20220914Notice_of_Application_Order_No_35530.pdf

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
ORDER NO. 35530 1

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
September 14, 2022
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER’S APPLICATION REQUESTING A
PRUDENCY DETERMINATION ON
DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT
EXPENDITURES
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CASE NO. PAC-E-22-12

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

NOTICE OF INTERVENTION
DEADLINE

ORDER NO. 35530

On August 17, 2022, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”) asked
the Commission to find it prudently spent $10,039,507 on demand-side management (“DSM”) in
2020 and 2021. The Company requests its Application be processed by modified procedure.
With this Order, the Commission provides notice of the Company’s Application and
Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing an intervention period for interested parties to
intervene and obtain all rights of a party to the case.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Company requests a prudency determination on
2020 DSM expenditures of $5,454,714 and 2021 DSM expenditures of $4,584,793.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company reports its DSM programs saved
25,789 megawatt-hours (“MWh”) in 2020 and 18,692 MWh in 2021.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company’s DSM program accrual basis
accumulated balance was $1,066,780 over funded on January 1, 2020. On December 31, 2021 the
Company’s DSM program accrual basis accumulated balance was $465,984 overfunded.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission approved Schedule No. 191,
Customer Efficiency Services Rate Adjustment in 2006 to allow the Company to recover prudently
incurred costs associated with Schedule No. 21 – Low Income Weatherization/Low Income
Education, Schedule No. 118 – Home Energy Saver (“Wattsmart Homes”), Schedule No. 140 –
Non-Residential Energy Efficiency (“Wattsmart Business”), and Home Energy Reports.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application and supporting documentation
have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection during regular
business hours at the Commission’s office. These documents are also available on the
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
ORDER NO. 35530 2

Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “ELECTRIC” icon, select “Open
Cases,” and then click on the case number as shown on the front of this document.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this case will be held pursuant
to the Commission’s jurisdiction under Title 61 of the Idaho Code.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that all proceedings in this matter will be conducted
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.000 et seq.
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter to
obtain parties’ rights of participation must file a Petition to Intervene with the Commission
pursuant to this Commission’s Rules of Procedure 72 and 73, IDAPA 31.01.01.072 and -.073.
Persons who wish to intervene as a party must file a Petition to Intervene no later than 21
days after the date of service of this Order. Such persons shall also provide the Commission
Secretary with their email address to facilitate further communications. After the intervention
deadline runs, the Commission Secretary shall issue a Notice of Parties that identifies the parties
and assigns exhibit numbers to each party. Once the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission
Staff shall informally confer with the Company and any intervening parties about how to further
process this case and shall then report back to the Commission on a proposed case schedule.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons who would like to present their views
without parties’ rights of participation and cross-examination do not have to intervene but may
present their views by submitting written comments to the Commission.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the following people are designated as the
Company’s representatives in this matter:
Ted Weston
Emily Wegener
Michael Snow
1407 West North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

NOTICE OF APPLICATION
NOTICE OF INTERVENTION DEADLINE
ORDER NO. 35530 3

ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that persons desiring to intervene in this matter must file a
Petition to Intervene no later than 21 days from the service date of this Order. Once the deadline
has passed, the Commission Secretary shall prepare and issue a Notice of Parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, after the Notice of Parties has issued, Commission Staff
shall confer with the parties regarding a procedural schedule for this matter including, if necessary,
a hearing in this matter.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April 21,
2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, 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 14th day of
September 2022.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN CHATBURN, COMMISSIONER

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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