20230425Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: APRIL 25, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO
ACQUIRE RESOURCES TO BE ONLINE BY 2024 AND FOR APPROVAL
OF A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN SOLAR
LLC; CASE NO. IPC-E-23-05.

On February 17, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) filed an application
(“Application”) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) requesting an order:
(1) granting the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) to acquire
72 megawatts (“MW”) of dispatchable energy storage to meet an identified capacity deficiency in
2024; and (2) approving the 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) between Idaho Power
and Franklin Solar LLC (“Franklin Solar”).
On March 10, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35701. Subsequently, the Commission granted intervention to
the city of Boise City. Order No. 35732.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a
July 18, 2023, Staff and Intervenor comment deadline, and an August 1, 2023, Company reply
comment deadline.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a July 18,
2023, Staff and Intervenor comment deadline, and an August 1, 2023, Company reply comment
deadline?

__________________________
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General

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