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DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023
SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR THE
MANDATORY INTERRUPTION REQUIREMENT OF SCHEDULE 20 –
SPECULATIVE HIGH-DENSITY LOAD; CASE NO. IPC-E-22-30.
On December 28, 2022, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Commission
for an order prior to the start of the June 15 – September 15 interruption period: (1) establishing a
compensation rate of $0.0734 per kilowatt (“kW”) per hour of interruption for Large General
Service Rates under Schedule 20, and $0.0835 per kW per hour of interruption for Large Power
Service Rates, or, in the alternative, (2) deferring implementation of a compensation structure for
the mandatory interruption requirement of Schedule 20 until evaluation of cost assignment
responsibility for Schedule 20 is completed at a general rate case. Application at 1-2. The Company
requested that the Application be processed under Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
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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