20220322Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1

DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSIONER CHATBURN
COMMISSIONER HAMMOND
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: DAYN HARDIE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: MARCH 22, 2022

SUBJECT: IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA CORPORATION’S PROPOSED TARIFF
SCHEDULE 195—OPTIONAL RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS; CASE NO.
AVU-G-22-01.

On March 1, 2022, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (“Company”) applied for
authority to implement a new tariff Schedule 195—Optional Renewable Gas (“Schedule 195”).
The Company proposes to implement a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas (“RNG”) program that
provides customers an opportunity to purchase RNG as part of their regular monthly service. The
Company requests a May 1, 2022, effective date.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Commission issue a Notice of Application and establish a 21-
day intervention deadline. Staff also recommends that the Commission suspend the Company’s
proposed May 1, 2022, effective date for 30 days plus five months pursuant to Idaho Code § 61-
622(4) to allow proper time to review and comment on the Company’s proposal.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Application and establish a 21-day
intervention deadline? Does the Commission also wish to suspend the Company’s proposed May
1, 2022, effective date for 30 days plus five months to allow proper time to review and comment
on the Company’s proposal?

_____________________________
Dayn Hardie
Deputy Attorney General
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