20171211order_no_33947.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
December 11,2017
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )CASE NOS.AVU-E-17-01
OF AVISTA CORPORATION DBA )AVU-G-17-01
AVISTA UTILITIES FOR AUTHORITY )
TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND )
CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC AND )ORDER NO.33947
NATURAL GAS SERVICE IN IDAHO )
On June 9,2017,Avista Corporation filed an Application seeking authorityto increase
the Company's general rates for electric and natural gas service in Idaho.The Commission
issued a Notice of Application and suspended the proposed effective date to January 1,2018.
Order No.33808.Clearwater Paper,Idaho Conservation League (ICL),Idaho Forest Group,the
CommunityAction Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI),and Sierra Club intervened as
Parties.Order Nos.33804,33815 and 33829.
In October 2017,all Parties except Sierra Club and ICL entered a Settlement.The
Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Settlement,Notice of Amended Schedule,and Notice
of Technical Hearing.Order No.33920.The Commission conducted the technical hearing on
December 8,2017.At the close of hearing,the Commission noted that the public comment
period was now closed,and set the followingdeadlines,to which no Party objected:
Closing Briefs from the Parties (Optional)December 13,2017
Petitions for Intervenor Funding December 22,2017
NOTICE OF DEADLINES
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ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadlines set forth above are adopted.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise,Idaho this i
day of December 2017.
PAUL KJ LLANI ,PRESIDENT
KRISTINE RAPER,COMMISSIONER
ERIC ANDERSON,COMMISSIONER
Diane Hanian
Commission Secretary
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