWER FACTOR ADJUSTMENT
Wlrere the Customer's Power Factor is less than 90 percent, as determined by measurement
under actual load conditions, the Company may adjust the kW measured to determine the Billing Demand
by multiplying the measured kW by 90 percent and dividing by the actual Power Factor.
TEMPORARY SUSPENSlON
When a Customer has properly invoked Rule G, Temporarv Suspension of Demand, the Basic
Load Capacity, the Billing Demand, and the On-Peak Billing Demand sha!! be prorated based on the
period of such suspension in accordance with Rule G. !n the event the Customer's metered demand is
less than 1,000 kW during the period of such suspension, the Basic Load Capacity and Billing Demand
will be set equal to 1,000 kW for purposes of determining the Customer's Monthly Charge.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), and Schedule 96 (Blaine County Surcharge to Fund the
Undergrounding of Certain Facilities).
SECONDARY SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Basic Charge, per kW of
Basic Load Capacity
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
On-Peak Demand Charge, per kW of
On-Peak Billing Demand
Energy Charge, per kWh
On-Peak
Mid-Peak
Off-Peak
Summer
$39.00
$0.91
$5.8e
$1.01
6.33290,
s.01410,
4.45000,
Non-summer
$39.00
$0.91
$4.22
nla
4.6636r
4.14330,
nla
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 24-3
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 24-3
SCHEDULE 24
AGRICULTURAL I RRIGATION
SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine County Surcharge to Fund the
Undergrounding of Certain Facilities), and Schedule 98 (Residential and Smal! Farm Energy Credit).
SECONDARY SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
Energy Charge
ln-Season
First 164 kWh per kW of Demand
A!!Other kWh per kW of Demand
Out-of-Season
All k\ Jh
TRANSMISSION SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
Energy Charge
ln-Season
First 164 kWh per kW of Demand
All Other kWh per kW of Demand
Out-of-Season
Allklvh
ln-Season
$22.00
$6.94
5.74140,
5.4513i,
nla
ln-Season
$299.00
$6.54
s.49990
5.23020,
nla
Out-of-Season
$3.50
nla
6.5e11/
Out-of-Season
$3.50
nla
nla
nla
6.29120
nla
nla
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.
Effective -
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho PowerCompany@Revised Sheet No. 1-2
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101Fifreentl+Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 1-2
SCHEDULE 1
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
STANDARD PLAN
(Continued)
RESIDENTIAL SPACE HEATING
All space heating equipment to be served by the Company's system shall be single-phase
equipment approved by Underwriters' Laboratories, lnc., and the equipment and its installation shall
conform to all National, State and Municipal Codes and to the following:
lndividua! resistance'type units for space heating larger than 1,650 watts shal! be designed to
operate at240 or 208 volts, and no single unit shall be larger than 6 kW. Heating units of 2 kW or larger
sha!! be controlled by approved thermostatic devices. \A/hen a group of heating units, with a tota! capacity
of more than 6 kW, is to be actuated by a single thermostat, the controlling switch shall be so designed
that not more than 6 kW can be switched on or off at any one time. Supplemental resistance-type heaters,
that may be used with a heat exchanger, shall comply with the specifications listed above for such units.
SUMMER AND NON-SUMMER SEASONS
The summer season begins on June 1 of each year and ends on August 31 of each year. The
non-summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
Countv Surcharqe to Fund the Underoroundino of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Smal! Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month
Energy Charge, per k\Mt
First 800 kWh
801-2000 k\ /h
AllAdditional k\A,h Over 2000
Summer
$5.00
8.50051
10.2214A
12.1424(,
Non-summer
$5.00
7.8984i,
8.7077(,
9.64370,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€4'8'85
Effective -Janueqf#ez+
lssued by IDAHO PO\A/ER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company f+vet*+Iltteenln Revised Sheet No. &2
Cancels
!.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. lOlEleventFTwelfth Revised Sheet No. 3-2
SCHEDULE 3
MASTER.METERED MOBILE HOME PARK
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
Countv Surcharqe to Fund the Underoroundinq of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Small Farm Energy Credit):
Service Charge, per month $s.00
Energy Charge, per k\Mr
al! k\/VIr 8.5552(
Minimum Charoe
The monthly Minimum Charge shall be the sum of the Service Charge, the Energy Charge, and
the Power Cost Adjustment.
