20220613Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: CLAIRE SHARP
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JUNE 14, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL OR REJECTION OF THE POWER PURCHASE
AGREEMENT WITH AMY FAMILY HOLDINGS, LLC.; CASE NO. PAC-
E-22-08.

On May 18, 2022, PacifiCorp d/b/a Rocky Mountain Power (“Rocky Mountain” or
“Company”) applied to the Commission for an order approving or rejecting a Power Purchase
Agreement (“PPA”) between the Company and Amy Family Holdings, LLC. (“Seller”) for energy
produced by a qualifying facility (“QF”) and a declaration that the avoided cost prices are just and
reasonable. The Company requested that its Application be processed by modified procedure.
BACKGROUND
The parties’ original agreement was signed on January 3, 1985. Before its expiration, the
Commission granted a one-year extension of the 1985 agreement to allow the Seller to complete
interconnection requirements prior to the contract expiration date of December 31, 2021. Order
No. 35262.
The Company represents that Seller has completed the necessary upgrades, and that the
650-kilowatt nameplate capacity facility remains a QF that will generate no more than 0.65 average
megawatt (“aMW”) in any calendar month, with an estimated calendar year output of net 1,718
megawatt-hours.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a July 15, 2022 public comment deadline and a July 22, 2022 Company
reply deadline.
DECISION MEMORANDUM

COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure establishing a July 15, 2022 public comment deadline and a July 22, 2022 Company
reply deadline?

______________________________
Claire Sharp
Deputy Attorney General

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