20170609Status Report.pdf

KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720.0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 5156
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472 W. WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attorney for Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION
OF INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY
FOR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE ITS RATES
AND CHARGES FOR NATURAL GAS
SERVICE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO
CASE NO. INT-G.16.02
COMMISSION STAFF'S STATUS
REPORT REGARDING
RECONSIDERATION OF
WEATHER NORMALIZATION
On May 18, 2017, Intermountain Gas Company petitioned the Commission to
reconsider Final Order No. 33757. Specifically, the Company asked the Commission to
reconsider its findings relating to: (1) the data input into StafPs weather normalization model; (2)
the Commission's preference for Staffs weather normalization model over the Company's
model; (3) the disallowance of certain affiliated operations and maintenance expenses; and (4)
the disallowance of incentive compensation. No one else petitioned for reconsideration on these
or any other issues.
On May 25,2017, Commission Staff filed an Answer to the Company's Petition and
concurred that the Commission should reconsider the weather normalization issues. Stafls
Answer did not address or oppose the Company's request to reconsider the remaining issues, and
Staff does not intend to take a position on those issues in these reconsideration proceedings. No
one else responded to the Company's Petition.
The purpose of this Status Report is to noti$ the Commission that since their
reconsideration filings, the Company and Staff have explored the possibility of meeting in an
effort to resolve the weather normalization issues. Based on these discussions, the Staff and
COMMISSION STAFF'S STATUS REPORT
REGARDING RECONSIDERATION OF
WEATHER NORMALIZATION
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Company recommend that, if the Commission decides to reconsider its weather normalization
findings, then the Commission should begin to do so by directing the Staff, Company, and other
parties who may wish to attend, to meet and confer in an effort to narrow the weather
normalization issues, discuss settlement opportunities, and agree (to the extent possible) on a
remaining schedule. The meeting should occur within two weeks of the Commission's Order.
Following the meeting, the Staff or the Company will report to the Commission on the meeting's
outcome.
Respectfully submittedthis q+\ aavofJune 2017.
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Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General
N:INT-G- I 6-02_kk_Status Report
COMMISSION STAFF'S STATUS REPORT
REGARDING RECONSIDERATION OF
WEATHER NORMALIZATION 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 9th DAY OF JUNE 2017, SERVED
THE FOREGOING COMMISSION STAFF'S STATUS REPORT REGARDING
RECONSIDERATION OF WEATHER NORMALIZATION, IN CASE NO. INT-G-16.
02, BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE FOLLOWING:
MICHAEL P McGRATH
DIR _ REGULATORY AFFAIRS
INTERMOI-]NTAIN GAS CO
PO BOX 7608
BOISE TD 83707
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
BRAD M PURDY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2019 N ITTH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CHAD M STOKES
TOMMY A BROOKS
CABLE HUSTON LLP
IOOI SW 5TH AVE STE 2OOO
PORTLAND OR 97204-1136
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
BENJAMIN J OTTO
ID CONSERVATION LEAGUE
7IO N 6TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
RONALD L WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS BRADBURY
1015 W HAYS ST
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
EDWARD A FINKLEA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NW INDUSTRIAL GAS USERS
545 GRANDVIEW DR
ASHLAND OR 87520
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
ELECTRONIC ONLY
MICHAEL C CREAMER
GIVENS PURSLEY LLP
E-MAIL : [e-mail]
F DIEGO RIVAS
NW ENERGY COALITION
1101 8TH AVENUE
HELENA MT 59601
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
PETER RICHARDSON
GREGORY M ADAMS
RICHARDSON ADAMS PLLC
515 N 27TH STREET
BOISE ID 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
gree@richardsonadams. com
KEN MILLER
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE
PO BOX 1731
BOTSE ID 83701
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
LANNY L ZIEMAN
NATALIE A CEPAK
THOMAS A JERNIGAN
EBONY M PAYTON
AFLOA/JA-ULFSC
139 BARNES DR STE I
TYNDALL AFB FL 32403
E-MAIL : lanny.zieman. 1 @us.af.mil
Natalie. cepak.2@us. af. mil
Thomas.ierniean.3 (Eus.af.mil
Ebony.payton. ctr@us. af.mil
SCOTT DALE BLICKENSTAFF
AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO LLC
195I S SATURN WAY
STE 1OO
BOISE ID 83709
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
ANDREW J UNSICKER MAJ USAF
AFLOA/JACE-ULFSC
139 BARNES DR STE 1
TYNDALL AFB FL 32403
E-MAIL : Andrew.unsicker@us. af.mil
SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE