20230307Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: MICHAEL DUVAL
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 7, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR APPROVAL OF THE ASSET TRANSFER AGREEMENT
BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER AND THE CITY OF IDAHO
FALLS — BELLIN ROAD #1; CASE NO. PAC-E-23-02.

On February 9, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”), and
the City of Idaho Falls (“City”) (together the “Parties”) applied to the Commission for approval of
an Asset Transfer Agreement between the Company and the City (“Application”).1 As proposed,
the Company would transfer service of one-customer to the City. The Application outlines a
process whereby the City would purchase certain electric facilities currently owned and used by
the Company at a location in the immediate vicinity of Bellin, Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The Parties
request the Application be processed by Modified Procedure.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
Idaho Code § 61-328 states the Commission “shall issue a public notice and shall conduct
a public hearing upon the application” (emphasis added). To fulfill this statutory mandate, Staff
recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application, Notice of Modified Procedure, and
Notice of Telephonic Public Hearing. Staff recommends an April 19, 2023, public comment
deadline, an April 26, 2023, Party reply comment deadline, and a telephonic public hearing
scheduled before the Commission deliberates.

1 A less redacted copy of the Parties’ Application was filed on February 21, 2023.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application, a Notice of Modified
Procedure, and a Notice of Telephonic Public Hearing with an April 19, 2023, public comment
deadline, an April 26, 2023, Party reply deadline, and a telephonic public hearing before the
Commission deliberates?

____________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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