HomeMy WebLinkAbout20141031Decision Memo.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM
TO: COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2014
SUBJECT: AVISTA CORPORATION’S APPLICATION FOR A DETERMINATION
OF 2013 DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT (DSM) EXPENSES AS
PRUDENTLY INCURRED; CASE NOS. AVU-E-14-07/AVU-G-14-02
On August 12, 2014, Avista Corporation (“Avista” or “Company”) submitted an
Application seeking a determination by the Commission that the Company’s electric and natural
gas energy efficiency expenditures from January l, 2013 through December 31, 2013, were
prudently incurred. The Company’s Application consists of a cover letter and the testimony and
exhibits of Chris D. Drake, Bruce W. Folsom, and M. Sami Khawaja.
On September 18, 2014, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Deadline
for Intervention. Subsequently, the Idaho Conservation League (“ICL”) filed a Petition to
Intervene and was granted intervention by the Commission on September 24, 2014. See Order
Nos. 33131, 33134.
In the interim time period, Commission Staff (“Staff”) visited Avista’s headquarters
in order to conduct an on-site audit of the Company’s DSM expense records.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure with a 21-day
comment period?
Neil Price
Neil Price
Deputy Attorney General
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