20171020Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MAMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COIVIMISSION STATF
FROM:CAMILLE CHRISTEN
DEPUTY ATTORNBY GENERAL
DATE: OCTOBER 19,2017
SUBJECT: THE 2017-2021INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN OF
INTBRMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY; CASE NO, INT-G-17-04,
On August 4,201?,Intermountain Gar Company (Conrpany) filed its Integrated
Resource Plan (lRPi for the years 2017-2AU. The Company files an IRP every two years to
describe the Company's plans to meet its customerso future natural gas needs. The IRP must
discuss the subjects required by Commission Order Nos. 25342 , 27A24 and 27098, and Section
303(bX3) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), 15 U.S.C. $ 3202. The
Commission reviews the IRP to ensure that it discusses these subjects and represents a diligent
effort by the Company to plan for the anticipated supply and demand for natural gas.
The Commission issued an Order providing Notice of Application, setting a deadline
for interventions, and directing the parties to confer about a proposed schedule and report their
proposal to the Commission. OrderNo.33870. No petitions for intervention were received.
PARTIES' PROPOSED SCHEDULE
Staff and the Company conferred informally and agreed to the following schedule
under Modified Procedure:
January l2,20l8
February 2,2A18
Comment deadline
Company reply deadline
DECISION MEMORANDUM I
STAFT RECOMMENDATION
Staffrecommends that the Commission issue aNotice of Modified Procedure and
adopt the parties' proposed schedule, with comments due January I2, 2018, and reply comments,
if any, due February 2,2018.
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to issue a Notice of Modified Procedure and adopt thc
parties' proposed schcdule, with comments due January 12,2018, and reply comments, if any,
due February 2, 2018?
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Camille Christen
Deputy Attorney General
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