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October 13,2015
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERY
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472West Washington
Boise,ID 83702-5983
Attention: Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
Re:CASE NO. GP{*#trtrh
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF PURPA QF
CONTRACT PROVISIONS INCLUDING THE SURROGATE AVOIDEI)
RESOURCE (SAR) AND INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING (IRP)
METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULATING AVOIDED COST RATES.
Dear Ms. Jewell;
Please find enclosed for filing an original and (3) three copies of Rocky Mountain Power's
annual compliance filing to update the model inputs for the IRP method avoided cost calculation,
provided as Appendix A. Pursuant to Commission Order 32697 utilities must provide annual
updates for fuel prices, load forecasts, and changes to long term contracts for purchases or sales
and any new or expiring QF contracts. The 2015 IRP was filed with the Commission on March
31,2015.
The Company's current long term load forecast was prepared in May 2015. The load forecast
used in the 2015 IRP was prepared in September 2014. Appendix A provides the May 2015 load
forecast summarized annually by jurisdiction. The September 2014 forecast is also provided for
reference only.
The Company's most recent Offrcial Forward Price Curve was prepared September 30,2015
("1509 OFPC"). The price forecast currently being used in the IRP method avoided cost
calculation was prepared June 30,2015 ("1506 OFPC"). Appendix A provides the 1509 OFPC
natural gas prices summarized annually by market hub. The 1506 OFPC is also provided for
reference only.
Since the 2015 IRP, the Company has signed 39 long-term contracts including 37 long-term
contracts with qualiffing facilities for a total nameplate capacity of 644.1megawatts. Two long-
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term contracts with a combined nameplate capacity of 82.8 megawatts were terminated. A list of
signed and terminated contracts is provided in Appendix A.
In compliance with Commission Order 32802 the Company is filing these annual updates
requesting an October 15,2015 effective date.
Any informal inquiries should be directed to Ted Weston at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Jeffrey K. Larsen
Vice President, Regulation
APPENDIX A
RMP AVOIDED COST CALCULATION INPUTS
WITH TI{E LOAD FORECAST UPDATE, NATURAL GAS PRICE UPDATE,
AND LONG.TERM CONTRACTS UPDATE
APPENDIX A
PAGE 1 OF 3
Rocky Mountain Power
Avoided Cost Calculation lnputs
October L5,2Ot5
Load Forecast Update
AnnualGWh
Load Forecast - Mav2015
Year California ldaho Oreson Utah Washinston Wvomins FERC Total
2015
2016
20t7
2018
20L9
2020
202L
2022
20?3
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
866
872
864
855
846
839
829
82L
810
800
784
77L
759
748
735
725
715
707
598
589
679
3,738
3,770
3,738
3,74L
3,744
3,743
3,747
3,746
3,752
3,763
3,762
3,765
3,770
3,780
3,778
3,783
3,787
3,797
3,798
3,802
3,807
74,490
74,670
L4,640
L4,748
t4,773
74,74L
L4,685
L4,697
t4,720
74,798
L4,798
74,833
14,859
L4,943
L4,948
L4,992
L5,045
15,125
L5,129
15,184
75,24L
25,89L
25,430
26,567
26,782
27,t34
27,374
27,486
27,679
27,873
28,134
28,233
28,369
