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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20090529Parker Direct.pdfiOU9 f'AY 29 M'\ H: 44 IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BEFORE THE R,-r;:.\t:.v:_. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION ) OF AVISTA CORPORATION FOR THE ) CASE NO. AVlJE-09-1/ AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES) AVU-G-09-1 AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC AND ) NATURAL GAS SERVICE TO ELECTRIC ) AND NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS N THE )STATE OF IDAHO. ) ) ) DIRECT TESTIMONY OF MARILYN PARKER IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MAY 29,2009 1 Q.Please state your name and address for the 2 record. 3 A.My name is Marilyn Parker. My business address 4 is 472 West Washington Street, Boise, Idaho. 5 Q.By whom are you employed and in what capacity? 6 A.I am employed by the Idaho Public Utilities 7 Commission as a Utilities Compliance Investigator. I 8 accepted that position with the Consumer Assistance Staff 9 in November 2002. 10 Q.What is your educational and professional 11 background? 12 A.Prior to my employment with the Idaho Public 13 Utili ties Commission, I had twenty years experience 14 working in private industry for three different utility 15 companies. In 1973 and 1974, I was employed by Central 16 Alaska Utilities, a water company in Anchorage, Alaska, as 17 the Executive Secretary to the President of the company. 18 From 1982 until 1987, I was employed as a Customer Service 19 Representative for Idaho Power Company in Salmon, Idaho. 20 From February 1989 until November 2002, I was employed by 21 Intermountain Gas Company in Customer Services. During my 22 last six years at Intermountain Gas, I supervised 23 representatives at the Customer Service Center's Emergency 24 Answering Service. 25 I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 1 STAFF 1 Management and Organizational Leadership from George FOx 2 University in Boise, Idaho in June of 2002. 3 In June 2003 and June 2006, I attended the 4 National Low Income Energy Consortium Annual Conference in 5 Sacramento, California and Washington, D.C., respectively. 6 Q.Have you previously testified before the 7 Commission? 8 A.Yes, I have. 9 Q.What is the purpose of your testimony in this 10 proceeding? 11 A.I will be:(1) summarizing the customer 12 comments received by the Idaho Public Utili ties Commission 13 regarding this case; (2) discussing Consumer Assistance 14 Staff's stance regarding the proposed increase to Avista's 15 monthly customer charges for its residential electric and 16 gas customers; (3) reporting on Avista's customer 17 relations over the past five years; and, (4) reporting on 18 the mid-term status of Avista's pilot program regarding 19 its remote disconnections and reconnections. 20 Q.Please summarize your testimony and 21 recommendations to the Commission. 22 A.I reviewed the customer comments and found that 23 the number of comments received by the Commission in this 24 case had more than tripled the number of comments received 25 in the prior two Avista general rate cases. 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(Di) 2 STAFF 1 customers appeared in their comments to be more frustrated 2 and angry at the prospect of paying more for natural gas 3 and electricity than in the past. 4 I support Staff's recommendation of no increase 5 in customer charges. 6 I address a downward trend in Avista' s telephone 7 answering service level standards at its customer service 8 centers at the same time that complaints are increasing. 9 I recommend that Avista take steps to improve 10 its telephone answering service level standards and report 11 to the Commission by December 2009 on how it plans to 12 accomplish this or why it should not be required to do so. 13 I identify technological advancements 14 implemented by the Company and how they have improved 15 customer service. 16 Finally, I reviewed Avista' s Remote 17 Disconnection and Reconnection Pilot Program and found 18 that it appears to be meeting its objectives. 19 Customer Comments Regarding the Proposed Rate Increase 20 Q.Have you reviewed the written customer comments 21 that have been received by the Commission regarding this 22 case? 23 A.Yes. As of May 21, 2009, 188 Avista customers 24 had submitted comments regarding the proposed increase in 25 Avista' s gas and electric rates. The comments were mostly CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 3 STAFF 1 from residential customers and a few small commercial 3 2 customers who opposed any increase in rates. Q.How does this number of comments compare to 5 4 prior Avista rate case customer comments? The number of comments is significantly higher;A. 6 in fact, the number has more than tripled the number of 7 comments received in the prior two general rate cases. In 8 the 2008 case, 46 comments were received and in the 2004 10 9 case, 31 comments were received. 11 increase in customer comments? Q.To what do you attribute the significant 12 A.The economy, nationwide and globally, is in a 13 downturn and nowhere is that more evident than in Avista' s 14 service terri tory in northern Idaho. According to the 15 16 17 18 19 20 Idaho Department of Labor, unemployment in many Idaho counties served by Avista has nearly doubled in the past year. Comments regarding this proposed rate increase have come from a broad spectrum of Avista customers, and 21 commented on a rate case before. Because of the current many comments came from customers who said they had never 22 economic situation, it comes as no surprise that customers 23 feel frustrated and worried about how they will be able to 24 afford any increase in their electric and natural gas 25 rates. Staff witness Thaden discusses in greater detail CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 4 STAFF 1 the current economic conditions in Avista's service 2 terri tory in his testimony. He also provides some 3 demographic statistics for northern Idaho. 4 Q.Is there any evidence in the comments received 5 by the Commission in this rate case that show economic 6 times are more difficult now than in the past? 7 A.In nearly all rate cases, the Commission 8 receives letters or e-mails from customers stating they 9 cannot afford any rate increases. However, in this rate 10 case, in addition to the dramatic increase in the number 11 of comments to the Commission, many customers expressed 12 not only frustration, but anger. Nearly half of the 13 customers who sent in comments want the Commission to 14 "j ust say no" to any rate increases; and of those, another 15 one-half said it will be the Commission's fault if 16 customer's rates are increased. Nearly 40% of commenters 17 voiced strong opposition to what the customers defined 18 most often as exorbitant salaries of Avista's executives. 19 Customers often believe that the rates they pay go 20 primarily toward executive salaries. As shown in Staff 21 witness English's testimony, one-fifth of one percent of 22 Avista's Idaho natural gas rates and about one-third of 23 one percent of Avista's Idaho electric rates go toward 24 executi ve salaries. The fundamental misunderstanding 25 regarding executive salaries feeds customers' frustration. CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 5 STAFF 1 Nearly one-fourth of those commenting mentioned 2 a recent article in local newspapers that stated Avista 3 had "record profits" last year and so those commenters 4 wondered why Avista would need a rate increase at this 5 time if it was already making "record profits." 6 Q.What are some of the other concerns mentioned by 7 customers? 8 A.Commenters raised the same issues as have been 9 raised in prior rate cases. Many of those concerns were 10 from low and fixed-income customers who see basic living 11 costs rising but their wages and/or social security income 12 benefits not keeping pace. The phrases "why doesn' t 13 Avista tighten their belts" and "enough is enough" were in 14 many of the comments. 15 Proposed Customer Charge Increase 16 Q.The Company has proposed to increase its fixed 17 monthly residential customer charges from $4.00 to $4.25 18 for gas customers and from $4.60 to $5.00 for electric 19 customers. Does Staff support this increase? 20 A.No. Staff believes there should be no increase 21 to gas or electric fixed monthly customer charges at this 22 time. Staff has consistently maintained that fixed costs 23 associated with meter reading and billing should be the 24 primary determinant of customer charges. Maj or changes 25 have been made in the way customers are billed and meters CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M . (D i) 6 STAFF 1 are read over the past several years. With the 2 implementation of automated meter reading, for example, 3 meter reading costs will be reduced. Additionally, more 4 and more customers are choosing to receive their bills 5 online, thereby reducing postage and bill printing costs. 6 Another reason that Staff does not support an increase in 7 the fixed monthly customer charge is that Staff has 8 proposed a lower revenue requirement than Avista. Staff 9 prefers that any rate increases in this case be added to 10 the energy charge rather than fixed charges to give 11 customers some control over the size of their bills. When 12 rate increases are added to fixed charges, the customer 13 has no control over that portion of their bill. For these 14 reasons, Staff believes an increase in fixed customer 15 charges is not warranted at this time. 16 Customer Relations 17 Forms 18 Q.As required by Utility Customer Information Rule 19 102, were Avista' s Customer Notice and Press Release 20 included with its Application? 21 A.Yes. The Company's Customer Notice and Press 22 Release were received on January 23, 2009, and were 23 reviewed by Staff at that time. They were deemed to meet 24 the requirements of the rule. 25 Q.Have Avista's forms required by the Utility CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 7 STAFF 1 Customer Relations Rules (UCRR) (IDAPA 31.21.01) been 2 reviewed for compliance? 