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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20220830Decision Memo.pdfDECISION MEMORANDUM I:\Legal\ELECTRIC\AVUE2213_AVUG2205_DSM\memos\AVUE2213_AVUG2205_dec_dh.docx DECISION MEMORANDUM TO: COMMISSIONER ANDERSON COMMISSIONER CHATBURN COMMISSIONER HAMMOND COMMISSION SECRETARY COMMISSION STAFF FROM: DAYN HARDIE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL DATE: AUGUST 30, 2022 SUBJECT: AVISTA CORPORATION’S APPLICATION FOR A DETERMINATION OF 2020-2021 ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPENSES AS PRUDENTLY INCURRED; CASE NOS. AVU-E-22-13 and AVU-G-22-05. 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 or 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 that the Applications be processed by Modified Procedure. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Due to the similarities in each Application, Staff recommends processing the Applications together. Staff also recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21-day intervention deadline. COMMISSION DECISION Does the Commission wish to process the Applications together? Does the Commission also wish to issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Intervention Deadline establishing a 21- day intervention deadline? Dayn Hardie Deputy Attorney General