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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20120216Response to Staff Reply.pdfSTOEL~~,s RECEIVED 101 S. Capitol Boulevrd. Suite 1900 Boise. Idaho 83702 main 208.389.9000 fax 208.389.9040 ww.stoel.com 2012 FEB 16 PH 4= 28 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Februar 16,2012 RICHA R. HAL Direct (208) 387-4211 rrhall(fstoeL.com BY HAND DELIVERY Idaho Public Utilties Commission Staff 472 W. Washington Boise, Idaho 83702 Attn: Jean Jewell Re: Idaho Public Utilties Commission Staffv. PacifiCorp Case No. PAC-E-12-01 Dear Jean: On Januar 31, 2012, Rocky Mountain Power fied PacifiCorp's Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Motion to Dismiss in the above captioned case. We failed to properly mark Confidential Attachment E to this pleading in this filing. Enclosed please the Response we fied yesterday with all attachments, A thr F, properly marked. Please note that Confidential Attachment E was not marked confidential on the Answer fied in Januar. Than you for your assistance in this matter and please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, /.~// £' ø// Richard R. Hall RR:ct Enclosure 71245850.10085000-01001 Alaska California Colorado Idaho Minnesota Oregon Utah Washington Richard R. Hall Local Counsel Stoel Rives LLP 101 S. Capitol Boulevard, Suite 1900 Boise, ID 83702-7705 Phone: (208) 389-9000 Fax: (208) 389-9040 rrhallimstoeL.com D cCç "it: 01\....'V _. lJORIGINAl 2012 fEB \ 6 PM 4: 29 Daniel E. Solander Barbara Ishimatsu 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone: (801) 220-4640 Fax: (801) 220-3299 E-mail: danieLsolander(ßacificorp.com Barbara.IshimatsuimPacifiCorp.com Attorney for Rocky Mountain Power BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STATE OF IDAHO IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STAFF IN RE: THE MATTER OF IDAHO TRAVERTINE CORP., Case No. PAC-E-12-0l Complainant,PACIFICORP'S RESPONSE TO COMMISSION STAFF REPLY vs. PACIFICORP, d/b/a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER, Respondent. COMES NOW, PacifiCorp, d//a Rocky Mountain Power ("Rocky Mountain Power" or the "Company"), by and through its attorneys and in response to the Commission Staff s ("Staff') Reply to Rocky Mountain Power's Answer to the Commission Staff Complaint 7124357710085000-01001 fied January 31, 2012, in Case No. PAC-E-12-0l, submits the following response with supplemental information for the Commission's consideration of this matter. Staff alleges that Rocky Mountain Power violated Rule 203 of the Utilty customer Relations Rules by biling Idaho Travertine under an inappropriate rate schedule. Both parties agree, "Idaho Travertine is eligible to receive service under" 1 Electric Service Schedule ("Schedule" or "Rate") 6 and Schedule 23. However, a customer simply being eligible for more than one schedule and then being biled on a schedule which, in hindsight, turns out to be less favorable does not constitute a violation of Rule 203. Staff must show that Idaho Travertine was "biled under a schedule contrary to the customer's election", or "the election was based on erroneous information provided by the utilty." IDAPA31.21.01.203.01.c. In this instance, Idaho Travertine elected Schedule 6. Idaho Travertine contacted Rocky Mountain Power to transfer service from the existing account holder. Based on this information, the Company determined the account at that location was previously biled under Schedule 6 but also qualified for Schedule 23. Depending on the customer's circumstances, if it qualified for the Regional Power Act credit under Schedule 34, it could also qualify for service under Schedule 6A. In addition, if the customer desired to receive service under a time of day rate, Schedule 35 would have been appropriate. A mock-up for demonstrative purposes ilustrating the next step in the customer set-up process is provided in Confidential Attachment F, whereby the Company informs the customer: The default Schedule for this service is based on how much power you use regardless of when usage occurs. This service is eligible for optional rate biling based on the time of day you use your power as well as how much power you use. Would you like more information regarding optional rates or would you prefer our default biling? i Commission Staff Reply, page 3. 