20170623Report on Reconsideration Meeting.pdf

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KARL T. KLEIN
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO BOX 83720
BOISE, IDAHO 83720.0074
[phone]
IDAHO BAR NO. 5156
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
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CASE NO. INT.G-I6.02
STAFF'S REPORT ON
RECONSIDERATION MEETING
AND PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Street Address for Express Mail
472W, WASHINGTON
BOISE, IDAHO 83702-5918
Attomey for Commission Staff
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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On May IS,20lT,Intermountain Gas Company timely petitioned the Commission to
reconsider Final Order No. 33757 relating to: (l) the data input into Staffs weather
normalization model; (2) the Commission's preference for Staff s weather normalization model
over the Company's model; (3) the disallowance of certain affrliated operations and maintenance
(O&M) expenses; and (a) the disallowance of incentive compensation. On June 15,2017,the
Commission granted reconsideration as to these four issues, and directed the Company, Staff,
and other parties to meet in an effort to narrow disputed facts and issues and explore settlement
possibilities. The Commission also directed the attendees to report back to the Commission with
a recorrmended schedule for any further reconsideration proceedings. In furtherance of that
Order, Staff submits the following report.
On June 22, 20t7, representatives of Staff, the Company, the Northwest Industrial
Gas Users (NWIGU), and Amalgamated Sugar Company met as directed by the Commission.
Based on that meeting, the parties agreed (or at least did not object to) the following proposed
schedule:
STAFF REPORT ON RECONSIDERATION
MEETING AND PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Issues L and 2 (weather normalization): Staff and the Company request additional
time to meet and confer about this matter, with the Commission allowing them flexibility as to
meeting times. The other parties did not object to this recommendation. Staff and the Company
would continue to diligently work to narrow the facts and issues and potentially explore
settlement possibilities, and would report back to the Commission on their progress in time to
allow the Commission to schedule and complete any further process desired by the Commission
(e.g., hearings, filing comments or briefing, etc.) by August 17,2017 (the deadline by which
reconsideration procedures must end). The Commission would still have 28 days from then to
issue its final order on reconsideration.
Issues 3 (disallowance of affiliated expense charges) and 4 (disallowance of
incentive compensation expenses): NWIGU and the Company recorlmend that these issues be
addressed through Modified Procedure, and believe an additional hearing before the Commission
will not be required for these two issues. NWIGU and the Company agreed that the Modified
Procedure schedule for addressing Issues 3 and 4 should be as follows:
o June 30. 2017: Company files its written comments, including any
additional direct evidence, exhibits and/or workpapers regarding affiliated
expense charges and incentive compensation;
o July 28. 2017: Other parties file responses, if any, to the Company's
comments;
August 15. 2017: Company files reply, if any, to other parties' responses.
Respectfully submitted this I 34^,ofJune 2017
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Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attomey General
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STAFF REPORT ON RECONSIDERATION
MEETING AND PROPOSED SCHEDULE 2
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE THIS 23rd DAY OF JUNE 2017,
SERVED THE FOREGOING STAFF'S REPORT ON RECONSIDERATION MEETING
AND PROPOSED SCHEDULE, N CASE NO. INT-G-16-02, BY MAILING A COPY
THEREOF, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE FOLLOWING:
MICHAEL P McGRATH
DIR _ REGULATORY AFFAIRS
INTERMOUNTAIN GAS CO
PO BOX 7608
BOISE ID 83707
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
BRAD M PURDY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
2019 N 17TH STREET
BOISE TD 83702
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
CHAD M STOKES
TOMMY A BROOKS
CABLE HUSTON LLP
1OO1 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
IO15 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: mcc@ givenspursley.com
F DIEGO RIVAS
NW ENERGY COALITION
I IOI 8TH AVENUE
HELENA MT 5960I
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]
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KEN MILLER
SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE
PO BOX 1731
BOISE 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 1
TYNDALL AFB FL 32403
E-MAIL: lanny.zieman. 1 @us.af.mil
Natalie. cepak. 2 @us. af. mi I
Thomas.ierniean.3(Eus.af.mil
Ebony.payton. ctr@us. af. mil
SCOTT DALE BLICKENSTAFF
AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO LLC
I951 S SATURN WAY
STE lOO
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 : [e-mail]
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SECRETARY
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE