971028.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
RICK STERLING
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:SCOTT WOODBURY
DATE:OCTOBER 28, 1997
RE:CASE NO. WWP-E-97-9
WWP 1997 ELECTRIC IRP
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.
On September 22, 1997, the Commission issued Notices of Filing and Modified Procedure in Case No. WWP-E-97-9.  The deadline for filing written comments was October 22, 1997.  The Commission Staff was the only party to file comments (attached).  Staff concludes that the Company’s filing satisfies the Commission’s IRP requirements and recommends that the Commission acknowledge its receipt.  
Commission Decision
Does the Commission, by letter and as per standard practice, wish to acknowledge the filing of Water Power’s 1997 Electric IRP?  If not, what is the Commission’s preference?

Scott Woodbury