71243577 1 0085000-01001 2 At that point, the Customer's response is necessary prior to completing the new account set- up. The computerized process requires the selection of one of two radio buttons for telephone customers, "Default Schedule" or "Optional Schedule". The account cannot be finalized unless the customer elects one choice or the other. The record shown in Confidential Attachment E to PacifiCorp's Answer, Affrmative Defenses and Motion to Dismiss, is an excerpt from the Company's actual records of the set-up process for Idaho Travertine indicating that Idaho Travertine declined to receive information about optional Schedules on April 13,2010, meaning that the "Default Schedule" radio button was selected during the set-up process. Idaho Travertine was not passively assigned to Schedule 6 but was assigned to a schedule consistent with the customer's request to "transfer" service from a prior account and with its confirmation of the "Default Rate" on April 13, 2010. Staff contends that "but for an omission by Rocky Mountain Power in failng to switch Idaho Travertine to the appropriate schedule, the succeeding customer (Rocky Mountain Travertine) would have automatically been assigned to Schedule 23." 2 This is an assertion without evidence and contrary to a customer's rights under Electric Service Regulation NO.3 to use any applicable Schedule, which could be Schedule 6 or 6A, Schedule 23 or 23A, or Schedule 35. There is simply no evidence that Rocky Mountain Travertine did not consciously elect Schedule 6 and it is inappropriate for Staff to make assumptions about a non-part's decisions. Staff maintains that Rocky Mountain Power "arbitrarily" assigned Idaho Travertine to Schedule 6 on April 14,2010. Idaho law defines an arbitrary decision as one "made without a rational basis, or in disregard of the facts and circumstances, or without adequate determining principles." Lane Ranch Partnership v. City of Sun Valley, 175 P.3d 776, 780 2 Commission Staff Reply, page 4 71243577.1 0085000-01001 3 (Idaho 2007). Clearly, the account set-up process outlined above is based on the guiding principles of a scripted interview. The Company had a rational basis that considered the actual circumstances because the assignment requires the customer to qualify for a particular Schedule and then consent to the "default rate" or the "optional rate." Even if the requirements of Rule 203.01.c were met, Staff does not consider the exception in Rule 203.02: Exceptions. The utilty shall not be required to adjust bilings when it has acted in good faith based upon available information or when the customer was given written notice of options under the tariff schedules and did not make a timely election to exercise available options. .( emphasis added) Rocky Mountain Power's actions fall squarely within both exceptions. Rocky Mountain Power acted in good faith based upon Idaho Travertine's verbal assent to be biled on the "Default Rate" when the account in question was established April 13, 2010. Furthermore, Rocky Mountain Power provided written notice of optional Schedules on Idaho Travertine's first bil May 12, 2010 (Confidential Attachment A to PacifiCorp's Answer, Affrmative Defenses and Motion to Dismiss), in the new customer welcome letter sent in May 2010 (Attachment B to PacifiCorp's Answer, Affrmative Defenses and Motion to Dismiss), and the annual Consumer Information disclosure mailed in December 2010 (Attachment D to PacifiCorp's Answer, Affrmative Defenses and Motion to Dismiss). The Company provided at least three written notices of available options in the seven months after Idaho Travertine established its account. In November 2011, eighteen months after the first notice, Idaho Travertine fied an informal complaint with the Commission alleging that the account should have been placed on Schedule 23. An eighteen-month delay is not a "timely" election. What constitutes a reasonable time to exercise an option of unspecified duration "is usually an implication of fact, and not of law, derivable from the language used by the parties cçmsidered in the context of the 71243577.10085000-01001 4 subject matter and the attendant circumstances, in aid of the apparent intention." 60 AMJU POF 3d 255. In the instant case, the Commission should look to the language of Electrc Service Regulation No. 3 to determine what is a reasonable time for election of an optional Schedule, "(t)he Company wil bil the Customer under such elected Schedule from and after the date of the next meter reading." In this context, a reasonable time to select a different Schedule is one billng period. A customer cannot reasonably elect an optional Schedule for a prior biling period. Otherwise, the protection against backbiling under Electric Service Regulation NO.3 and Rule 203.02 is meaningless. According to Company records, Idaho Travertine never contacted Rocky Mountain Power to elect another Schedule for the account established April 13, 2010 until fiing its informal complaint. Thus, because Idaho Travertine waited eighteen months from the first written notice before electing to change to Schedule 23, Rule 203 does not require Rocky Mountain Power to adjust Idaho Travertine's account as though it were on Schedule 23 from April 13, 2010 because the exception in Rule 203.02 applies. Staff contends that. Rocky Mountain Power "should utilze specific criteria when setting up a new customer account that assesses usage characteristics to assist the customer in determining an appropriate tariff." Referring again to the script in Confidential Attachment F, Rocky Mountain Power offered to do just that when it informed Idaho Travertine the account was "eligible for optional rate biling based on the time of day you use your power as well as how much power you use." When choosing between cell phone plans that offer unlimited minutes or specified minutes with free nights and weekends, a customer must assesses his individual estimates of use based on time of day and call duration which mayor may not be comparable to the last person having that phone number, the last person at that residence, or even other family members on the same account. Likewise, when establishing 71243577.1 0085000-01001 5 an account with Rocky Mountain Power, a customer needs to provide its own estimates of the time of day and volume of power and energy to be used. Rocky Mountain Power had no way of knowing Idaho Travertine's business plan. Staff acknowledges the Company would not provide a prior customer's biling history to a new customer based on privacy concerns3 then inexplicably asserts that if the prior customer's biling history had been reviewed by the Company "it would have been obvious to the Company that Schedule 6 was not the most advantageous rate schedule.4" First, the prior customer's historical usage may have very little or no relevance to the current customers operation or usage patterns, nör is it part of the evidence in this case, so Staff s assertion is unfounded. Secondly, under the Company's customer privacy policy5, a previous customer's usage statistics would not be provided unless the new customer obtained express consent from the prior customer. If Idaho Travertine's use had been based on Rocky Mountain Travertine's data and biled on a schedule which later turned out to be less beneficial, Rocky Mountain Power could easily be facing a complaint from Idaho Travertine that Rocky Mountain Power arbitrarily assigned it to a rate schedule based on facts and circumstances of another customer rather than on the facts and circumstances unique to Idaho Travertine's operation of its business. Lastly, Rocky Mountain Power offered to perform an analysis based on Idaho Travertine's individual usage forecast when it established the account on April 13,2010, yet Idaho Travertine declined. 3 Commission Staff Reply, page 4. 4Id. 5 "(A )ccess of ( account) information is strictly limited to those uses necessary to conduct the business of servicing your accounts and agreements with the company." Rocky Mountain Power Privacy Practices, available at http://ww.rockymountainpower.netlfooter/ privacy.html 7124357710085000-01001 6 Staff contends that all customers on Schedule 6 and Schedule 23 "ought to be reviewed annually to verify those customers are assigned to the appropriate schedule" based on the annual reviews pedormed for managed accounts as discussed in Production Request No. 10 in Case No. PAC-E-08-07.6 As noted in that Request, the Company only makes proactive annual reviews for its large managed accounts. Imposing an annual review of non- managed commercial and industrial customers would be overly burdensome and would not be cost-effective. Based on a review of the approximately 8200 accounts on Schedule 23 and 23A, 37% of those customers do not have demand meters making it impossible to calculate a comparison against Schedule 6. As a compromise in settlement of this Complaint, Rocky Mountain Power is willng to add tools on its website to faciltate any customer making a comparison between Schedule 6 and Schedule 23 based on past use. The Company would also be wiling to include an annual bil message for customers biled on Schedule 6 to notify them of this tool and remind them the Company wil pedorm a rate comparison of historical use upon request. However, no recommended changes would occur unti the customer complies with Electric Service Schedule No. 3 by submitting a written request to change and the Company would then implement the new Schedule as of the next biling period. While there may be room for improvements to the rate schedules and eligibilty criteria, a complaint proceeding should not be the platform for changes that benefit or could be to the detriment of many others not involved in this dispute. A general rate case is the appropriate forum to negotiate rate design. Other customers' alleged ignorance of optional rate schedules is not at issue here; Idaho Travertine clearly knew of the existence of Schedule 23 based on its 1997 informal complaint. 6 Commission Staff Reply, page 5. 71243577.1 0085000-01001 7 In summary, Rocky Mountain Power's statements about the availabilty of optional rates are not "passive" but instead require a positive confirmation from the customer declining information about other rates based on time of day or quantities. Rocky Mountain Power appropriately assigned Idaho Travertine to Schedule 6 consistent with the Customer's request to "transfer" service from Rocky Mountain Travertine, the Customer's confirmation to be biled under the "Default Rate" during the set-up process, and the Customer's failure to m.ake a timely election of a different Schedule. WHEREFORE, Rocky Mountain Power respectfully requests the Commission accept this supplemental information, reject the claims made by Staff, and find that Rocky Mountain Power does not owe Idaho Travertine a refund of$15;952.3L. Dated this 16th day of February 2012, Respectfully submitted, ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER, æ//giltl Richard R. Hall Local Counsel Stoel Rives LLP 101 S. Capitol Boulevard, Suite 1900 Boise, ID 83702-7705 Phone: (208) 389-9000 Fax: (208) 389-9040 Daniel E. Solander Barbara Ishimatsu Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone No. (801) 220-4014 Facsimile No. (801) 220-3299 Attorneys for Rocky Mountain Power 71243577.1 0085000-01001 8 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 16th day of Februar, 2012, I caused to be served, via hand delivery, a true and correct copy ofPacifiCorp's Response To Commission's Staff Reply in case No. PAC-E-12-01 to the following: Idaho Public Utilties Commission Staff 472 W. Washington Boise, Idaho 83702 ~//~Ø Richard R. Hall 71243577.1 0085000-01001 9 =.. = QJ e.:~~....~ Attachment B .,ROCKY MOUNTAIN~POWER 201 South Main Salt Lake City. Uta 84111 Arco 1D 83213-0697 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111 Dear '. We're glad to have you on board as a Rocky Mountain Power customer. Our priority is providing your business with safe, reliable power and excellent customer service to help you achieve your goals. To get you started, we've enclosed our Business Customer Care Guide. hi it you'll find information on our Business Solutions team, our specially trained experts who can assist customers like you and help you manage your account the way you like. Our streamlined call menu gives you quick access to these specialists, who can help you with billng, energy effciency and more. This guide also gives you information on: · programs and incentives we offer to help you use energy wisely and manage costs, as well as easy energy effciency tips; · our online Business Solutions Toolkit; · our payment options - choose the most COnvenient option for your business; · our award-winning Blue Sky.., renewable energy program; and · your rights and responsibilties as an energy consumer, so you get the best possible service. For your reference, we've included important price information on the back of this letter. Pricing for your business is listed under Schedule 6. " , . We want to make it easy to do business with us. If you have any questions, please call our Business Solutions team toll free at 1.866.870.3419 or visit rockymountainpower.netlbusiness. If you would like to sign up to receive our quarterly e-mail newsletter, energy connections, with updates on energy effciency, payment and other services we offer or need further assistance, please send us a message at rockymountainpower.netlcontact. Are there others in your organization who may have the opportunity to interact with us? Please pass this information on to them. We're looking forward to serving you. Sincerely, ~ JdJMlr Karen Gilmore Vice President, Customer Services our true strength is our connection to you (--------_..._------_._---_._---------------_..~ IWe're working to keep your prices down as energy use grows Delivering safe, reliable, low-eost power is a responsibilty we take seriously. We work to keep prices down by lowering our operating costs and improving how we do business. To meet the growing demand for electricity, we're building new lines, sutistations and power plants as well as continuing to invest in maintaining the existing electric system. You can see. how your rates compare to other states at rockymoiintainpower.netlbusmap. And you can get information on rates and the regulatory process at rockymountainpower .net/rates. Price information Schedule 23/23A - General Service Single or thre phase service Monthly Bil: Customer Servic:e Charge Seondary Primary Energy Rate May through October 7.6737 cents per kWh