20180914Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:EDITH PACILLO
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: SEPTEMBER 13,2018
SUBJECT: AVISTA'S 2018 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN (IRP),
cAsE No. Avu-G-r8-05
On August 31,2018, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities filed its 2018 natural gas
Integrated Resource Plan (lRP). Per Commission Order, the Company must file an IRP biennially
* every even-numbered year. See Commission Order No. 25342, Case No. GNR-G-93-2; and
Order No. 32233, Case No. AVU-G-I l-02.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Filing and a Notice of
Modified Procedure requesting written comments from interested persons. Given that this matter
is not time sensitive, and in light of several proceedings before the Commission that are, Staff
proposes the following schedule: October 9,2018 intervention deadline, December 13, 2018
comment deadline, and December 20, 2018 reply comment deadline.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Filing and Notice of Modified
Procedure setting an October 9,2018 intervention deadline, December 13, 2018 comment
deadline, and December 20, 2018 reply comment deadline?
Pacillo
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DECISION MEMORANDUM
Deputy Attorney General