20230206Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: CHRIS BURDIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SUBJECT: 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; CASE
NO. PAC-E-23-01.

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 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.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

__________________________
Chris Burdin
Deputy Attorney General
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