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Home My WebLink About20031211Notice of Application.pdfOffice of the Secretary Service Date December 10, 2003 BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PACIFICORP DBA UTAH POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72 IRRIGATION LOAD CONTROL CREDIT RIDER PROGRAM. CASE NO. PAC-03- NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE NOTICE OF COMMENT /PROTEST DEADLINE NOTICE OF SCHEDULE 72 2003 PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on December 5, 2003 , PacifiCorp dba Utah Power & Light Company (PacifiCorp; Company) filed proposed changes to its electric Schedule 72 Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program. Also filed was a copy of the Company Schedule 72 2003 Program Evaluation Report. The Company in its filing recommends the following changes to improve the Schedule 72 Program. The intent of the Company s recommendations is two fold: (1) streamline the enrollment process and (2) mitigate potential customer concerns that may have limited customer participation in the 2003 Program. The Company proposes to: 1. Provide customers with a Load Control Service Agreement by January 15th of each year together with the Load Control Service Credit notification (the credit the customer would receive should they elect to participate). The Load Control Service Agreement will include the amount of credit the customer would receive during the upcoming irrigation season if participation is elected. 2. Require that customers sign and return the Load Control Service Agreement by February 15th of each year to indicate their intention to participate in the Program. NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE NOTICE OF SCHEDULE 72 2003 PROGRAM EV ALUA TION REPORT 3. Notify participating customers of the scheduled hours for load control during the irrigation season by March 15th of each calendar year. 4. Permit participating customers to notify the Company of their intent to opt out of the Program without penalty by April 15th. Under the Company proposal customers notifying the Company of their intent to opt out of the Program after April 15th shall be subject to the terms of Special Condition No., Early Termination (Schedule No. 72). 5. Not enforce the ineligibility for the 2004 irrigation season for customers who submitted an Intent to Participate Notification in the 2003 Program but subsequently failed to execute a Load Control Service Agreement. This proposal is based on the Company recommendation to eliminate the Intent to Participate Notification as part of the 2004 Program. 6. To limit the potential cost for participating customers under terms of Special Condition No., Cost of Load Control Devices, (Schedule No. 72) to such costs only to the extent that they exceed one thousand dollars. The Company requests an effective date of January 7, 2004 for its proposed Schedule 72 tariff changes. Should the Commission elect not to approve the proposed changes with the January 7 2004 effective date, the Company would consider it an acceptable outcome to administer the Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program for the 2004 irrigation season based on the existing conditions of Schedule No. 72 Accompanying PacifiCorp s tariff change request is a copy of the Company November 28 , 2003 Schedule 72 Program Impact Evaluation Report. The Evaluation Report filing is a compliance filing pursuant to Commission directive in Order No. 29209, Case No. P AC-03-, wherein the Company was directed to submit a Report at the end of the 2003 irrigation season summarizing the results of the Schedule No. 72 Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Schedule No. 72 Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program was initially approved by the Commission in Case No. P AC-03-, Order No. 29209. In that Order the Commission addressed the methodology used by the Company to calculate the proposed credits. The proposed credits are different for each month of the irrigation season to reflect the varying costs of power, and hence, value of curtailment, in each of the months. In valuing the shift of load from the super peak to light load hours, PacifiCorp included NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE NOTICE OF SCHEDULE 72 2003 PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT a 30% uncertainty factor in recognition of uncertainties with respect to (a) the amount of load that actually shifted; (b) the hours of the day that load is actually shifted to; (c) the level ofload control equipment failure; (d) unexpected differences between estimated load and actual load; (e) failure of customers to shift load; and (f) customer termination from the Program for previously failing to shift load. The proposed credits are thus 70% of the differences between expected super-peak and off-peak market prices. The Commission characterized the Company s proposal as essentially a time-of-use proposal and not a curtailment or buy-out proposal. The Program is also voluntary. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has been informed that it is the Company s intent to calculate the monthly credits for the 2004 irrigation season early January 2004 and to provide that calculation to the Commission for its review and approval. The credit amount will be calculated pursuant to the methodology approved in Case No. P AC-03- , Order No. 29209. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the filings of record in Case No. PAC-03-14. The Commission has preliminarily determined that the public interest regarding the Company s Application to modify Schedule 72 tariff language may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented, and that the issues raised by the Application may be processed under Modified Procedure , by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission may not hold a hearing in this proceeding unless it receives written protests or comments opposing the use of Modified Procedure and stating why Modified Procedure should not be used. 31.01.01.203. Reference IDAP A YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or protests with respect to the Application and the Conimission s use of Modified Procedure in Case No. PAC-03-14 is Tuesday, December 30, 2003. Persons desiring a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written protests or comments. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received within the deadline, the Commission will consider the matter on its merits and enter its Order without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the deadline, the NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE NOTICE OF SCHEDULE 72 2003 PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or may decide the matter and issue its Order based on the written positions before it. Reference IDAP A 31.01.01.204. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concernIng Case No. PAC-03-14 should be mailed to the Commission and to PacifiCorp at the addresses reflected below. Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0074 Street Address for Express Mail: Bob Lively Manager Regulation PacifiCorp 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 800 Portland, OR 97232 E-mail: datarequest~pacificorp.com 472 W. Washington Street Boise, ID 83702-5983 These 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 home page located at www.puc.state.id.. Click the "Comments and Questions icon, and complete the comment form, using the case number as it appears on the front of this document. These comments must also be sent to PacifiCorp at the e-mail address listed above. YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application in Case No. PAC-O3- can be reviewed at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 W. Washington Street, Boise Idaho and at the Idaho offices of PacifiCorp. In addition, the Application may be viewed by accessing the Commission s Website at www.?uc.state.id.under the "File Room" icon and selecting the appropriate topic heading. NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE NOTICE OF COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE NOTICE OF SCHEDULE 72 2003 PROGRAM EVALUATION REPORT DATED at Boise, Idaho this IOfk day of December 2003. PAUL KJ L . ER, PRESIDENT MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER ATTEST: D. 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