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Home My WebLink About20060310Application.pdf825 E. Mu/tnomah St. Portland OR 97232 . - - PACIFICORP , I ' j;j '; , i, I PACIFIC POWER UTAH POWER ;: i I : ,- :',: U ' ' ,:, : j : :) i oJ; March 9 2006 Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 West Washington Boise, ill 83702-5983 PAc-dG-OL. Attention:Jean D. Jewell Commission Secretary Re:In the Matter of the Application of the PacifiCorp Petition Requesting that its Biennial Unbundled Cost Information Reporting Requirement be Discontinued PacifiCorp (d.a. Utah Power & Light Company) hereby submits for filing an original and eight copies of its Petition ofPacifiCorp d/b/a Utah Power & Light Company Requesting that its Biennial Unbundled Cost Information Reporting Requirement be Discontinued. Service of pleadings, exhibits, orders and other documents relating to this proceeding should be served on the following: Lisa Nordstrom PacifiCorp 825 NE. Multnomah, Suite 1800 Portland, OR 97232 lisa. n ordstrom ~paci ficorp .com Bob Lively PacifiCorp One Utah Center, Suite 2300 201 South Main Salt Lake City, UT 84111 bob . live lv~pacificorp. com It is respectfully requested that all formal correspondence and Staff requests regarding this material be addressed to: Bye-mail (preferred):da tarequest(fYpacifi corp. com By regular mail:Data Request Response Center PacifiCorp 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 800 Portland, Oregon, 97232 By fax:(503) 813-6060 Sincerely, , . ~ D l))llt~'~~ff' A . D. Douglas Larson Vice President, Regulation Enclosures Lisa Nordstrom (ISB #5733) PacifiCorp 825 N .E. Multnomah, Suite 1800 Portland, OR 97232 Telephone: (503) 813-6227 FAX: (503) 813-7252 Lisa.N ordstromca2P acifi Corp .com Attorneys for PacifiCorp BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE PACIFICORP PETITION REQUESTING THAT ITS BIENNIAL UNBUNDLED COST INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENT BE DISCONTINUED.PETITION OF P ACIFICORP CASE NO. PAC-- O COMES NOW, PacifiCorp, d/b/a Utah Power & Light Company ("PacifiCorp" or the Company ) and hereby petitions the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("IPUC" or the Commission ), pursuant to IPUC Rule of Procedure 53, to issue an Order modifying or rescinding Order No. 28804, as it applies to PacifiCorp, to no longer require the Company to file biennial cost information-unbundling reports ("Cost Reports ) with the Commission. This Petition, a companion to that filed by Idaho Power Company in IPC- E-06-, is based on the following: In 1997, in response to concerns regarding the potential effects of electric deregulation on retail choice, the Idaho State Legislature enacted Chapter 403 , Session Laws of Idaho 1997 pp. 1279-1281 , that created Idaho Code ~~ 61-338 and 61-339. Under these statutes, electric suppliers in the state ofldaho with more than 1 000 customers were required to file unbundled cost information with the Commission. The Commission was to compile the unbundled cost PETITION OF P ACIFICORP information and provide it to the Governor and Legislature. The law contained a sunset provision and became null and void on January 1 , 1999. II. In response to Idaho Code ~~ 61-338 and 61-339, the Commission instituted Case No. GNR-97-1 to provide for the method and manner by which the Cost Reports would be compiled and submitted to the Commission. The Commission compiled the information and submitted the reports as required by law. III. Subsequent to Case No. GNR-97-, the Commission, on its own authority, required the investor-owned utilities under its jurisdiction to continue to file Cost Reports on an annual basis beyond the January 1 , 1999 sunset provision of the original legislation. The PacifiCorp proceeding was docketed as Case No. UPL-98-1. See Order Nos. 27678 and 28037. IV. On June 8, 2001 , PacifiCorp filed an Application with the Commission requesting that the Commission authorize the discontinuance of the annual filing of the Cost Reports (Case No. PAC-01-9). In its 2001 Application, PacifiCorp stated that the discontinuance of Cost Reports filings would have no effect on the ability of the Commission to require that appropriate cost information be submitted in other proceedings. In Order No. 28804 issued on August 15 2001 , the Commission required PacifiCorp to continue filing the Cost Reports with the Commission on a biennial basis. The Company has filed Cost Reports with the Commission every other year since the issuance of Order Nos. 28804 and 29051. In Comments submitted in Case No. PAC-01-9 on July 5 2001 , the Commission Staff PETITION OF P ACIFICORP conceded that, under normal conditions , " costs change relatively slowly." Staff Comments at 3. PacifiCorp contends that general rate cases and other filings provide the Commission and its Staff the opportunity to review the Company s costs in significant detail. In 2005 , the Company filed a general rate case (Case No. PAC-05-1) that underwent significant scrutiny by multiple parties. PacifiCorp also intends to file another general rate case in April 2006. The Company anticipates that regular rate actions will be needed in the future to recover its increasing costs and capital investments. In addition to the thorough review of costs afforded by rate cases, the Commission and its Staff also receive PacifiCorp s annual results of operations that are filed with the Idaho Commission. Pursuant to the stipulation signed in Case No. PAC-02-, PacifiCorp agreed to provide these reports for the 10 years following the Commission s ratification of the Revised Protocol, PacifiCorp s inter-jurisdictional cost allocation methodology. VI. Given that the Company intends to file annual results of operations and anticipates regular rate actions in the future, PacifiCorp believes that the Commission and its Staffwill continue to have the opportunity to review the Company s costs in equivalent or greater detail than that afforded by the biennial Cost Reports. Accordingly, PacifiCorp submits that it is in the public interest to permit the Company to discontinue filing the Cost Reports required by Order Nos. 28804 and 29051. PETITION OF P ACIFICORP VII. Service of pleadings, exhibits, orders and other documents relating to this proceeding should be served on the following: Lisa Nordstrom PacifiCorp 825 N.E. Multnomah, Suite 1800 Portland, OR 97232 Lisa.N ordstromca2Pacifi Corp .com Bob Lively One Utah Center, Suite 2300 201 South Main Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Bob . Livel vca2Pacifi Corp. com VIII. PacifiCorp requests this Petition be processed under IPUC Rule of Procedure 201 , et aI. allowing for consideration of issues to be processed under Modified Procedure, i., by written submission rather than by an evidentiary hearing. WHEREFORE, PacifiCorp respectfully requests the Commission enter its Order authorizing PacifiCorp to discontinue filing the biennial Cost Report required in Case No. P AC- 01-9 and pursuant to Order Nos. 28804 and 29501. Respectfully submitted this 9th day of March 2006. ~r~oLisa Nordstro Attorney for PacifiCorp PETITION OF P ACIFICORP CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 9th day of March 2006, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing PETITION upon the following named parties by the method indicated below and addressed to the following: Idaho Public Utilities Commission 472 W. Washington O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 :7" ,./ Cece Gassner Deputy Attorney General 472 W. Washington O. Box 83720 Boise, ill 83720-0074 Monica Moen Barton L. Kline Idaho Power Company O. Box 70 Boise, ill 83707 David 1. Meyer A vista Corporation O. Box 3727 1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC Spokane, W A 99220-3727 Hand Delivered u.S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX Hand Delivered S. Mail Overnight Mail FAX ~0f~~CY~" Peggy ~ 1 Supervi r, Regulation Administration PETITION OF P ACIFICORP