28,501
28,723
28,815
28,982
29,169
29,454
29,592
29,873
30,037
4,494
4,554
4,538
4,530
4,518
4,510
4,482
4,465
4,446
4,44L
4,475
4,40s
4,395
4,400
4,381
4,377
4,373
4,384
4,372
4,373
4,375
t0,L97
L0,242
10,343
t0,444
L0,542
10,539
10,508
10,482
L0,445
L0,464
10,406
10,338
10,304
10,288
L0,206
10,180
to,L24
10,070
9,987
9,912
9,82s
L28
46
196
34L
34t
34L
340
340
340
340
339
339
339
340
338
338
338
339
338
338
337
59,803
60,524
50,879
61,,441
67,897
62,088
62,O70
62,224
62,386
62,739
62,736
62,822
62,937
63,222
63,202
63,377
63,551
63,876
63,914
54,110
64,302
Load Forecast - 2015 IRP - Post DSM Selected in 2015 IRP
Year California ldaho oregon Utah Washington Wyoming FERC Total
2015
20L6
20t7
20L8
20L9
2020
202L
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
203s
878
877
869
862
853
846
834
826
814
803
787
775
763
752
739
73t
722
7L4
706
698
698
3,740
3,748
3,75t
3,757
3,763
3,771
3,772
3,779
3,786
3,797
3,798
3,803
3,808
3,877
3,814
3,820
3,826
3,837
3,838
3,844
3,8s8
14,659
74,625
74,607
L4,599
L4,6L8
74,622
74,563
14,579
74,63L
t4,7t5
t4,7L2
L4,739
74,759
14,810
74,790
L4,814
L4,847
L4,901
14,880
L4,9L5
L4,962
25,8L7
26,237
25,360
26,433
25,538
26,6s6
26,6s2
26,692
26,576
26,741
26,737
26,850
26,94L
27,L37
27,L87
27,346
27,507
27,745
27,823
28,009
28,279
4,463
4,479
4,463
4,454
4,438
4,430
4,39s
4,375
4,354
4,348
4,323
4,374
4,306
4,372
4,293
4,297
4,287
4,298
4,285
4,285
4,287
10,538
10,772
10,83s
10,915
t0,897
L0,967
10,896
LO,9L2
10,855
10,89s
10,826
10,856
L0,877
LO,87L
L0,797
10,82s
10,768
10,800
L0,704
10,705
10,555
134 50,229
49 60,788
199 61,085
345 61,365
345 6L,457
346 51,639
346 51,458
346 61,510
347 61,463
348 6L,647
348 61,531
348 61,684
348 6L,74L
3s0 52,048
349 51,959
350 62,t78
350 62,307
352 62,647
351 62,587
3s2 62,808
3s2 53,092
Loads are net of DsM
APPENDIX A
PAGE 2 OF 3
Rocky Mountain Power
Avoided Cost Calculation Inputs
October 15,2015
Natural Gas Price Update
S/MMBtu
Official Forward Price Curve 15
Opal Gas
lndex
$2.56
$2.62
$2.81
$2.90
$3.04
$3.18
$3.37
$3.66
$3.92
$4.06
$4.32
$4.36
$4.56
$4.94
$s.14
$5.38
$5.81
$5.90
$6.04
$6.27
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
Henry Hublndex Sumas lndex Stanfield lndex San Juan lnde; AECO lndex SOCALBOR lnde
$2.41 $2.53 $2.56 $2.73 $2.16 $2.70
$2.43 $2.69 $2.64 $2.80 $2.14 $2.81
$2.55 $2.8s $2.81 $2.99 $2.30 $2.s9
$2.73 $2.94 $2.93 $3.05 $2.38 $3.16
$2.e0 $3.06 $3.02 $3.11 $2.51 $3.33
$2.99 $3.23 $3.16 $3.21 $2.67 $3.53
$3.15 $3.38 $3.32 $3.39 $2.92 $3.71
$3.46 $3.63 $3.68 $3.75 $3.06 $3.97
$3.78 $3.87 $4.00 $4.07 $3.23 $4.20
$3.90 $3.99 $4.13 $4.23 $3.s2 $4.34
$4.15 $4.24 $4.41 $4.51 $3.80 $4.63
$4.15 $4.27 $4.44 $4.56 $3.80 $4.69
$4.41 $4.49 $4.65 $4.77 $4.02 $4.89
$4.88 $4.87 $5.01 $5.14 $4.5s $5.25
$5.09 $5.08 $5.19 $s.32 $4.76 $5.44
$s.36 $5.33 $5.41 $5.53 $5.00 $5.6s
$5.78 $5.76 $5.84 $5.94 $5.47 $6.08
$5.87 $5.86 $5.94 $6.02 $5.57 $6.18
$6.01 $6.02 $6.05 $6.1 0 $s.67 $6.29
$6.28 $6.32 $6.31 $6.32 $s.84 $6.53
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
lndex
$2.66
$2.97
$3.14
$3.28
$3.38
$3.50
$3.71
$3.98
$4.27
$4.34
$4.36
$4.24
$4.39
$4.88
$5.14
$5.39
$5.81
$5.90
$6.04
$6.28
ry
lndex
$2.43
$2.72
$2.94
$3.26
$3.34
$3.40
$3.54
$3.81
$4.1 3
$4.18
$4.19
$a.o+
$4.24
$4.82
$5.09
$5.36
$5.78
$s.87
$6.01
$6.29
$2.66
$3.01
$3.14
$3.30
$3.48
$3.61
$3.76
$3.96
$4.22
$4.27
$4.28
$4.16
$4.32
$4.81
$5.08
$5.33
$s.76
$s.86
$2.68
$3.02
$3.21
$3.36
$3.44
$3.55
$3.73
$4.0a
$4.36
$4.41
$4.45
$4.33
$4.48
$4.95
$5.20
$5.42
$5.84
$5.94
$6.06
$6.31
$2.85
$3.1 7
$3.36
$3.44
$3.51
$3.61
$3.79
$4.11
$4.43
$4.51
$4.5s
$4.44
$4.s9
$5.08
$s.32
$s.54
$s.95
$6.02
$6.11
$6.32
$2.20
$2.42
$2.57
$2.72
$2.86
$3.03
$3.22
$3.35
$3.58
$3.80
$3.84
$3.68
$3.85
$4.49
$4.76
$5.00
$5.47
$5.57
$5.67
$5.8s
$2.84
$3.19
$3.38
$3.57
$3.72
$3.90
$4.07
$4.30
$4.ss
$4.62
$4.67
$4.57
v.72
$s.1 I
$5.44
$5.65
$6.08
$6.18
$6.30
$6.54
Sumas lndex Stanfield lndex San Juan lndel AECO lndex SOCALBOR lnde
$6.02
$6.33
Rocky Mountain Power
Avoided Cost Calculation lnputs
October 15,2015
Long-Term Contracts
APPENDIX A
PAGE 3 OF 3
Term Contracts On-line bv Julv Svstem Peak
Year
201s
2076
2017
2018
62.9
81.5
635.3
644.L
Lonc Term Contracts signed since the 2015 IRP
No.Contract Nameplate (MW)Start Date
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
L1
L2
13
74
15
16
77
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
Brigham Young University ldaho
CES Sigurd Solar
Chevron Wyoming Wind QF
City of Astoria
Cottonwood Hydro Lower (Alta Energy)
Cottonwood Hydro Upper (Alta Energy)
Cypress Creek - Merrill Solar
Deruyter Dairy
Douglas Country Forest Products (Douglas County
Ewauna Solar 2 LLC
Ewauna Solar LLC
Granite Mountain - East
Granite Mountain - West
lron Springs
Lloyd Ferry
Norwest Energy 2 LLC (Neff)
Norwest Energy 4 LLC (Bonanza)
Norwest Energy 5 LLC (Arlington)
Norwest Energy 7 LLC (Eagle Point)
Norwest Energy 9 LLC (Pendleton)
OR Solar 1 (Sprague River Solar)
OR Solar 2 (Agate Bay Solar)
OR Solar 3 (Turkey Hill Solar)
OR Solar 4 (Bly Solar)
OR Solar 5 (Merrill)
OR Solar 5 (Lakeview)
OR Solar 7 (Jacksonville)
OR Solar 8 (Dairy)
OSLH - Collier Solar
Pavant Solar ll LLC
Roseburg Forest Products - Dillard
Roush Hydro, lnc
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company
Three Peaks Solar
UAMPS (Eagle Mountain)
UMPA (Eagle Mountain)
Woodline Solar LLC
Yakima Tieton (Cowiche)
Yakima Tieton (Orchards)
5.6
80.0
16.5
0.03
0.9
0.3
10.0
7.2
6.3
2.9
0.8
80.0
50.4
80.0
0.1
9.9
6.0
3.0
9.9
6.6
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
8.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.9
50.0
20.0
0.1
25.0
80.0
(a)
(a)
8.0
1.5
t.4
2015 08 01
2016 11 01
207507 0t
2015 02 70
2016 01 01
2016 01 01
2016 11 18
2015 01 01
2015 08 01
2015 09 30
20L7 L1,30
2016 08 01
2016 08 01
2016 09 01
2015 07 01
2016 11 18
2076 77 78
2016 11 18
2016 11 18
2016 11 18
20L6 7201
201,6 1207
20L6 L207
20t6 7207
2076 7201
2076 7207
2076 720\
2076 7201
2016 11 18
2076 7201
2015 01 01
207507 07
2075 01,22
2076 t23L
2077 0401
2015 03 0s
2077 1730
2016 01 01
2015 01 01
Total Sicned MW 644.L
Lonc Term Contracts Terminated since the 2015 tRP
No.Contract Nameplate (MW)Terminated
1
2
Blue Mountain QF PPA
Warm Springs Hydro, LLC
80.0
2.8
2015 05 14
(b)
Total Terminated MW 82.8
(a) Capacity varies per contract terms
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 13th of October,2015,I caused to be served, via E-mail, a
true and correct copy of Rocky Mountain Power's Annual Compliance Filing in Case No.
GNR-E-11-03 to the following:
Donovan E. Walker Michael G. Andrea
Jason Williams Avista Corporation
Idaho Power Company l4l I E. Mission Ave.
