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October 12,2020
VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd
Boise,lD 83714
Re:CASE NO. PAC.E-19-08
IN THE MATTER OF TITE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
TO CLOSE THE NET METERING PROGRAM TO NEW SERYICE &
IMPLEMENT A NET BILLING PROGRAM TO COMPENSATE CUSTOMER
GENERATORS FOR EXPORTED GENERATION
Dear Ms. Noriyuki:
Pursuant to Order No. 34798 Rocky Mountain Power herby provides Electric Service Schedule
No. 135 - Net Metering Service, and Electric Service Schedule No. 136 - Net Billing Service,
for approval.
On October 2,2020, the ldaho Public Utilities Commission issued Order No. 34798 closing
Schedule No. 135 -Net Metering Service, to new service as of the date of the order and
authorizing service under Schedule No. 136 -Net Billing Service, effective November 1,2020
Informal inquiries may be directed to Ted Weston, Idaho Regulatory Manager at (801) 220-
2963.
very truly yours,
Vice President, Regulation
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVIgION OF PAOFICOEP
I.P.U.C. No. 1
Firs+SeconllRevision of Sheet No. 135.1Canceling@ Sheet No. 135.1
ROCI(Y MOI'NTAIN POWER
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 135
STATE O['IDAHO
Net Metering Seruice
Closed to Applications for New Service as of October 2. 2020
AVAILABILITY: At any point on the Company's interconnected system.
APPLICATION: On a first-come, first-served basis to any customer that owns and operates an
Eligible Generating Plant that is located on the Customer's premises, on the Customer's side of the Point of
Delivery, is interconnected and operates in parallel with the Company's existing transmission and distribution
facilities and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the Customer's own electrical requirements.
TERM: Service under this Schedule will terminate on October 2. 2045.
DEFINITIONS:
Net Metering: The difference between the electricity supplied by the Company and the electricity
generated by an eligible Customer and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable billing period.
Eligible Generating Plant: A facility that uses energy derived from the sun, wind, water, biomass or
fuel cell technolory to generate electricity. An Eligible Generating Plant may not have a generating capacrty
of more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts for customers taking service on Schedules l, 36, 23 or 234 or one
hundred (100) kilowatts for all other customers. To qualiff, a Customer must maintain its retail electric service
account for the loads served at the Point of Delivery adjacent to the Generation Interconnection Point as active
and in good standing.
Generation Interconnection Point: The point where the conductors installed to allow receipt of
Customer's generation connect to the Company's facilities adjacent to the Customer's Point of Delivery.
MONTHLY BILL: The Electric Service Charge shall be computed in accordance with the charges
for the Monthly Bill in the applicable standard service tariff subject to the following Special Conditions.
(continued)
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-+6-0+19-08
FILED:@
2020 EFFECTIVE:@
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
I.P.U.C. No. 1
First Revision of Sheet No. 135.4
Cancelins Original Sheet No. 135.4
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 135 - Continued
12. Transfer ofexcess net financial credits: (continued)
b. Customers may submit written requests to transfer excess net financial credits between the eligible
meter(s) March 1't through March 3l$ of each year. A $10 processing charge will apply to each meter
receiving the transferred excess energy credits.
c. All requests must be received by Rocky Mountain Power by midnight on March 31't. If a Customer
does not request to transfer excess net financial credits by March 3l't, the credits will remain on the
originating meter's agreement until they become eligible for transfer on March ls of the following
year.
13. A Customer submittins an application for service under this Schedule has 12 months from the Customer's
receipt ofconfirmation that the interconnection request is approved to interconnect.
14. A Customer whose Elieible Generatine Plant is offline for over 6 months or an Elisible Generatine Plant
that is moved to a different site shall no loneer be elieible for service under this Schedule.
15. To remain eligible for service under this Schedule. a Customer may not increase the capacitv of a
grandfathered Eligible Generating Plant by no more than l0% of the originally installed nameplate
capacitv. or I kW. whichever is ereater.
16. Service under this Schedule is transferable to a subsequent Customer at the premises for which a valid
Interconnection Asreement for Net Meterins Service is in effect. Each Customer taking service under this
Schedule will be responsible for complying with the terms and conditions of the Interconnection
Asreement for Net Meterins Service in effect for that premises.
ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATIONS: Service under this Schedule will be in accordance with
the terms of the Electric Service Agreement between the Customer and the Company. The Electric Service
Regulations of the Company on file with and approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, including
future applicable amendments, will be considered as forming a part of and incorporated in said Agreement.
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-19-0308
FILED:@
2.2020
EF FECTM : Juty+40l9QElqbcr
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
I.P.U.C. No. 1
Second Revision of Sheet No. 135.1
Canceling First Revision of Sheet No. 135.1
ROCKY MOT]NTAIN POWER
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 135
STATE OF IDAHO
Net Metering Service
Closed to Applications for New Service as of October 2,2020
AVAILABILITY: At any point on the Company's interconnected system.
APPLICATION: On a first-come, first-served basis to any customer that owns and operates an
Eligible Generating Plant that is located on the Customer's premises, on the Customer's side of the Point of
Delivery, is interconnected and operates in parallel with the Company's existing transmission and distribution
facilities and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the Customer's own electrical requirements.
TERM: Service under this Schedule will terminate on October 2,2045.
DEFINITIONS:
Net Metering: The difference between the electricity supplied by the Company and the electricity
generated by an eligible Customer and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable billing period.
Eligible Generating Plant: A facility that uses energy derived from the sun, wind, water, biomass or
fuel cell technology to generate electricity. An Eligible Generating Plant may not have a generating capacity
of more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts for customers taking service on Schedules 1, 36, 23 or 234 or one
hundred (100) kilowatts for all other customers. To qualiff, a Customer must maintain its retail electric service
account for the loads served at the Point of Delivery adjacent to the Generation Interconnection Point as active
and in good standing.
Generation Interconnection Point: The point where the conductors installed to allow receipt of
Customer's generation connect to the Company's facilities adjacent to the Customer's Point of Delivery.
MONTHLY BILL: The Electric Service Charge shall be computed in accordance with the charges
for the Monthly Bill in the applicable standard service tariff subject to the following Special Conditions.
(continued)
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-I9-08
FILED: October 12,2020 EFFECTM: October 2, 2020
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
I.P.U.C. No. 1
First Revision of Sheet No. 135.4
Canceling Original Sheet No. 135.4
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 135 - Continued
12. Transfer ofexcess net financial credits: (continued)
b. Customers may submit written requests to transfer excess net financial credits between the eligible
meter(s) March I't through March 3l$ of each year. A $10 processing charge will apply to each meter
receiving the transferred excess energy credits.
c. All requests must be received by Rocky Mountain Power by midnight on March 3l't. If a Customer
does not request to transfer excess net financial credits by March 31't, the credits will remain on the
originating meter's agreement until they become eligible for transfer on March l$ of the following
year.
13. A Customer submitting an application for service under this Schedule has l2 months from the Customer's
receipt of confirmation that the interconnection request is approved to interconnect.
14. A Customer whose Eligible Generating Plant is offline for over 6 months or an Eligible Generating Plant
that is moved to a different site shall no longer be eligible for service under this Schedule.
15. To remain eligible for service under this Schedule, a Customer may not increase the capacity of a
grandfathered Eligible Generating Plant by no more than l0% of the originally installed nameplate
capacity, or I kW, whichever is greater.
16. Service under this Schedule is transferable to a subsequent Customer at the premises for which a valid
Interconnection Agreement for Net Metering Service is in effect. Each Customer taking service under this
Schedule will be responsible for complying with the terms and conditions of the Interconnection
Agreement for Net Metering Service in effect for that premises.
ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATIONS: Service under this Schedule will be in accordance with
the terms of the Electric Service Agreement between the Customer and the Company. The Electric Service
Regulations of the Company on file with and approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, including
future applicable amendments, will be considered as forming a part of and incorporated in said Agreement.
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-19-08
FILED: October 12,2020 EFFECTM: October 2, 2020
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
I.P.U.C. No. I Original Sheet No. 136.1
ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 136
STATE OF IDAHO
Net Billing Service
AVAILABILITY: At any point on the Company's interconnected system.
APPLICATION: On a first-come, first-served basis to any customer that owns and operates an
Eligible Generating Plant that is located on the Customer's premises, on the Customer's side of the Point of
Delivery, is interconnected and operates in parallel with the Company's existing transmission and distribution
facilities and is intended primarily to offset part or all of the Customer's own electrical requirements.
