20230425Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: APRIL 25, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S PETITION FOR
APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF THE 2020 INTER-
JURISDICTIONAL ALLOCATION PROTOCOL; CASE NO. PAC-E-23-13

On April 12, 2023, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”) petitioned for an
order modifying Order No. 34640 (adopting a temporary cost allocation methodology that is set to
expire on December 31, 2023 (“Interim Period”) and approving the First Amendment to the 2020
Protocol (“Petition”). The First Amendment proposes an extension of the Interim Period through
December 31, 2025, clarification of the Oregon exit dates, and changes to Appendix C of the 2020
Protocol. Most Idaho jurisdictional stakeholders executed the First Amendment.1 The Company
requests the Commission set a schedule for additional proceedings within 30 days of the Petition
with an effective date of January 1, 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Petition and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Petition and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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1 Staff, ICL, IIPA, and P4 Production L.L.C. signed. The Company reached out to PIIC, but had not heard back from
the organization at time of filing.