20190809order_no_34404.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 9,2019
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN )CASE NO.PAC-E-19-01
POWER'S PETITION FOR AN EXTENSION )
TO FILE ITS 2019 INTEGRATED )RESOURCE PLAN )ORDER NO.34404
On January 28,2019,Rocky Mountain Power ("Company")filed a Petition seeking to
extend the March 29,2019 filing date for the Company's 2019 Integrated Resource Plan ("IRP").
The Commission granted Rocky Mountain Power's Petition and extended the filing date to August
1,2019.Order No.34275.The Company has now submitted a second Petition requesting an
extension of its 2019 IRP filing date until October 18,2019 (the "Second Petition").
Having reviewed the record,and good cause appearing,the Commission grants the
Company's Second Petition and extends the IRP filing date to October 18,2019.
THE SECOND PETITION
In its Second Petition,the Company stated it needed more time to complete the IRP
because it had recently discovered an error in the coal-cost assumptions that its models used for
the Jim Bridger units.See Second Petition at 2-3.The Company stated that in preparing its 2019
IRP it modeled over 50 portfolios based on different futures,and that due to the error,it must now
re-run the 50 portfolios with corrected inputs.Id.at 3.To allow time for this additional modeling,
review the modeling,and conduct additional public-inputmeetings,the Company asked to extend
its 2019 IRP filing date until October 18,2019.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Company is an electrical corporation and public utility as defined in Idaho Code
§61-119 and -129.The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company and the issues in this case
under Title 61 of the Idaho Code,includingIdaho Code §61-501.Ordinarily,parties of record
have 21 days to answer a petition.See Rule 57.02.However,in this case we find that compliance
with Rule 57.02 is impracticable,unnecessary,and not in the public interest due to the timing and
nature of the Company's request,and because no one has petitioned to intervene as a party of
record in this case.See Rule 13 ("The Commission's rules of procedure will be liberally construed
to secure just,speedy,and economical determination of all issues"and "the Commission may
permit deviation from [them]when ...compliance ...is impracticable,unnecessary,or not in the
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public interest").We therefore approve the Company's Petition without a formal hearing or
comment period.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company's Petition is granted.The Company
shall file its IRP by October 18,2019.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this
day of August2019.
PAUL K LLAND ,PRESIDENT
KRIST
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
Diane M.Hanian
Commission Secretary
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