DEFINITIONS:
Net Billing: Charges for all electricity supplied by the Company and netted by the export credit for
the electricity generated by an eligible Customer and fed back to the electric grid over the applicable billing
period.
Eligible Generating Plant: A facility that uses energy derived from the sun, wind, water, biomass or
fuel cell technolog;l to generate electricity. An Eligible Generating Plant may not have a generating capacity
of more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts for customers taking service on Schedules 1, 36, 23 or 23A or one
hundred (100) kilowatts for all other customers. To qualify, a Customer must maintain its retail electric service
account for the loads served at the Point of Delivery adjacent to the Generation Interconnection Point as active
and in good standing.
Generation Interconnection Point: The point where the conductors installed to allow receipt of
Customer's generation connect to the Company's facilities adjacent to the Customer's Point of Delivery.
Exported Customer-Generated Energy: The amount of customer-generated Energy in excess ofthe
customer' s on-site consumption.
MONTHLY BILL: The Electric Service Charge shall be computed in accordance with the charges
for the Monthly Bill in the applicable standard service tariffand the Credits for Exported Customer-Generated
Energy, if any, shall be computed at the following rates subject to the Special Conditions in this tariff.
Exported Customer-Generated Energy Credit Rates are subject to change, as approved by the Commission.
(continued)
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-19-08
ISSUED: October 12, 2020 EFFECTM: November l, 2020
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICOBP
I.P.U.C. No. 1 Original Sheet No. 136.2
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 136 - Continued
Exported Customer-Generated Energy Credit Rates:
l. Within the monthly billing period, all energy exported from the customer's generating plant
tothe Company's system shall be financially credited atthe otherwise applicable retail energy
rate. Any excess monthly credits shall be carried forward and shall be financially credited as
outlined under sub-sections a. and b. below. Credits shall remain on the account, and may
only be used to offset the Customer's energy charges at the meter originating the credit or
other eligible meters as outlined under Special Condition No. I l.
a. Customers taking retail service under Schedules 1, 36,23 or 23A shall be financially
credited for excess monthly exported energy at the Customer's standard service
schedule retail rate.b. Customers taking retail service under all other Schedules shall be financially credited
for excess monthly exported energy at the Net Billing Rate Credit specified in section
2.
2. Net Billing Rate Credit equals 85 percent of the monthly weighted average of the daily on-
peak and off-peak Mid-Columbia Intercontinental Exchange Electricity Price Index (Mid-C
ICE Index) prices for non-firm energy. This rate is calculated based upon the previous
calendar month's data. If the Mid-C ICE Index prices are not reported for a particular day or
days, the average of the immediately preceding and following reporting periods or days will
be used.3. Exported Customer-Generated Energy Credit Rates for Customers taking service under any
Time-of-Day Schedule will be calculated separately for on-peak and off-peak usage.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
l. Applications for service under this schedule will be subject to the following application fee:
$85 per application.
2. Energy charges for electricity supplied by the Company shall be computed in accordance with a
Customer' s applicable standard service tariff.
3. The credit value in dollars computed for the Exported Customer-Generated Energy will be applied against
charges on the Customer's monthly bill. Excess credits will carry-over to the next monthly bill. Excess
credits may only be used to offset charges at the meter originating the credit or other eligible meters as
outlined under Special Condition No. 12.
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-19-08
ISSUED: October 12, 2020 EFFECTM: November l, 2020
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
I.P.U.C. No. 1 Orisinal Sheet No. 136.3
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 136 - Continued
SPECIAL CONDITIONS: (continued)
4. The Customer shall execute an interconnection agreement with the Company prior to interconnection of
the Eligible Generating Plant with the Company's system. The Customer shall provide the interconnection
on Customer's side of the meter. The Customer is responsible for all costs associated with the Eligible
Generating Plant and interconnection facilities, including additional metering necessary for service under
this schedule. At Customer's expense, the Company shall make reasonable modifications to the
Company's system necessary to accommodate the Customer's facility. The payment for such
modifications is due in advance of construction. The Customer shall provide at the Customer's expense
all equipment that is necessary to meet applicable local, state and national standards regarding electrical
and fire safety, power quality, and interconnection requirements established by the National Electrical
Code, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American National Standards Institute, and
Underwriters Laboratories.
5. The Company's written approval of the Customer's protection-isolation method to ensure generator
disconnection in case of a power intemrption from the Company is required before service is provided
under this schedule.
