20221004Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION
FOR A MODIFICATION TO ADD AN AUTOMATIC DISPATCH
OPTION TO THE COMPANY’S COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM, SCHEDULE 82; CASE NO. IPC-E-22-
24.

On September 15, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company” or “Idaho Power”) filed an
Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) requesting authority to
modify Schedule 82, Flex Peak Program, of Idaho Power’s I.P.U.C No. 29 Tariff No. 101
(“Schedule 82”). The Company is proposing to add a voluntary Automatic Dispatch Option to the
Flex Peak Program similar to that of the A/C Cool Credit and Irrigation Peak Rewards programs.
Idaho Power seeks to implement the Automatic Dispatch Option for the 2023 demand
response season that begins on June 15, 2023, and represents that a Commission order received by
February 15, 2023, along with a tariff effective coincident with a Commission order, would best
position the Company to accomplish this. Idaho Power requests that its application be processed
by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a January 10, 2023, public comment deadline, and a January 24, 2023,
Company reply deadline.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a January 10, 2023, public comment deadline, and a January 24, 2023,
Company reply deadline?

______________________
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General

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