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Home My WebLink About20210702Petition to Intervene.pdfC. Tom Arkoosh, ISB No. 2253 ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES 913 W. River Street, Suite 450 P.O. Box 2900 Boise,ID 83701 Telephone: (208)343-5105 Facsimile: (208)343-5456 Email: tom.arkoosh@arkoosh.com Admin copy: erin.cecil@arkoosh.corrr Attorneys for IdaHydro IN 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 - .: j. : i ,.; i.r:-1 :; ;: -f) Di: !:i,F. -, .;-... --L i I: r'\;v ! -:'.,. a-.*r'{rfr:=: ; iL1:.'la-'li BEFORE TIIE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION D-zt Case No. IPC-EAh09) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) IDAITYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE COMES NOW the Idaho Hydroelectric Power Producers Trust, an Idaho Trust, d/b/a IdaHydro ("IdaHydro"), by and through its counsel of record, C. Tom Arkoosh of Arkoosh Law Offices, and pursuant to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01 .071-073, hereby petitions the Commission for leave to intervene herein and to appear and participate herein as a party, and as grounds therefore states as follows: l. The name and address of the intervenor is: IdaHydro clo C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 913 W. River Street, Suite 450 P.O. Box 2900 Boise,ID 83701 Telephone: (208)343-5105 Facsimile: (208) 343-5456 Email: tour.arkooshfDarkoosh.conr With an email copy to: erin.cecil@arkoosh.conr IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page I Copies of all pleadings, production requests, production responses, Commission orders and other documents should be provided as noted above. 2. This Intervenor, IdaHydro is a confederacy of Idaho small hydroelectric producers joined in a trust for mutual benefit, consisting of approximately 90 MW of capacity produced by 33 small hydroelectric plants. All its members currently sell electric power and energy to Idaho Power pursuant to multiple contracts and have the potential to sell additional electric power and energy at other possible cogeneration and small power production locations in Idaho. IdaHydro members all have Surrogate Avoided Resource pricing and Schedule 72 operation and maintenance. Therefore, IdaHydro claims a direct and substantial interest in this proceeding in that the prices it receives for electrical sales and costs it pays to Idaho Power may be affected by the outcome of this proceeding. 3. IdaHydro intends to participate herein as a party and, if necessary, to introduce evidence, cross-examine witnesses, call and examine witnesses, and be heard in argument. The nature and quality of evidence which this Intervenor will introduce is dependent upon the nature and effect of other evidence in this proceeding. 4. Without the opportunity to intervene herein, this Intervenor would be without any means of participation in this proceeding, which may have a material impact on the prices it receives for electric sales and costs it pays to Idaho Power. IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 2 WHEREFORE, Idallydro respecffirlly requests that this Comnission grant its Petition to trnterveire in these proceeAings and to appcar and participate in all matt€rs asl may be necesmry and appropriate ad to fully prticipate in these Foceedings. DATED this 2d day of July 2021. ARKOOSH LAW OFFICES C. Tom Arkoosh Attorney for IdaHydro IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 3 CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 2nd day of July 2021,I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing document(s) upon the following person(s), in the manner indicated: Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Building 8, Suite 201-A P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 Matt Hunter Idaho Public Utilities Commission I l33l W. Chinden Blvd., Building 8, Suite 201-A P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 Idaho Power: Lisa D. Nordstrom Idaho Power Company 1221 West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise,ID 83707 Connie Aschenbrenner Idaho Power Company l22l West Idaho Street (83702) P.O. Box 70 Boise,ID 83707 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: secretary (@puc. idaho. eov U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: matt.hunter@puc.idaho. gov U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: lnordstrom@idahopower. com dockets@ idahopower. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: cashenbrenner@idahopower. com x x x x IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 4 Idaho Conseruation League and llW Enerry Coalition: Benjamin J. Otto Idaho Conservation League 710 N. 6ft Street Boise,ID 83706 IYW Enerry Coalition: F. Diego Rivas NW Energy Coalition 1l0l 8tr Ave. Helena, MT 59601 Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc.: Eric L. Olsen ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC 505 Pershing Ave., Ste. 100 P.O. Box 6119 Pocatello,ID 83205 Anthony Yankel 12700 Lake Ave., Unit 2505 Lakewood, OH 44107 Vote Solar: Briana Kobor 358 S. 7008., Ste. 8206 Salt Lake City, UT 84102 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: botto@idahoconservation.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: dieeo@nwenergy.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: elo@echohawk.com x x x x x U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: tony@yankel.net U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: bri anaft? voteso I ar. o r g IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 5 David Bender Earthjustice 3916 Nakoma Rd. Madison, WI 53711 Al Luna Nick Thorpe 1625 Massachuseffs Ave. NW, Ste. 702 Washington, DC 20036 City of Boise: Mary R. Grant Deputy City Attorney Boise City Attorney's Offrce 150 N. Capitol Blvd. P.O. Box 500 Boise,ID 83701-500 Idaho Clean Enerry Association: Preston N. Carter GIVENS PURSLEY LLP 601 W. Bannock St. Boise,ID 83702 Idaho Sierra Club Kelsey Jae Nunez KELSEY JAE NUNEZLLC 920 N. Clover Dr. Boise,ID 83703 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: dbender(Eearth lustlce.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: aluna@earthj ustice. ors nthorpe @ earthj ustice. or g U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: boi secityattorney (Dcityofboi se.org U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: prestoncarter@ givenspursley. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: kelsey@kelseyj aenunez.com x x x x x IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 6 Lisa Young Mike Heckler Idaho Siena Club 503 W. Franklin St. Boise,lD 83702 PaciliCorp dtbla Rocky Mountain Power: Yvonne R. Hogle Rocky Mountain Power 1407 W. North Temple, Ste. 320 Salt Lake city, uT 841l6 Ted Weston Rocky Mountain Power 407 W. North Temple, Ste. 330 Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Industrial Customers of ldaho Power: Peter J. Richardson RICHARDSON ADAMS, PLLC 515 N.27th St. P.O. Box 7218 Boise,lD 83702 Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise,ID 83703 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: lisa.vouns@sierraclub.o rg michael.p.heckl er@pmail.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: vvonne. ho gle@paci fi corp.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: ted.weston@pacifi corp.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: peter@richardsonadams. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: dreadin g@mindsprin g. conr x x x x x IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 7 Micron Technolory, Inc.: Austin Rueschhoff Thorvald A. Nelson HOLLAND & HART, LLP 555 Seventeenth Steet, Ste. 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Jim Swier Micron Technology, Inc. 8000 S. Federal Way Boise,ID 83707 Individual: Russell Schiermeier 29393 David Rd. Bruneaq ID 83604 U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: darueschhoff@hollandhart. com tnelson@hollandhart.com aclee@hollandhart. com gl gar gano-amari @hollandhart. com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Overnight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: iswier@.micron.com U.S. Mail, Postage Prepaid Ovemight Courier Hand Delivered Via Facsimile E-mail: buyhay@email.com x x x C. Tom Arkoosh IDAHYDRO'S PETITION TO INTERVENE - Page 8