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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20120320Comments.pdfNEIL PRICE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 (208) 334-0314 IDAHO BAR NO. 6864 RECEIVED 2011 liAR 20 PM 4= 20 Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W. WASHINGTON BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918 Attorney for the Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR ) CASE NO. PAC-E-12-03 AUTHORITY TO INCREASE RATES ) THROUGH THE ENERGY COST ) ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (ECAM). ) COMMENTS OF THE ) COMMISSION STAFF ) COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilties Commission, by and through its Attorney of record, Neil Price, Deputy Attorney General, and in response to the Notice of Application, Notice of Modified Procedure and Notice of Intervention Deadline in Order No. 32460 issued on February 15,2012, submits the following comments. BACKGROUND On February 1,2012, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power ("RMP" or "Company") submitted its anual Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism ("ECAM") filing in accordance with Idaho Code §§ 61-502 and 61-503, and Rule of Procedure 52. RMP proposes that revised ECAM rates be effective April 1, 2012. On September 29,2009, the Commission issued Order No. 30904 ápproving the implementation and submission of an anual ECAM filing by the Company. The costs included in the ECAM are net power costs ("NPC"), as defined in the Company's general rate cases and modeled STAFF COMMENTS 1 MARCH 20, 2012 by the Company's GRID modeL. Base and actual NPC are booked into specific Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accounts. The ECAM process allows the Company to credit or collect 90 percent of the difference between the actual NPC incured to serve its Idaho customers and the NPC collected through rates. RMP defers the difference into an ECAM balancing account. The ECAM includes five additional components: an amount calculated using the Load Growth Adjustment Rate ("LGAR") or Load Change Adjustment Rate ("LCAR"), a credit for S02 allowance sales, an adjustment for the treatment of coal stripping costs, a renewable resource adder for renewable resource costs that were not yet in rates, and a true-up of renewable energy credit ("REC") revenues as authorized by the Commission in Order No. 32196. The ECAM includes a 90 percent (customers)/lO percent (Company) "sharing" arangement wherein customers pay/receive the increase/decrease in actual NPC compared to base NPC and RMP incurs/retains the remaining 10 percent of the cost difference. RMP is requesting a Commission Order approving the recovery of power costs deferred by the Company for the period of December 1, 2010 through November 30, 2011. RMP is requesting Commission approval to add approximately $18.1 milion to the ECAM deferral balancing account. RMP also proposes to adjust Schedule 94 to collect approximately $13.0 milion over the period beginning April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, representing an increase of $2.6 milion over Schedule 94 rates currently in effect as approved in Order No. 32216 of Case No. PAC-E-II-07. RMP's Application states that, effective January 1,2011, Monsanto and Agrium's loads are included in the calculation of the ECAM balances in this ECAM filing. Pursuant to a stipulation approved by the Commission in Order No. 32432, Case No. PAC-E-II-12, the Company wil amortize and collect Monsanto and Agrium's share of the Commission-approved 2011 ECAM balances over a thee-year period. RMP does not request a change in the ECAM surcharge rate to recover the full $24.1 milion curently residing in the ECAM deferral balancing account. RMP believes that approximately $3.0 milion of the balance wil be recovered through Schedule 94 rates from December 1, 2011 to March 31,2012. The Company intends to address the remaining balance in future ECAM fiings. RMP projects that any increase in the collection rate this year would be followed by a decrease in the rate next year. STAFF COMMENTS 2 MARCH 20, 2012 STAFF REVIEW Overview RMP incurs power costs that are difficult to project in a general rate case due to their unpredictable nature. The overall purose of the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism is to ensure the Company is able to recover these costs when expenses are higher than expected or that customers receive a credit when expenses are lower than expected (subject to cost sharing provisions). The ECAM primarily tracks all components of net power costs modeled in the Company's "GRID" model included in base rates through