20231031Decision 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: OCTOBER 31, 2023

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER’S APPLICATION
TO COMPLETE THE STUDY REVIEW PHASE OF THE STUDY OF THE
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ON-SITE CUSTOMER GENERATION; CASE
NO. PAC-E-23-17.

On June 29, 2023, Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp, (“Company”) applied
to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) requesting the Commission complete
the study review phase of the costs and benefits for on-site customer generation (“Application”).
Commission Order No. 34753 defined the scope of the Company’s on-site customer generation
study (“Study”). The Company submitted its Study and supplemental materials concurrently with
its Application and requested a timeline for intervention and public review. The Company further
asked that the case be processed by modified procedure and that the Commission enter a finding
that the Study’s scope satisfied Order No. 34753.
On July 31, 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35870. The Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association was the only
party to intervene.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Virtual Public Workshops,
establishing dates for virtual Public Workshops on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 12:00 p.m.

DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Virtual Public Workshops, establishing
virtual Public Workshops on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday,
November 29, 2023, at 12:00 p.m.?

_____________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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