20230810Final_Order_No_35886.pdf

ORDER NO. 35886 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
August 10, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
AND NECESSITY AUTHORIZING
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOARDMAN-TO-
HEMMINGWAY 500-KV TRANSMISSION
LINE PROJECT
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CASE NO. PAC-E-23-01

ORDER NO. 35886

On January 27, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”) filed
an application (“Application”) requesting an order granting a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity (“CPCN”) for Energy Gateway Segment H, the Boardman-to-Hemingway 500-
kilovolt (“kV”) transmission line (“B2H” or “Project”). The Company represented that it will co-
own B2H with Idaho Power Company (“IPC”), which recently filed its own CPCN application for
the Project in Case No. IPC-E-23-01.
On February 8, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35678. Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, Inc. (“IIPA”) and
Bayer Corporation (“Bayer”) both intervened. Order No. 35686. On April 5, 2023, the
Commission issued a Notice of Modified Procedure setting forth comment deadlines. Order No.
35726. On May 4, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Customer Hearing, and on June 12,
2023, the Commission held a Customer Hearing in Idaho Falls. Order No. 35769.
On June 30, 2023, the Commission issued Final Order No. 35839 granting the Company’s
Application with conditions. The Company was ordered to work with Staff “to submit a separate
filing in this case within sixty (60) days that provides a detailed breakdown of the soft cap cost
components.” Order No. 35839 at 13.
On July 28, 2023, the Company submitted a Compliance Filing. Commission Staff
(“Staff”) reviewed the filing and, at the Commission’s August 8, 2023, decision meeting, Staff
recommended that the Commission accept the filing.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company’s Application and the issues in this
case under Title 61 of the Idaho Code including Idaho Code §§ 61-301 through 303. The
Commission is empowered to investigate rates, charges, rules, regulations, practices, and contracts
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of all public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential,
discriminatory, or in violation of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code
§§ 61-501 through 503.
Having reviewed the Company’s July 28, 2023, filing, we find the Company has complied
with the separate filing directive in Order No. 35839.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Compliance Filing is accepted.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code §§ 61-626
and 62-619.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 10th day of
August 2023.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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