general rate cases and collects or credits the accumulated difference between total Company base net power costs ("Base NPC") and the total Company actual net power costs ("Actual NPC"). These costs are tracked over an annual deferral period currently established as December 1 through November 30. Once approved by the Commission, the ECAM is reflected in Schedule 94 as a surcharge or credit to base rates which form the customer's overall energy rate on a cents-per-kilowatt-hour basis. This rate is effective for a one year period, currently from April 1 of the current year through March 31 of the following year. New for this year, the ECAM is applicable to all customer classes, including Schedule 400 and 401 contract customers (Monsanto Co. and Agrium, Inc.). i The primary components of the ECAM are base and actual NPC booked to the following FERC accounts: . Account 447 - Sales for resale, excluding on-system wholesale sales and other revenues that are not modeled in GRID. . Account 501 - Fuel, steam generation, excluding fuel handling, star-up fuel/gas,2 diesel fuel, residual disposal and other costs that are not modeled in GRID. . Account 503 - Steam from other sources. . Account 547 - Fuel, other generation. . Account 555 - Purchased power, excluding BPA residential exchange credit pass-through, if applicable. . Account 565 - Transmission of electricity by others (wheeling). i Tariff contract loads (Monsanto and Agrium) are subject to ECAM cost deferral starting on Januar i, 2011 per Commission Order No. 30904 (Case No. PAC-E-08-08). 2 Star-up fuel is accounted for separately from the primar fuel for steam-powered generation plants. Sta-up costs are not accounted for separately for natural gas plants, and therefore all fuel for natural gas plants is included in the determination of both base NPC and actual NPC. STAFF COMMENTS 3 MARCH 20, 2012 In addition to the comparison of actual NPC to base NPC, the ECAM includes five other components: (l) the Load Change Adjustment; (2) a credit for the sale of S02 emission credits; (3) a Renewable Resource Adder for renewable resource costs not in base rates; (4) an adjustment for the regulatory treatment of coal-stripping cost (EITF 04-06) 3 ; and (5) a true-up of actual Renewable Energy Credit (REC) revenues against those included in rates. Under the ECAM, the Company and its ratepayers allocate the difference between actual costs and costs included in rates using a 90 percent Customer and 10 percent Company sharing arangement.4 This means that Customers are only obligated to pay 90 percent of the cost difference when actual costs are higher than costs embedded in base rates, but wil receive a credit of only 90 percent of the cost difference when actual costs are below those embedded in rates. This sharing only applies to cost associated with the NPC, Load Change Adjustment, S02 sales, and coal stripping cost deferrals. It is not applied to the renewable resource adder or to REC revenue which are allocated 100 percent to customers. 5 The Current Application As ilustrated in the table below, the Company seeks approval to add $18.1 milion to the ECAM balancing account for the deferral period from December 1,2010 through November 30, 2011. This represents a 42 percent increase in the total deferral over last year's ECAM Application of$12.8 milion.6 Although all of the Company's requested deferral was approved in last year's case, approximately $2.4 milion of the Load Change Adjustment was amortized and held over for recovery this year.7 This, along with the estimated under collection, brings the account balance to approximately $24 milion by the end of the 2011 deferral period which is subject to surcharge collection. 3 See Commission Order No. 30987, Case No. PAC-E-09-08. 4 See Commission Order No. 30904, Case No. PAC-E-08-08. 5 See Commission Order No. 32196, Case No. PAC-E-I0-07. 6 See Commission Order No. 32216, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-07. 7The second year amortization for the Load Change adjustment in Commission Order No. 32216 was approximately $2.6 milion. The amortization is subject to 90/10 sharing resulting in a $2.4 milion deferral cost as reflected in the above table. STAFF COMMENTS 4 MARCH 20, 2012 Company Proposal Tariff Customers Monsanto Agrium Total Calculation of Deferral (Dec. 2010 thru Nov. 2011) NPC Differential for Deferral 10,532,075 7,460,738 576,204 18,569,017 Load Change Adjustment (237,317)105,158 (44,888)(177047) S02Credit (5,722)(4,420)(331)(10,474) ElF 04-6 Adj ustment 68315 21620 2145 92079 Total NPC Diferential + Adjustments 10,357,350 7,583,095 533,130 18,473,575 CustomerSharing 90%90%90%90% Customer Responsibility (with sharing)9,321,615 6,824,785 479,817 16,626,217 Renewable Resource Adder 282,851 282,851 REC Deferrl 821,390 371,539 31,817 1,224,746 Company Recovery for 2011 Deferral Period 10425.857 7196.325 511633 18133.815 Company Recovery for 2010 Yr. 2 LCAR Ordered Amortization 2378721 0 0 2378721 Total Company Recovery for Deferral 12804.578 7196.325 511633 20512.536 Balancing Account Beginning Balance (as of Nov. 30,2010)11,181,331 11,181,331 ECAM Revenue Collection (Dec. 1, 2010 thru Nov. 30,2011)(7,821,058)(7,821,058) Interest 189,858 189,858 Estimated Undercollection (on Nov. 30, 2011)3,550,131 0 0 3,550,131 Total Company Recovery for Deferral (see above)12,804,578 7,196,325 511,633 20,512,536 Ending Balance subjec to Surcharge Collecton (on Nov. 30, 2011)16,354,709 7,196,325 511,633 24,062,667 Tarif 94 Collection - Dec. 1,2011 thru Mar. 31, 2012 (3,000,000)(3,000,000) Tarif94 Collection - Apr. 1, 2012 th ru Mar. 31,2013 (10,450,734)(2,409,685)(171,269)(13,031,688) Ending Balance after Estimated Collection (Mar. 31, 2013)2,903,975 4,786,640 340,364 8,030;979 The Company is not seeking to collect the entire $24 milion because it is anticipating that "an increase in the collection rate this year would be followed by a decrease in the rate next year.,,8 It is seeking approval to collect an estimated $13.0 milion from April 1,2012 through March 30, 2013 through Schedule 94 ECAM rates. The increase in the ECAM surcharge9 consists entirely of new Tariff 94 revenue from contract customers Monsanto and Agrium. The Company is not requesting an increase to other Tariff customers' rates in this year's Application. The only Schedule 94 rates the Company is proposing to change in this Application are for special contract customers Monsanto and Agrium (Schedule 400 and 401, respectively). Prior to the end of calendar year 2010, Monsanto and Agrium were not subject to the ECAM. Beginning January 1,2011, by Commission Order, Monsanto and Agrium are subject to the ECAM.io Furhermore, both customers share of the Commission-approved 2011 ECAM balances are to be amortized and collected over three years. i i The Application's impact to revenue and rates for both customers are shown in the table below. 8 RMP Application, Case No. PAC-E-12-03. 9 Commission approved $10.4 milion for recovery in Commission Order No. 32216, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-07. 10 See Commission Order No. 30904, Case No. PAC-E-08-08. II See Commission Order No. 32432, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-12. STAFF COMMENTS 5 MARCH 20, 2012 Schedule 94 Rate Impacts ECAM Rate Revenue Impact % Revenue Impact Schedule 400 0.175 cents/kWh $ 2,410,000 3.3% Schedule 401 0.164 cents/kWh $171,000 3.2% Total- (Idaho Jurisdiction)$ 2,581,000 1.1% Analysis of Application Staffs review of the Company's ECAM fiing focused on three different areas. First, Staff reviewed the overall proposal and verified the validity of the proposed cost deferral relative to the Company's operating conditions and environment. Second, Staff reviewed the method and basis used to calculate cost deferrals, account balances, and rates to ensure they were correctly and accurately applied relative to previous Commission Orders. Third, Staff performed an audit of contracts and components of actual cost to ensure completeness and accuracy compared to what was used in the Company's filing. As a result of the review, Staff believes the following to be accurate: 1. The 42 percent increase in the cost deferral for this year's ECAM ($18 .1 milion) over last year's fiing (12.8 millon) is mainly due to the inclusion of Monsanto and Agrium. Previously these costs were absorbed by RMP and reduced earnings; 2. Approximately 92 percent of the total cost deferral is due to an increase in the NPC differential primarily caused by unrealized electricity sales in the wholesale market; 3. An incorrect transmission line loss percentage reduces the Company's Cost Deferral recovery by $2,004 (the Company has agreed to this correction); 4. Except for the incorrect line loss percentage noted above, all figures used to form the base cost for deferral were established based on previous Commission Orders; 5. Actual costs used to compare against the base cost were audited with no major inconsistencies found that would change the filing; and 6. The method used by the Company was accurately and correctly applied based on previous Commission Orders and all costs included in the filing were comprehensive and complete. While performing its review, Staff discovered an error in the transmission line loss percentage used to determine cost deferrals in the Company's fiing. The table below