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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20090310Application.pdf~~æ~OUNTAIN RECEIVED 2009 February 11 PM 4:53 IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 201 South Main, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Febru 11, 2009 Ji ELECTRONIC FILING Jea D. Jewell Commission Secreta Idaho Public Utilties Commission 472 W. Washington Boise, ID 83702 PIIC-E -- 69--( Attention:Jean D. Jewell Commission Secretar RE: TARIFF ADVICE 09-01 RATE SCHEDULE 72A Rocky Mountan Power, a division ofPacifiCorp, hereby :fles Tarff Advice 09-01 to Electric Service Schedule No. 72A - Irrgation Load Control Credit Rider Dispatch Program. Rocky Mountain Power hereby submits for electronic filing a clean and red1ine copy of each sheet containing proposed revisions to Schedule No. 72A. Rocky Mountan Power respectfuly requests ths application be processed under the Commission's Modified Procedure with a proposed effective date of March 13,2009. Rocky Mountan Power submits the following proposed revisions to tariff sheets: Third Revised Sheet No. 72A.l Schedule 72A Dispatchable Irrgation Load Control Credit Rider Third Revised Sheet No. 72A.2 Schedule 72A Dispatchable Irrgation Load Control Credit Rider Third Revised Sheet No. 72A.3 Schedule 72A Dispatchable Irrgation Load Control Credit Rider Third Revised Sheet No. 72A.4 Schedule 72A Dispatchable Irrgation Load Control Creit Rider Sheet No. 72A.l - Specify that preseason internet access is designed to faciltate program testing, training, and information shang. Sheet No. 72A.2 - Revise the languge of the load control service credit to allow the Company the discretion of paying customers by check or to credit the customer's outstanding account balance if one exists. Additional languge was added to specify how the demad average would be calculated for the load control service credit if two years of usage history isn't available at a site. This revision also corrects the notification date for the load control serice agreement from Febru 15 to April 15. Language was added to specify that tiered program paricipation credit was designed to encourage program paricipation. Sheet No. 72A.3 - Revise the language on the liquidated damages section from prices actually paid by the Company to state tht the liquidated damges are based on the day ahead on-peak price at Four Comers as published at http://theice.com. Idaho Public Utilties Commssion February 11,2009 Page 2 If you have any questions please contact Ted Weston at (801) 220-2963 or email ted. westonßYpacificorp.com. Very trly yours, ~ l~~ML Jeffey K. Larsen Vice President, Reguation Enclosurs ~~l~OUNTAIN I.P.U.C. No.1 Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.i Canceling Second Revision of Sheet No. 72A.i ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A STATE OF IDAHO Dispatchable Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program PUROSE: This optional tariff allows Customers to paricipate in a dispatchable control service interrption program in exchange for a Load Control Service Credit (LCSC). Customers participating in this program wil be considered paricipants in the Irrgation Load Control Credit Rider program. PARTICIPATION: Prior to paricipation, and in order to qualify under this Schedule, Customers must execute a Load Control Service Agreement (LCSA) with the Company. Paricipants in the dispatchable progr wil be considered progr parcipants for subsequent years unless the Customer explicitly communicates the desire to no longer paricipate in the Load Control Credit Rider program. APPLICABLE: To qualifying Customers served on Schedule i 0 and who have continuous access to the Internet from May i through September i 5. Access to the internet beginning May i is required to allow for program information sharing, training, and communication testing in advance of the control season. In addition, Schedule i 0 Customers paricipating in the dispatchable program must: (a) Meet minimum irrigation equipment motor load size of 30 Hp. The Company may evaluate individual pumps or motors smaller than 30 Hp to determine if participation is cost-effective or necessar because such pumps ar par of a larger participating system. (b) Use advanced 2-way remote control equipment as speified by the Company to manage ALL pumping requirements throughout the Company defined Irrigation Season (June i through September i 5). (c) Paricipate in Company-defined training to set up their pump sites for dispatch. (d) Incur air time communication charges for communication trnsactions exceeding 70 per month. Charges for communication transactions in excess of 70 per month wil be deducted from the Customer's LCSC. IRGATION SEASON: This rider is applicable only during the Irrigation Season from June 1 to September 15, annually. (Continued) Submitted Under Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: February i i, 2009 EFFECTIVE: March i 3, 2009 ~~_~OUNTAIN I.P.U.C. No. i Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.2 Canceling Second Reviion of Sheet No. 72A.2 ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued LOAD CONTROL SERVICE AGREEMENT: The Customer and Company wil execute a LCSA for irrigation load contrl paricipation. The LCSA shall specify the Load Control kW amount that each of the Customer's sites shall curail during each Dispatch Event. The agreement wil also include tyical costs that the Customer may incur for Early Termination. Once executed, the agreement shall remain in force for subsequent Irrigation Seasons unless explicitly