19950816Ntc of Settlement Negotiations.pdf

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
NEGOTIATIONS - 1 -
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 16, 1995
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR AN ) CASE NO. IPC-E-95-9
ORDER APPROVING THE METHODOLOGY )
FOR AVOIDED COST RATE )
NEGOTIATIONS WITH QUALIFYING ) NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
FACILITIES LARGER THAN 1 MEGAWATT ) NEGOTIATIONS
)
)

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on Tuesday, August 29, 1995, commencing at
10:00 a.m. at the offices of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 West Washington
Street, Boise, Idaho, the Commission Staff will conduct a meeting with all interested persons to
discuss all matters, procedural and substantive, relevant to this proceeding including, but not
limited to:
1) how those aspects of Idaho Power s filing that are relevant to the formulation of a
generic avoided cost methodology can best be segregated from Company-specific IRP issues;
2) do PacifiCorp and Water Power propose methodologies similar to that proposed by
Idaho Power;
3) which variables are generic and which are utility specific;
4) which variables will be updated more frequently than every two years and how will
they be updated;
5) will the power supply cost and capacity expansion models utilized by Idaho Power,
Water Power and PacifiCorp treat QF developers consistently and fairly;
6) is it necessary to resolve the IRPs of the three utilities prior to establishing a generic
avoided cost methodology.
The participants are free to raise any other relevant issues at the meeting and are
encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of all other parties as far in advance of the meeting
as possible. This meeting can be construed as the commencement of settlement negotiations
pursuant to Rule 272 of the Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
NEGOTIATIONS - 2 -
DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of August 1995.

Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary

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