20100610order_no_32001.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 10 2010
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF P ACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER FOR APPROV AL OF CHANGES TO
ITS ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULES
CASE NO. PAC-I0-
ORDER NO. 32001
On May 28 2010, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (RMP; Company) filed an
Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) for authority to change its
electric service schedules to reflect a proposed revenue increase of $27.7 million, or 13.7%.
Revised tariff schedules reflect a proposed effective date of June 28, 2010. Tariff Schedules 400
(Monsanto) and 401 (Nu-West) will remain unchanged pursuant to special contract with existing
service rates through year-end 2010.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Rocky Mountain Power has submitted proposed schedules of rates and charges for
electric service in Idaho to become effective on and after June 28, 2010.
The Commission will be unable to consider the Application before the proposed
effective date of June 28 , 2010, because of other demands on the Commission s time and
because of the complexity of the evidence and issues presented by the Application. The
Application is of sufficient importance to require the Commission s investigation of the
reasonableness of the proposed rates and charges.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction over PacifiCorp dba Rocky
Mountain Power and its Application in Case No. PAC-10-07 pursuant to Idaho Code, Title 61
and the Commission s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
The Commission has authority under Idaho Code ~~ 61-622 and 61-623 to suspend
the rates that are the subject of the Application for a period of thirty (30) days plus five (5)
months from the proposed effective date of June 28, 2010.
It is necessary to suspend the proposed rates for a period of thirty (30) days plus five
(5) months from June 28, 2010, to allow the Commission sufficient time to hear the evidence to
be presented in this matter and to consider and determine the issues presented in this Application.
ORDER NO. 32001
ORDER
In consideration of the foregoing and as more particularly described above, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED that the proposed schedule of rates and charges for electric service in Case
No. PAC-10-07 should be, and hereby are, suspended for a period of thirty (30) days plus five
(5) months from June 28, 2010, or until such time as the Commission enters an Order accepting,
rejecting or modifying the Application in this matter.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this
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day of June 2010.
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MARSHA H. SMITH, COMMISSIONER
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MACK A. REDFORD, COMMISSIONER
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ORDER NO. 32001