canceled by the paricipating Customer. Cancellation of an existing LCSA may occur only between September i 6 and May 30 each yea. LOAD CONTROL SERVICE CREDIT: The LCSC for a paricipating site shall be calculated and issued to the paricipating customer in the form of a check, or at the discretion of the Company, as a credit against the participating site account if an outstading account balance exists at the time of the credit issuance. The LCSC wil be issued no later than October 3 i following each irrigation season. The LCSC is composed of a Fixed Annual Participation Credit that shall remain fixed throughout the Irrigation Season each year. The LCSC shall be computed at the conclusion of the Irrgation Season by multiplying the Fixed Annual Paricipation Creit times the Load Contrl kW at the Schedule i 0 metered pump site. The Load Control kW shall be computed by taing the most recent 2-year demand (kW) average for that particular site. In situations where the pump has been replaced and/or re-wound the kW shall be computed by taing the manufacturer's revised nameplate Hp and converting it to the kW using stadard engineering conversion metrics. The Fixed Anual Paricipation Credit for 2008 and 2009 is based upon total program parcipation volumes as defined in the table below (Paricipation Credit Schedule). The paricipation credit is increased for each tier of progrm paricipation volume to encourge paricipation in the program. Paricipation Credit Schedule Program Paricipation Partcipation Credit Volumes (MW)($/kW-vr) Less than i 50 $23.00 i 50 to less than i 75 $26.00 i 75 or ineater $28.00 SCHEDULE: Notification of Credit: The Company wil provide notification of the total LCSC to all eligible Schedule 10 customers by Februar 15 each year. Load Control Service Agreement: Concurrent with the Notification of Credit referenced above, the Company wil provide a LCSA listing the amount of the credit the Customer wil receive for the irrigation season if they elect to paricipate in the progr. Customers who have not previously entered into a LCSA with the Company and who desire to paricipate in this load control progr shall sign the LCSA and retu it to the Company by April i 5 to indicate their participation. (Continued) Submitted Under Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: Febru i i, 2009 EFFECTIV: March i 3, 2009 ~~i&~OUNTAIN I.P.U.C. No.1 Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 Canceling Second Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued DISPATCH CONDITIONS: The Company shall have the right to implement a Dispatch Event for paricipating customers according to the following criteria: (a) Available Dispatch Hours: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM Mountain Daylight Savings Time (b) Maximum Dispatch Hours: 52 hours per Irrigation Season (c) Dispatch Duration: Not more than four hours per Dispatch Event or twelve hours per week (d) Dispatch Event Frequency: limited to a single (I) Dispatch Event per day (e) Dispatch Days: Monday through Friday (inclusive) (t) Dispatch Day Exclusions: July 4 and July 24 DISPATCH COMMCA nONS: The Company wil provide day-ahead notice of intent to dispatch as well as day-of confirmation communication prior to the dispatch event. Communications wil be made via voice, text or email messaging depending on each Customer's communication preference. SPECIA CONDITIONS: Load Control kW: The Load Control kW amount for the 2007 Irrgation Season shall be computed as follows: 1. The maximum kW for the past two (2) years (or available history) for each of the four irrigation months shall be averaged by month (June i through September 15). 2. The average monthly values calculated in Step 1 above shall be averaged. 3. The output of Step 2 above shall be multiplied by the appropriate partcipation credit as defined in the Paricipant Credit Schedule above. Outages: Uncontrolled outages or other tyes of interrptions do not qualify for payment under the taff. Ownership of Control Equipment: The load control equipment remains the propert of the Company. Customers may, at their discretion, purchase complementa control components that can work with the Company's foundational control units. To the extent possible, the Company wil cooperate and work with local equipment distributors in faciltating such additional equipment. Communication: The Company wil pay the cost of air time communication for up to 70 transactions per month. Additional Customer communication with irrigation control equipment is permitted. The cost of such transactions wil be the Customer's responsibilty but wil be managed through the Company (Note: Customer air time communication costs, if any, wil be calculated as a reduction to the LCSC). Liquidated Damages: Custmers are permitted to 'opt-out' of five (5) Dispatch Events throughout the Irrgation Season. Customers electing to 'opt-out' of a scheduled dispatch event may do so on the program's web page, by contacting the program's call center, or by notifying a program field technician. Each 'opt-out' event wil incur a cost resulting in a reduction to the Customer's LCSC. The costs wil be calculated based on the $/M the Company otherwise has to pay for power at the time of the Dispatch Event. Such $/MWh prices wil be provided by day ahead on-peak price as published at http://theice.com and wil be based on the established Four Corners trading hubs. (Continued) Submitted Under Advice No. 09-0 i ISSUED: Februar 11,2009 EFFECTIV: March 13, 2009 ~~~OUNTAIN I.P.U.C. No.1 Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.4 Canceling Second Revision of Sheet No. 72A.4 ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued Liquidated Damages: (continued) 'Opt-outs' wil be computed at the conclusion of the irrigation seasn and wil be included as a reduction to the LCSC payment issued to the Customer prior to October 31 each year. 