19970922Notice of Filing.pdf

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Office of the Secretary
Service Date
September 22, 1997
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE WASHINGTON )
WATER POWER COMPANY'S 1997 ELECTRIC)
INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN. )
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CASE NO. WWP-E-97-9
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NOTICE OF COMMENT!
PROTEST DEADLINE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on August 28,1997, The Washington Water Power
Company (Water Power; Company) filed its 1997 Electric Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission). The Company's filing complies with the
Commission's direction in Order No. 22299 issued January 27, 1989, which requires Water Power
to file a biennial Resource Management Report (now IRP) describing the status of the Company's
electric resource planning.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Commission has reviewed the filings of
record in Case No. WWP-E-97-9. The Commission has preliminarily determined that the public
interest may not require a hearing to consider the issues presented and that the issues raised may be
processed under Modified Procedure, i.e., by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference
Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the deadline for filing written comments or
protests with respect to Water Power's 1997 Electric Integrated Resource Plan and the use of
Modified Procedure in Case No. WWP-E-97-9 is Wednesday, October 22, 1997. Interested parties
in this case may avail themselves of discovery rights (production requests or written interrogatories)
pursuant to Commission Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.221 et seq.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written protests or comments are received
within the deadline, the Commission will consider the matter on its merits and may enter an Order
and/or conclude the case without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the
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deadline, the Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or
may decide the matter and issue an Order and/or conclude the case on the basis of the written
positions before it Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concerning Case
No WWP-E-97-9 should be mailed to the Commission and the Company at the addresses reflected
below
COMMISSION SECRETARY H DOUGLAS YOUNG
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BLAIR STRONG
P0 BOX 83720 THE WASHINGTON WATER POWER COMPANY
BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 P0 BOX 3727
SPOKANE, WA 99220-3727
Street Address for Express Mail
472 W WASHINGTON ST
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5983
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company's Electric IRP may be viewed
during regular business hours at the offices of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 West
Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and at the Idaho offices of The Washington Water Power Company.
DATED at Boise, Idaho this 2_'L day of September 1997
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Myrna J. Walters
Commission Secretary
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