20230928News Release.pdf

Case No. PAC-E-23-19
Order No. 35933
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission approves eastern Idaho utility’s application to decrease
residential and small farm credit.

BOISE (Sept. 28, 2023) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved an application
from Rocky Mountain Power to decrease the residential and small farm credit provided by
the Bonneville Power Administration.

The Northwest Power Act of 1980 created the Residential Exchange Program that is
administered by the Bonneville Power Administration. The program allows participating utilities
to
pass the benefits of the federal Columbia River power system to eligible residential, small farm
and irrigation customers through rate credits. Rocky Mountain Power asked the commission to
approve a Schedule 34 Residential Exchange Program credit of $0.007376 per kilowatt-hour for
rate schedules 1, 6A, 7A, 10, 23A, 35A and 36. The utility asked that the new rate be effective
from
Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2025.

The previous rate credit was $0.010133 per kilowatt-hour. The change in the credit rate will
increase the monthly power bill of a typical residential customer by $2.27.

Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7116.