20090507final_order_no_30799.pdf

Office ofthe Secretary
Service Date
May 7 2009
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT
APPLICATION OF PACIFICORP, AND
ACIFICORP IDAHO, INC. FOR AN ORDER
APPROVING (1) THE TRANSFER OF
DISTRIBUTION PROPERTY FROM
PACIFICORP TO AN AFFILIATE,
ACIFICORP IDAHO, INC., (2) THE ISSUANCE)
OR ASSUMPTION OF SECURITIES AND
INCUMBRANCE OF ASSETS BY P ACIFICORP,
IDAHO, INc. AND/OR P ACIFICORP, (3) THE
TRANSFER BY PACIFICORP OF CERTAIN
UTILITY PROPERTY TO AN AFFILIATE, THE
SERVICE COMPANY, AND (4) THE PROPOSED
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT FOR
REGULATORY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
CASE NO. P AC-00-
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On December 1 , 2000, PacifiCorp (Company) and PacifiCorp Idaho, Inc. Gointly, the
Applicants) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) in
Case No. P AC-00-6 requesting authorization to implement a restructuring of PacifiCorp into
six separate state electric companies, a generation company and a service company. The
Company proposed this restructuring because it contended that its existing structure and inter-
jurisdictional cost allocation were a source of risk and uncertainty that were not in the long-term
best interests of its customers or shareholders. On December 21 , 2000, the Commission issued a
Notice of the Company s Application.
On January 29, 2002, a notice was issued of the initiation of a multi-state
Commission dialogue to consider and develop a consistent method for PacifiCorp inter-
jurisdictional allocations. It was envisioned that any outcome, memorandum of understanding,
or recommendations that resulted from this process would be filed with the individual state
commissions for their review. Workshops were held in Portland, Oregon, and Salt Lake City,
Utah. Following the workshops what ensued was an informal and protracted stay of
proceedings.
On March 5 , 2002, PacifiCorp, then doing business as Utah Power & Light
Company, petitioned the Commission in a separate docket, Case No. P AC-02-, to initiate an
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investigation of inter-jurisdictional issues affecting the Company as a consequence of its status
as a multi-jurisdictional utility subject to the jurisdiction of six state regulatory commissions. On
March 20 2002, the Commission in Order No. 28978 established a docket for investigation and
approved a joint Multi-State Process (MSP) for analyzing PacifiCorp inter-jurisdictional issues.
On September 30, 2003 , PacifiCorp in Case No. P AC-02-3 filed a Motion seeking
Commission ratification of an Inter-Jurisdictional Cost Allocation Method-Protocol (Protocol).
On July 14, 2004, PacifiCorp filed a Revised Protocol. On November 4, 2004, PacifiCorp and
Commission Staff filed a Joint Motion requesting acceptance and Commission approval of a
Stipulation and Agreement (Stipulation) negotiated by PacifiCorp, Staff, Monsanto Company
and AARP as full settlement of the inter-jurisdictional cost allocation issues affecting
PacifiCorp. On February 28, 2005, the Commission in Order No. 29708 approved the Revised
Protocol and the negotiated terms of the settlement.
As a matter of administrative housekeeping, the Commission finds that the
Company s Application in Case No. P AC-00-6 is moot, the inter-jurisdictional cost allocation
issues being finally resolved in Case No. PAC-02-3. The Commission accordingly finds it
reasonable to close the docket in Case No. P AC-00-
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The Commission has jurisdiction over PacifiCorp, now doing business as Rocky
Mountain Power and previously doing business as Utah Power & Light Company, an electric
utility, and the issues presented in Case No. P AC-00-6 pursuant to the authority and power
granted it under Title 61 of the Idaho Code and the Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAP A
31.01.01.000 et seq.
ORDER
In consideration of the foregoing and for reasons more particularly described above
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED and the Commission does hereby terminate further proceedings and
close the docket in Case No. P AC-00-
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date of this Order. Within seven (7)
days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for
reconsideration. See Idaho Code 9 61-626.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 7-f1...
day of May 2009.
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MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
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MACK A. RED , COM SI NER
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