20100521Decision Memo.pdf

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DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: SCOTT WOODBURY
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MAY 20, 2010

SUBJECT: CASE NO. AVU-G-10-02 (Avista)
SCHEDULE 191 – ENERGY EFFICIENCY RIDER ADJUSTMENT

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. AVU-
G-10-01 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. AVU-G-10-02 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.
To correct a customer notice problem in Case No. AVU-G-10-02, Avista Utilities has
agreed to extend the comment/protest deadline in Case No. AVU-G-10-02. Reference IDAPA
31.01.01.125 (Notices to Customers of Proposed Changes in Rates). The proposed extended
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deadline for filing written comments or protests with respect to Avista’s Application and the use
of Modified Procedure in Case No. AVU-G-10-02 is Wednesday, June 30, 2010.
COMMISSION DECISION
To correct a customer notice problem Avista and Staff propose an extension of the
June 9, 2010, comment/protest deadline to June 30, 2010. Does the Commission agree with the
extended comment/protest deadline?

Scott Woodbury
Deputy Attorney General

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