20210312Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 12, 2021

SUBJECT: ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OR
REJECTION OF AN ENERGY SALES AGREEMENT WITH AMY
FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC; CASE NO. PAC-E-20-18.

The Commission has before it Rocky Mountain Power’s (“Company”) Unopposed
Motion for Stay (“Motion”) of all proceedings in this case.
BACKGROUND
On December 3, 2020, the Company filed an Application seeking approval or rejection
of an amendment to extend for one-year to an existing Energy Sales Agreement (“ESA”) the
Company has with Amy Family Holdings, LLC (“Seller”) for the energy generated by a small
hydro-electric power plant in Butte County, Idaho (“Facility”). If not extended or renewed, the
ESA will expire on December 31, 2021. The Facility is a qualifying facility (“QF”) under the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
THE UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY
On March 10, 2021, the Company filed an Unopposed Motion for Stay (“Motion”)
under Rule 324 of the Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.324. The Motion states
the Company and the Seller are securing a new stand-alone interconnection agreement that will
replace the ESA’s interconnection provisions. Since filing the Application, the Seller has
significantly progressed on the new interconnection provisions and the Company is reasonably
certain the Seller should be able to complete the interconnection requirements before the current
contract expires. The Company submits this stay subject to the Seller acquiring an interconnection
agreement for the Facility by October 15, 2021.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to grant the Company’s Unopposed Motion for Stay?

_______________________________
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General

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