20220822Notice_of_Schedule_Order_No_35512.pdf

NOTICE OF SCHEDULE
NOTICE OF WORKSHOPS
NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 35512 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 22, 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 SCHEDULE

NOTICE OF WORKSHOPS

NOTICE OF COMMENT
DEADLINES

ORDER NO. 35512

On June 30, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) filed an Application requesting
that the Commission complete 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. Application at 1-2. The Company also filed
the Value of Distributed Energy Resources study and associated appendices (“Study”), a customer
notice and bill insert, and the Direct Testimony of Grant T. Anderson, Regulatory Consultant.
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. Id. at 2.
On July 14, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of a 21-day
Intervention Deadline. On August 10, 2022, the Commission Staff (“Staff”), all pending and
current intervenors, and the Company began communicating regarding a proposed schedule for
processing this case.1 At the August 16, 2022, decision meeting, the Commission considered two
proposed procedural schedules.
The Commission now provides notice of the procedural schedule, notice of virtual public
workshops, notice of comment deadlines, and instructs all parties to work with Staff to develop
a minimum of two customer hearing times and dates to present to the Commission for its

1 The Commission has granted the petitions to intervene of Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho, Idaho Hydroelectric
Power Producers Trust, an Idaho Trust, d/b/a IdaHydro, the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc., the Idaho
Conservation League, the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power, the city of Boise City, Richard E. and Wesley A.
Kluckhohn, pro se, Micron Technology, Inc., ABC Power Co. LLC and the Idaho Solar Owners Network, an Idaho
non-profit corporation (collectively the “Intervenors”). See Order Nos. 35472, 35493, 35499 and 35505.
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consideration. The Commission in its discretion will issue a second or amended scheduling order
setting the date(s) and time(s) for any customer hearing(s).
NOTICE OF SCHEDULE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission adopts the following procedural
schedule:
• Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Company Public Workshop on the Study beginning
at 6 p.m. MDT.

• Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Staff Public Workshop on the Study from 7 p.m. - 9
p.m. MDT.

• Wednesday, September 7, 2022, Staff continues the Public Workshop, beginning
at 12:30 p.m. MDT, for any person unable to participate in the September 6
workshop.

• Wednesday, September 21, 2022: Deadline for Staff and Intervenors (“Parties”) to
submit initial comments on the Study.

• Wednesday, October 12, 2022: Deadline for all Parties to submit reply comments
on the Study.

• Wednesday, October 26, 2022: Deadline for the Company to file final response
comments.

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP #1 (COMPANY)
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company will hold a virtual, online, public,
informational workshop on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022, at 6 p.m. MDT. The purpose
of the workshop is to provide the public with an overview of the Application and the Study. At the
workshop, the public may ask the Company about the Application, Study, and how customers may
further participate in the proceeding. Representatives of Staff may also be available. To listen on
the phone, please call 1-650-479-3208, and enter meeting number 2595 239 8045 when
prompted. To participate online, please visit idahopower.webex.com, and enter meeting
number 2595 239 8045. At the next window, please enter your name, e-mail address and this
password: AugustWorkshop (2 848 7896 from phones).

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NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP #2 (STAFF)
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Staff will hold a virtual, online, public,
informational workshop on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. MDT. The
purpose of the workshop is to provide the public with an overview of the Application and the
Study. At the workshop, the public may ask Staff about the Study. Representatives of the
Companies may also be available. To participate over the phone, please call 1-415-655-0001, and
enter meeting number 2461 943 8931 when prompted. To participate online, please visit
idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2461 943 8931. At the next window, please
enter your name, e-mail address and this password: 0906Workshop.
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP #3 (STAFF)
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Staff will hold a virtual, online, public,
informational workshop on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2022, beginning at 12:30 p.m. MDT.
The purpose of the workshop is to continue to provide the public with an overview of the
Application and the Study. At the workshop, the public may ask Staff about the Study.
Representatives of the Companies may also be available. To participate over the phone, please call
1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2456 391 6010 when prompted. To participate
online, please visit idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2456 391 6010. At the next
window, please enter your name, e-mail address and this password: 0907Workshop.
NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINES
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Parties shall have until September 21, 2022,
to file written comments on the Study.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Parties shall have until October 12, 2022, to
file reply comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company shall have until October 26, 2022,
to file final response comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to state a position on the Study
may file a written comment explaining that position. Persons shall have until September 21,
2022, to file written comments. Persons who choose to file comments on or before September
21, 2022, and desire to further comment must reply to all party comments by October 12, 2022.
Comments must be filed through the Commission website or by e-mail unless computer access is
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unavailable. To comment electronically, please access the Commission’s home page at
www.puc.idaho.gov. Click the “Case Comment Form” and complete the form using the case
number as it appears on the front of this document. To file by e-mail, persons must e-mail their
comments to the e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is unavailable, then comments
may be mailed to the Commission at these addresses:
For the Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
E-mail: [e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714

ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the procedural schedule as set forth in the above Notice
of Scheduling is approved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Company shall hold a virtual public informational
workshop on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022, at 6 p.m. MDT.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Commission Staff shall hold virtual public informational
workshops on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. MDT and
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2022, beginning at 12:30 p.m. MDT.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties shall have until September 21, 2022, to file
initial written comments on the Study.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties shall have until October 12, 2022, to file
Reply comments.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Company shall have until October 26, 2022, to file
Final Response comments.
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//Abstain due to potential conflict//
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Persons shall have until September 21, 2022, to file
written comments on the Study. Persons who choose to file comments on or before September
21, 2022, and desire to further comment may reply to all party comments by October 12, 2022.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all parties shall work with Staff to develop a minimum
of two customer hearing times and dates to present to the Commission for its consideration.
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 22nd day of
August 2022.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN CHATBURN, COMMISSIONER

______________________________________
JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
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