20100526notice_of_extended_comment_protest_deadline.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
May 26, 2010
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF A VISTA CORPORATION FOR
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS
SCHEDULE 191 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY
(PUBLIC PURPOSE) RIDER ADJUSTMENT
CASE NO. AVU-10-
NOTICE OF EXTENDED
COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
On February 16, 2010, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (Avista; Company)
filed an Application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Commission) requesting a $1.6
million (2.6%) increase in the Company s natural gas Schedule 191 - Energy Efficiency (Public
Purpose) Rider Adjustment. The Rider Adjustment is designed to recover costs incurred by the
Company associated with providing natural gas energy efficiency services and programs to retail
customers taking service under Schedules 101 , 111 112 and 131 & 132. The proposed
effective date was April 1 , 2010.
On March 9 2010, the Commission issued a Notice of Application in Case No. A VU-
I0-0l and by Order No. 31017 suspended the Company s proposed effective date.
On April 8, 2010, the Commission issued a Notice of Modified Procedure in Case
No. A VU-l 0-02 preliminarily finding that the public interest in this matter may not require a
hearing to consider the issues presented and that issues raised by the Company s filing may be
processed by written submission rather than by hearing. Reference Commission Rules of
Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. In its Notice, the Commission established a June 9, 2010
deadline for filing written comments or protests.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that to correct a customer notice problem in Case
No. A VU-I0-, Avista Utilities has agreed to extend the comment/protest deadline in Case
No. AVU-I0-02. Reference IDAPA 31.01.01.125 (Notices to Customers of Proposed
Changes in Rates). Accordingly, YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the extended deadline
for filing written comments or protests with respect to Avista s Application and the use of
Modified Procedure in Case No. A VU-l 0-02 is Wednesday, June 30, 2010.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are
received within the deadline, the Commission may consider the matter on its merits and may
enter its Order without a formal hearing. If comments or protests are filed within the deadline
NOTICE OF EXTENDED
COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
the Commission will consider them and in its discretion may set the matter for hearing or may
decide the matter and issue its Order based on the written positions before it. Reference IDAP A
31.01.01.204.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that written comments concernIng Case No.
A VU -l 0-02 should be mailed to the Commission and the Company at the addresses reflected
below.
Street Address for Express Mail:
David 1. Meyer, Esq.
Vice President and Chief Counsel
for Regulatory and Governmental Affairs
A vista Corporation
PO Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC-
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
E-mail: david.meyer~avistacorp.com
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
472 W. Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702-5918
Bruce Folsom
Director, Energy Efficiency
A vista Corporation
PO Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Avenue, MSC-
Spokane, W A 99220-3727
E-mail: bruce.folsom~avistacorp.com
All comments should contain the case caption and case number shown on the first page of this
document.Persons desiring to submit comments via e-mail may do so by accessing the
Commission s home page located at www.puc.idaho.gov.Click the "Comments and Questions
icon and complete the comment form using the case number as it appears on the front of this
document. These comments must also be sent to A vista at the e-mail addresses listed above.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Application in Case No. A VU-10-
may be viewed at www.puc.idaho.gov by clicking on "File Room" and then "Gas Cases " or can
be viewed during regular business hours at the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, 472 W.
Washington Street, Boise, Idaho and at the Idaho offices of Avista Utilities.
NOTICE OF EXTENDED
COMMENT/PROTEST DEADLINE
DATED at Boise, Idaho this
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