'Opt-outs' beyond those identified above are not permitted. Violation of the Liquidated Damages provision shall result in Early Termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeiture of the entire LCSC. Liabilty: The Company is not responsible for any consequences to the participating Customer that result from a load contrl Dispatch Event or the failure of load control equipment. Use of Load Control Equipment: The Customer shall be required to exclusively us the 2-way load control equipment to manage their irrigation equipment through the duration of the Irrigation Season. Load Shifting: Customers paricipating in this program may not shift irrigation loads to other facilties served by the Company or purchase replacement production from another facilty served by the Company. The Company reserves the right to determine if the paricipating customer site is in violation of Special Condition-Load Shifting. Violation of the Load Shiftng provision shall result in Early Termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeiture of the entire LCSC, and removal from the progrm for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. Control Equipment Damage I Sabotage: The Company reserves the right to determine if load control devices were intentionally damaged and/or bypassed to limit load control. Violation of this clause shall result in ealy termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeiture of the entire LCSC, and removal from the pilot program for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. Early Termination: If the Customer is terminated from the program the Customer shall be responsible for reimbursing the Company for costs associated with paricipation in the progr. Such costs include, but are not limited to, direct and indirect labor costs associated with enrollng the Customer in the program, labor costs for installng the equipment, labor to investigate intentional damage to load control devices, removing the Customer from the program, and wil not include costs for replacement power. Customers required to pay costs associated with early termination under terms of this Special Condition wil be provided with a statement detailng such costs. Free Riders: Customers may not participate in this program with accounts and meters that would not have used power during the Irrigation Season irrespective of paricipation in the program. The Company reserves the right to determine if the parcipating customer is in violation of the Special Condition-Free Riders. Violation of Special Condition-Free Riders shall result in Early Termination, forfeiture of the LCSC, and removal from the program for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATIONS: Service under this Schedule wil be in accordance with the terms of the Electric Service Agreement between the Customer and the Company. The Electrc Service Regulations of the Company on fie with and approved by the Idaho Public Utilties Commission, including future applicable amendments, wil be considered as forming a par of and incorporated in said Agreement. Submitted Under Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: February I i, 2009 EFFECTIVE: March 13, 2009 ~~~OUNTAIN li.p.u.C. No.1 See9RiJ Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.i Canceling FiSecond Revision of Sheet No. 72A.i ROCKY MOUNAI POWER ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A STATE OF IDAHO Dispatchable Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider Program PUROSE: This optional tariff allows Customers to paricipate in a dispatchable control service interruption progr in exchange for a Load Control Service Credit (LCSC). Customers paricipating in this program wil be considered parcipants in the Irrigation Load Control Credit Rider program. P ARTICIP ATION: Pror to paricipation, and in order to qualifY under this Schedule, Customers must execute a Load Control Service Agreement (LCSA) with the Company. Participants in the dispatchable program wil be considered progr participants for subsequent years unless the Customer explicitly communicates the desire to no longer paricipate in the Load Control Credit Rider program. APPLICABLE: To qualifying Customers served on Schedule i 0 and who have continuous access to the Internet from May 1 through September 15. Access to the internet beginning May 1 is required to allow for program information sharing, training, and communication testing in advance of the control season. In addition, Schedule 10 Customers paricipating in the dispatchable program must: (a) Meet minimum irrigation equipment motor load size of30 Hp. The Company may evaluate individual pumps or motors smaller than 30 Hp to determine if paricipation is cost-effective or necessary because such pumps are par of a larger paricipating system. (b) Use advanced 2-way remote control equipment as specified by the Company to manage ALL pumping requirements throughout the Company defined Irrigation Season (June 1 through September 15). (c) Paricipate in Company-defined training to set up their pump sites for dispatch. (d) Incur air time communication charges for communication transactions exceeding 70 per month. Charges for communication transactions in excess of 70 per month wil be deducted from the Customer's LCSC. IRGATION SEASON: This rider