20021112Order No 29151_mod.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
November 12 2002
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF P ACIFICORP FOR APPROVAL OF
IDAHO COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT
BULB PROGRAM (TARIFF SCHEDULE 20)
AND FOR APPROVAL OF DEFERRED
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
CASE NO. PAC-02-
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on October 18, 2002, PacifiCorp dba Utah
Power & Light Company (PacifiCorp; Company) filed an Application with the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting approval of a proposed new tariff Schedule 20
Residential Energy Efficiency Program-Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulb Program.
The proposed CFL program would provide two CFLs, at no direct cost, to
PacifiCorp s 44 000 Idaho residential customers. The bulbs would be mailed directly to
customers in packages that include the bulbs, information on the benefits of CFLs and advice on
the most energy efficient use of the bulbs. All bulbs carry a two-year warranty through Energy
Technology Laboratories (ETL), are Energy Star certified and carry the Energy Star label.
Energy Star is a certification process sponsored by the US Department of Energy. Products
meeting Energy Star requirements are built beyond energy efficiency codes and standards.
PacifiCorp contends that customers will benefit from the proposed program by
experiencing the positive qualities of CFLs, including reduced energy usage and extended bulb
lives. PacifiCorp is hopeful that the program will trigger customer interest in energy efficient
products and appliances.
PacifiCorp contends that its proposed CFL program is consistent with its Integrated
Resource Plan as reflected in the Company s RAMPP 6 report and is one of several measures
planned to help the Company achieve its demand side management (DSM) target for fiscal year
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2003. The Company maintains that similar CFL programs have been successfully offered to
residential customers in Oregon, Utah and Washington. Program savings in those states have
out-performed initial estimates.
PacifiCorp estimates that the proposed CFL program will save 5 720 000 kilowatt
hours annually-50% of which will occur during peak load periods. PacifiCorp intends to
complete distribution of the bulbs by January 1 , 2003. PacifiCorp estimates that the program
will cost $456 000 including the costs of the CFLs, shipping and handling, and customer
education. PacifiCorp proposes to defer the costs of this program until a future rate proceeding.
Deferred accounting treatment is requested including accrued carrying charges at a
rate equal to the weighted average cost of capital recommended by Commission Staff in its most
recent audit of PacifiCorp s results of operations. This accounting treatment, the Company
contends, is an appropriate, just and reasonable means of providing the Company an opportunity
to seek recovery of its DSM program costs. PacifiCorp is not requesting a determination of
ratemaking treatment of the program costs and related carrying charges at this time. Such a
determination, it states, will be made in a future rate proceeding.
In accordance with Idaho Code ~ 61-307, the Company contends that copies of its
Application are available for public inspection at the Company s offices in Rexburg, Preston
Shelley and Montpelier, Idaho. PacifiCorp requests that its Application be processed under
Modified Procedure and requests that the tariff be approved for effective date of November 19
2002.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has preliminarily found that
the public interest in this matter may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and
that the issues raised by the Company s filing may be processed under Modified Procedure, i.
by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure
IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or
protests with respect to PacifiCorp s Application and the use of Modified Procedure in Case
No. PAC-02-7 is Friday, November 29, 2002.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written protests or comments are
received within the deadline, the Commission may consider the matter on its merits and may
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enter its Order without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the deadline
the Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or may
decide the matter and issue its Order on the basis of the written positions before it. Reference
IDAP A 31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concerning Case
No. PAC-02-7 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
ROBERT LIVELY
P ACIFICORP
201 S. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2300
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111
Street Address for Express Mail:MARY S. HOBSON
STOEL RIVES LLP
101 S. CAPITOL BLVD., SUITE 1900
BOISE, ID 83702-5958
472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, ID 83702-5983
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document.Persons desiring to submit comments via e-mail may do so by accessing the
Commission s homepage located at www.puc.state.id.under the "Comments and Questions
icon. Once at the "Comments or Questions" icon, fill in the case number as it appears on the
front of this document, and enter your comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company s Application in Case
No. PAC-02-7 may be viewed at www.puc.state.id.by clicking on "File Room" and
Electric Cases " or can be viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission, 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and at the Idaho offices ofPacifiCorp in
Rexburg, Preston, Shelley, and Montpelier, Idaho.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission finds it reasonable to
suspend the Company s proposed implementation date of November 19, 2002 for its CFL
Program and requested deferral accounting treatment to allow for a standard 21-day comment
period and to allow the Commission to review the evidence to be presented in this matter and to
consider and determine the issues presented in this Application.To allow for same the
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Commission finds it reasonable to suspend the Application for a period of 30 days plus 5 months
from the proposed effective date of November 19 2002. Reference Idaho Code ~ 61-622.
ORDER
In consideration of the foregoing and as more particularly described above IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED and the Commission does hereby approve the foregoing schedule for
Modified Procedure.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the proposed implementation date for PacifiCorp
proposed tariff Schedule 20 CFL Program and requested deferral accounting should be, and
hereby is, suspended for a period of thirty (30) days plus five (5) months from November 19
2002, or until such time as the Commission may issue an Order accepting, rejecting or modifying
the Application in this matter.
DONE.by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 8+"-
day of November 2002.
DENNIS S. HANSEN, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
~D.Je D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
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