6. The Company shall not be obligated to accept, and the Company may require the Customer to curtail,
intemrpt or reduce deliveries of energy if the Company, consistent with prudent electrical practices,
determines that curtailment, intemrption or reduction is necessary because of line construction or
maintenance requirements, emergencies, or other critical operating conditions on its system.
7. If the Company is required by the Commission to institute curtailment of deliveries of electricity to its
customers, the Company may require the Customer to curtail its consumption of electricity in the same
manner and to the same degree as other Customers within the same customer class who do not receive
service under this schedule.
8. The Customer shall never deliver or attempt to deliver energy to the Company's system when the
Company's system serving the Customer's generation facility is de-energized for any reason.
9. The Company shall not be liable directly or indirectly for permitting or continuing to allow an attachment
of a net metering facility, or for the acts or omissions of the Customer that cause loss or injury, including
death, to Customer or any third party.
(continued)
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-19-08
ISSUED: October 12,2020 EFFECTM: November l, 2020
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICOFP
I.P.U.C. No. 1 0riginal Sheet No. 136.4
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 136 - Continued
SPECIAL CONDITIONS: (continued)
10. The Customer shall grant to the Company access to all Company equipment and facilities including
adequate and continuing access rights to the property of the Customer for the purpose of installation,
operation, maintenance, replacement or any other service required of said equipment. The Company may
test and inspect an interconnection at times that it considers necessary to ensure the safety ofelectrical
workers and to preserve the integrity of the electric power grid.
I l. Transfer ofexcess credits:
a. If excess credits exist at a meter at the end of the Customer's February billing period the Customer
may request to transfer the unused excess credits to offset Power and Energy Charges at the
Customer's other eligible meters. Excess credits may be transferred to a meter or meters that meet the
following criteria:
D The meter is located on, or contiguous to, the Premises on which the meter with excess credits are
located; and
ii) The meter is served by the same primary feeder as the meter with the excess credits; and
iii) The electricity recorded by the meter is on the same rate schedule as the meter with the excess
credits.
b. Customers may submit written requests to transfer excess credits between the eligible meter(s) March
I st through March 3 l't of each year. A $ I 0 processing charge will apply to each meter receiving the
transferred excess credits.
c. All requests must be received by Rocky Mountain Power by midnight on March 3l't.
ELECTRIC SERVICE REGULATIONS: Service under this Schedule will be in accordance with
the terms of the Electric Service Agreement between the Customer and the Company. The Electric Service
Regulations of the Company on file with and approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, including
future applicable amendments, will be considered as forming a part of and incorporated in said Agreement.
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-I9-08
ISSUED: October 12, 2020 EFFECTM: November l, 2020
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certiff that on this 12ft of October, 2O2O,I caused to be served, via electronic
mail a true and correct copy of Rocky Mountain Power's Exception Comments in Case No.
PAC-E-19-08 to the following:
Service List
Idaho Irriqation Pumpers Association, Inc.
Eric L. Olsen
ECHO HAWK & OLSEN, PLLC
505 Pershing Ave., Ste. 100
P.O. Box 6l 19
Pocatello,Idaho 83205
[e-mail]
Anthony Yankel
12700 Lake Avenue, Unit 2505
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
[e-mail]
Idaho Conservation Leasue
Benjamin J. Otto
Idaho Conservation League
710 N. 6th Street
Boise,Idaho 83702
botto@ idahoconservation.org
Idaho Clean Energy Association, Inc.
Preston N. Carter
Givens Pursley LLP
601 W. Bannock Street
Boise,lD 83702
prestoncarter@ eivenspursley.com
kendrah@ sivenspursley.com
Commission Staff
Edward Jewell
Deputy Attorney General
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd., Bldg No. 8,
suite 201-A
PO Box 83720
Boise,ID 83720-0074
edward..i ewe ll @nuc. idaho. eov
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Rockv Mountain Power
Ted Weston
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 320
Salt Lake Ciry, Utah 84116
ted.weston@pacifi corp.com
Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, OR97232
datarequest@pacifi corp.com
Emily Wegener
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 320
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
emily.we gener@fracifi com.com
Adam Lowney
McDowell Rackner Gibson PC
[e-mail]
Dated this 12ft day of October,2020.
Ve,.
Katie Savarin
Coordinator, Regulatory Operations
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