20230705Decision 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: JULY 5, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
FOR A DEFERRED ACCOUNTING ORDER REGARDING WILDFIRE
CLAIMS; CASE NO. PAC-E-23-16.

On June 21, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacificCorp (“Company”),
applied for authority to defer incremental costs from third-party claims related to wildfires in
Oregon in September 2020. The Company proposes that the incremental costs would represent the
claims exceeding the Company’s insurance coverage currently included in rates. The Company
would record the incremental expenses as a regulatory asset in FERC Account 182.3.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention
Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention period?

Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General

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