20230502Decision 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: MAY 2, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL REVISION TO QF
VARIABLE ENERGY PRICES PURSUANT TO TERMS OF THE 1992
AMENDMENTS TO POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
PACIFICORP AND IDAHO QFs; CASE NO. PAC-E-23-14.

On April 18, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp (“Company”), applied
for Commission approval to update the Qualifying Facility (“QF”) variable energy price pursuant
to the terms of the 1992 amendments to certain Idaho QFs power purchase agreements.
Specifically, the Company requests Commission approval for a variable energy rate of $24.85 per
megawatt hour. The Company requests that its application be processed through Modified
Procedure with an effective date for the new variable energy rate of July 1, 2023.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Modified Procedure, setting a May 24, 2023, public comment deadline and a May 31, 2023,
Company reply deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting a May 24, 2023, public comment deadline, and a May 31, 2023, Company reply
deadline?

Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General
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