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
!DAHO
lssued per Order No.€4'8,85
Effective -+nsery+;+ga+
lssued by IDAHO PO\ /ER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company fi*eent+-SXteentn Revised Sheet No. 5-3
Cancels
I.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. lOlFeuHeentFFifteenth Revised Sheet No. 5-3
SCHEDULE 5
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
TIME.OF.DAY PILOT PLAN
(oPTroNAL)
(Continued)
TIME PERIODS (Continued)
Holidays are New Year's Day (January 1), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), lndependence
Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November),
and Christmas Day (December 25).lf New Year's Day, lndependence Day , or Christmas Day falls on
Saturday, the preceding Friday will be designated a holiday. lf New Year's Day, lndependence Day, or
Christmas Day fa!!s on Sunday, the following Monday wil! be designated a holiday.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
Countv Surcharoe to Fund the Underqroundinq of Certain Facilities. and Schedule 98 (Residential and
Small Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month $5.00
Energy Charge, per kWh
Summer
Peak
Off-Peak
Non-summer
Peak
Off-Peak
12.6656i
7.2607i
9.34950
7.2607i,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€48,85
Effective -Januaets4s?+
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company eeu*n-Ejftn Revised Sheet No. &6
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 Thir4Fourth Revised Sheet No. 6-6
SCHEDULE 6
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE
ON.SITE GENERATION
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
9. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately if an Exporting System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent remova! or disablement forthe purposes of this Schedule
is any removal or disablement of an Exporting System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed or disabled systems will be removed from service under this schedule and
placed on the appropriate standard service schedule.
SUMMER AND NON€UMMER SEASONS
ThesummerseasonbeginsonJune 1 ofeachyearandendsonAugust3l ofeachyear. Thenon-
summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set forth
in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy
Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine Countv
Surcharoe to Fund the Underoroundino of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residentialand Small Farm
Energy Credit).
The following rate structure and charges are subject to change upon Commission approval:
Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $5.00 $5.00
Energy Charge, per kffi
First 800 k\Mr
801-2000 k\ Jh
AllAdditional k\Mt Over 2000
8.50050
10.2214i,
12.1424i,
7.Be%i,
8.7077i,
e.u37i,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€4€55
Effective -+le+en43#+
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company gneent+SXleenln Revised Sheet No. 7-2
Cancels
!.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 1O1Feu*eentFFifteenth Revised Sheet No. 7-2
SCHEDULE 7
SMALL GENERAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91
(Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine
Countv Surcharoe to Fund the Underqroundinq of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residentia! and
Small Farm Energy Credit).
Service Charge, per month
Energy Charge, per kWh
First 300 kWh
AllAdditional kWh
Summer
$5.00
9.6908d
11.5418i
Non-summer
$5.00
9.6e08C
10.1676$
PAYMENT
The monthly bil! rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€4.885
Effective -Ja+ua+V-{r+€++
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company f+u*n-E!ttn Revised Sheet No. &5
Cancels
!.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101 ThirdFourth Revised Sheet No. 8-5
SCHEDULE 8
SMALL GENERAL SERVICE
ON.SITE GENERATION
(Continued)
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE AND SALE (Continued)
7. lf the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of
electricity to its customers, the Company may require the Customer to curtail its consumption of electricity
in the same manner and to the same degree as other Customers on the Company's standard service
schedules.
8. The Customer shall grant to the Company all access to al! Company equipment and
facilities including adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Customer for the purpose
of installation, operation, maintenance, replacement, or any other service required of said equipment as
well as all necessary access for inspection, switching, and any other operational requirements of the
Customer's lnterconnections Facilities.
9. The Customer sha!! notify the Company immediately if an Exporting System is
permanently removed or disabled. Permanent removal or disablement for the purposes of this Schedule
is any removal or disablement of an Exporting System lasting longer than six (6) months. Customers
with permanently removed or disabled systems wil! be removed from service under this schedule and
placed on the appropriate standard service schedule.
