20230606Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JUNE 6, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF AN ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT
WITH AMERICAN FALLS RESERVOIR DISTRICT NO. 2; CASE NO.
IPC-E-23-19.

On May 12, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”) applied for approval or rejection
of an energy sales agreement (“ESA”) with American Falls Reservoir District No. 2. (“Seller”) for
the energy generated by the Deitrich Drop Hydro Project (“Facility”). The Facility has a 4,770
kilowatt nameplate capacity and is a qualifying facility (“QF”) under the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”).1 The Company requests this matter be processed by Modified
Procedure with a final order being published before the expiration of the current contract on August
31, 2023.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a July 12, 2023, public comment deadline and a July 19, 2023, Company
and Seller reply deadline.

1 The ESA also requests the calendar year period for determining seasonal hydro be changed to start on June 1, and
end on May 31 of the following year. On May 15, 2023, Sorenson Engineering, Inc and Idaho Hydroelectric Power
Producers Trust filed comments expressing support for the Company’s proposed calendar change for determining
seasonal hydro.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a July 12, 2023, public comment deadline and a July 19, 2023, Company
and Seller reply deadline?

_____________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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