20170203Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
FROM: KARL KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 2017
SUBJECT: ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER'S APPLICATION TO EXTEND THE 2017
INTER-JURISDICTIONAL COST ALLOCATION PROTOCOL
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019, CASE NO. PAC-E-17-01
On February 1, 2017, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power applied to the
Commission for an Order that would extend the Company's 2017 Inter-Jurisdictional Cost
Allocation Protocol from December 31, 2018 through December 31, 2019. The Company has
asked that the case be processed by Modified Procedure, and that an Order issue by March 31,
2017.
The Company and various stakeholders negotiated the 2017 Protocol in an effort to
equitably allocate PacifiCorp's costs to provide electric service to its customers in the six states it
serves, including Idaho. The 2017 Protocol was to be in effect from January 1, 2017 through
December 31, 2018, to afford the parties some time to evaluate the potential impact of the
Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan rules, and of PacifiCorp joining the
California Independent System Operator (CAISO), before agreeing on a longer term allocation
method. The 2017 Protocol contemplated that it could be extended for another year, through
December 31, 2019, if all state commissions agreed by March 31, 2017, that such an extension
could occur. This Commission approved the 2017 Protocol on October 14, 2016. See Order No.
33623, Case No. PAC-E-15-16.
STAFF RECOUMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure that sets a 21-day comment period and 7-day reply period.
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COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure that sets a 21-day comment period and 7-day reply period?
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Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General
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