20210623Application.pdf

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Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY
JanNoriyuki
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
ll33l W. ChindenBlvd
Building 8 Suite 20lA
Boise,ID 83714
Re CASE NO. PAC.E-21.I5
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOT]NTAIN POWER
FOR AUTHORITY TO REVISE ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDI]LE NO. 3OO -
REGI'LATION CHARGES
Dear Ms. Noriyuki:
Please find for filing Rocky Mountain Power's Application inthe above-referenced matter.
Informal inquiries may be directed to Ted Weston,Idaho Regulatory Manager at (801) 220-
2963.
Very truly yours,
oelle R.
Vice-Pre sident of Regulation
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Enclosures
Emily Wegerrcr 0SB #l1614)
Senior Counsel
1407 West North Ternple, Suite 320
Salt Lake Ciry UT 841l6
Telephone: (80 I ) 2204526
Email : emily.we sener@f'aci fi corp.com
Attorneyfor Rocky Mountain Power
BEFORE THE IDAHO PT]BLIC UTILITES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOT'NTAIN
POWER FOR AUTHORITY TO REVISE
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDTTLE NO.
3OO - REGULATION CHARGES
cAsE NO. PAC-E-21-15
APPLICATION
Rocky MountainPower, (the "Compily"), hereby respectfully appliestothe Idaho
Public Utilities Commission, (the "Commission"), for authority to revise Electric Service
Schedule No. 300 - Regulation Charges, ("Schedule 300"), to add a fee for remote
reconnection of service. Clean and legislative copies of Schedule 300 with the proposed
revision are provided as Attachment I to this Application.
In support of this Application, the Company strates as follows:
l. Rocky Mountain Power is a division of PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation,
which provides electric service to retail customers through its Rocky Mountain Power
division inthe states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, and through its Pacific Power division
in the states of Califomia, Oregon, and Washington.
2. Rocky Mountain Power is a regulated public utility in the state of Idaho and
is subject to tlre Commission's jurisdiction with respect to its prices and terms of electric
service to retail customers in Idaho. The Company provides retail electric service to
approximately 85,600 customers inthe state.
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BACKGROT'ND
3. The Company has begun installation of the field area network for the
advanced metering infrastructure ('AMI") in the Idaho service territory and anticipates
completing the replacement of existing electric service meters by the fall of 2022.
4. The implementation of AMI in Idaho will provide a secure network which
will allow two-way communication from smart meters. AMI will provide functionality that
will enable efficiencies in metering and operations, including the following core areas: l)
data collection, validation, and processing of revenue meters for billing; 2) the ability to
remotely disconnect and reconnect customer service for non-payment, and upon move-in
and move-outs; 3) the ability to verifr whether a customer has service by pinging the meter
for nested or isolated customer outage inquiries; 4) the ability to perform remote on-
demand meter reads; 5) the ability to remotely re-progftrm meters; and 6) the ability to
collect andanalyze voltage, power quality, tampering, and system data.
5. The Company plans to utilize remote disconnection and reconnection of
service without having to dispatch an employee to residences where AMI has been installed
and the network is fully in place. The proposed remote reconnect fee is subject to the terms
stated in Rule 10 - Termination of Service and Payment Arrangements, for electric service
disconnection due to non-payment by the customer.
6. During the installation of AMI not all meters will have the ability to
remotely disconnect or reconnect service. If the Company must dispatch personnel to the
customer's home the current authorized Schedule 300 non-remote reconnection charges
will apply. No changes are proposed to the current non-remote reconnection fees.
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PROPOSAL
7. Once AMI is installed and meters have the remote disconnection and
reconnection abilities, the Company will implement an automated reconnection process for
customers once payment arrangements are made and a payment is received following
involuntary disconnection of service. This automated process will expedite service
restoration and reduce the number of contacts a customer needs to make to have service
restored.
8. Generally, a customer will contact the Company to obtain a quote on the
amount needed to reconnect the service. Once payment has been received through one of
the Company's payment channels, an order to reconnect the meter will be automatically
generated, eliminating the need for the customer to make another phone call to verifu
payment and request the reconnection of service.
9. Linking the payment process with remote connection technology reduces
the costs for the Company, which lowers customer fees. When fully implemented the
remote connection technology will eliminate the need for different fees depending on the
time of day or the day of the week, for customers where AMI is installed.
10. Therefore, the proposed remote reconnection fee is based on resources
required to process the customer's initial request for a quote to have power turned on,
without including truck expense or field labor expense in the calculation of the fee.
I l. The proposed fee of seven dollars ($7) is based on the Company's average
cost for labor, material, and operating costs to handle the customer's request by a call center
agent. The workpapers supporting the $7 remote reconnection charge are provided with
this Application.
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12. Legislative and clean versions of the Company's proposed revisions to
Schedule 300 are included as Attachment I to this Application. The Company respectfully
requests approval of the proposed changes with an effective date of September 1,2021.
COMMT]IYICATIONS
14. Communications regarding this filing should be addressed to:
Ted Weston
Rocky Mountain Power
Regulatory Affairs Manager
1407 West North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
E-mail : ted.weston@pacifi corp.conr
Emily Wegener
Senior Counsel
Rocky Mountain Power
1407 West North Temple, Suite 320
Salt Lake City, UT 841l6
E-mail : ernily.weeener@.pacificorp.com
In addition, the Company respectfrrlly requests that all data requests regarding this
matter be addressed to:
By e-mail (preferrcd):
By regular mail:
datareq ue st?Apacifi c orp.c om
Data Request Response Center
PacifiCorp
825 NE Multnomah St, Suite 2000
Portland, OR97232
Informal inquiries may be directed to Ted Weston, at [phone].
MODIFIED PROCEDURE
15. Rocky Mountain Power believes that a hearing is not necessary to consider
the issues presented herein and respectfully requests that this Application be processed
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under Modified Procedure; i.e., by written submissions rather than by hearing, RP 201. If,
however, the Commission determines that a technical hearing is required, the Company
stands ready to prepare and present testimony in such hearing.
REOTJEST FOR RELIEF
WTIEREFORE, Rocky Mountain Power respectfully requests that the Commission
issue an order authorizing that this matter be processed under Modified Procedure and
approve the addition ofthe $7 Remote Reconnection fee to Electric Service Schedule No.
300.
DATED this 23'd day ofJune 2021.
Respectfully submitted,
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Emily Wderrcr a
Attorney for PacifiCorp
1407 West North Temple, Suite 320
Salt Lake City UT 84116
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
LP.U.C. No.1 Fi&th Revision of Sheet No.300.2
Canceling FourEifth Revision of Sheet No. 300.2
Sheet No.
9R.2
10R.8
ELECTRIC SERVICE SCIIEDULE NO.300 - Continued
Description Charee
Security Deposit for New Service:
Residential and Small Commercial Up to one sixth of estimated annual
billings.
Industrial and Large Commercial Up to two months peak billings.
Reconnection Charges:
Remole Reconneclior"r q7 00
Non- Rem ote Reconnect it'r.r
Monday through Friday except holidays.
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Weekends and holidays*
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
$2s.00
$s0.00
$50.00
$7s.00
s20.00
*Charge assessed if reconnection is requested and completed on the following holidays:
New Year's Day Labor Day
Idaho Human Rights Day Thanksgiving
Memorial Day Friday after Thanksgiving
Independence Day Christmas Day
Pioneer Day (July 24)
10R.8
10R.8
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Municipalitv
City of Arco
City of Ammon
City of Bloomington
City of Dubois
City of Firth
City of Franklin
City of Iona
City of Lewisville
City of McCammon
City of Mud Lake
City of Paris
Type of
Tax or Fee
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Ordinance No.
No.2007-8
No.50l
No.20l2-01
No.268
No. 159
No.2004-81I
No.40
No.20l l-2
No.462
No.60904
No.338
Amount of
Tax or Fee
3.0%
3.0%
t0.0%
r0.0%
t.0%
3.0%
3.0%
2.0%
3.0%
2.0%
3.0%
Date Ordinance
Adopted
July 23,2007
May 19,201I
May 10,2012
March 7,2012
March 14,2000
September 23,2004
June2Z,1989
September 14,20ll
September 7,2011
June 9,2004
November 2,1998
Tampering Unauthorized Reconnection Charge
Field Visit Charge:
Taxes
Submitted Under Ad+i€€N€;--15-0+Case No. PAC-E-2 I - I 5
ISSUED: @June23.2021 EFFECTM:
Y ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
a DrvrstoN oF mctFrconP
I.P.U.C. No. I roth Revision of Sheet No. 300.2
Canceling FourFifth Revision of Sheet No.300.2
City of Preston Franchise No.20054
(Continued)
3.0%August 8,2005
Submitted Under
ISSUED: *ffi+A*luneX*ZWt EFFECTIYE:
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER
A DIVISION OF PACIFICORP
I.P.U.C. No. 1 Sixth Revision of Sheet No.300.2
Canceling f ifth Revision of Sheet No.300.2
Sheet No.
gFt.2
10R.8
10R.8
10R.8
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ELECTRIC SERVICE SCIIEDULE NO.300 - Continued
Description Charge
Security Deposit for New Service:
Residential and Small Commercial Up to one sixth of estimated annual
billings.
Industrial and Large Commercial Up to two months peak billings.
Reconnection Charges:
Remote Reconnection $7.00
Non-Remote Reconnection
Monday through Friday except holidays.
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Weekends and holidays*
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.$s0.00
*Charge assessed if reconnection is requested and completed on the following holidays
New Year's Day Labor Day
Idaho Human Rights Day Thanksgiving
Memorial Day Friday after Thanksgiving
Independence Day Chrisfrnas Day
Pioneer Day (July 24)
$2s.00
ss0.00
$7s.00
$20.00
Tampering Unauthorized Reconnection Charge:
Field Visit Charge:
Taxes
Municipalitv
City of Arco
City of Ammon
City of Bloomington
City of Dubois
City of Firth
City of Franklin
City of Iona
City of Lewisville
City of McCammon
City of Mud Lake
City of Paris
City of Preston
Type of
Tax or Fee
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Franchise
Ordinance No.
No.2007-8
No.50l
No.2012-01
No.268
No. 159
No. 2004-81I
No.40
No. 2011-2
No.462
No.60904
No.338
No.2005-4
(Continued)
Amount of
Tax or Fee
3.0%
3.0%
10.0%
10.0%
1.0%
3.0%
3.0%
2.0%
3.0%
2.0%
3.0%
3.0%
Date Ordinance
Adooted
July 23,2007
May 19, 2011
May 10,2012
March 7,2012
March 14,2000
September 23,2004
June22,1989
September l4,20ll
September 7,2011
June9,2004
November 2,1998
August 8,2005
Submitted Under Case No. PAC-E-21-15
ISSLIED: June23,202l EFFECTIYE: September l, 2021