UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES |
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES |
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Exact name of registrants as specified |
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I.R.S. Employer |
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Commission File |
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in their charters, address of principal |
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Identification |
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executive offices, zip code and telephone number |
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Number |
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1-14465 |
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IDACORP, Inc. |
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82-0505802 |
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1-3198 |
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Idaho Power Company |
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82-0130980 |
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1221 W. Idaho Street |
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Boise, ID 83702-5627 |
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(208) 388-2200 |
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State of Incorporation: Idaho |
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Websites: |
www.idacorpinc.com, |
www.idahopower.com |
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None |
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Former name, former
address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such
reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes X No ___
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on their corporate Web
sites, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit and post such
files). Yes No ___
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated
filers, or smaller reporting companies. See the definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):
IDACORP, Inc.: |
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Idaho Power Company: |
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Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Indicate by check mark whether
the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes ___ No X
Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2009:
IDACORP, Inc.: |
47,248,205 |
Idaho Power Company: |
39,150,812, all held by IDACORP, Inc. |
This combined Form 10-Q
represents separate filings by IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company.
Information contained herein relating to an individual registrant is filed by
that registrant on its own behalf. Idaho Power Company makes no
representations as to the information relating to IDACORP, Inc.s other
operations.
Idaho Power Company meets the
conditions set forth in General Instructions H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and
is therefore filing this Form with the reduced disclosure format.
COMMONLY USED TERMS
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AFUDC |
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Allowance for Funds Used During Construction |
APCU |
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Annual Power Cost Update |
Cal ISO |
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California Independent System Operator |
CalPX |
- |
California Power Exchange |
CAMP |
- |
Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan |
CO2 |
- |
Carbon Dioxide |
EIS |
- |
Environmental impact statement |
EPS |
- |
Earnings per share |
ESA |
- |
Endangered Species Act |
ESPA |
- |
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer |
FASB |
- |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
FERC |
- |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FIN |
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Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation |
Fitch |
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Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
GAAP |
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America |
HCC |
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Hells Canyon Complex |
Ida-West |
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Ida-West Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IDWR |
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Idaho Department of Water Resources |
IE |
- |
IDACORP Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IERCO |
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Idaho Energy Resources Co., a subsidiary of Idaho Power Company |
IFS |
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IDACORP Financial Services, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IPC |
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Idaho Power Company, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IPUC |
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission |
IRP |
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Integrated Resource Plan |
IWRB |
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Idaho Water Resource Board |
kW |
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Kilowatt |
LGAR |
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Load growth adjustment rate |
maf |
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Million acre feet |
MD&A |
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Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
Moodys |
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Moodys Investors Service |
MW |
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Megawatt |
MWh |
- |
Megawatt-hour |
NOx |
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Nitrogen Oxide |
NWRFC |
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National Weather Service Northwest River Forecast Center |
O&M |
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Operations and Maintenance |
OATT |
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Open Access Transmission Tariff |
OPUC |
- |
Oregon Public Utility Commission |
PCA |
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Power Cost Adjustment |
PCAM |
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Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism |
PURPA |
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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 |
REC |
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Renewable Energy Certificate |
RH BART |
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Regional Haze - Best Available Retrofit Technology |
RFP |
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Request for Proposal |
S&P |
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Standard & Poors Ratings Services |
SFAS |
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Statement of Financial Accounting Standards |
SO2 |
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Sulfur Dioxide |
SRBA |
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Snake River Basin Adjudication |
Valmy |
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North Valmy Steam Electric Generating Plant |
VIEs |
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Variable Interest Entities |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I. Financial Information: |
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Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited) |
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IDACORP, Inc.: |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
1 |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
2-3 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
4 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income |
5 |
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Idaho Power Company: |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
6 |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets |
7-8 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capitalization |
9 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
10 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income |
11 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
12-39 |
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Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
40-41 |
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial |
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Condition and Results of Operations |
42-86 |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
86-87 |
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures |
87 |
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Part II. Other Information: |
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings |
88 |
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Item 1A. Risk Factors |
88-89 |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
89-90 |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
90 |
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Item 6. Exhibits |
90-98 |
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Signatures |
99 |
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Exhibit Index |
100 |
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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements
intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
should be read with the cautionary statements and important factors included in
this Form 10-Q at Part I, Item 2, Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Forward-Looking Information.
Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical
fact, including without limitation those that are identified by the use of the
words anticipates, believes, estimates, expects, intends, plans, predicts,
projects, may result, may continue and similar expressions.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
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June 30, |
June 30, |
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2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
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(thousands of dollars except |
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Operating Revenues: |
for per share amounts) |
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Electric utility: |
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General business |
$ |
198,215 |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
386,142 |
$ |
356,060 |
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Off-system sales |
26,667 |
25,641 |
55,198 |
59,004 |
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Other revenues |
17,636 |
14,556 |
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29,207 |
26,676 |
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Total electric utility revenues |
242,518 |
228,945 |
470,547 |
441,740 |
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Other |
1,116 |
1,281 |
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1,661 |
1,925 |
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Total operating revenues |
243,634 |
230,226 |
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472,208 |
443,665 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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Electric utility: |
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Purchased power |
25,091 |
50,089 |
57,886 |
95,387 |
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Fuel expense |
24,475 |
28,681 |
63,608 |
65,918 |
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Third-party transmission expense |
1,776 |
1,903 |
2,682 |
2,399 |
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Power cost adjustment |
26,762 |
(829) |
42,621 |
(18,573) |
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Other operations and maintenance |
74,653 |
73,714 |
143,422 |
142,144 |
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Energy efficiency programs |
8,673 |
3,928 |
12,731 |
7,293 |
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Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(60) |
(346) |
(289) |
(346) |
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Depreciation |
26,832 |
26,617 |
52,795 |
52,367 |
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Taxes other than income taxes |
5,088 |
4,800 |
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10,150 |
9,603 |
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Total electric utility expenses |
193,290 |
188,557 |
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385,606 |
356,192 |
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Other expense |
872 |
1,140 |
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1,495 |
2,187 |
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Total operating expenses |
194,162 |
189,697 |
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387,101 |
358,379 |
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Operating Income (Loss): |
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Electric utility |
49,228 |
40,388 |
84,941 |
85,548 |
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Other |
244 |
141 |
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166 |
(262) |
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Total operating income |
49,472 |
40,529 |
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85,107 |
85,286 |
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Other Income, net |
4,058 |
4,302 |
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10,979 |
8,044 |
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Losses of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments |
(2,620) |
(3,278) |
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(2,218) |
(7,314) |
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Interest Expense: |
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Interest on long-term debt |
18,282 |
15,744 |
34,922 |
32,621 |
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Other interest expense, net of AFUDC |
(117) |
1,313 |
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719 |
1,909 |
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Total interest expense |
18,165 |
17,057 |
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35,641 |
34,530 |
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Income Before Income Taxes |
32,745 |
24,496 |
58,227 |
51,486 |
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Income Tax Expense |
5,175 |
6,941 |
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11,970 |
12,526 |
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Net Income |
27,570 |
17,555 |
46,257 |
38,960 |
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Adjustment for (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(95) |
(40) |
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102 |
271 |
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Net Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
27,475 |
$ |
17,515 |
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$ |
46,359 |
$ |
39,231 |
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (000s) |
46,958 |
45,052 |
46,895 |
45,003 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted (000s) |
46,977 |
45,155 |
46,927 |
45,101 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock: |
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Earnings Attributable to IDACORP, Inc.-Basic |
$ |
0.59 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
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Earnings Attributable to IDACORP, Inc.-Diluted |
$ |
0.58 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
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Dividends Paid Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.60 |
$ |
0.60 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
June 30, |
December 31, |
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2009 |
2008 |
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Assets |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
16,002 |
$ |
8,828 |
Receivables: |
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Customer |
70,777 |
64,733 |
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Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(1,247) |
(1,724) |
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Other |
14,226 |
10,439 |
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Taxes receivable |
99 |
18,111 |
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Accrued unbilled revenues |
48,265 |
43,934 |
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Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
51,251 |
50,121 |
