20090507final_order_no_30800.pdf

Office ofthe Secretary
Service Date
May 7, 2009
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF
ACIFICORP FOR THE DETERMINATION
OF GUIDELINES FOR INTEGRA TED
RESOURCE PLANNING, POWER COST RISK
MANAGEMENT AND WHOLESALE
TRANSACTIONS, AND FOR APPROVAL OF
A PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY POWER
COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM.
CASE NO. PAC-01-
ORDER NO. 30800
On November 5, 2001 , PacifiCorp, then doing business as Utah Power & Light
Company, (PacifiCorp; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission (Commission) for (1) the determination of guidelines for integrated resource
planning, power cost risk management and wholesale power purchases and sales in the context
of a Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) mechanism and the western retail and wholesale power
markets; (2) approval of a PCA mechanism; and (3) approval of a temporary PCA mechanism.
On November 29 2001 , the Commission in Order No. 28904 issued a Notice of the
Company s Application and put the Company on notice that it must file supporting testimony as
a condition of any further procedural scheduling or consideration of the issues presented.
The Commission notes that PacifiCorp has failed to file supporting testimony in
Case No. PAC-01-15 and finds it reasonable as a matter of administrative housekeeping to
dismiss the Company s Application for lack of diligent prosecution and to close the docket in
Case No. PAC-01-15.
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. PAC-0l-15 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 NO. 30800
ORDER
In consideration of the foregoing and for reasons more particular described above, IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED and the Commission does hereby dismiss the Application ofPacifiCorp
in Case No. PAC-01-, terminates further proceedings and closes the docket in Case No.
PAC-01-l5.
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
day of May 2009.
JI , P SIDENT
MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
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