20230410Notice_of_Modfied_Procedure_Order_No_35731.pdf

NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
ORDER NO. 35731 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
April 10, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER
COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE
BOARDMAN TO HEMINGWAY 500-KV
TRANSMISSION LINE
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CASE NO. IPC-E-23-01

NOTICE OF
MODIFIED PROCEDURE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP

ORDER NO. 35731

On January 9, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied for an order granting a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the purpose of constructing “a 300-mile long,
overhead 500-kV high voltage line” (“Application”). Application at 1. This line would be between
a proposed substation near Boardman, Oregon, and the Hemingway Substation in southwest Idaho.
The Company asserted the transmission line is crucial to meeting 2026 capacity deficit. The
Company hoped to begin construction in the summer of 2023 and requested a final order be issued
by June 30, 2023.
On February 1, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35674. The Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc., Idaho
Industrial Customers of Idaho Power, City of Boise City, Micron Technology, Inc., and Idaho
Conservation League intervened. Order Nos. 35685 and 35695.
The Commission now issues this Notice of Modified Procedure establishing public
comment and Company reply deadlines and sets the time and date for a public workshop.
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission has determined that the public
interest may not require a formal hearing in this matter, and it will review the case through written
submissions under the Commission’s Rules of Modified Procedure Rules 201-204, IDAPA
31.01.01.201-204. The Commission notes that Modified Procedure and written comments have
proven to be an effective means for obtaining public input and participation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to state a position on this
Application may file a written comment explaining why they support or oppose the Application.
Persons who would like a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written comments.
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ORDER NO. 35731 2

Persons shall have until May 23, 2023, to file written comments. Comments must be filed
through the Commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is unavailable. To
comment electronically, please access the Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click the
“Case Comment Form” and complete the form using the case number as it appears on the front of
this document. To file by e-mail, the customer must e-mail the comments to the Commission
Secretary and the Company at the e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is unavailable,
then comments may be mailed to the Commission and Company at these addresses:

For the Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714

For Idaho Power Company:

Donovan E. Walker
Tim Tatum
1221 W. Idaho Street (83702)
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company must file any reply comments June
6, 2023.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received
within the time limit set, the Commission will consider this matter on its merits and enter its order
without a formal hearing. If written comments are received within the time limit set, the
Commission will consider them and, in its discretion, may set the same for formal hearing.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that Staff will hold a virtual, public workshop on
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. (local time). The purpose of the workshop is to
provide the public with an overview of the Company’s Application and associated testimony. At
the workshop, the public may ask Staff about the Application and associated testimony.
Representatives of the Companies may also be available. To participate telephonically, please call
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
ORDER NO. 35731 3

1-415-655-0001, and enter meeting number 2454 319 4150 when prompted. Next, enter 66632963
when prompted to enter the password.
To participate online, please visit idahogov.webex.com, and enter meeting number 2454
319 4150. Then, click on the green “Join” button. At the next window, please enter the password
MondayMeeting. Next, please click on the green “Join Webinar” button. At the next window,
please enter your name and e-mail address, and then click on the “next” button. Then click on
the green “Join Webinar” button.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Application be processed by Modified
Procedure. Persons interested in submitting written comments must do so by May 23, 2023. The
Company must file any reply comments by June 6, 2023.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Commission Staff shall hold a virtual public workshop
on Monday, April 17, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. (local time).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP
ORDER NO. 35731 4

DONE by order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 10th day of
April 2023.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

________________________________
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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