SUMMER AND NON€UMMER SEASONS
The summer season begins on June 1 of each year and ends on August 31 of each year. The non-
summer season begins on September 1 of each year and ends on May 31 of each year.
MONTHLY CHARGT
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set forth
in Schedule 54 (Fixed Cost Adjustment), Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy
Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95 (Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine Countv
Surcharoe to Fund the Underoroundino of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residentia! and Small Farm
Energy Credit).
The following charges are subjecl to change upon Commission approva!:
Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $s.00 $5.00
Energy Charge, per k\Mt
First 300 kWh
AllAdditional k\/vh
9.69086
11.5418i
9.69086
10.1676i,
PAYMENT
The monthly bill rendered for service supplied hereunder is payable upon receipt, and becomes
past due 15 days from the date on which rendered.
IDAHO
lssued per Order No.€4955
Effective --March+e#"+
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, Idaho
ldaho Power Company firet*+Itfleenlh_Revised Sheet No. 9-3
Cancels
LP.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101Ele'+enth'Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 9-3
SCHEDULE 9
LARGE GENERAL SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine Countv Surcharqe to Fund the
Underoroundinq of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residential and Small Farm Energy Credit).
SECONDARY SERVICE Summer Non-summer
Service Charge, per month $16.00 $16.00
Basic Charge, per kW of Basic Load Capacity
First 20 kW
AllAdditional kW
Demand Charge, per kW of Billing Demand
First 20 kW
AllAdditional kW
Energy Charge, per k\tVh
First 2,000 k\Mt
AllAdditiona! kWh
$0.00
$1.01
$0.00
$5.95
10.3409p
4.7864i,
$0.00
$1.01
$0.00
$4.37
9.3085d
4.3423i,
!DAHO
lssued per Order No.€4'8'85
Effective --lenuaryf -Zga+
lssued by IDAHO PO\ /ER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
ldaho Power Company gevenUc-Twdfth Revised Sheet No. 19-3
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. 101TenttrEleventh Revised Sheet No. 19-3
SCHEDULE 19
LARGE PO\A'ER SERVICE
(Continued)
FACILITIES BEYOND THE POINT OF DELIVERY
At the Customer's request and at the option of the Company, transformers and other facilities
installed beyond the Point of Delivery to provide Primary or Transmission Service may be owned,
operated, and maintained by the Company in consideration of the Customer paying a Facilities Charge
to the Company. This service is provided under the provisions set forth in Rule M, Facilities Charge
Service.
POWER FACTOR ADJUSTMENT
\Mrere the Customer's Power Factor is less than 90 percent, as determined by measurement
under actual load conditions, the Company may adjust the kW measured to determine the Billing Demand
by multiplying the measured kW by 90 percent and dividing by the actual Power Factor.
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION
\Mren a Customer has properly invoked Rule G, Temporarv Suspension of Demand, the Basic
Load Capacity, the Billing Demand, and the On-Peak Billing Demand shall be prorated based on the
period of such suspension in accordance with Rule G. ln the event the Custome/s metered demand is
less than 1,000 kW during the period of such suspension, the Basic Load Capacity and Billing Demand
will be set equal to 1,000 kW for purposes of determining the Custome/s Monthly Charge.
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), an4Schedule g5
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), and Schedule 96 (Blaine Countv Surcharqe to Fund the
d undi ofC inF
SECONDARY SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Basic Charge, per kW of
Basic Load Capacity
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
On-Peak Demand Charge, per kW of
On-Peak Billing Demand
Energy Charge, per kWh
On-Peak
Mid-Peak
Off-Peak
Summer
$39.00
$0.91
$5.89
$1.01
6.3329i,
5.01410,
4.4500i,
Non-summer
$39.00
$0,91
$4.22
nla
4.66366
4.1433i,
nla
IDAHO
lssued per Order No. 34885
Effective -lanua+f-h+g2a
lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Timothy E. Tatum, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho
Idaho Power Company fi*eentt+.SXleeiln Revised Sheet No. 24-3
Cancels
|.P.U.C. No. 29. Tariff No. l0lFeudeenthFifteenth Revised Sheet No. 24-3
SCHEDULE 24
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
SERVICE
(Continued)
MONTHLY CHARGE
The Monthly Charge is the sum of the following charges, and may also include charges as set
forth in Schedule 55 (Power Cost Adjustment), Schedule 91 (Energy Efficiency Rider), Schedule 95
(Adjustment for Municipal Franchise Fees), Schedule 96 (Blaine Countv Surcharqe to Fund the
Underqroundinq of Certain Facilities). and Schedule 98 (Residential and Small Farm Energy Credit).
