20080214Press Release, Customer Notice.pdf

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PRESS RELEASE AND
CUSTOMER NOTICE
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
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News Release
Contact: Margaret Oler, 801-220-2592
newsdesk~acificorp.com
Rocky Mountain Power proposes enhancements
to energy efficiency programs
Rocky Mountain Power has fied for approval to increase its Customer Efficiency Services
surcharge to all customer classes except special contracts. If approved by the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission (IPUC), the surcharge wil increase 2.2 percent for all customer classes, a monthly
increase of about $ 1 .56 for the average residential customer, and wil become effective April 1,
2008. The surcharge wil provide an estimated $4.9 milion in anual revenue to fund enhancements
to the company's demand side management programs offered to customers.
"The company offers a varety of programs to assist customers in reducing their energy
consumption and managing their peak loads," said Richard Walje, Rocky Mountain Power
president. ''This funding increase will allow the company to expand programs and achieve greater
results."
The revenue increase is needed to provide fuding for a new program, Energy FinAswer, to
provide services and incentives to commercial and industral customers who complete projects that
wil reduce energy consumption. It wil also increase fuding for other programs already offered by
the company such as Irrgation Load Control, Home Energy Savings, Irgation Energy Savers, and
FinAswer Express. Other popular programs wil continue without any changes including
refrgerator recycling and low-income weatherization services.
Rocky Mountain Power's proposal is subject to public review and approval by the IPUC.
Copies of the filing wil be available online at ww.rockymountainpower.net. The fiing is also
available for review durng regular business hour at the IPUC offce in Boise and at the company's
offices in Rexburg, Preston, Shelley and Montpelier.
For more information about Rocky Mountain Power's energy efficiency and load
management programs, see the company's website at ww.rockymountainpower.net.
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About Rocky Mountain Power
Based in Salt Lake City, Rocky Mountain Power is one of the lowest-cost electric utilities in the
United States, providing safe and reliable service to more than 957,000 customers in Uta,
Wyoming and Idaho. The company works to meet growing energy demand while protecting and
enhancing the environment. As par ofPacifiCorp, the company has more than 9,062 megawatt of
generation from coal, hydro, gas-fueled combustion tubines and renewable wind and geothermal
power. PacifiCorp is part of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, and serves approximately 1.7
milion customers as Rocky Mountain Power in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho; and as Pacific Power in
Oregon, Washington and California. The company and its employees are committed to the
communities they serve, providing valuable contrbutions in economic and community development,
as well as social needs.
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Notice of proposed
energy efficiency programs
and price change
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Rocky Mountain Power is commtted to
delivering safe, reliable power at a fair price.
Part of that commtment is providing
programs and information to help you save
energy and money. In order to improve and
enhnce our existing energy effciency
programs, Rocky Mountain Power has fied
for approval to enhance progrms for business
and residential customers, add a new energ
efficiency program for our commercal and
industrial customers and adjust the collection
rate of the existing Demand Side Management
(DSM) cost reovery mechanism.
The enhnce energ efciency prgrams will
offer inormtion, servces and cash incentives
to help customers install energ efficient
equipment or make permanent operational
changes to reduce energy consumption and
save money.
The filng propose to collect annual revenue
of $4.9 millon.* Program costs will continue
to be collected by Rocky Mountain Power
as a line item called "Customer Effciency
Servces" on bils instead of including the
costs as par of general rates. If the proposal is
approved as fied, the reidenti price incrase
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will be 2.2 percent. For a residential cutomer
using 790 kiowatt-hours, the propose incree
would be about $1.56 per month. Revenue
collected from commercial, industrial
(excluding special contracts) and irrigation
customers would also increase 2.2 percent.
The company fied the application with the
Idaho Public Utilities Commssion (IPUC) on
February 14, 200. The application is a propol,
subjec to public review and IPUC approval
before it can take effect. If approved, Rocky
Mountain Power would start offering the
proposed programs, and rate adjustments
would beome effective April 1, 2008, or when
the commssion approves the application,
whichever is later.
Copies of the filing wil be available online at
ww.rockymountainpower.netJregulation,
and selec "Idaho:'
Or you can review a copy during regular
business hours at the IPUC office in Boise
and in these Rocky Mountain Power offices:
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· 25 East Main, Rexburg
· 509 South 200 East, Preston
· 852 East 1400 North, Shelley
· 24852 U.S. Highway 89, Montpelier
. Based on rates in effect after January 1,2008.
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