highlights Staffs proposed adjustment to the Company's fiing. Details of the changes using Exhibit NO.1 from the Company's Application are included in Attchment A. The Company incorrectly used a 4.543 percent transmission line loss percentage across the entire 12-month deferral period. Staff and the Company agree that this percentage should have only been used for the first 27 days during STAFF COMMENTS 6 MARCH 20, 2012 December 2010, which corresponds to the effective period for the 2008 rate case.12 The remaining deferral period should have used a transmission line loss percentage of 3.605 percent authorized in the 2010 rate case.13 If Staff s adjustment is accepted by the Commission, the effect of this error amounts to a $2,004 reduction in the total ending deferral balance subject to surcharge collection from $24,062,667 to $24,060,663. Staff's Transmission Une Loss Adjustment Tarif Customers Monsanto Agrlum Total Calculation of Deferral (Dec. 2010 thru Nov. 2011) NPC Diferential for Deferral 10,604,372 7,393,798 571,035 18,569,205 Load Change Adjustment (371,075)226,551 (35,191)(179,715) S02 Credit (5,765)(4,381)(328)(10,474) E ITF 04-6 Adj ustment 68,546 21,426 2,126 92,098 Total NPC Diferential + Adjustments 10,296,078 7,637,394 537,62 18,471,114 Customer Shari ng 90%90%90%90% Customer Responsibility (with sharing)9,266,470 6,873,655 483,878 16,624,003 Renewable Resou rce Add er 283,124 283,124 REC Deferr I 824,967 368,206 31,531 1,224,703 Company Recowry for 2011 Deferral Period 10,374,561 7,241,861 515,409 18,131,830 Company Recowry for 2010 Yr. 2 LCAR Ordered Amortization 2,378,721 0 0 2,378,721 Total Company Recovery for Deferral 12,753.282 7,241,861 515,409 20.510,551 Balancing Account Beginning Balance (as of Nov. 30,2010)11,181,331 11,181,331 ECAM Revenue Collection (Dec. 1, 2010 thru Nov. 30,2011)(7,821,058)(7,821,058) Interest 189,858 189,839 Estimated Undercollection (on Nov. 30, 2011)3,550,131 0 0 3,550,112 Total Company Recovery for Deferral (see above)12,753,282 7,241,861 515,409 20,510,551 Ending Balance subject to Surcharge Collecton (on Nov. 30,2011)16,303,413 7,241,861 515,409 24,060,663 Tariff 94 Collection - Dec. 1,2011 thru Mar. 31, 2012 (3,000,000)(3,00,000) Tariff 94 Collection- Apr. 1, 2012thru Mar. 31, 2013 (10,450,734)(2,409,685)(171,269)(13,031,688) Ending Balance aftr Estimated Collecton (Mar. 31,2013)2,852,679 4,832,176 344,140 8,028,975 Although the overall change to the Company is small, the largest and most important effect of the error is the allocation of cost to Monsanto, Agrium, and the balance to the Company's Tariff customers. Because Monsanto and Agrium's ECAM balances are subject to a thee-year amortization, the Company's filing requires the separation of all ECAM related costs and account balances between the three groups of customers, which are allocated based on actual load. A change in the transmission line loss percentage changes the allocation from the Company's Application, increasing the ECAM deferral for Monsanto and Agrium by $45,536 and $3,776, respectively, while decreasing Tariff customers' deferral by $51,296. The largest effect of the re-allocation is due to the Load Change Adjustment. The proportional decrease in load impacts Monsanto and Agrium's loads 12 See Case No. PAC-E-08-07. 13 See Case No. PAC-E-IO-07. STAFF COMMENTS 7 MARCH 20, 2012 more than other Tariff customers. Since the Load Change Adjustment cost is inversely proportional to growth in load, Monsanto and Agrium's higher load decrease resulted in a proportionately higher allocation of load change adjustment cost. The net effect of Staff s transmission line loss adjustment is summarized in the table below. Net Affect of Staff's Adjustment on Customers Tarif Customers Monsanto Agrium Calculation of Deferral (Dec. 2010 thru Nov. 2011) NPC Differential for Deferral 72,297 (66,940)(5,169) Load Change Adjustment (133,758)121,393 9,697 502 Credit (43)39 3 EITF 04-6 Adj ustment 231 (194)(19\ Total NPC Diferential + Adjustments (61,272)54,299 4,512 Customer Sharing 90%90%90% Custom er Responsibility (with sharing)(55,145)48,870 4,061 Renewable Resource Adder 273 0 0 REC Deferrl 3,577 (3,333)(286) Company Recovery for 2011 Deferral Period (51.296)45536 3.776 Company Recovery for 2010 Yr. 2 LCAR Ordered Amortization 0 0 0 Total Company Recovery for Deferral (51.296)45536 3.776 Balancing Account Beginning Balance (as of Nov. 30,2010)0 0 0 ECAM Revenue Collection (Dec.1, 2010 thru Nov. 30,2011)0 0 0 Interest 0 0 0 Estimated Undercollection (on Nov. 30, 2011)0 0 0 Total Company Recovery for Deferral (see above)(51,296)45,536 3,776 Ending Balance subject to Surcharge Collection (on Nov. 30,2011)(51,296)45,536 