20211130Reply Comments.pdf

JAYME B. SULLIVAN
BOISE CITY ATTORNEY
Ed Jewell ISB No. 10446
Deputy City Aftorney
BOTSE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
150 N. Capitol Blvd.
P.O. Box 500
Boise,ID 83701-0500
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Attorney for lntervenor
BEFORE THE
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Case No. IPC-E-21-21IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY'S APPLICATION TO INITIATE A
MULTI-PHASE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
FOR THE STUDY OF COSTS BENEFITS AND
COMPENSATION OF NET EXCESS ENERGY
ASSOCIATED WITH CUSTOMER ON-SITE
GENERATION
CITY OF BOISE CITY'S
REPLY COMMENTS
The city of Boise City ("Boise City") submits these formal comments on the proposed
scope of the study to be undertaken by Idaho Power ("Company") to comprehensively evaluate
the costs and benefits of on-site generation. Boise City submits these reply comments pursuant to
Rule 203 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01 .203, and pursuant to the
Notice of Scheduling, Order No. 35193, issued by the Commission on October 7,2021.
l. Boise City recognizes and appreciates the collaborative process implemented by the
Commission to develop a Study Framework that results in a comprehensive study of the benefits
and costs of net excess energy. By incorporating the diverse viewpoints of all parties and members
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of the public, the Study Framework can promote a fair, just, and reasonable study phase. Boise
City specifically recognizes the Company's incorporation of suggested changes and concerns from
parties and the public to its Revised Study Framework, filed as Attachment I to the Company's
Final Comments. Specifically, Boise City supports the Company's inclusion of the time and
location value of exported energy, Revised Framework at 1, avoided fuel price risks, Revised
Framework at 3, the identification of avoided environmental costs, Revised Framework at 3, and
the avoided capacity value of customer generators with energy storage in the study design, Revised
Framework at 2.
2. Boise City recommends the Commission approve Idaho Power's Revised Study
Framework with the following considerations incorporated:
a. Consistent Penetration Levels: The approved Study Framework must utilize
consistent and reasonable penetration levels across all relevant aspects of the
Study Framework to reflect the impacts of increased customer generation. The
Company only identified penetration levels as a variable to be incorporated in
the Integration Costs and one environmental benefit section. Revised Study
Framework at 3. Staffalso noted in their final comments that penetration levels
should be factored into the design of the Export Credit Rate. Comments of the
Commission Staffat 4.
b. Carbon Pricing: The approved Study Framework should incorporate the
avoided costs of compliance with carbon emissions regulation. See Boise City
Final Comments at 2.
c. Comprehensive Climate Risk Scenario: The evaluation of the Export Credit
Rate should include model runs using the Climate Change scenario presented
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in the 2021 IRP with stressed Western Energy Coordinating Council conditions,
increased hydro-electric generation variability, high gas prices, and high
customer load growth.
d. Firmness: The evaluation and potential discounting of the value of net-exported
energy based on the Company's stated o'non-firm nature ofthe exported energy"
should be limited to the risk of net-excess energy production from customer-
generators being removed from the grr.d as a resource in aggregate. With the
well documented and known patterns of solar and wind production across the
Company's service territory there is no basis for discounting the value of the
net-excess energy produced simply because the energy was ge,nerated from a
renewable resource.
e. Data Transparency: All data, assumptions, and inputs in the stack of benefits
and costs making up the Company's study of the Export Credit Rate must be
made available to the public upon completion of the study. See OrderNo. 34509
at9.
DATED this 30th day ofNovember202l
EdJ
Deputy City Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certiff that I have on this 30th day of November 2021, served the foregoing
documents on all parties of counsel as follows:
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8,
Suite 201-A (83714)
PO Box 83720
Boise, lD 83720-0074
ian.noriyuki idaho.sov
Lisa Nordstrom
Idaho Power Company
PO Box 70
Boise,ID 83707
lnordstrom@ idahopower. com
dockets@ idahopower.com
Connie Aschenbrenner
Idaho Power Company
PO Box 70
Boise, lD 83707
caschenbrenner(i) idahopow er. com
Erick Shaner
Depuf Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8,
suite 201-4. (83714)
PO Box 83720
Boise, lD 83720-0074
erick. shaner@puc. idaho. gov
Peter J. Richardson
Richardson, Adams, PLLC
515 N 276 St.
Boise, ID 83702
p eter (g) richard so nadams. c o m
Dr. Don Reading
6070 Hill Road
Boise, ID 83703
dread ine @),mindsprine. orq
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Tom Arkoosh
Arkoosh Law Offices
913 W. River St., Suite 450
P.O. Box 2900
Boise,ID 8370
tom. arkoosh(d arkoosh. com
erin.cecil@arkoosh. com
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
710 N. 6ft St.
Boise, lD 83702
botto (a) i d ahocons ervat i o n. ore
Kevin King
Idaho Clean Energy Association
POBox2264
Boise, lD 83702
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Michael Heckler
Courfirey White
Clean Energy Opportunities for Idaho Inc.
3TTSPlantation River Dr., Suite 102
Boise, ID 83703
mike@ cleanenereyopportunities. com
courtney@cleanenergyopporfuniti es. com
Kelsey Jae
Law for Conscious Leadership 920 N.
Clover Dr.
Boise,ID 83703
ke I sey (a) ke I sevj a e. c om
Joshua Hill
Idaho Solar Owners Network
1625 S. Latah
Boise, ID 83705
i oshuashill(aD email. com
[e-mail]
Jim Swier
Micron Technologies
8000 South Federal Way
Boise, lD 83707
iswier(dmicron.com
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Austin Rueschhoff
Thorvald A. Nelson
Holland & Hart, LLP
555 lTth Street Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202
darueschho tf(a)ho ll andhart. c om
tnelson(d hollandhart. com
aclee(@hollandhart. com
el qarsanoamari@hollandhart. com
Kiki Leslie A. Tidwell,
704 N. River St. #l
Hailey,ID 83333
[e-mail]
Eric L. Olsen
Echo Hawk & Olsen PLLC
505 Pershing Ave., Suite 100
PO Box 6l 19
Pocatello,ID 83205
elo(Eechohawk.com
Richard E. Kluckhohn, pro se
Wesley A. Kluckhohn, pro se
2564W. Parkstone Dr.
Meridian,ID 83646
[e-mail]
wkluckhohn(@mac.com
Ryan Bushland
ABC PowerCompany,LLc
184 W. Chrisfield Dr.
Meridian,ID 83646
ryan. bushland(d abcpower. com
George Stanton
Comet Energy, LLC
13601 W. McMillan Rd, Suite 102
PMB 166
Boise, ID 83713
George. stanton(Dcometenergv. biz
Tyler Grange
Idahome Solar, LLC
2484 N. Stokesberry Pl. #100
Meridian,ID 83646
tyler(rD idahomesolar. corn
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Michelle Steel
Paralegal, City of Boise
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