is applicable only during the Irrigation Season from June 1 to September 15, annually. (Continued) Submitted Under Order No. 39482Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: february 7, 2998February 1 i, 2009 EFFECTIV: february 15, 2908March 13,2009 ~~~~OUNTAIN i I.P.U.C. No. i See9Rd Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.2 Canceling FiSecond Revision of Sheet No. 72A.2 ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued LOAD CONTROL SERVICE AGREEMENT: The Customer and Company wil execute a LCSA for irrigation load control paricipation. The LCSA shall specify the Load Control kW amount that each of the Customer's sites shall curail dunng each Dispatch Event. The agreement wil also include tyical costs that the Customer may incur for Early Termination. Once executed, the agreement shall remain in force for subsequent Irrgation Seasons unless explicitly canceled by the parcipating Customer. Cancellation of an existing LCSA may occur only between September i 6 and May 30 each year. LOAD CONTROL SERVICE CREIT: The LCSC for a paricipating site shall be calculated and issued to the participating customer in the form of a check, or at the discretion of the Company, as a credit against the issued to tRe paricipating site account if an outstanding account balance exists at the time of the credit issuance. The LCSC wil be issuedCustomer no later than October 31 following each irrigation season of eadl year. The LCSC is composed of a Fixed Annual Paricipation Credit that shall remain fixed throughout the Irrigation Season each year. The LCSC shàll be computed at the conclusion of the Irrigation Seaon by multiplying the Fixed Annual Participation Credit times the Load Control kW at the Schedule 10 metere pump site. The Load Control kW shall be computed by taing the most recent 2-year demand (kW) average for that paricular site. In situations where the pump has been replaced and/or re-wound the kW shall be computed by taking the manufacturer's revised nameplate Hp and converting it to the kW using standard engineering conversion metrics. The Fixed Annual Paricipation Credit for 2008 and 2009 is based upon total progr paricipation volumes as defined in the table below (Paricipation Credit Schedule). The participation credit is increased for each tier of program participation volume to encourage participation in the program. Participation Credit Schedule Program Paricipation Participation Credit Volumes (MW)($/kW-vr) Less than 150 $23.00 150 to less than175 $26.00 175 or greater $28.00 SCHEDULE: Notification of Credit: The Company wil provide notification of the total LCSC to all eligible Schedule i 0 customers by Februar i 5 each year. Load Control Servce Agreement: Concurrent with the Notification of Credit referenced above, the Company wil provide a LCSA listing the amount of the credit the Customer wil receive for the irrigation season if they elect to participate in the program. Customers who have not previously entered into a LCSA with the Company and who desire to participate in this load control program shall sign the LCSA and return it to the Company by Fe~flar April i 5 to indicate their paricipation. (Continued) Submitted Under Order No. 3Q482Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: Fe~fliary 7. 2QQ8Februaiy 1 i. 2009 EFFECTI: February i 5. 2008March 13. 2009 ~~OUNTAIN I I.P.U.C. No.1 SeeoBd Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 Canceling FiSecond Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 ELECTRC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued DISPATCH CONDITIONS: The Company shall have the right to implement a Dispatch Event for paricipating customers according to the following criteria: (a) Available Dispatch Hours: 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM Mountain Daylight Savings Time (b) Maximum Dispatch Hours: 52 hours per Irrigation Season (c) Dispatch Duration: Not more than four hours per Dispatch Event or twelve hours per week (d) Dispatch Event Frequency: limited to a single (i) Dispatch Event per day (e) Dispatch Days: Monday through Friday (inclusive) (f) Dispatch Day Exclusions: July 4 and July 24 DISPATCH COMMUNICATIONS: The Company wil provide day-ahead notice of intent to dispatch as well as day-of confirmation communication prior to the dispatch event. Communications wil be made via voice, text or email messaging depending on each Customer's communication preference. SPECIA CONDITIONS: Load Control kW: The Load Contrl kW amount for the 2007 Irrigation Season shall be computed as follows: 1. The maximum kW for the past two (2) year (or available history) for each of the four irrgation months shall be averaged by month (June 1 through September 15). 2. The average monthly values calculated in Step 1 above shall be averaged. 