3,776 Tariff 94 Collection - Dec. 1,2011 thru Mar. 31, 2012 0 0 0 Tariff 94 Collection- Apr. 1, 2012thru Mar. 31, 2013 0 0 0 Ending Balance after Estimated Collection (Mar. 31,2013)(51,296)45,536 3,776 Details of Staff s analysis for each component of cost included in the deferral are shown in the following subsections. Monsanto and Agrium were not subject to ECAM deferral until Januar 2011. This required the Company to allocate December 2010 NPC differentials and other ECAM component costs to Tarff customers only. Staff believes that the method used by the Company for calculating and separating each set of customer's costs was fair and reasonable. Staff recognizes that the Company wil need to keep this separation (Monsanto, Agrium, and Tariff customers) for at least the next four ECAM filings due to the Commission approved amortization.14 No additional mention of this separation wil be given in the detailed analysis below unless important differences from this general methodology exist. Finally, all further analysis reflects Staffs line loss adjustment. 14 See Commission Order No. 32216, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-07. STAFF COMMENTS 8 MARCH 20, 2012 Net Power Cost Differential - The NPC differential is the main reason RMP's ECAM exists. The NPC differential is the difference between NPC embedded in base rates and actual NPC accumulated across the deferral period. It makes up more than 92 percent of the total cost for the 2011 deferral period (factoring the 90/1 0 sharing arangement) in this year's filing. Staff confirmed that Idaho's jurisdictional share ofNPC differential was $ i 8.6 milion (Company Exhibit No.1, line 13, Dec. 2010 - Nov. 2011), and after sharing, passes approximately $16.7 milion (Company Exhibit No.1, line 47, Dec. 2010 - Nov. 2011) to customers in the ECAM surcharge. The primary driver causing the $18.6 milion differential was mainly due to lost opportunity sales of wholesale electricity. Idaho's share of the shortfall between sales included in the base and actual sales realized during the deferral period was $34.5 milion. Staff agrees with the Company that this was likely due to a drop in wholesale market prices and a reduction in the amount of electricity the Company could sell compared to quantities projected in rate cases. The effects were moderated by lower purchase power and natural gas fuel actual costs (both approximately $8 milion, Idaho's share) compared to amounts included in the base. A summary of the Idaho differences between base and actual NPC are ilustrated in the table below. Ida ho Share of Net Power Cost (milions)Base Actual Difference Wholesale Market Sales $(55.1) $(20.7)$34.S Purchased Power Cost $37.9 $29.9 $(8.0) Natural Gas Fuel Cost $29.7 $21.8 $(8.0) Wheeling Cost $7.8 $8.1 $0.3 Coal Fuel Cost $39.7 $39.5 $(0.2) Other Generation $0.2 $0.2 $(0.0) Total $60.2 $78.8 $18.6 Staff analyzed the Company's filing and found that the base NPC used to calculate the deferral balance was established and approved in Commission Ordersl5 and appropriately applied. Additionally, Staffs analysis did not reveal uneasonable transactions. Staffs conclusion was reached after reviewing base NPC from GRID as approved by the Commission in rate cases and transactions in FERC accounts used to record net power costs. Specifically, base and actual NPC include amounts booked to the following FERC accounts: Account 447 (sales for resale, excluding on-system wholesale sales and other revenues not modeled in GRID); Account 501 (fuel, steam generation, excluding fuel handling, star up fuel/gas, diesel fuel, residual disposal and other costs not modeled in GRID); Account 503 (steam from other sources); 15 See Case Nos. PAC-E-08-07 and PAC-E-IO-07. STAFF COMMENTS 9 MARCH 20, 2012 Account 547 (fuel, other generation); Account 555 (purchased power, excluding BPA residential exchange credit pass-through if applicable); and Account 565 (transmission of electricity by others). Load Change Adjustment - This symmetrical adjustment covers fixed production costs that are embedded in the energy portion of base rates that: (1) are credited to customers by adjusting for any over collection when loads are greater than projected, or (2) allows for utility cost recovery when loads are less than projected. The adjustment is subject to the 90/1 0 sharing stipulated in Commission Order No. 30904. Staff believes the base load projections and Load Change Adjustment Rates used to calculate the adjustment were approved by Commission Orders and correctly applied in the Company's filing. Other than the line loss error mentioned previously, Staff believes the actual loads and fixed production costs in energy rates used to calculate the adjustment were accurate based on the audit. Three separate LCAR's were used in the current fiing. Each was based on allocated costs authorized by the general rate case in effect for associated months in the deferral period. 