20211018Order_No_35201.pdf

ORDER NO. 35201 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
October 18, 2021
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER’S APPLICATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES
AND CHARGES IN IDAHO AND APPROVAL
OF PROPOSED ELECTRIC SERVICE
SCHEDULES AND REGULATIONS
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CASE NO. PAC-E-21-07

ORDER NO. 35201

On May 27, 2021, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”) applied to the
Commission requesting authority to increase its Idaho jurisdictional revenue requirement by $19.0
million.
On June 17, 2021, the Commission issued a Notice of Application, a suspension of the
proposed effective date, and a Notice of Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35079. Bayer
Corporation (“Bayer”), Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (“CAPAI”), Idaho
Conservation League (“ICL”), Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. (“IIPA”), and
PacifiCorp Idaho Industrial Customers (“PIIC”) (collectively the “Intervenors”) intervened in the
case.1
Order No. 35079 directed Staff to informally confer with the parties to discuss
scheduling after the intervention deadline passed. In an August 13, 2021 decision memorandum,
Staff stated it conferred with the Intervenors and the Company and recommended a schedule for
processing the case based on the parties’ discussion. The Commission considered Staff’s
recommendation at its August 17, 2021 decision meeting.
On August 24, 2021, the Commission issued a Notice of Scheduling, Notice of Public
Workshop, Notice of Customer Hearing, and Notice of Technical Hearing. Order No. 35144. The
Notice of Scheduling established an October 20, 2021 Staff and Intervenor prefile testimony
deadline.
On October 14, 2021, Staff filed a motion to vacate the Staff and Intervenor prefile
testimony deadline (“Motion”). The Motion stated a settlement conference attended by the
Company, Staff, Bayer, IIPA, and PIIC (“Parties”) resulted in draft terms of a Stipulated
Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) purporting to resolve the outstanding issues in this case.
According to the Motion, the Parties plan to submit a final Agreement to the Commission within

1 CAPAI and ICL have both filed motions to withdraw from this case and did not participate in settlement discussions.
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the next week. In the interim, the Motion discussed the need to vacate the October 20, 2021 Staff
and Intervenor prefile testimony deadline established by Order No. 35144. The Parties agreed it
was necessary to vacate the existing Staff and Intervenor prefile testimony deadline to facilitate
the eventual filing of the Agreement.
With this Order we grant Staff’s Motion.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Staff’s motion to vacate the October 20, 2021 Staff
and Intervenor prefile testimony deadline is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties should continue to comply with Order No.
35058, issued June 3, 2021. 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.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 18th
day of October 2021.

PAUL KJELLANDER, PRESIDENT

KRISTINE RAPER, COMMISSIONER

ERIC ANDERSON, COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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