20010822Notice of Filing.doc

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

in the matter of THE FILING BY PacifiCorp DBA UTAH POWER & LIGHT COMPANY OF ITS 2001 ELECTRIC INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP). )
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CASE NO. PAC-E-01-13

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE OF COMMENT DEADLINE

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on July 5, 2001, PacifiCorp dba Utah Power & Light Company (PacifiCorp; PCP; Company) filed its 2001 Resource and Market Planning Program (RAMPP-6; IRP) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission). The Company’s filing is pursuant to a biennial requirement established in Commission Order No. 22299, Case No. U-1500-165. The IRP describes the Company’s loads and resources, provides an overview of technically available resource options including conservation and establishes a demonstrated need for resources in 2004. PacifiCorp’s filing includes a model output appendix and an addendum to the report entitled “RAMPP-6 Special Studies.”
The Company notes that the IRP was not filed as anticipated on December 31, 2000, and apologizes for the delay. The Company notes that the IRP also does not reflect the impacts of recent events. The current state of the industry, the Company notes, is not encompassed in any of the scenarios analyzed in the study. Nonetheless, the Company contends that the study stands on its own merits and will provide a useful basis for current and future analysis. Future analysis may require using the base model developed for RAMPP-6 with assumptions updated to current conditions.
In anticipation of the continued change within the electric industry, the Company states that it is currently reforming its long range planning process. A centralized resource planning function is being created that will be able to evaluate and compare the resource options available to the Company such as adding resources, repowering resources, purchasing commodity, or the various sophisticated financial transactions being offered in today’s energy marketplace. The function will be staffed by experts in generation, transmission, modeling, economics and regulatory requirements. The purpose of the function will be to better align the Company’s long-range planning, regulatory requirements and business planning.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the Company’s filing in Case No. PAC-E-01-13 and finds it reasonable to establish the following schedule for comment on the RAMPP-6 Report:
Friday, October 19, 2001 Deadline for filing written comments
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application and submitted documents are available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Commission’s office and at the Idaho offices of PacifiCorp dba Utah Power & Light Company. Copies of the IRP and Appendix are also available on the Company’s Worldwide Web Page. The internet address is www.pacificorp.com/prodsvs/rampp.html. Written comments concerning this Application and the Company’s filing should be mailed to the Commission and the Company at the addresses reflected below:
COMMISSION SECRETARY
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074

Street Address for Express Mail:

472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, ID 83702-5983 BRIAN HEDMAN, MANAGER
REGULATORY
825 NW MULTNOMAH
PORTLAND, OR 97232
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this document.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this day of August 2001.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER

DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary

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NOTICE OF FILING
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Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 22, 2001