20240319Decision 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: MARCH 19, 2024

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 Company 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 the requirements of 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 were the only
party to intervene.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has communicated with the parties and recommends the Commission issue a Notice
of Modified Procedure establishing a June 13, 2024, Staff and Intervenor comment deadline, and
a July 3, 2024, Company reply deadline. Further, Staff recommends that the Commission direct
Staff to conduct a virtual Public Workshop on April 30, 2024. Finally, Staff recommends that the
Commission issue a Scheduling Order for a Customer Hearing at a date and time to be set by the
Commission in its order.
DECISION MEMORANDUM 2
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to:
1. Issue a Notice of Modified Procedure establishing a June 13, 2024, Staff and Intervenor
comment deadline, and a July 3, 2024, Company reply deadline?
2. Direct Staff to conduct a virtual Public Workshop on April 30, 2024?
3. Schedule a Customer Hearing at a date and time to be set by the Commission in its
order?

__________________________
Michael Duval
Deputy Attorney General

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