20231226Final_Order_No_36035.pdf

ORDER NO. 36035 1
Service Date December 26, 2023
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POWER’S APPLICATION TO REVISE ELECTRIC SERVICE SCHEDULE NO. 197
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ORDER NO. 36035
On October 30, 2023, PacifiCorp dba Rocky Mountain Power (“Company”) filed an
application (“Application”) with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”)
requesting authority to update Electric Service Schedule 197 (“Schedule 197”).
The Company represents that Schedule 197 was developed to pass along a rate reduction
associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, “TCJA”. Application at 1. The Company
requested to update the current Schedule 197 rate on January 1, 2024, due to the remaining excess
deferred income tax of $8.5 million being fully amortized. Id. The Company stated that Schedule
197 currently varies from -0.268¢ to -0.078¢ per kilowatt hour (“kWh”) depending on the rate
schedule. Id. The Company represented that the proposed change would result in a rate of 0.000¢
per kWh for all rate schedules. Id.
STAFF COMMENTS
Staff reviewed the Company’s Application, responses to Production Requests, supporting
documents, and prior cases and Commission orders. Staff recommended the Commission accept
the changes to Schedule 197 as proposed by the Company. Staff believed that all requirements of
Rule 125 have been followed by the Company when issuing customers notices and press releases.
However, Staff recommended the Commission consider any late filed public comments.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
As of December 18, 2023, the Commission has received one public comment opposing the
Application because rates will increase.
COMMISSION FINDINGS AND DECISION
The Commission has jurisdiction over the Company’s Application and the issues in this
case under Title 61 of the Idaho Code including Idaho Code §§ 61-301 through 303. The
Commission is empowered to investigate rates, charges, rules, regulations, practices, and contracts
of all public utilities and to determine whether they are just, reasonable, preferential,
ORDER NO. 36035 2
discriminatory, or in violation of any provisions of law, and to fix the same by order. Idaho Code
§§ 61-501 through 503.
Having reviewed the Application, the record, the comments of the parties, all public
comments, and all submitted materials, the Commission finds that it is fair, just, and reasonable to
approve the Application as filed.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Application is approved as filed.
THIS IS A FINAL ORDER. Any person interested in this Order may petition for
reconsideration within twenty-one (21) days of the service date upon this Order regarding any
matter decided in this Order. Within seven (7) days after any person has petitioned for
reconsideration, any other person may cross-petition for reconsideration. Idaho Code §§ 61-626
and 62-619.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho, this 26th day of
December 2023.

ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

EDWARD LODGE, COMMISSIONER
ATTEST:
Monica Barrios-Sanchez
Interim Commission Secretary

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