20221213Order_No_35625.pdf

ORDER NO. 35625 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
December 13, 2022
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF A REPLACEMENT
SPECIAL CONTRACT WITH MICRON
TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND A POWER
PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH BLACK
MESA ENERGY, LLC

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CASE NO. IPC-E-22-06

ORDER NO. 35625

On March 10, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission for
an order: 1) approving a revised Special Contract for electric service between the Company and
Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron”), and 2) approving the 20-year Power Purchase Agreement
between the Company and Black Mesa Energy, LLC that was entered with the expectation of
assigning the associated energy to Micron under the revised Special Contract.
On August 1, 2022, the Commission issued Order 35482 approving the Black Mesa PPA
as filed but directing the Company to file an updated ESA, consistent with the Commission’s
modifications, within 90 days from August 1, 2022. Order No. 35482 at 18.
On August 22, 2022, the Company filed a Petition for Clarification. In granting the
Company’s Petition, the Commission stayed the directive in Order No. 35482 requiring the
Company to file an updated Micron ESA by October 30, 2022, and ordered the Company and Staff
to “work together to develop a rate structure for calculating Micron’s RCC under the ESA which
the Company shall file as a compliance filing in this case by December 13, 2022, or by another
date set by Commission order.” Order No. 35532 at 10.
On December 9, 2022, the Company filed a Motion for Extension of Time to Make
Compliance Filing (“Motion”) requesting the deadline to make its compliance filing be extended
to December 23, 2022. Staff did not object to the Company’s Motion.
COMMISSION DECISION
After reviewing the Company’s Motion, we find that extending the deadline will provide
the Company sufficient time to prepare its compliance filing and that no party would be prejudiced.
We therefore grant the Company’s Motion.

ORDER NO. 35625 2

ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Motion is granted. The Company shall
have until December 23, 2022, to make its compliance filing.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order. Within seven (7)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration. See Idaho Code § 61-626.
DONE by order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 13th day of
December 2022.

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ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

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JOHN CHATBURN, COMMISSIONER

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JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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