SECONDARY SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
Energy Charge
ln-Season
First 164 kWh
AIlOther kWh
Out-of-Season
All k\ Jh
nla
nla
per kW
per kW
of Demand
of Demand
ln-Season
$22.00
$6.94
5.7414i,
5.4513(,
nla
ln-Season
$299.00
$6.54
s.49990
5.23024
nla
Out-of-Season
$3.50
nla
6.591 1l
Out-of-Season
$3.50
TRANSMISSION SERVICE
Service Charge, per month
Demand Charge, per kW of
Billing Demand
Energy Charge
ln-Season
First 164 kWh per kW of Demand
All Other k\Mr per kW of Demand
Out-of-Season
Allk\A/h
nla
nla
nla
6.2912i,
IDAHO lssued by IDAHO POWER COMPANY
lssued per Order No.€4€'8f
#hy
E. Tatum, vice president, ReguratoryAffairs
1221 West ldaho Street, Boise, ldaho

BEFORE THE

IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

CASE NO. IPC-E-21-25

IDAHO POWER COMPANY

ATTACHMENT 3
P.O. Box 70 (83707)
1221 W. Idaho St.
Boise, ID 83702
PRE-SORTED STANDARD
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
BOISE, ID
PERMIT NO. 679
Blaine County Surcharge
for Underground Lines Proposed
Idaho Power has fi led a petition with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC)
to approve a customer surcharge that would fund the underground portion of the
new Wood River – Ketchum transmission line. The fi ling honors a Blaine County
Commission request to underground (bury) a portion of the new transmission line plus
eight miles of existing distribution lines, with Blaine County customers paying
the incremental costs through a monthly bill surcharge.
To stay informed on this topic, please see the
other side of this postcard for more details.
What is being built?
The new Wood River – Ketchum transmission line will
give the Wood River Valley a second power connection,
supplementing the existing 60-year-old line. The line is
needed to provide backup service to the Wood River
Valley and will help keep on the lights in case weather or
other conditions interrupt service on either line. The Blaine
County Commission has requested undergrounding of:
• 1.4 miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line along State Highway 75 between Elkhorn Road and Owl Rock Road
• 8 miles of existing distribution line located along State
Highway 75 and Buttercup Road
How much would the surcharge cost
customers in Blaine County?
The surcharge would add a fi xed charge to Blaine County
customers’ monthly bills in the following amounts for
20 years (based on current estimates):
• Residential and small general service: $3.42 per month
• Large commercial, industrial and irrigation: $14.36
per month
What would the surcharge pay for?
The Blaine County Commission requested these lines be
placed undergrounded, which was outside the scope of Idaho
Power’s original proposal. The surcharge would cover the
incremental costs associated with meeting that request.
The cost of the additional work is estimated at $9.8 million.
Why are Blaine County residents being asked to
pay for the incremental undergrounding costs?
Idaho Power normally requires an upfront payment to offset
costs associated with customer or local government requests
to underground lines. In this instance, Blaine County instead
asked us to collect the estimated $9.8 million through the
surcharge. If the project costs less than expected and/or
funds are recovered sooner, the surcharge’s duration
would be shorter than 20 years.
What happens next?
The IPUC will decide whether to approve this request
and implement the surcharge.
Opportunities for public review
This proposal is subject to public review and approval by
the IPUC. Written comments regarding this proposal may
be fi led with the IPUC. To learn more, visit puc.idaho.gov
and reference case number IPC-E-21-25.
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