16 However, the method of calculation for the Load Change Adjustment Rate (LCAR), formally known as the Load Growth Adjustment Rate (LGAR), was changed effective April 1, 2011. 17 The primary change was to limit fixed production cost recovery to those embedded in the Company's energy allocated fixed costs. In RMP's case, this was 25 percent of the previous LCAR, reducing it from $21.89 per MWh to $5.47 per MWh. This year's Load Change Adjustment, with Staffs line loss adjustment, accounted for a $179,715 credit back to customers because actual loads were 2,657 MWh higher than normalized loads used to calculate the base in the applicable general rate cases. This is significantly less than the Load Change Adjustment surcharge of$4.8 milion in last year's ECAM. Because of the large size of last year's adjustment, approximately $2.4 milion was carred over for recovery from last year's two-year Commission authorized amortization. 1 8 Staff verified that the amortization was not included in either Monsanto or Agrium's ECAM balances as approved in the Commission's Order. S02 Credits - Idaho customers were credited with $10,474 in S02 sales in the Company's filing down from $84,516 last year. This is based on Idaho's jurisdictional allocation ofRMP's total system S02 sales and the 90/1 0 sharing ordered by the Commission in Case No. PAC-E-08-08. Staff 16 See Case No. PAC-E-08-07 for period December 1-27,2010 and Case No. PAC-E-IO-07 for Dec. 28-Nov. 30,2011. Effective April 1,2011, due to Case No. GNR-E-IO-03, LCAR was reduced to 25 percent of previous LCAR. 17 See Commission Order No. 32206, Case No. GNR-E- 1 0-03. 18 See Commission Order No. 32216, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-07. STAFF COMMENTS 10 MARCH 20, 2012 reviewed the Company's method for calculating the credit and audited actual S02 sales and believes the amount included in the Company's filing is accurate. It was unaffected by Staffs proposed transmission line loss adjustment. Idaho EITF 04-6 Deferral - The EITF-04-6 Deferral reflects the amortization of coal stripping cost for regulatory purposes as directed in Commission Order No. 30987.19 This regulatory account was created following F ASB Accounting Pronouncement EITF 04-06 requiring stripping cost be recorded on the Company's books at 100 percent of the cost durng each month it occurs. The total EITF 04-6 Coal Stripping Deferral adjustment with Staff s adjustment is calculated to be a $92,098 surcharge to Idaho customers. The calculation is subject to the 90/1 0 sharing. Other than the Transmission Line Loss adjustment, Staff believes that the Company's calculation is accurate and reflects the proper regulatory treatment. Renewable Resource Adder - This is the last ECAM filing that includes the Renewable Resource Adder. Through Order No. 30904 (PAC-E-08-08), this adjustment allows the ECAM to include the cost for renewable resources that were on-line but not included in base rates.20 The ECAM fiing reflects these costs up until December 27,2010, when they were included in base rates through General Rate Case No. PAC-E-IO-07. Staff calculated Idaho customers' share of this cost to be $283,124 after accounting for Staffs line loss adjustment. No sharing is applied. Renewable Energy Credits Adjustment - As approved in Commission Order No. 32196 (PAC-E-I0-07), the Company reflects the difference between REC revenue included in base rates and actual REC revenue. No sharng is applied which means that 100 percent of the total difference is a surcharge or. credit to customers. Staff calculated the difference between the base and accrued REC revenue to be a surcharge of$I,224,703. Staff based its calculation on the Company's filing but included the line loss adjustment which Staff believes accurately reflects the appropriate REC adjustment. Interest - As required by Commission Order No. 30904, the Company included interest on monthly deferral balances at the Commission approved customer deposit interest rate of one percent for 2010 and 2011. Staff calculates the interest amount to be $189,839 after accounting for the transmission line loss adjustment. 19 See Case No. PAC-E-09-08. 