20231020Notice_of_Application_Order_No_35962.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
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Service Date October 20th, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANY’S
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM, SCHEDULE 82
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On October 2, 2023, Idaho Power Company (“Company”), applied for Commission
approval of proposed modifications to Schedule 82—Flex Peak Program (“Schedule 82”). The
Company proposes revising Schedule 82 to (1) modify certain payment structures; (2) add a waiver
provision covering participating customers whose Load Control Device fails; (3) revise the
definition of the “Day of” Load Adjustment; (4) establish an option to extend the four-hour
notification limit for certain customers; and (5) add definitions for certain terms along with other
minor updates related to the other proposed changes. The Company requests: (1) that the
Application be processed via Modified Procedure; and (2) that the proposed modifications to
Schedule 82 have an effective date of April 15, 2024.
With this Order, the Commission provides notice of the Company’s Application and sets a
deadline for interested parties to intervene.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the Company instituted Schedule 82, under which eligible commercial and
industrial customers that can offer load reduction of at least 20 kilowatts (“kW”) can either
manually or, via Load Control Devices, automatically reduce their nominated load when the
Company calls Load Control Events. Schedule 82 participants then receive an incentive payment
based upon their performance in delivering their nominated load reduction during Load Control
Events. According to the Company, the purpose of this program is to address large system capacity
deficits of short duration.
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Schedule 82 participants designate weekly the load
they are willing to reduce during a Load Control Event. Participants receive an incentive payment
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for each designated kW provided and a smaller penalty for each designated kW not provided
during a Load Control Event. Although the penalty was designed to incentivize reliable load
reduction from participants, the current penalty structure can eliminate a participant’s entire
incentive payment in certain circumstances.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes modifying the incentive
payment structure to a tiered Fixed Capacity Payment Rate structure that will pay Schedule 82
participants according to their average season performance during Load Control Events.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes adjusting the “Day of”
Load Adjustment definition to include a contingency applicable when an outage occurs on the day
of a Load Control Event.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company represents that Schedule 82
participants with a Load Control Device that fails can have the penalty for failing to provide the
designated kW reduction waived. The proposed tiered Fixed Capacity Payment Rate will not
impose such penalties. Instead, a participant’s Fixed Capacity Payment Rate would be determined
by the average percentage of the designated kW the participant provided during all Load Control
Events during a demand response (“DR”) season.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes replacing the penalty
waiver with a performance waiver that would exclude a week during which a Schedule 82
participant’s Load Control Device failed to operate when calculating the participant’s average DR
season performance.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes adding a limited Advanced
Notification Option beyond the four-hour notification limit currently part of Schedule 82 for
participants designating three Megawatt or more of load reduction.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company proposes adding definitions for
Average Actual kW Reduction, Event Performance Percentage, Average Season Performance
Percentage, Event Average Nomination, and Performance Waiver and removing the definitions of
Nominated kW Incentive Adjustment and Weekly Effective kW Reduction along with other minor
updates related to the proposed changes.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application, proposed tariffs, and supporting
documentation have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection during
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regular business hours at the Commission’s office. These documents are also available on the
Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “ELECTRIC” icon, select “Open
Cases,” and then click on the case number as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073.
Persons who wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than 21
days after the date of service of this Order. Such persons shall also provide the Commission
Secretary with their email address to facilitate further communications. After the intervention
deadline runs, the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of Parties that identifies the parties
and assigns exhibit numbers to each party. Once the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission
Staff shall informally confer with the Company and any intervening parties about how to further
process this case and shall then report back to the Commission on a proposed case schedule.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who would like to present their views
without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination do not have to intervene but may
present their views by submitting written comments to the Commission.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following people are designated as the
Company’s representatives in this matter:
Lisa Nordstrom
Idaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 [e-mail] [e-mail]
Zack Thompson
Idaho Power Company
P.O. Box 70 Boise, Idaho 83707 [e-mail] [e-mail]

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ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter must file a
Petition to Intervene no later than 21 days from the service date of this Order. Once the deadline
has passed, the Commission Secretary shall prepare and issue a Notice of Parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission Staff
shall confer with the parties regarding a procedural schedule for this matter including, if necessary,
a hearing in this matter.
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.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 20th day of
October 2023.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki Commission Secretary
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