November through April 6.6985 cents per kWh Primary Voltage Discount 0.370 cents per kWh Minimum Bil The Customer Seice Charge Seasonal Service Option (one year contract miinum): Nel minmum seasonal payment Secondary Primary Plus appropriate Energy charges $13.72 $41.6 $164.64 $493.92 Schedule 6/6A - General Service - Large Power Single or three phase servic Monthly Bllb Customer Serice Charge Seondary Prmary Power Rate May through October $11.34 per kW November through April $9.33 per kW Inèrgy Rate 3.1380 cents per kWh Primary Volt"le DIscount $0.53 per kW of Power Minimum Bil TIie Customer Service Charge Seasona Service Option (one year contract inùnum): Net minimum seasonal payment Secondary $371.75Prmary $1.115.25 Plus appropriate Power and Energy charges $30.97 $92.91 Schedule 10 - Irrigation and 5011 Dranage Pumping Power Service Single 01' thre phase service to motors on pumps and machiery used (or irrigati and soil drainage 'rriiiatlon Season: June I to September 15 Schedule 10, continued Monthly Bil, On.Season: Customer Service Charga Small. is HI' or less Large. over 15 HI' Power Rate Energy Rate Firsl 25,00 kWh Ne.1 22,00 kWh All Additional kWh Minimum Bil Monthly Bil, Post-5easm Customer Service Charge Energy Rate Minimum Bil $11.74 $34.14 $4.55 per kW 7.1315 cents pcr kWh 5.2750 cents per kWh 3.9095 cents per kWh The Customer Service Charge $18.08 6.0315 cents per kWh The Customer Service Charge Schedule 717A - Security Area Lighting Initial Lumenl Yi Rate Per Lamp Mercury Vapor Lamp. 7,00 20,0 Sodium Vapor Lamps 5.600 175 40 $2MO $47.09 70 516.77 Lamp and Support Pole $13.3 Lamp Only $19.20 Lamp and Suppot Pole $15.77 Lamp Only $25.29 Lamp and Support Pole $2.52 Lamp Only $36.37 Lamp an Support Pole $394 Lamp Only $5.84 Lamp and Support Pole $4.00 Lamp Only 9,5 100 16,00 150 27~'i 250 '50,OÒ 400 Sodium Vapor Flood Lamps 16,00 $2.29 Lap an Suppot Pole $22.52 Lamp Ony $3.37 Lamp and Support Pole $32.94 Lamp Only $5.84 Lamp and Support Pole $45.00 Lamp Only Low Prere Soium Vapor Laps (Energy Only)8.00 55 $3.60 Per Lamp13,500 90 $5.32 Per Lamp22.500 135 $7.40 Per Lamp33.000 180 $9.01 Per Lamp 150 27,5 250 50,000 400 All customers are subject to additional charges/crdits as set (orth in Rocky Mountain Power's retail tariffs approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commision including Adjustment Schedule 191. Rates are In ef'ect Aprll 2009 an ar subject to change by commi..lon order. 111ese rale tables do not indude specific pricing information for Schcdiiles 9,11,12,19,24 or 35/35A sincerel.lively few customers are blUed this way. However,llle schedules are available by callng toll (ree at 1.866.870.3419 nr on our Web site at roe:kymountalnpower.netlrates. o :ZOO9 Rod:)' Mountain Pmv" ID Explanation of terms: Customer ServIce Charge: A fee charged that helps pay for th.e cots o(providing service. Kllowøir-hø.r (lch): A measure or eleClric.1 energy equal to th nmoiuit 01 energy use hy . IlJ.w.lt light bulb ror ien htrs or one 1,00 w.ii hair dryer lOr one hor. Pøwe' (kW¡. Tho avorage kilowaiis (kW) supplied during the 15.mlnulc period 01 maximum use during the munth a. determined by . power meter. Oellllry Vot..: Seondary deliver voltage is .ervice al less th 2,30 volt.. 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I t ' s i m t o c o u s b e yo J be n yo u r pr o Ir r o n E n e s . o f f a v a r e t ) ' of s e i c , i n c l u d i n g n e n o , g a k e an d d r a i , c a i n c e t i f o r p i v o t s y eq u i p m t u p g r a d e s o n r e p u m p c h an d mo r e . Th e s p r g r m a k e t h b e t u s e o f th e l e c c a S y s t a n d k e p c o s d o w n fo r e v e r y o n e . U s i n e n r g w i y i s als o g o o d f o r t h e r n i . i r o n m e t . V I S t f' m o u n t a p o . n e t m a t o l e a r n nio i u \ d i n u ì o n l . Y o u c a a l ! l c a l ou r e n r g y s e ' k e h o t l t o l f æ a t 1. . i i : J 3 5 o r e - m a u s a t l/ . ~ f i o r . c o . ~..= QJ e.: eJ=....~ Attachment D Consumer Information We think our customers deserve excellent service. But what do we mean by that? Giving you clear, straightforward answers when you have questions, for one thing. This summary was written in cooperation with the Idaho Publíc Utílities Commission to give you answers to some common questions about bíls, credit, deposits and other parts of your electric service. If you'd like more information on any of the topics we cover here, please call Rocky Mountain Power toll free at 1-866-870.3419 or visit rockymountainpower.netlregulation. 