20230929Notice of Withdrawal.pdf

1407 W. North Temple, Suite 330
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
September 29, 2023 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Jan Noriyuki Commission Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W Chinden Blvd. Building 8 Suite 201A Boise, ID 83714
Re: CASE NO. PAC-E-23-16 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR A DEFERRED ACCOUNTING ORDER RELATED TO WILDFIRE CLAIMS

Dear Ms. Noriyuki: Please find Rocky Mountain Power’s electronic filing of this Notice of Withdrawal Without
Prejudice in the above referenced matter.
Informal inquiries may be directed to Mark Alder, Idaho Regulatory Affairs Manager at [phone].

Sincerely,

Joelle R. Steward Senior Vice President, Regulation and Customer & Community Solutions Enclosures
CC: Terri Carlock

RECEIVED
Friday, September 29, 2023 12:44:43 PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION
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Joseph Dallas (ISB#10330)
825 NE Multnomah St., Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Attorney for Rocky Mountain Power
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER FOR A DEFERRED ACCOUNTING ORDER REGARDING WILDFIRE CLAIMS
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CASE NO. PAC-E-23-16 PACIFICORP NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT
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Pursuant to IDAPA 31.01.01.068, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp,
(“Rocky Mountain Power” or the “Company”), provides notice to the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission (“Commission”) that it is withdrawing without prejudice its application for an
accounting order authorizing the Company to record a regulatory asset associated with the
incremental costs associated with third-party liability due to wildfires in Oregon (“Application”).
Rocky Mountain Power filed its Application with the Commission on June 21, 2023. The
filing of the Application followed a verdict in James v. PacifiCorp1, where a jury returned a
verdict finding the Company liable to the named plaintiffs for over $70 million in economic and
non-economic damages and over $18 million in punitive damages. Because there will likely be
additional claims associated with the James proceeding, which was certified as a class action,
and its appeal of the verdict in the James proceeding, the Company requested that the

1 James v. PacifiCorp, No. 20-CV-33885 (Cir. Ct. Multnomah County, Jun. 12, 2023).
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Commission delay consideration of the application until the costs and the impact on the
Company’s financial stability are more fully known.
Rocky Mountain Power hereby withdraws without prejudice its Application. The
Company’s withdrawal of the Application without prejudice allows the appeal process in the
James proceeding to move forward and allows the Company an opportunity to refile at a later
date when the costs and impacts of the James proceeding are more fully known.
PacifiCorp discussed its withdrawal of the Application without prejudice with counsel for
the Commission Staff and PacifiCorp Idaho Industrial Customers (“PIIC”). The Company has
been authorized to state that Commission Staff has no objection to, and PIIC supports, the
Company’s withdrawal of its Application without prejudice

DATED: September 29, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

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Joseph Dallas (ISB#10330) 825 NE Multnomah St., Suite 2000
Portland, OR 97232 Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Attorney for Rocky Mountain Power