20061027Decision memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
FROM:DON HOWELL
DATE:OCTOBER 24, 2006
SUBJECT:ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER'PETITION TO CONFIRM THE
REASONABLENESS OF THE PAYMENT STRUCTURE OF ITS
SCHEDULE 21 LOW INCOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM, CASE
NO. PAC-06-
On September 1 , 2006, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power filed a Petition seeking a
declaratory order that the Company s current funding structure for its Low-Income Weatherization
program (Schedule 21) is just and reasonable. In Order No. 30139 issued October 3, 2006, the
Commission issued a Notice of Petition and established a deadline for intervention. The
Commission directed that after the Commission Secretary had issued the Notice of Parties, that the
Commission Staff conduct an informal prehearing conference with the parties to establish a
schedule for processing this case. The parties (Rocky Mountain, Staff, and Community Action
Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI)) conducted their informal conference on October 24
2006.
THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE
The parties agreed on a proposed schedule.
Commission adopt the following schedule.
The parties recommend that the
December 6, 2006 Deadline for discovery requests
December 20, 2006 Deadline for Staff and CAP AI prefile testimony
January 10, 2007 Deadline for Staff/CAP AI rebuttal of each other (if
necessary)
January 24, 2007 Deadline for PacifiCorp s prefile rebuttal testimony
February 2, 2007 Technical Hearing in Boise
DECISION MEMORANDUM
The parties also agreed to convene an informal settlement conference prior to
PacifiCorp s rebuttal testimony. The purpose of the settlement conference would be to determine if
the parties can settle some or all of their differences.
The parties also agreed on several issues related to servIce. More specifically, the
parties agreed to a 10-day response period for discovery requests and to serve just one hard copy of
discovery on the Commission Secretary. The parties also agreed to serve each other with discovery
and prefile testimony by electronic mail. To conserve resources, the parties also agreed to serve the
Commission with an original and four copies of all prefile testimony.
COMMISSION DECISION
1. Does the Commission adopt the proposed schedule to process this matter?
2. Does the Commission concur with the parties' recommendation to submit one hard
copy of discovery on the Commission Secretary and to submit an original and four copies of prefile
testimony?
3. Anything else?
Don Howell
bls!M:PAC-O6-1O dh
DECISION MEMORANDUM