HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230602Rocky Mountain Power ECAM Rate Modernization Plan Press Release.pdf
Case No. PAC-E-23-09
Order No. 35801
Case No. PAC-E-22-15
Order No. 35802
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: (208) 334-0339
E-mail: adam.rush@puc.idaho.gov
NEWS RELEASE: Commission approves two applications that will change rates for eastern
Idaho electric utility customers.
BOISE (June 2, 2023) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved two applications
submitted by Rocky Mountain Power that will change the rates the utility charges customers for
electricity service. Rocky Mountain Power asked for approval to adjust rates under the Energy
Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM). The utility also asked for approval to implement a
residential rate modernization plan.
The ECAM allows Rocky Mountain Power to increase or decrease rates each year to reflect
changes in power supply costs. These costs vary year by year based on the utility’s costs relating
to gas, coal, surplus power sales, power purchases, and transmission costs. Rates for customers
will increase from 1.6 percent to 3.0 percent depending on the category a customer is in. The
monthly average bill for a residential customer using 783 kilowatt hours will increase by
approximately $1.57. Rocky Mountain Power will be allowed to recover $32.5 million because
of the approved changes.
In addition to the ECAM, the commission approved a rate modernization plan that will be fully
implemented over a five-year period. Rocky Mountain Power bills residential customers
monthly. Customers pay a fixed service charge as well as an energy charge based on the amount
of electricity used. The utility said the current $8.00 per month customer service charge does not
cover the fixed costs incurred by residential customers. Because of that, the recovery of fixed
costs have been shifted to the volumetric energy charges.
Rocky Mountain Power asked for, and received, approval to increase the customer service
charge for certain classes of customers from $8.00 per month to $29.25 per month over the
course of five years. The volumetric energy charges will be lowered as the raises to the service
charge are implemented.
Additional information can be found at puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6946 and
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7018.