20200605Notice_of_Public_Workshop.pdf

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
June 5, 2020
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER TO
CLOSE THE NET METERING PROGRAM
TO NEW SERVICE & IMPLEMENT A NET
BILLING PROGRAM TO COMPENSATE
CUSTOMER GENERATORS FOR
EXPORTED GENERATION
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CASE NO. PAC-E-19-08

NOTICE OF LIVE-STREAMED
PUBLIC WORKSHOP

On April 23, 2020, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Rocky Mountain
Power” or “Company”) filed a supplemental application (“Supplemental Application”) asking the
Commission to close Electric Service Schedule 135 – Net Metering Service (“Schedule 135” or
“Net Metering Program”) to new customers as of July 31, 2020. The Company also asked the
Commission to open Electric Service Schedule 136 – Net Billing Service (“Schedule 136” or “Net
Billing Program”) to new customers as of September 1, 2020. In summary, the Company asks that
customers on Schedule 135 as of midnight on July 31, 2020 be allowed to stay on Schedule 135
for ten years (“grandfathering”). The Company estimates the current retail rate paid to Schedule
135 customers is about 12.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. The Company requests compensation under
Schedule 136 be based on an Export Credit Rate of 2.24 cents per kilowatt-hour. For information
on how the Company proposes to calculate the Export Credit Rate, see Order No. 34661 and the
Company’s Supplemental Application at ¶ 15, 16, 17, 18, and Att. 1.
On May 6, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Supplemental Application, Notice
of Public Hearing, and Notice of Comment Deadlines. The Commission noted it would process
this Supplemental Application in two phases, a “study design phase” and a “study review phase.”
The case now is in the study design phase, and the Commission is seeking public and party input
regarding the Company’s grandfathering proposal as well as what elements the parties and public
want studied pertaining to calculation of the Export Credit Rate.

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission Staff will hold a virtual public workshop
to be live-streamed for Rocky Mountain Power customers on THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020,
COMMENCING AT 6:00 P.M. ON THE WEBEX PLATFORM.

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC WORKSHOP 2
Customers can access the virtual public workshop by going to:
https://adamrush.my.webex.com/adamrush.my/j.php?MTID=m2c84d845d6d2185fc8f0a8530455ad90
and entering the Meeting Number 126 921 8458 and access code nRcKSZZw688.

Alternatively, customers can attend by phone by dialing 1-404-418-9388 and entering passcode
126 921 8458.

The public workshop is intended to allow Commission Staff to discuss its preliminary views of
the Supplemental Application, as reflected in Staff’s preliminary comments filed on May 26, 2020,
and to receive feedback from the public. See Order No. 34661.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Supplemental Application, Staff’s
preliminary comments, Commission orders, and other documents in the case record are available
on the Commission’s website. See IDAPA 31.01.01.281-.284. They can be accessed by going to
www.puc.idaho.gov clicking on “Electric” then “Open Cases” and selecting the case number PAC-
E-19-08.

DATED at Boise, Idaho this 4 day of June 2020.

Diane Hanian
Commission Secretary

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