20230410Decision 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: APRIL 10, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF PACIFICORP’S APPLICATION FOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE 2023 INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN; CASE NO. PAC-E-23-10.

On March 31, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”), filed
an application (“Application”) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”)
requesting acknowledgment of the Company’s 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (“IRP”).
The Company represents that it submits the 2023 IRP filing in compliance with Order No.
22299, Case No. U-1500-165, dated January 1989; whereby the Commission ordered biennial
filings of the electric integrated resource plan. The Company states that this plan is also submitted
to the Commission as the Resource Management Report on the Company’s resource planning
status. The Company represents that the 2023 IRP contains information outlining how the
Company has addressed the Commission’s integrated resource planning requirements, and the
Company requests that the Commission acknowledge the 2023 IRP in accordance with the
Commission’s rules, and fully support the 2023 IRP conclusions, including the proposed action
plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and a Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
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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