HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200825Notice_of_Amended_Comment_Deadlines_Order_No_34760.pdfNOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34760 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 3, 2020
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 25, 2020
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER’S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION OF A POWER PURCHASE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN PACIFICORP
AND FALL RIVER ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE, INC.
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CASE NO. PAC-E-20-10
NOTICE OF AMENDED
COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34760
On June 9, 2020, Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”), a division of PacifiCorp,
applied for consideration of a Power Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”) with Fall River Electric
Cooperative, Inc. (“Fall River”) for energy generated by the Felt Hydro Facility1 (“Facility”), a
small hydro facility in Teton County, Idaho. The Facility is a qualifying facility under the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and has a nameplate capacity of 7.45 megawatts.
On July 2, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure establishing an August 17, 2020 comment deadline and August 24, 2020 reply
comment deadline. See Order No. 34717.
On July 31, 2020, Staff sent its Second Production Request to the Company. Staff
received responses to requests 8-11 on August 10, 2020 and requests 12-14 on August 11, 2020.
Staff determined it would need additional time to sort out its position on capacity payments
described in the Agreement.
On August 17, 2020, Staff filed initial comments and asked the Commission to amend
the comment deadline to allow additional time to analyze the data and finalize its position on
capacity payments through supplemental comments.
At the August 18, 2020 Decision Meeting, Staff asked the Commission to vacate the
comment deadlines established in Order No. 34717 and establish new comment deadlines to allow
for public comments on October 1, 2020 and reply comments on October 15, 2020.
The Company and Fall River indicated they did not oppose amending the comment
deadlines as proposed by Staff.
Based on these facts the Commission amends the comment deadlines to allow for
public comments on October 1, 2020 and reply comments on October 15, 2020.
1 The Felt River Hydro Facility was previously known as CDM Hydro.
NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34760 2
NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission finds it reasonable to vacate the
comment deadlines established in Order No. 34717 and amend the public and reply comment
deadlines, as requested, to give parties and the public additional time to file comments and reply
comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that any person desiring to state a position on
this Application must file a written comment in support or opposition with the Commission
by October 1, 2020.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that any reply comments must be filed by October
15, 2020.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons interested in submitting written comments
must do so by October 1, 2020. Reply comments, if any, must be filed by October 15, 2020.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties continue to comply with Order No. 34602,
issued March 17, 2020. All pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and shall
be deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service
between parties should also be accomplished electronically. Voluminous discovery-related
documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
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NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34760 3
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 25th
day of August 2020.
PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT
KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER
ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
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