20220711Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JULY 12, 2022

SUBJECT: 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; CASE NO. IPC-E-22-22.

On June 30, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) filed an Application with the
Commission 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. In addition to the Application, the Company 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.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

____________________________
Riley Newton
Deputy Attorney General

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