20020618Order No 29051.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PacifiCorp TO DISCONTINUE COST INFORMATION FILING AND SUSPENSION OF FILING DATE PENDING COMMISSION DETERMINATION. )
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CASE NO. PAC-E-01-09

ORDER NO. 29051
In Joint Order No. 28804 issued on August 15, 2001, in Case No. PAC-E-01-9, the Commission ordered PacifiCorp (as well as Idaho Power Company (IPC-E-01-18) and Avista (AVU-E-01-09)) to continue filing unbundled cost reports every other year, with the first reports to be filed on or before July 1, 2002.
On May 24, 2002, PacifiCorp filed a Motion with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission requesting an extension of the July 1, 2002 file date for unbundled cost of service information. PacifiCorp contends that an unbundled cost report if PacifiCorp filed by July 1, 2002 would utilize results of operations for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2001. Extending the filing date for the report to October 1, 2002, the Company contends, will allow PacifiCorp to submit a report based on the results of operations during fiscal year ending March 31, 2002, the Company’s most recent reporting year. These results, the Company states, would be consistent with the semi-annual results of operation filings to be made on July 31, 2002, in PacifiCorp’s Utah, Washington and Oregon service territories. PacifiCorp requests that the Commission issue an Order pursuant to Commission Rule of Procedure 256.03 (Motion for Procedural Relief) granting PacifiCorp an extension until October 1, 2002, to submit this year’s report called for by Joint Order No. 28804, and also ordering that the filing deadline for PacifiCorp’s unbundled cost reports in subsequent years will be October 1.
PacifiCorp requests that its Motion be handled on less than 14-days’ notice so that the Company can avoid (if the Motion is approved) the unnecessary effort of preparing a report based on outdated data. PacifiCorp represents that the Company has telephoned a representative of each of the parties to Case No. PAC-E-01-9 advising them of its Motion.
FINDINGS
The Commission has reviewed the filings of record in PAC-E-01-09 including its prior Order No. 28804 and PacifiCorp’s May 24, 2002 Motion for Extension of Filing Date. Under Commission Rules 256.02 and 256.03, the Commission can act on a motion requesting procedural and substantive relief on fewer than 14 days if the facts support such a request and at least one representative of all parties to the underlying case has received actual notice of the motion by telephone or personal delivery of the motion. PacifiCorp’s Motion was filed on May 24, 2002, and all parties were contacted and notified of PacifiCorp’s Motion on or prior to said date. No parties have contacted the Commission stating their positions either in person, in writing or by telephone. For the administrative and sound reasons advanced, and for good cause shown the Commission finds it reasonable to grant the Company’s request for extension. Ref. Idaho Code 61-624 and 61-401.
O R D E R
In consideration of the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the filing deadline for PacifiCorp’s unbundled cost information report for year 2002 is extended from July 1, 2002 as required by Order No. 28804 to October 1, 2002 and future reports are to be filed by PacifiCorp on or before October 1st every other year thereafter.
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 with regard to any matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. See Idaho Code § 61-626.

DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this _______ day of June 2002.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary

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Service Date
June 18, 2002