20220714Notice_of_Application_Order_No_35464.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
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Office of the Secretary
Service Date
July 14, 2022
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY’S APPLICATION TO
COMPLETE THE STUDY REVIEW PHASE
OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ON-SITE
CUSTOMER GENERATION & FOR
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES
TO SCHEDULES 6, 8, AND 84
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CASE NO. IPC-E-22-22

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
DEADLINE

ORDER NO. 35464

On June 30, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
requesting the Commission commence the study review phase of the multi-phase collaborative
process being undertaken by the Company to study the costs, benefits, and compensation of net
excess energy associated with customer on-site generation. In support of its Application, the
Company filed the Direct Testimony of Grant T. Anderson, Regulatory Consultant at the
Company; the Value of Distributed Energy Resources (“VODER”) study and appendices
(“Study”); and a customer notice and bill insert.
With this Order, the Commission provides notice of the Company’s Application and sets
a deadline for interested parties to intervene.
BACKGROUND
The Company offers net-metering programs under which customers can generate
electricity to meet their own demand and export any excess electricity back to the Company’s grid
in exchange for an energy credit that can offset the customer’s monthly energy consumption.
Currently, customers who wish to install on-site generation can interconnect an exporting system
under the terms of Schedule 6, Residential Service On-Site Generation, Schedule 8, Small General
Service On-Site Generation, and Schedule 84, Commercial, Industrial, and Irrigation. Application
at 4.
The Company has previously sought Commission approval to modify its net metering
program to better align the costs and benefits. See, e.g., Case No. IPC-E-17-13, Order No. 34046
(directing the Company to initiate a docket to study aspects of net metering); Case No. IPC-E-18-
15, Order No. 34509 (rejecting the Company’s, Staff’s, and other parties’ compromise on the
elements of the Company’s net-metering program and directing the Company to file a “credible
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and fair study” of the costs and benefits of distributed on-site generation); Case No. IPC-E-20-26,
Order No. 34854 (defining legacy treatment for existing Schedule 84 systems).
Most recently, the Commission, in Case No. IPC-E-21-21, Order No. 35284, approved a
study framework for the Company to use to analyze the costs and benefits of on-site generation.
The Commission directed the Company to use the most current and available data and “in 2022 as
soon as feasible” submit a study to be reviewed by interested persons and parties. Order No. 35284
at 10, 32.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company represents that the Study it has now
filed complies with previous Commission directives and “addresses the following topics: (1)
measurement interval; (2) export credit rate; (3) frequency of export credit rate updates; (4)
compensation structure; (5) class cost-of service; (6) recovering export credit rate expenditures;
(7) project eligibility cap; (8) other areas of study; and (9) implementation considerations including
transitional rates and administrative and communication materials.” Application at 10-11. The
Company anticipates recommendations on changes to its on-site generation service offerings in
the following areas: (1) compensation structure; (2) frequency of updates; (3) recovery of export
credit expenditures; (4) project eligibility cap; and (5) transitional rates. Id. at 15.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company requests the Commission (1)
establish a formal process for the public and other parties to comment on the Study, and (2) issue
an order declaring that the Study complies with previous Commission directives and directing
modifications to the Company’s on-site generation service offerings.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company requests a final Commission order
on its Application by December 30, 2022. The Company requests that any Commission-approved
changes to its on-site generation service offerings based on the study review phase be implemented
at least five months after the date of the Commission’s final order (June 1, 2023). Id. at 17.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application, the Study, the customer notice
and bill insert, and supporting testimony have been filed with the Commission and are available
for public inspection during regular business hours at the Commission’s office. These documents
are also available on the Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “ELECTRIC”
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icon, select “Open Cases,” and then click on the case number as shown on the front of this
document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073.
Persons who wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than 21
days after the date of service of this Order. Such persons shall also provide the Commission
Secretary with their email address to facilitate further communications. After the intervention
deadline runs, the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of Parties that identifies the parties
and assigns exhibit numbers to each party. Once the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission
Staff shall informally confer with the Company and any intervening parties about how to further
process this case and shall then report back to the Commission on a proposed case schedule.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who would like to present their views
without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination do not have to intervene but may
present their views by submitting written comments to the Commission.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following people are designated as the
Company’s representatives in this matter:

Lisa D. Nordstrom
Megan Goicoechea Allen
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Timothy Tatum
Connie Aschenbrenner
Grant Anderson
1221 West Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter must file a
Petition to Intervene no later than 21 days from the service date of this Order. Once the deadline
has passed, the Commission Secretary shall prepare and issue a Notice of Parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission Staff
shall confer with the parties regarding a procedural schedule for this matter including, if necessary,
a hearing in this matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 14th day of
July 2022.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN CHATBURN, COMMISSIONER

//Abstain due to potential conflict//
JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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