20221104Notice_of_Modified_Procedure_Order_No_35587.pdf

NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
ORDER NO. 35587 1
Office of the Secretary
Service Date
November 4, 2022
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

IN THE MATTER OF AVISTA’S
APPLICATIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF
ITS 2020-2021 ELECTRIC AND NATURAL
GAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPENSES AS
PRUDENTLY INCURRED
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CASE NO. AVU-E-22-13
AVU-G-22-05

NOTICE OF MODIFIED
PROCEDURE

ORDER NO. 35587

On August 1, 2022, Avista Corporation dba Avista Utilities (“Company”) filed two
Applications, each requesting the Commission issue an order finding that the Company’s electric
and natural gas energy efficiency expenditures from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021
were prudently incurred (referred to collectively as the “Applications”). The Applications
summarize the Company’s energy efficiency activities and their cost-effectiveness. The
Applications include the Company’s 2020 and 2021 Annual Conservation Reports and Idaho
Incentive Modification Methodology document. The Applications also include the 2020/2021
impact evaluation reports of the Company’s electric and natural gas energy efficiency programs.
The Company requests its Applications be processed by Modified Procedure.
On September 8, 2022, the Commission issued a Notice of Application and Notice of
Intervention Deadline. Order No. 35523. No one petitioned to intervene.
The Commission now issues this Notice of Modified Procedure establishing deadlines
for interested parties to comment on the Application and for the Company to reply.
NOTICE OF MODIFIED PROCEDURE
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Commission has determined that the public
interest may not require a formal hearing in this matter, and it will review the case through written
submissions under the Commission’s Rules of Modified Procedure Rules 201-204 of the Idaho
Public Utilities Commission’s Rules of Procedure, IDAPA 31.01.01.201-204. The Commission
notes that Modified Procedure and written comments have proven to be an effective means for
obtaining public input and participation.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons desiring to state a position on this
Application may file a written comment explaining why they support or oppose the Application.
Persons who would like a hearing must specifically request a hearing in their written comments.
Persons shall have until December 20, 2022, to file written comments. Comments must be filed
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through the Commission’s website or by e-mail unless computer access is unavailable. To
comment electronically, please access the Commission’s website at www.puc.idaho.gov. Click the
“Case Comment Form” and complete the form using the case number as it appears on the front of
this document. To file by e-mail, the customer must e-mail the comments to the Commission
Secretary and the Company at the e-mail addresses listed below. If computer access is unavailable,
then comments may be mailed to the Commission Secretary and Company at these addresses:
For the Idaho Public Utilities
Commission:

Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]

Street Address for Express Mail:

11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714
For Avista:

David Meyer
Shawn Bonfield
Avista Corporation
P.O. Box 3727
1411 E. Mission Ave., MSC 27
Spokane, WA 99220-3727
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the Company must file any reply comments by
January 5, 2023.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if no written comments or protests are received
within the time limit set, the Commission will consider this matter on its merits and enter its order
without a formal hearing. If written comments are received within the time limit set, the
Commission will consider them and, in its discretion, may set the same for formal hearing.
O R D E R
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Company’s Application be processed by Modified
Procedure, Rules 201-204 (IDAPA 31.01.01.201-.204). Persons interested in submitting written
comments must do so by December 20, 2022. The Company must file any reply comments by
January 5, 2023.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that parties comply with Order No. 35375, issued April
21, 2022. Generally, all pleadings should be filed with the Commission electronically and will be
deemed timely filed when received by the Commission Secretary. See Rule 14.02. Service between
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parties should continue to be accomplished electronically when possible. However, voluminous
discovery-related documents may be filed and served on CD-ROM or a USB flash drive.
DONE by Order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission at Boise, Idaho this 4th day
of November 2022.

__________________________________________
ERIC ANDERSON, PRESIDENT

__________________________________________
JOHN CHATBURN, COMMISSIONER

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JOHN R. HAMMOND JR., COMMISSIONER

ATTEST:

Jan Noriyuki
Commission Secretary

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