20161004notice_of_modified_procedure_order_no_33618.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 4, 2016
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER TO UPDATE BASE NET POWER
COSTS AND IMPLEMENT A RA TE
ST ABILITY PLAN
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) CASE NO. PAC-E-16-12
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) NOTICE OF
) MODIFIED PROCEDURE
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) ORDER NO. 33618
On September 1, 2016, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power applied to the
Commission for an Order authorizing the Company to adjust the base level of net power costs
(NPC) in its rates and to set a new base NPC to be tracked in the Energy Cost Adjustment
Mechanism (ECAM). The Company also asks the Commission for an Order approving a new
level of base retail load and authorizing the Company to adjust the Load Change Adjustment
Rate (LCAR), Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) rates.
The Company's Application, if approved, would decrease rates by an average of
approximately 0.4 percent. The Company asks that the Commission authorize this matter to be
processed by Modified Procedure and approve the new base NPC, new base retail load, and the
new LCAR, PTC and REC rates. As an alternative to reducing rates, the Company proposes a
Rate Stability Plan under which rates would remain unchanged and the Company would apply
the incremental revenues that result from the reduction in base NPC to the depreciation deferral
from the 2013 depreciation study. The Company indicates that it intends to engage parties in a
discussion of the Plan. If the parties cannot reach agreement on the alternative Rate Stability
Plan, the Company requests approval of the changes to the rates shown in the tariff revisions
included in Attachment A to its Application to be effective January 1, 2017.
The Commission issued an Order providing Notice of Application, setting a deadline
for interventions, and directing the parties to confer about a proposed schedule and report their
proposal to the Commission. Order No. 33597. The Commission received and granted petitions
for intervention from PacifiCorp Idaho Industrial Customers; Monsanto Company; and Idaho
Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. Order Nos. 33599, 33600, and 33601.
PARTIES' PROPOSED SCHEDULE
The parties conferred informally and agreed to the following schedule under
Modified Procedure:
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October 19, 2016
November 17, 2016
November 30, 2016
Parties' meeting to discuss negotiated solutions
Comment deadline for parties
Company reply deadline
The Commission finds it reasonable to adopt the parties' proposed schedule.
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission has determined that the
public interest may not require a formal hearing in this matter and will proceed under Modified
Procedure pursuant to Rules 201 through 204 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission's Rules
of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. The Commission notes that Modified Procedure and
written comments have proven to be an effective means for obtaining public input and
participation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the parties in this matter may file a written
comment in support or in opposition with the Commission by no later than Thursday,
November 17, 2016.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that any member of the public desiring to state a
position on this Application may file a written comment in support or in opposition with the
Commission by no later than Thursday, November 17, 2016. IDAPA 31.01.01.202.02. All
comments must contain a statement of reasons supporting the comment. Persons desiring a
hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written comments. Written comments
concerning this Application may be mailed to the Commission and Company at the addresses
reflected below:
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
Street Address for Express Mail:
472 W. Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-5918
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ORDER NO. 33618
Ted Weston
Idaho Regulatory Manager
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
E-mail:
Daniel E. Solander
Attorney
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 320
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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These comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document. Persons desiring to submit comments via e-mail may do so by accessing the
Click the "Case Comment or Question
Form" under the "Consumers" tab, and complete the form using the case number as it appears on
the front of this document. These comments must also be sent to the Company at the e-mail
address listed above.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company may file reply comments, if
necessary, by no later than Wednesday, November 30, 2016.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are
received within the time limit set, the Commission will consider this matter on its merits and
enter its Order without a formal hearing. If written comments are received within the time limit
set, the Commission will consider them and, in its discretion, may set the same for formal
hearing.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case be processed under Modified Procedure,
Rule 201-204 (ID AP A 31.01.01.201-.204 ). Parties and persons interested in submitting
comments must do so by November 17, 2016. The Company must file a reply, if any, by
November 30, 2016.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this
day of October 2016.
ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER
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