20210319Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: EDWARD JEWELL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 19, 2021

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF THE POWER PURCHASE
AGREEMENT WITH CHESTER DIVERSION PROJECT; CASE NO.
PAC-E-21-06.

On March 10, 2021, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Rocky
Mountain Power”) requested Commission approval or rejection of a Power Purchase Agreement
with Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative for the purchase and sale of energy from the Chester
Diversion Hydro Project, a 2 MW hydroelectric qualifying facility under the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure and establish a comment deadline of May 4, 2021, and a reply comment
deadline of May 18, 2021.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure and establish a comment deadline of May 4, 2021, and a reply comment deadline of
May 18, 2021?

__________________________
Edward J. Jewell
Deputy Attorney General
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