The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About20150218Petition to Clarify Order 33222.pdfMcDevitt & Miller LLp ir. f t,1': ! ',' : Lawvets" Z{]lf fm lB pl4 I: SS 420 West Bannock Stteet (208) 343-7500 P.O. Box 2sil-83l7qtltlt?i[S'iiri,i:,ii,:l$irj$hr".F. McDevitt (208) 336-6912 (Fa:<) Boise,Idaho 83702 DeanJ. goe) Miller Celeste trL Miller February 78,2015 Via llaad Delivety JeanJewell, Sesetary Idaho Public Utilities Commissiou 472V/. lTashington St. Boise,Idaho 83720 Re: IPC-E-15-1 Petition to Cladfy Order T.{o.33222. Dear Ms. Jewell: Enclosed fot 6ling in the above matter, please find an odginal and seven copies of Intermountain Energy Partnets, T T.C's Petition to Clari$, Otdet No.33222. Kindly return a file stamped copy to me. DJM/hh Enclosutes Very Tnrly Yours, McDevitt & Millet LLP UA\nr^ DeanJ. Mllet ORIGINAL Dean J. Miller (ISB No. 1968) McDEVITT & MILLER LLP 420 West Bannock Steet P.O. Box 2564-83701 Boise,ID 83702 Tel: 208.343.7500 Fa* 208.336.6912 'rn 1( rrDlL;i -r I L-!.' 'i lJ ilt.lit : : Lq Pii 3: 56 i oe@mcdevitt-miller. com Attorneys for Intermountain Energt Partners, LLC BEF'ORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) CASE NO. rPC-E-15-01 COMPANY'S PETITION TO MODIFY ) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ) PETITION TO CLARIT"T ORDER NO.pRospECTrvE puRpA ENERGY SALES ) 33222 AGREEMENTS.) ) ) ) COMES NOW Intermountain Energy Parhrers LLC (IEP), an Intervenor herein, and pursuant to RP 325 petitions the Commission to clariff Order No.33222 as requested below and in supportthereof respectfrrlly shows as follows, to wit: L The ordering paragraph of Order No.33222 provides in part: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that effective February 5,2015, and pending further order of the Commissioru the maximum contractual term for Idaho Power's new PURPA contracts shall be five years." For the reasons set forth below,IEP requests this ordering paragraph be clarified to provide: "IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that effective February 5,2015, and pending further order of the Commission, the maximum contractual term for Idaho Power's new PUPRA contracts shall be five years, provided however this Order shall not applv to proposed OF projects that do not exceed the published rate eligibilitv cap". PETITION TO CLARIF'T ORDER NO.33222.PAGE 1 II. Under the Commission's regulatory scheme for PURPA implementation, prices for Qualifring Facilities (QF's) are determined based on the project size and fuel type. Relevant here, solar projects with a name plate capacity of 100 kilowatts or less may receive prices that are published by the Commission and publically available determined on the Sunogate Avoided Resource Model. Solar projects with a larger capacity receive prices determined on individual basis pursuant to the Integrated Resource Plan Methodology. See Order No. 32609, Case No. GNR-3-1 1. There is, in effect, a market for "small" solar projects and a market for "big" solar projects. m. As filed, the Petition of Idaho Power Company (daho Power) was aimed at reducing the previously existing conhact length of twenty (20) years for the big solar market; the Petition was not aimed at the small solar market: "Idaho Power's request to modifu terms and conditions for prospective PURPA energy sales agreements is limited to transactions with proposed QF projects that exceed the published rate eligibility cap. (The published rate eligibility cap is 100 kilowatts for wind and solar QF's and l0 average megawatts for all other QF generation types.)" Petition, Pgs. 1-2. The rationale for Idaho Power's request to shorten contract length (to the extent it has merit, which IEP does not concede) arises from problems perceived to be occurring in the market for big projects. See Petition Pgs. 17-32; Testimony of Alphin; Testimony of Grow. Idaho Power's Petition does not allege the existence of problems in the market for small solar projects justifring reduction in contract length for that market. PETITION TO CLARIFY ORDER NO. 33222-PAGE 2 ry. The ordering language of OrderNo.33222, set forth above, is causing uncertainty among parties who may desire to pursue development of QF projects in the small solar market. v. Clarification of Order No .33222, as requested above would make the Order consistent with Idaho Power's Petition and would provide certainty to parties during the pendency of this case. WHEREFORE, IEP respectfully requests that Order No, 33222 be clarified as set forth herein. DATED this rh day of February,2015. Inrnnuouxrun EuBncy P.mrnuns, LLC Attorney for Intermountain Energt Partners, LLC PETITION TO CLARIT"T ORDBR NO. 33222.PAG8 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Jean Jewell, Secretary Idaho Public Utilities Commission 47 2 W est Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise,ID 83720-0074 ij ewell@fruc. state. id.us Daphne Huang Deputy Attorney General Idaho Public Utilities Commission 47 2 W est Washington Street P.O. Box 83720 Boise,lD 83720-0074 Daphne.Huang@puc.idaho. eov Donovan E. Walker Regulatory Dockets Idatro Power Company 122I West ldaho Street P.O. Box 70 Boise,ID 83707 dwalker@idahopower. com dockets@ idahopower. com Peter J. Richardson Gregory M. Adams Richardson Adams, PLLC 515 N. 27th Street Boise,Idaho 83702 peter@richardsonadams. com gre g@richardsonadams. com Dr. Don Reading 6070 Hill Road Boise,Idaho 83703 dreadin g@mindsprine. com Hand Delivered ,-i U.S. Mail !i Fax d Fed. Express ,-i Email E Hand Delivered d U.S. Mail ,-i Fax ,-t Fed. Express e-iEmail L Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email (J (J !IJ ILJ (J (J (J TJX !q.l TJ (J (JK I hereby certiff that on tfre Saay of February ,2015,I caused to be served, via the method(s) indicated below, true and correct copies of the foregoing document, upon: Hand Delivered k U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email PETITION TO CLARIF"T ORDERNO.33222.PAGE 4 Benjamin J. Otto 710 N 6th Steet Boise,ID 83701 botto@idahoconservation.ore C. Tom Arkoosh Arkoosh Law Offices 802 W. Bannock St., Ste. 900 P.O. Box 2900 Boise,ID 83701 tom. arkoosh@arkoosh. com erin. cecil@arkoosh. com Daniel E. Solander Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main Street, Suite 2400 Salt Lake City, Utah 841l1 daniel. solander@pacifi com. com Ted Weston Rocky Mountain Power 201 South Main, Suite 2300 Salt Lake City, Utah 841l1 ted.weston@f acifi corp. com datarequest@pacifi com. com Kelsey Jae Nunez Snake River Alliance 223 N. 6th St., Ste. 317 PO Box 1731 knunez@snakeriveralliance. org Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email Hand Delivered U.S. Mail Fax Fed. Express Email (J g u 0{ (J i(J Lql /C U tJ '(J (l LL !L-l L.l (J ,L t(J (J (J (J w McDavrrr & Mnlsn PETITION TO CLARIFY ORDER NO. 33222.PAG8 5