5i desea una copia en español de este resumen de los derechos y responsabilidades del consumidor, par favor /lame aI1-888-225-2611 5u /lamada será gratuita. Summary of Idaho utilty consumer's rights and responsibilties Rocky Mountain Power has prepared this summary of your rights and responsibilities when you apply for an account with, or are a current customer of a utility company in Idaho. Customer responsibilties . Use services safely and pay for them promptly. . Contact Rocky Mountain Power when you have a problem with payment, service, safety, bíling or customer service. . Notify Rocky Mountain Power about billing or other errors. . Contact Rocky Mountain Power when you anticipate a payment problem to try to set up a payment plan. . Notify Rocky Mountain Power when you are moving to another location. . Notify Rocky Mountain Power about stopping service in your name or about stopping service altogether. . Allow safe, unobstructed access to your property for meter reading, tree pruning and other essential Rocky Mountain Power personnel and equipment. . Provide notice to Rocky Mountain Power if you are making any significant change that may affect the electrical character of your load affecting you or others. Deposits If you are a current customer with a good payment record or a new customer who has good credit with your previous utilíty for the same type of service, you wil not need to make a security deposit. If you don't meet these requirements, however, you may be asked to make a security deposit. Small commercial customers - required deposits wil be no more than one-sixth of the estimated yearly billng at your service address, based on current rates. If you are a current customer, have paid all undisputed bills and have no more than one (1) late payment during the past 12 consecutive months of service, your deposit will be returned with interest. If you are terminating your service, the deposit and accrued interest wíl be credited to your final bil. Large commercial and industrial customers - required deposits will be an average two months of the peak bils in a one-year period. Customers are allowed to pay the deposit in two installments if unable to pay in full. Irrigation customers - required advance wil consist of advance payment of the full irrigation season's estimated bíling. This advance wil be applied to the account, and if a credit balance remains at the end of the season, it wíl be refunded. Biling You wil receive a bíl for electric service each month, based on billing determinants, such as kílowatt-hours registered on your electric meter during the bíling period. Your bíl will show the date on which your payment is due, the applicable rate schedule and the amount of the bíll. Disconnection notices Before we disconnect your service! in most instances, we wil send you a written notice mailed at least seven calendar days before the disconnection date. However, only a 24..hour notice wíl be given when you do not make a first payment according to a payment arrangement, when you tender payment with a dishonored check or make an electronic payment drawn on an account with insuffcient funds. If we do not shut off the service within 21 calendar days after the proposed date, we wil make another attempt to contact you and remind you that your service can be disconnected after 24 hours. Closing your account You need to let us know as soon as possible if you plan to move or close your account. It's a good idea to do this yourself and not depend on someone else to do it for you. We can't close your account or process your closing bíl untíl you let us know your move-out date. Third party notices You may ask that another person receive your bíls and notices. Complaints and disputes We wil promptly investigate every complaint or dispute we receive, and we'll report to you on the results. Contact us through our toll- free phone number at 1-866-870-3419. Rocky Mountain Power's number is also printed on your bil. If you're not satisfied with the assistance you received from the first person you talked to at Rocky Mountain Power, you havè the right to request that your problem be handled by that person's supervisor, and we'll give you the supervisor's name and how he or she can be reached. If you talk to the supervisor and stíl aren't satisfied, you can call or write the Idaho Public Utilties Commission. Their toll-free phone number is 1-800-432-0369. The address is P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0074. Rocky Mountain Power wíl not knowingly disconnect your service whíle you are honestly pursuing a complaint with a supervisor or the commission. Copies of these rules and Rocky Mountain POWèr's filed tariffs, including rate schedules and general rules and regulations, in their original wording, are avaílable to you by calling toll free at 1-866-870.3419 or online at rockymountainpower.netl regulation. Mailng address: Rocky Mountain Power PO Box 25308 Salt Lake City, UT 84125