3 A.Yes, Avista' s forms were reviewed and determined 4 to meet the requirements of the UCRR. 5 Call Center Telephone Answering Standards (often referred 6 to as "service levels") 7 Q.In 2004, Avista lowered its Call Center incoming 8 telephone answering service level standard (the percentage 9 of calls answered within a defined number of seconds) from 10 answering 80% of calls within 30 seconds to answering 70% 11 of calls within one minute. Staff expressed concern about 12 that decision at that time and recommended that Avista 13 reinstate its previous service level goal. Did Avista 14 change its telephone answering service level standard? 15 A.Yes, in January of 2005, Avista changed its goal 16 to answer 80% of incoming customer calls within one 17 minute. 18 Q.Has Avista met this standard? 19 A.Not in each year. In 2005, Avista's actual 20 service level average for the year was 82.1% of incoming 21 calls answered within one minute; in 2006 the average for 22 the year was 79.9% within one minute; in 2007 the annual 23 average was 80.7% within one minute; and, in 2008 the 24 annual average dropped to 75.5% within one minute. 25 Q.What is Avista' s current telephone service level CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M . (D i) 8 STAFF 2 1 standard? A.Avista has not changed its standard since 3 January of 2005, when it was set at answering 80% of calls 5 4 wi thin one minute. Q.Avista reported its actual telephone answering 6 service level in December of 2008 as 66.10%, which is 7 Avista's worst one-month service level in five years. 8 What is the Company's explanation for this low service 9 level? 10 A.The Company stated that in December of 2008 in 11 the Coeur d' Alene area, 85 inches of snow fell in a two- 12 week period. The heavy snowfall increased electric outage 13 calls (twice as many as had been received in the prior 14 December), and on some days, customer service 15 representatives were not able to get to work due to the 16 bad roads. The higher than expected incoming calls and 17 many unavailable customer service representatives resulted 18 in the negative impact on the service levels that month. 19 Q.Does Staff have some concerns about Avista' s 21 20 service levels over the past 5 years? A.Staff is concerned about the drop in Avista' s 22 annual average telephone answering service level in 2008 23 to 75.5%. Until now, Staff believed the Company was 24 moving in the right direction. The significant drop in 25 Avista's service level occurred in a year when Avista's CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 9 STAFF 1 number of complaints and inquiries to the Commission rose 3 2 sharply. Q.Why are telephone service level standards 5 4 important? A.Telephone service level standards measure the 6 accessibility of a company to its customers. Staff 7 expects regulated utility companies to handle customer 8 disputes over the telephone, as well as answer customer 9 questions, in a timely manner so that customers do not 10 have to wait "on hold" for long periods of time. 11 Q.What were Avista' s total number of complaints 13 12 and inquiries during each of the past 5 years? A.In 2004, the Commission's Consumer Assistance 14 Staff received 148 complaints and inquiries from Avista 15 customers; in 2005, there were 139; in 2006 the number 16 dropped to 128; in 2007 the number dropped again to 119. 17 That was a 20% decrease from 2004 to 2007. However, in 18 2008, Avista complaints and inquiries jumped to 175, a 46% 19 increase over the prior year. See Exhibit No. 125. 20 Q.Regarding complaints and inquiries registered at 21 the Commission, how does Avista compare with other major 22 regulated energy companies doing business in Idaho? 23 A.With the exception of one company, all the major 24 energy companies had increases in the number of complaints 25 and inquiries received by the Commission in 2008. See CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 10 STAFF 1 Exhibit No. 126. On a per customer basis, Avista had the 2 highest number of complaints and inquiries. The majority, 3 66%, concerned credit and collection issues. 4 Q.Does Staff have any recommendations for Avista 5 in light of the customer service issues addressed above 6 regarding the Company's decreasing service level and 7 increasing complaints and inquiries? 8 A.Yes, Staff recommends that Avista take steps to 9 improve its service level and report to the Commission how 10 it plans to accomplish this by December of 2009 or explain 11 why it should not be required to do so. 12 Avista's Technological Advancements 13 Q.Avista has made some significant investments in 14 technology in the last five years. What are some of those 15 investments and how has customer service benefited? 16 A.In Staff's opinion, two of the most significant 17 technological investments and improvements have been 18 "Mobile Dispatch" and "Outage Management." 19 The Mobile Dispatch system was implemented in 20 June of 2006 for the Company's natural gas service orders. 21 Mobile Dispatch allows the Company's natural gas service 22 department to operate in a nearly paperless environment. 23 Mobile Dispatch automatically dispatches work orders 24 directly to a laptop computer in the appropriate service 25 person's truck using wireless technology. When orders are CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 11 STAFF 1 completed, that information is sent in real time back to 2 the office where customer service representatives have 3 immediate access to that information, giving them the 4 ability to monitor the status of work orders and respond 5 to customers' inquiries. With Mobile Dispatch, customer 6 service representatives do not need to call a dispatcher 7 to ascertain the status of an order, saving time for both 8 dispatchers and customer service representatives. Most 9 importantly, it provides timely information to customers. 