20211008Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: ERICK SHANER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: OCTOBER 6, 2021

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A BATTERY DEMAND
RESPONSE PROGRAM; CASE NO. PAC-E-21-16.

On July 15, 2021, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”) applied to
the Commission for an order approving a new and flexible Schedule 114 load management tariff
within the demand side management (“DSM”) portfolio. Application at 1, 2, and 12. The new
tariff would fund implementation of a “Class 1 battery demand response program (“Wattsmart
Battery” or “Program”) . . .” Id. at 1. The Company requested an October 15, 2021, effective
date and requested that its Application be processed by Modified Procedure. Id. at 12.
On August 19, 2021, the Commission issued a Notice of Application, set an
intervention deadline, and suspended the proposed effective date “for thirty (30) days and five
months or until the Commission enters an order accepting, rejecting, or modifying the proposed
rate increases.” Order No. 35139 at 3. The effective date was suspended to give Commission
Staff and interested persons adequate time to evaluate the Application. Id. Idaho Irrigation
Pumpers Association, Inc. timely intervened. Thereafter on September 15, 2021, the Commission
issued a Notice of Parties. Commission Staff has informally conferred with the parties regarding
procedure and schedule.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission process this matter by Modified Procedure,
setting a December 16, 2021, comment deadline and a January 6, 2022, reply comment deadline.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process this matter by Modified Procedure, setting a
December 16, 2021, comment deadline and a January 6, 2022, reply comment deadline?
Anything else?

__________________________
Erick Shaner
Deputy Attorney General

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