3. The output of Step 2 above shall be multiplied by the appropriate parcipation credit as defined in the Participant Credit Schedule above. Outaes: Uncontrolled outages or other types of interrptions do not qualify for payment under the tariff. Ownership of Control Equipment: The load control equipment remains the propert of the Company. Customers may, at their discretion, purchase complementa control components that can work with the Company's foundational control units. To the extent possible, the Company wil cooperate and work with local equipment distributors in faciltating such additional equipment. Communication: The Company wil pay the cost of air time communication for up to 70 trsactions per month. Additional Customer communication with irrigation control equipment is permitted. The cost of such transactions wil be the Customer's responsibilty but wil be managed through the Company (Note: Customer air time communication costs, if any, wil be calculated as a reduction to the LCSC). Liquidated Damages: Custmers ar permitted to 'opt-out' of five (5) Dispatch Events throughout the Irrigation Season. Customers electing to 'opt-out' of a scheduled dispatch event may do so on the program's web page, by contacting the program's call center, or by notifying a program field technician. Each oftkese 'opt-out' events wil incur a cost resulting in a reduction to the Customer's LCSC. The costs wil be calculated based on the $/MWh the Company otherwise has to pay for power at the time of the Dispatch Event. Such $/MWh prices wil be provided by day ahead on-peak price as published at http://theice.comtkeCefRpan)''s CefRfRereial & Tfing organization and wil be based on the established Four Corners and Palo VeFåe trading hubs and the priees aetuall)' flaid by tle COfRpany. 'Oflt outs' .t'iI!:e Submitted Under Order No. 30482Advice No. 09-0 i ISSUED: February 7, 2008February 1 i, 2009 EFFECTIV: February 15, 2008March 13,2009 ~~\~~OUNTAIN I.P.U.C. No. i Seeond Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 Canceling Fiecond Revision of Sheet No. 72A.3 computed at tHe conclusion of the irrigatioR season and will be included as a reduction to the LOSe payment issued via ehecl( to the Customer prior to OctOBer 31 eaeh year. 'Opt outs' beyond tHose identified above are ROt permitted. ViolatioR of tHe Liauidated Damages prevision shall result in Early TermiRatioR under tie terms of Special Condition Early TerminatioR, ferfeitllre of the entire LCSC, aRd removal from tHe program fer the remainder of the IrrigatioR Season. (Continued) Submitted Under Order No. 30482Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: feBruary 7. 2008Februar i i. 2009 EFFCTIV: february i 5. 2008March 13. 2009 ~2ll~OUNTAIN I LP.U.C. No.1 SeeaRd Third Revision of Sheet No. 72A.4 Canceling FWSecond Revision of Sheet No. 72A.4 ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 72A - Continued Liquidated Damages: (continued) 'Opt-outs' wil be computed at the conclusion of the irrigation season and wil be included as a reduction to the LCSC payment issued to the Customer prior to October 31 each year. 'Opt-outs' beyond those identified above are not permitted. Violation of the Liquidated Damages provision shall result in Early Termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeiture of the entire LCSC. Liabilty: The Company is not responsible for any consequences to the parcipating Customer that result from a load control Dispatch Event or the failure of load control equipment. Use of Load Control Equipment: The Customer shall be required to exclusively use the 2-way load control equipment to manage their irrigation equipment through the duration of the Irrigation Season. Load Shifting: Customers paricipating in this progr may not shift irrigation loads to other facilties served by the Company or purchase replacement production from another facilty served by the Company. The Company reserves the right to determine if the paricipating customer site is in violation of Special Condition-Load Shifting. Violation of the Load Shifting provision shall result in Early Termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeitue of the entire LCSC, and removal from the program for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. Control Equipment Damage I Sabotage: The Company reserves the right to determine if load control devices were intentionally damaged and/or bypassed to limit load control. Violation of this clause shall result in early termination under the terms of Special Condition-Early Termination, forfeiture of the entire LCSC, and removal from the pilot program for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. Early Termination: If the Customer is terminated from the program the Customer shall be responsible for reimbursing the Company for costs associated with paricipation in the progr. Such costs include, but are not limited to, direct and indirect labor costs associated with enrollng the Customer in the progrm, labor costs for installng the equipment, labor to investigate intentional damage to load contrl devices, removing the Customer from the program, and wil not include costs for replacement power. Customers required to pay costs associated with early termination under terms of this Special Condition wil be provided with a statement detailing such costs. Free Riders: Customers may not paricipate in this program with accounts and meters that would not have used power during the Irrigation Season irrespective of participation in the program. The Company reserves the right to determine if the paricipating customer is in violation of the Special Condition-Free Riders. Violation of Special Condition-Free Riders shall result in Early Termination, forfeiture of the LCSC, and removal from the program for the remainder of the Irrigation Season. ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATIONS: Service under this Schedule wil be in accordance with the terms ofthe Electric Service Agreement between the Customer and the Company. The Electrc Service Regulations of the Company on fie with and approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, including future applicable amendments, wil be considered as forming a par of and incorporated in said Agreement. Submitted Under Oreer No. 30482Advice No. 09-01 ISSUED: felmlary 7, 2008February 1 i, 2009 EFFECTIV: february 15, 2008March 13,2009