10 Avista designed its own Outage Management Tool 11 (OMT) over a period of about six years. The system was 12 completed in December of 2004. The OMT allows the process 13 of responding to outages to be conducted in a paperless 14 environment, saving literally thousands of pieces of paper 15 associated with one large scale outage and providing real 16 time information about the outage. The most important 17 benefit of this system is the ability to restore service 18 to customers more quickly. The Company stated that it 19 estimates the OMT system saves two to four hours each day 20 when restoring service on normal outages. On extended 21 outages related to major storms, the OMT saves on average 22 24 hours in restoration time, a reduction of up to 33% in 23 restoration time in some instances. 24 Both the Mobile Dispatch and Outage Management 25 systems are further enhanced by the use of Global CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 12 STAFF 2 1 Positioning technology (GPS). Q.Mobile Dispatch is being used only for natural 3 gas orders. Does the Company plan to use this technology 5 4 for electric orders? A.Yes. Although Mobile Dispatch is currently 6 being used solely for natural gas service orders, the 7 Company plans to implement the system for electric service 8 orders in 2010. 9 Q.Is Avista' s OMT connected to i ts Interactive 11 10 Voice Response (IVR) system? A.Yes. In many instances, a customer may call to 12 report an outage to Avista and the IVR can automatically 13 associate the customer's telephone number with the 14 location of an outage. In that case, the customer would 15 hear a recorded message advising that Avista was aware of 16 the outage, the cause of the outage (if known), and an 17 estimated time of repair and restoration. One of the most 18 important benefits of the two systems being linked is the 19 ability of the Company to reduce the number of employees 20 needed to answer incoming telephone calls during outages. 21 It also eliminates the need to research each customer's 22 circumstances in order to provide an adequate response. 24 23 Improvements to Existing Technologies Q.Over the past five years, has Avista upgraded 25 any of its existing technologies? And if so, what were CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 13 STAFF 1 those improvements? 2 A.Yes. The Company redesigned its Website and 3 made improvements to its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 4 system. 5 Website 6 One of the biggest enhancements to the Website 7 was the addition of the ability for customers to make 8 payment arrangements online. Customers also can start and 9 stop service and conduct almost any customer service 10 function without having to speak in person to a customer 11 service representative. Another feature added to the 12 Website was the ability of customers to sign up to receive 13 monthly billing statements via the Internet rather than 14 through the mail . Adding this ability dramatically 15 increased the number of customers who have opted to 16 receive online bills. In fact, in 2004 the Company 17 reported that less than 3,000 Idaho customers received 18 online bills. In 2009, the number of Idaho customers 19 receiving online bills had grown to 14,991. With nearly 20 15,000 customers opting to receive their bills online, the 21 annual dollar savings in postage alone is more than 22 $75,000. 23 Interactive Voice Response 24 The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system has 25 further automated customer service functions for those CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 14 STAFF 1 customers who were asking for the ability to handle more 2 transactions through automation without being required to 3 talk to a customer service representative. Customers who 4 wish to speak with a customer service representative, 5 however, still have the ability to wait for a prompt that 6 will allow them to do so. 7 Q.What percentage of Avista' s total incoming 8 telephone calls is handled by its IVR and how do those 9 percentages compare to the totals at the time of the last 10 rate case? 11 A.The use of the IVR has increased since 2004. In 12 2004, 30% of incoming calls (408,721) were handled by the 13 IVR compared with 43% (682,797) in 2008, indicating that 14 customers are gradually becoming more familiar and 15 comfortable with using an IVR system to accomplish many 16 transactions that were handled previously by customer 17 service representatives. 18 Q.In 2008, a provision was added to Rule 203.03 of 19 the Utility Customer Relation Rules that states, 20 "Utilities shall implement procedures designed to monitor 21 and identify customers who may be billed under an 22 inappropriate tariff schedule." Has Avista implemented 23 procedures to be in compliance with this new provision? 