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November 17,2021
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Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
I 13l W. Chinden Blvd
Building 8 Suite 20lA
Boise,ID 83714
Re:CASE NO. PAC.E-20-1t
IN TIIE MATTER OF TIIE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION
OF THE AMENDED POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PACIFICORP AI\D AMY FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC
Dear Ms. Noriyuki:
Please find for filing Rocky Mountain Power's errata pages 1,2, md4 in the above-referenced
maffer.
Informal inquiries may be directed to Ted Weston, Idaho Regulatory Manager at (801) 220-
2963.
Very truly yours,
$,^r"*OJoelleSteward
Vice-President of Regulation
Enclosures
Emily L. Wegener (ISB #l 1614)
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Rm 320
salt Lake ciry, Utah 84116
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneyfor Rocky Mountain Power
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMN{ISSION
rN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) CASE NO. PAC-E-20-18
FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF THE )
AMENDED POWER PURCHASE ) APP LICATION OF
AGREEMENT BETWEEN PACIFICORP ) ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER
AND AMY FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC )
Pursuant to the Rules of Procedure of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Rule 52, and
the applicable provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory PoliciesAct of 1978 ("PURPA"), 16
U.S.C. $ Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp, ("Company") respectfully requests that
the Idaho Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") issue an order approving or rejecting the
amendment to extend for one year the Power Purchase Agreement ("PPA") between PacifiCorp
and Amy Family Holdings, LLC qualified facility, ("Seller") dated November I 8,2020.In support
of this Application, Rocky Mountain Power states as follows:
I. INTRODUCTION
l. Rocky Mountain Power provides electric service to retail customers in the states of
Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah. Rocky Mountain Power is a public utility in the state of Idaho and is
subject to the Commission's jurisdiction with respect to its prices and terms of electric service to
retail customers pursuant to Idaho Code 6l-129. Rocky Mountain Power provides retail electric
service to approximately 84,000 customers in the state of ldaho.
2. Seller owns, operates, and maintains a small hydro-electric power plant (the
"Facility") located in Butte County, Idaho with a nameplate capacity rating of 650 kilowatts
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("kW"). Seller operates the Facility as a Qualiffing Facility ("QF") underthe applicable provisions
of PURPA, with a contract capacity of 600 kW.
3. Sections 201 and 210 of PURPA, and pertinent regulations of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission ("FERC") require that regulated electric utilities purchase electricity
produced by co-generators or small power producers that obtain QF status. The rate a QF receives
for the sale of its electricity is generally referred to as the avoided cost and must reflect the
incremental cost to an electric utility of electric energy or capacity or both, which, but for the
purchase from the QF, such utility would generate itself or purchase from another source.
4. The Commission has authority under PURPA, Sections 201 and 210 and FERC
regulations, l8 C.F.R. 292,to set avoided costs, order electric utilities to enter into fixed-term
obligations for the purchase of electricity from QFs and implement FERC rules.
5. On December 18, 2012, the Commission issued Order No. 32697,1 which
established parameters for published and negotiated avoided cost rate calculations. The
Commission further established and defined numerous contract terms and conditions for standard
PPAs entered into between regulated utilities and QFs.
6. On January 2,2013, the Commission issued an Errata to Order No. 32697, which
corrected published avoided cost rates to include energy payments not discounted by transmission
and line loss. Subsequently the Commission issued reconsideration Orders Nos. 32737 and32802
on February 5,2013 and May 5,2013, respectively, which further clarified certain terms and
conditions of PPAs.
I In the Matter of the Commission's Review of PURPA QF Contract Provisions Including the Surrogate Avoided
Resource (SAR) and Integrated Resource Planning (RP) Methodologies for Calculating Avoided Cost Rates, Case
No. GNR-E-ll-03.
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the existing PURPA contract, with updated pricing for energy sales during the extended term. The
extension of the term is from January 1,2022, through December 31,2022, and total contract
capacity of the facility remains unchanged at 600 kW.
12. The Seller has demonstrated to the Company's reasonable satisfaction that: (l) the
Facility's net energy will equal the energy delivery schedules for the extended term of this
Amendment; and (2) the likelihood that the Facility, under average design conditions, will generate
at no more than 2.5 aMW in any calendar month. The Facility's estimated net output over the
extended term is 1,904 megawatt-hours.
13. The Amendment submitted herewith, as Attachment l, complies with the
Commission's previous orders, and except as otherwise indicated, the Company will pay the Seller
the price set forth in Exhibit A to the Amendment.
14. Paragraph 5 of the Amendment provides that the contract will not become effective
until the Commission has approved it and determined that the prices paid for energy and capacity
are just and reasonable, in the public interest, and that costs incurred by the Company for
purchasing energy and capacity are legitimate expenses, all of which the Commission will allow
the Company to recover in Idaho rates in the event other jurisdictions deny recovery of their
proportionate share of said expenses.
III. COMMUNICATIONS
15. Communications regarding this filing should be addressed to:
Ted Weston
Idaho Regulatory Affairs Manager
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake Ciry, Utah 84116
Telephone : (80 l) 220-29 63
Email : ted.weston@pac i fi corp.com
IdahoDockets pacificorp.conr
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