20230117Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
RILEY NEWTON
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL

DATE: JANUARY 17, 2023

SUBJECT: 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;
CASE NO. IPC-E-23-01.

On January 9, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied to the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission (“Commission”) requesting an order granting a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) for the purpose of constructing “a 300-mile long, overhead
500-kV high voltage line.” Application at 1. This line would be between a proposed station near
Boardman, Oregon, and the Hemingway Substation in southwest Idaho. The Company asserts that
this line is crucial to meet the Company’s capacity deficiency in 2026. The Company plans to
begin construction of the line in the summer of 2023 and asks for an order granting a CPCN to be
issued by June 30, 2023.
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?

_____________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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