20201006Second_Notice_of_Amended_Comment_Deadlines_Order_No_34806.pdf

SECOND NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34806 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 3, 2020
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 6, 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

SECOND NOTICE OF AMENDED
COMMENT DEADLINES

ORDER NO. 34806

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.
On August 25, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Amended Comment Deadlines
establishing an October 1, 2020 public comment deadline and October 15, 2020 reply deadline.
See Order No. 34760.

1 The Felt River Hydro Facility was previously known as CDM Hydro.
SECOND NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34806 2
On September 22, 2020, pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure 272—
IDAPA 31.01.01.272—Staff emailed the Commission Secretary and parties notice that settlement
discussions had begun, and the parties intended to work towards settlement. The parties plan to
submit a stipulation memorializing the agreed upon terms.
At the Commission’s September 29, 2020 Decision Meeting, Staff asked the
Commission to vacate the comment deadlines established in Order No. 34760 and recommended
establishing a new comment deadline of October 22, 2020 to allow time for the public and parties
to file comments on the stipulation. The Company and Fall River indicated they did not oppose
amending the comment deadlines as proposed by Staff.
With this Order, the Commission vacates the comment deadlines established in Order
No. 34760 and establishes an October 22, 2020 comment deadline for parties and the public.
NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission finds it reasonable to vacate the
comment deadlines established in Order No. 34760 and issue an amended comment deadline, as
requested, to give parties and the public more time to file comments.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that any person desiring to state a position on
this case must file a written comment in support or opposition with the Commission by
October 22, 2020.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons interested in submitting written comments
must do so by October 22, 2020.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties should continue to comply with Order No.
34781, issued September 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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SECOND NOTICE OF AMENDED COMMENT DEADLINES
ORDER NO. 34806 3
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 6th
day of October 2020.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER

ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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