20060522Decision memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
LEGAL
WORKING FILE
FROM:LYNN ANDERSON
DATE:MAY , 2006
RE:ACIFICORP TARIFF ADVICE 06-
CASE NO. PAC-OS-
On April 28, 2006, PacifiCorp electronically filed Advice 06-04 to implement its Home
Energy Saver Incentive Program in compliance with Order No. 29976 issued March 3 , 2006 , in
Case No. PAC-05-10. Staffs review ofthe tariff resulted in technical corrections being
resubmitted on May 19, 2006. PacifiCorp requests that the tariffbe effective on May 31 2006.
Background
The Home Energy Saver Incentive Program tariff sheets provide a broad description of
how this residential energy efficiency incentive program will be operated. The specific details of
qualifying services and products, incentive amounts and participation procedures will be listed
on the PacifiCorp s Internet web site and will be mailed to customers who request this
information. General information about the program and how to get specific information will be
available through customer newsletters, general advertising and point of purchase displays.
Categories of efficient equipment that may be promoted at various times by the program
include washing machines, refrigerators, dishwashers, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)
and fixtures, air conditioners and evaporative coolers, insulation, windows, pool pumps and
ceiling fans. In addition, efficiency services that may be promoted include duct sealing, air
conditioner tune-ups, and clothes washer recycling.
Two types of product and service delivery will be used in the program: 1) manufacturer
buy-down to reduce prices, and 2) post-purchase incentive payments. Incentives will generally
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be available regardless of who installs the efficiency products. Most program details will be
determined and managed by an outside administrator, whose contract was won through a request
for proposal (RFP) process. PacifiCorp anticipates that program details will change seasonally
and adjust to current market conditions. PacifiCorp will retain responsibility for overall program
performance. Additional program description, evaluation and cost-effectiveness details were
provided by PacifiCorp s in its tariff filing.
STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff believes this tariff complies with Order No. 29976 and should be approved.
Staff has reviewed the supplemental documents submitted with the tariff and discussed
some of the details with PacifiCorp. The documents submitted were not, and need not be
sufficient to verify all assumptions and calculations. Such verification should occur when
PacifiCorp seeks a determination that its energy efficiency costs were prudently incurred.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission approve this tariff to be effective May 31 , 2006?
Lynn Anderson
udmemoslPacifiCorp Tariff Advice 06-
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