20180824notice_of_application_order_no_34129.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 24,2018
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBI N I TI LITil B COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN )CASE NO.PAC-E-18-07
POWER'S APPLICATION FOR A )DETERMINATION OF 2016 AND 2017 )NOTICE OF APPLICATION
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT )EXPENSES AS PRUDENTLY INCURRED )NOTICE OF
)INTERVENTION DEADLINE
)ORDER NO.34129
On August 10,2018,Rocky Mountain Power applied for an Order establishing that it
prudently incurred demand-side management (DSM)expenditures in 2016 and 2017 of
$8,539,263.Application at 1."DSM"generally refers to utility activities and programs that
encourage customers (i.e.,on the "demand-side"as opposed to the "generation side")to use less
overall energy or use less energy during peak usage hours.The Commission will allow the utility
an opportunity to recover its DSM expenses through rates if the Commission finds the Company
prudentlyincurred them.However,if the Commission fmds the Company did not prudently incur
DSM expenses,then it will not allow the Company to recover them through rates and the
disallowed expenses will be borne by the utility's shareholders and not by customers.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Rocky Mountain states that its DSM programs
include:Low Income Energy Conservation Education (Schedule 21);Home Energy Saver
(Schedule l 18);Home Energy Reports (no tariff);and Non-Residential Energy
Efficiency/wattsmartBusiness (Schedule 140).'Id.at 3.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company asks the Commission to find that
the Company prudently incurred $8,539,263 in DSM expenses from the DSM rider account.
3 Energy FinAnswer;FinAnswer Express;and Agricultural Energy Serviceshave been consolidated into a
single "wattsmart Business program."See Order No.33178.Also,in 2011,the Company's Irrigation
Load Control program was cancelled and treated as a system-wide benefit.As such,the performance
results of this program are not included in annual DSM reports,but are instead submitted as a confidential
document to the Commission.See Order No.32760.
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Application at 1.This request included $4,500,332for expenditures made in 2016,and $4d3833 i
in 2017.Id at 3.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company's Application describes the
Company's evaluation of its DSM programs and whether they were cost-effective in 2016 and
2017.Id at 5.The DSM Report discusses the cost-effectiveness of the Company's DSM programs
and energy savings measures.Id In support of its Application,the Company submitted an annual
DSM report for each year,the results of its cost-effectiveness analysis,and the third-partyprogram
evaluation reports.The Company requests that its Application be processed under Modified
Procedure.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company explains it used the following
benefit/cost tests to determine the cost-effectiveness of its energy efficiency programs and
measures:(1)the PacifiCorp total resource cost test (PTRC);(2)the utility cost test (UCT);and
(3)the participant cost test (PCT).Id The Company reports that in 2016 and 2017 its overall
energy efficiency portfolio was cost-effective,passing the UCT and PCT,with ratios of greater
than 1.0 Id The cost-effectiveness of the Appliance Recycling Program was not calculated for
2016,because it was cancelled on March 1,2016.Id The Low Income Weatherization program
was not cost-effective from the UCT in either year,but was cost-effective from the PTRC in both
years.All other programs passed with a benefit/cost ratio greater than 1.0.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company states that it uses best-practice
approaches and techniques including those outlined in the National Action Plan for Energy
EfficiencyProgram Impact Evaluation and the California Evaluation Framework guides.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application and supporting workpapers,
testimonies and exhibits have been filed with the Commission and are available for public
inspection during regular business hours at the Commission offices.The Application and
testimonies are also available on the Commission's web site at www.puc.idaho.gov.Click on the
"File Room"tab at the top of the page,scroll down to "Open Electric Cases,"and then click on
the case number as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held
pursuant to the Commission's jurisdictionunder Title 61 of the Idaho Code.The Commission may
enter any final Order consistent with its authority under Title 61.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Procedure,IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
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YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties'rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission's Rules of Procedure 72 and 73,IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073.
Persons who wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than 21
days after the date of service of this Order.Persons desiring to present their views without
parties'rights of participation are not required to intervene and may present their comments
without prior notification to the Commission or the parties,as described below.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that after the intervention deadline runs,the
Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of Parties.Staff then will informally confer with the
parties about appropriate scheduling for this case.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this case for the
purpose of obtaining parties'rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the
Commission,pursuant to Rules 72 and 73,IDAPA 31.01.01.72-73,no later than 21 days after the
service date of this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after the Secretary issues a Notice of Parties,Staff
will convene an informal conference for parties to discuss the appropriate scheduling of this case.
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DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of August 2018.
PAUL KJELLANDER,PRESIDENT
KRIUINE RAPER,C MMISSIONER
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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