20240102Idaho Power ECR Press Release 1229.pdf

Case No. IPC-E-23-14
Order No. 36048
Contact: Adam Rush
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NEWS RELEASE: Commission issues order on Idaho Power on-site and self-generation tariffs.

BOISE (Dec. 29, 2023) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission on Friday issued an order
regarding the terms of Idaho Power’s on-site and self-generation tariffs.

Idaho Power asked the commission to approve real-time net billing with an avoided cost-based
financial credit rate for exported energy, a methodology for determining annual updates to the
export credit rate, a modified project eligibility cap for commercial, industrial and irrigation
customers, related changes to the accounting for and transferability of excess net energy financial
credits and updated tariff schedules necessary to administer the modified on-site generation
offering.

In making its decision on Idaho Power’s application, the commission recognized that the
fundamental purpose of on-site generation is to offset a customer’s own usage, that on-site
generation should not create cost shifting between generators and non-generators, and that on-
site generators should be given a fair value for their exported energy. In addition, the
commission worked to accurately assign the appropriate share of fixed costs and unquantified
benefits of on-site customer generation, and to provide a reasonable balance between the
interests of customers with on-site generation and customers without it.

The commission approved Idaho Power’s application to implement a real-time net billing export
credit rate in accordance with the application as modified by the utility’s revised proposal and the
provisions of the commission’s decision.

Additional information is available at puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7033.