20210813Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
JOHN HAMMOND
DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL

DATE: AUGUST 13, 2021

SUBJECT: 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; CASE NO. PAC-E-21-07.

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, or approximately 7.0 percent. The Company requests a July 1, 2021, effective date.
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. The Commission
suspended the proposed effective date of July 1, 2021, for the statutory maximum period of 30
days plus five (5) months pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-622(4). Bayer Corporation, Community
Action Partnership Association of Idaho, Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Irrigation Pumpers
Association, Inc., and PacifiCorp Idaho Industrial Customers (collectively the “Intervenors”)
intervened in the case. Order No. 35079 directed Staff to informally confer with the parties to
discuss scheduling after the intervention deadline passed.
On July 21, 2021, the Commission issued a notice of Parties.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff conferred with the parties following the Commission’s issuance of the Notice of
Parties. Staff recommends the Commission issue an order establishing the following deadlines:
October 20, 2021, for Staff and Intervenors’ prepared testimony, and November 3, 2021, for the
Company’s rebuttal testimony. Staff also recommends the Commission direct Staff to hold a
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virtual public workshop on October 13, 2021. Finally, Staff recommends the Commission schedule
a customer hearing on November 15, 2021, and a technical hearing for November 16 through
November 19, 2021.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue an order:
1. Establishing an October 20, 2021, deadline for Staff and Intervenors to file prepared
testimony?
2. Establishing a November 3, 2021, deadline for the Company to file rebuttal
testimony?
3. Directing Staff to hold a virtual public workshop on October 13, 2021?
4. Scheduling a customer hearing on November 15, 2021?
5. Scheduling a technical hearing for November 16 through November 19, 2021?

__________________________
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General

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