20171003Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
FROM:CAMILLE CHRISTEN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 3,2017
SUBJECT:THE APPLICATION OF PACIFICORP DBA ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER F'OR AUTHORIZATION TO REVISE THE WIND
INTEGRATION RATE AND IMPLEMENT A SOLAR INTEGRATIONRATE FOR SMALL POWER GENERATION QUALIFYING
FACILITIES, CASE NO. PAC-E-I7.II.
On August 28, 2017, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power applied to the
Commission for an Order authorizing it to (l) decrease its wind integration rate for power
purchase agreements with wind-powered qualifying facilities (QF), from $3.06 to $0.57 per
megawatt-hour (MWh), and (2) implement a solar integration rate for purchases fiom solar-
powered QFs, of $0.60 per MWh. Application at l.
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. 33871. No petitions fbr intervention were received.
PARTIES' PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Staff and the Company conferred informally and agreed to the following schedule
under Modifi ed Procedure:
November 9,2017 Comment deadline forparties
November 16,2017 Company reply deadline
DECISION MEMORANDUM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and adopt
the parties' proposed schedule, with comments due November 9,2017, and reply comments, if
any, due November 16.2017.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and adopt the
parties' proposed schedule, with comments due November 9,2017, and reply comments, if any,
due November 16, 2017?
Camille Christen
Deputy Attomey General
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