24 A.Yes. According to Avista, on the first of each 25 month, a report called "Rate Schedule Comparison" is CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 15 STAFF 1 generated to identify customers who may be eligible for a 2 different rate schedule. If it is determined a change in 3 rate schedule is necessary, a letter is sent advising the 4 customer of that fact, giving the customer an opportunity 5 to call the Company and discuss the proposed change. The 6 customer is also given a brochure that shows how to 7 calculate and compare the customer's current rate versus 8 the new proposed rate. Additionally, a weekly report is 9 generated to review all newly-opened accounts for 10 potential rate changes as well. 12 11 Remote Disconnects and Reconnects Pilot Program Q.In July of 2008, the Commission authorized 13 Avista to implement an 18 -month pilot program for remote 14 disconnection and reconnection of customers. Order 30603, 15 Case AVU-E-07-09. In that case, Avista was ordered to 16 prepare a detailed report to the Commission at the end of 17 its pilot program. To date, how many remote devices has 19 18 Avista installed in Idaho? A.Avista's Application proposed to install 20 approximately 600 devices. As of March 1, 2009, the 21 Company had installed 559 remote devices. 22 Q.What are some of the primary reasons the devices 24 23 were placed at residences of Avista's customers? A.The majority of installations, 541, were for 25 credit and collection purposes. These devices were placed CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 16 STAFF 1 on homes where a customer had at least two field 2 collection visits (see definition below) or disconnections 3 for non-payment in the preceding 12 months. The remaining 4 devices were placed at residences where meter access was 5 difficult or the occupant had animals that hampered access 6 to the meter by Avista employees. 7 Q.How many times has Avista used the devices since 9 8 implementation of the program? A.Avista reported that as of March 2009, it had 10 used the devices 707 times for the purpose of 12 11 disconnecting and/or reconnecting service. 13 Q.What is a "field collection visit?" A.A field collection visit takes place when a 14 Company representative goes to the premises of a 15 delinquent customer for the purpose of disconnecting 16 service due to non-payment of the account but service is 17 not actually disconnected. If an adult at the premises 18 pays the past due amount to the Avista employee at the 19 premises prior to being disconnected, the disconnection is 21 20 avoided. Q.Has Avista reported any problems with 23 22 installation or operation of the remote devices? A.Avista reports it has encountered minimal 24 problems and that productivity of employees has been 25 greatly improved where the devices are installed. Field CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 17 STAFF 1 personnel and management are eager to expand the program 2 as soon ás possible. 3 Q.What kind of customer feedback has Avista 4 received from customers affected by the devices at their 6 5 residences? A.Avista reported that the majority of customers 7 have been pleased with the short turnaround time for 8 restoring service after their payment obligations were 10 9 met. Q.Has the Commission received any complaints 11 regarding either installation or operation of the remote 12 devices? 13 A.Yes, the Commission has received one complaint 14 from a customer regarding a disconnection. Staff 15 concurred with the Company's action because there had been 16 5 field collection visits to that residence within the 18 17 past 12 months. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q.Does this conclude your direct testimony? A.Yes it does. CASE NOS. AVU-E-09-1/AVU-G-09-1 OS/29/09 PARKER, M. (Di) 18 STAFF i.""M V)W ""-0a:0N-:i CJz- ~CO V)0I-0 IJ0ZN0 I N-eci~0 Q.0 ~N 0U ~i.00NV)- ~ ooN o00M oIJM o~M oNM ooM o00 oIJ o~oN 00ooN ~ooN o Exhibit No. 125 Case No. A VU-E-9-09-1/ AVU-G-09-1 M. Parker, Staff OS/29/09 .. 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MEYER VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COUNSEL A VISTA CORPORATION PO BOX 3727 SPOKANE WA 99220 E-MAIL: david.meyer(iavistacorp.com DEAN J MILLER McDEVITT & MILLER LLP PO BOX 2564 BOISE ID 83701 E-MAIL: joe(imcdevitt-miler.com CONLEY E WARD MICHAEL C CREAMER GIVENS PURSLEY LLP PO BOX 2720 BOISE ID 83701-2720 E-MAIL: cew(igivenspursley.com mcc(igivenspursley.com BETSY BRIDGE ID CONSERVATION LEAGUE 710 N SIXTH STREET POBOX 844 BOISE ID 83701 E-MAIL: bbridge(iwildidaho.org CARRE TRACY 1265 S MAIN ST, #305 SEATTLE WA 98144 E-MAIL: carie(inwfco.org KELL Y NORWOOD VICE PRESIDENT - STATE & FED. REG. A VISTA UTILITIES PO BOX 3727 SPOKANE WA 99220 E-MAIL: kelly.norwood(iavistacorp.com SCOTT ATKINSON PRESIDENT IDAHO FOREST GROUP LLC 171 HIGHWAY95N GRANGEVILLE ID 83530 E-MAIL: scott(iidahoforestgroup.com DENNIS E PESEAU, Ph.D. UTILITY RESOURCES INC SUITE 250 1500 LIBERTY STREET SE SALEM OR 97302 E-MAIL: dpeseau(iexcite.com ROWENA PINEDA ID COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK 3450 HILL RD BOISE ID 83702-4715 E-MAIL: Rowena(iidahocan.org BRAD MPURDY ATTORNEY AT LAW 2019N 17TH ST BOISE ID 83702 E-MAIL: bmpurdy(ihotmail.com ~lw~.t~ SE TARY CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE