20230523Decision 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: MAY 23, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO THE COMPENSATION
STRUCTURE APPLICABLE TO CUSTOMER ON-SITE GENERATION
UNDER SCHEDULES 6, 8, AND 84 AND TO ESTABLISH AN EXPORT
CREDIT RATE; CASE NO. IPC-E-23-14.

On May 1, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”), filed an application
(“Application”) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) proposing changes
to its on-site and self-generation tariffs.
The Company requests that the Commission authorize: (1) real-time net billing with an
avoided cost-based financial credit rate for exported energy; (2) a methodology for determining
annual updates to the ECR; (3) a modified project eligibility cap for commercial, industrial, and
irrigation (“CI&I”) customers; (4) related changes to the accounting for and transferability of
excess net energy financial credits, and (5) updated tariff schedules necessary to administer the
modified on-site generation offering. The Company requests an effective date of January 1, 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

__________________________
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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