PO Box 70 Spokane, WA99202
Boise, ID 83707-0070 E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail : dwalker(DidahoDower.com
iwi I [e-mail]
Yvonne Hogle Dr. Don Reading
PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power Exergy Development Group of Idaho LLC
1407 w. North Temple, Suite 320 6070 Hill Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84116 Boise, ID 83702
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Donald L. Howell, II Peter J. Richardson
Kristine A. Sasser Gregory M. Adams
Deputy Attomeys General Richardson Adams, PLLC
Idaho Public Utilities Commission 515 N.27ft Street.472W. Washington PO Box 7218
PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83702
Boise,lD 83720-0074 E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail] [e-mail]
kris. sasser(Eouc. idaho.sov
Robert D. Kahn Don Sturtevant
Northwest and Intermountain Power Energy Director
Producers Coalition J.R. Simplot Company
1l 17 Minor Ave., Suite 300 PO Box 27
Seattle, WA 98101 Boise,lD 83707-0027
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Robert A. Paul James Carkulis
Grand View Solar II Managing Member
15690 Vista Circle Exergy Development Group of Idaho, LLC
Desert Hot Springs, CA9224l 802 W. Bannock St., Suite 1200
E-mail: [e-mail] Boise,lD 83702
E-mail : [e-mail]
Ronald L. Williams C. Thomas Arkoosh
Williams Bradbury, P.C. Capitol Law Group PLLC
1015 W. Hays St. 205 N. 10tr St.4ft Floor
Boise ID, 83702 PO Box 2598E-mail:[e-mail] Boise,lD 83701
E-mail : [e-mail]
John R. Lowe R. Greg Ferney
Consultant to Renewable Energy Coalition Mimura Law Offices, PLLC
12050 SW Tremont St. 2176E. Franklin Rd., Suite 120
Portland, OR97225 Meridian, lD 83642
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Bill Piske, Manager Dean J. Miller
Interconnect Solar Development, LLC McDevitt & Miller, LLP
1303 E. Carter PO Box 2564
Boise,ID 83706 Boise,lD 83701
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Shelly M. Davis J. Kahle Becker
Barker Rosholt & Simpson LLP The Alaska Center
1010 W. Jefferson St (83702) 1020 W. Main Street, Suite 400
PO Box 2139 Boise, ID 83702
Boise,ID 83701 E-mail:[e-mail]
E-mail : smd(Eidahowaters.com
Michael J. Uda Wade Thomas
Uda Law Firm, P.C General Counsel
7 W. 6th Avenue, Suite 4E Dynamis Energy, LLC
Helena, MT 59601 776W. Riverside Dr., Suite 15E-mail:[e-mail] Eagle,ID 83616
p-ilait : wthomas@dynam isenergv.com
Benjamin J. Otto Brian Olmstead
Idaho Conservation League Twin Falls Canal Company
710 N. Sixth Street (83702) PO Box 326
PO Box 844 Twin Falls,ID 83303
Boise,ID 83701 E-mail: [e-mail]
E-mail : botto@ idahoconservation.org
Don Schoenbeck Bill Brown, ChairRCS Board of Commissioners of Adams County, ID
900 Washington St. Suite 780 PO Box 48
Vancouver, WA 98660 Council, ID 83612
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Ted Diehl Glenn lkemoto
General Manager Margaret Rueger
North Side Canal Company Idaho Windfarms, LLC
921 N. Lincoln St. 672Blai Avenue
Jerome,ID 83338 Piedmont, CA946ll
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Marearet@envisionwind. com
Ted S. Sorenson, P.E. Arron F. Jepson
Birch Power Company Blue Ribbon Energy LLC
5203 South I ls East 10660 South 540 East
Idaho Falls, ID 83404 Sandy, UT 84070
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
M.J. Humphries Dean J. Miller
Blue Ribbon Energy LLC Chas. F. McDevitt
4515 S. Ammon Road McDevitt & Miller LLP
Ammon, ID 83406 420 West Bannock Street
E-mail: [e-mail] Boise, ID 83702
E-mail: ioe@mcdevitt-mi I ler.com
[e-mail]
Lori Thomas Marv Lewallen
Capitol Law Group Clearwater Paper Corporation
PO Box 2598 601 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 1100
Boise, ID 83701-2598 Spokane, WA 99201
E-mail: [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]
Megan Walseth Decker Tauna Christenson
Senior StaffCounsel Energy Integrity Project
Renewable Northwest Project 769 N 1100 E
917 SW Oak Street, Suite 303 Shelley, lD 83274
Portland, OR 97205 Email: [e-mail]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Liz Woodruff Deborah E. Nelson
Ken Miller Kelsey J. Nunez
Snake River Alliance Givens Pursley LLP
PO Box l73l 601 W. Bannock Steet (83702)
Boise,ID 83701 POBox2720E-mail: Boise,ID [e-mail] E-mail: [e-mail]@snakeriveralliance.ore [e-mail]
Amy Eissler
Coordinator, Administrative Services