20 See Case No. PAC-E-08-07. STAFF COMMENTS 11 MARCH 20, 2012 Analysis of ECAM Rates The Company has proposed to maintain curent rates for retail customers other than Agrium and Monsanto. The Company proposes to establish new Schedule 94 rates for Agrium at 0.164 cents/kWh and Monsanto at 0.175 cents/kWh. Staff believes the methodology used by the Company to establish these new rates is reasonable. The methodology meets the intent generally defined in Commission Order No. 3090421 and meets the three-year amortization requirements authorized by Order No. 32432 from the last general rate case,z2 The Company predicts the proposed ECAM rate structure wil generate a combined total of $13 milion in revenue from April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013. With the addition of $3 milion the Company is predicting to receive in revenue from the previous ECAM case23 and $5.2 milion to be collected from contract customers' remaining two-year amortization, this leaves a net $2.8 milion for future recovery. Staff recognizes that carring an unecovered balance forward to next year's ECAM could result in higher ECAM rates than would otherwise occur. However, in an effort to promote rate stability, Staff accepts the Company's proposal to maintain existing ECAM rates with the expectation that rates wil not increase next year. The Company used the correct transmission line loss percentage when developing the loss differentiated rates for both Monsanto and Agrium. However, the incorrect transmission line loss percentage used in calculating the deferral cost would increase the size of Monsanto and Agrium's rates by approximately 0.001 cents/kWh, if the adjusted deferral balances were used. Staff believes the impact is relatively small and the original rates proposed by the Company should be implemented since future deferral balances will be trued up in next year's ECAM using Staffs adjusted deferral balances as a staring point, if authorized. CUSTOMER RELATIONS Customer Notice and Press Release The Customer Notice and Press Release were included in Rocky Mountain Power's Application. The Press Release was compliant with Procedural Rule 125, IDAPA 31.01.01.125. 21 See Case No. PAC-E-08-08. 22 See Case No. PAC-E-l 1-12. 23 See Commission Order No. 32216, Case No. PAC-E-l 1-07. STAFF COMMENTS 12 MARCH 20, 2012 However, Staff found the Customer Notice to be difficult to understand and believes that many customers may have had the same difficulty. Staffs primary concerns with the Customer Notice centered on the Company's use of undefined terminology such as "energy balancing account" as well as references to tariff schedules by number without providing definitions or explanations. Staff did not ask RMP to re-write its Customer Notice because when the concerns were identified, the Customer Notices had been printed and were already being inserted into customers' monthly statements. However, Staff suggests that when RMP fies its next ECAM, that prior to mailng, the Company provide a draft of its Customer Notice and Press Release to Staff for review. The Customer Notices were mailed to RMP's customers with cyclical bilings beginning February 8, 2012 and ending March 7, 2012. Customer Comments Customers were given until March 13,2012 to file comments. As of March 13,2012, no customers had filed comments. On March 15,2012, one comment was received. That customer opposed an increase in rates. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS Staff makes the following recommendations for adoption and authorization by the Commission. 1. Accept and approve for recovery Staffs adjusted Idaho ECAM deferral balance of $7,241,861 for Monsanto, $515,409 for Agrium, and $10,374,561 for remaining Tariff customers for a grand total of $18, 131,830 for the December 1, 2010 through November 30,2011 deferral period (does not include previously approved 2nd year amortization from last year's Load Change Adjustment). 2. Approve the transmission loss differentiated energy rate to be included in Schedule 94 for Schedule 400 ofO.l 75 ~/kWh. 3. Approve the transmission loss differentiated energy rate to be included in Schedule 94 for Schedule 401 ofO.l64 ~/kWh. 4. Approve the continuation of Tariff customers' curent rates. Staff recommends that these rates become effective April 1, 2012 as requested by the Company. STAFF COMMENTS 13 MARCH 20, 2012 Respectfully submitted this ~~ day of March 2012. J1¿O- Neil Price Deputy Attorney General Technical Staff: Patricia Harms Mike Louis Marlyn Parker Keith Hessing i :/umisclcomments/pace 1 2.3npphkhmlmp comment.doc STAFF COMMENTS 14 MARCH 20, 2012 At t c h m e n t A ( C o m m i s s i o n S t a f f T r a n s m i s s i o n L i n e L o s s A d j u s t e m e n t ) Id a h o E C A M D e f e r r a l De c e m b e r 2 0 1 0 t h r o u g h N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 1 Lin e No . 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