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Fuel stock (at average cost) |
23,331 |
16,852 |
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Prepayments |
9,493 |
10,059 |
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Deferred income taxes |
14,731 |
37,550 |
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Other |
8,602 |
7,381 |
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Total current assets |
255,530 |
266,284 |
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Investments |
193,548 |
198,552 |
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Property, Plant and Equipment: |
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Utility plant in service |
4,107,992 |
4,030,134 |
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Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,540,469) |
(1,505,120) |
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Utility plant in service - net |
2,567,523 |
2,525,014 |
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Construction work in progress |
201,155 |
207,662 |
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Utility plant held for future use |
6,653 |
6,318 |
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Other property, net of accumulated depreciation |
19,157 |
19,171 |
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Property, plant and equipment - net |
2,794,488 |
2,758,165 |
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Other Assets: |
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American Falls and Milner water rights |
24,747 |
26,332 |
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Company-owned life insurance |
28,812 |
29,482 |
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Regulatory assets |
693,366 |
696,332 |
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Long-term receivables (net of allowance of $1,684 and $2,478) |
5,204 |
4,012 |
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Other |
46,981 |
43,686 |
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Total other assets |
799,110 |
799,844 |
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Total |
$ |
4,042,676 |
$ |
4,022,845 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
June 30, |
December 31, |
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2009 |
2008 |
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Liabilities and Shareholders Equity |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Current maturities of long-term debt |
$ |
83,502 |
$ |
86,528 |
Notes payable |
79,099 |
151,250 |
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Accounts payable |
66,038 |
96,785 |
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Interest accrued |
17,919 |
16,727 |
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Other |
44,069 |
44,378 |
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Total current liabilities |
290,627 |
395,668 |
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Other Liabilities: |
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Deferred income taxes |
512,978 |
515,719 |
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Regulatory liabilities |
292,378 |
276,266 |
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Other |
332,626 |
344,870 |
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Total other liabilities |
1,137,982 |
1,136,855 |
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Long-Term Debt |
1,283,570 |
1,183,451 |
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Commitments and Contingencies |
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Shareholders Equity: |
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IDACORP, Inc. shareholders equity: |
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Common stock, no par value (shares authorized 120,000,000; |
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47,264,189 and 46,929,203 shares issued, respectively) |
734,880 |
729,576 |
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Retained earnings |
599,735 |
581,605 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(8,179) |
(8,707) |
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Treasury stock (15,984 and 9,022 shares at cost, respectively) |
(21) |
(37) |
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Total IDACORP, Inc. shareholders equity |
1,326,415 |
1,302,437 |
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Noncontrolling interest |
4,082 |
4,434 |
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Total shareholders equity |
1,330,497 |
1,306,871 |
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Total |
$ |
4,042,676 |
$ |
4,022,845 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
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June 30, |
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2009 |
2008 |
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Operating Activities: |
(thousands of dollars) |
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Net income |
$ |
46,257 |
$ |
38,960 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
55,434 |
57,050 |
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Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
7,548 |
16,777 |
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Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
38,358 |
(24,824) |
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Non-cash pension expense |
2,209 |
1,274 |
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Losses of equity method investments |
2,218 |
7,314 |
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Distributions from equity method investments |
7,710 |
- |
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Gain on sale of assets |
(412) |
(3,382) |
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Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
(358) |
748 |
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Change in: |
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Accounts receivable and prepayments |
(8,869) |
1,967 |
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Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
(28,293) |
(13,462) |
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Taxes accrued |
18,155 |
(5,255) |
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Other current assets |
(11,940) |
(25,921) |
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Other current liabilities |
(1,464) |
3,655 |
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Other assets |
(1,831) |
459 |
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Other liabilities |
(14,090) |
(1,861) |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
110,632 |
53,499 |
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Investing Activities: |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment |
(100,271) |
(125,373) |
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Proceeds from the sale of non-utility assets |
2,250 |
5,690 |
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Investments in affordable housing |
(6,174) |
(8,486) |
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Proceeds from the sale of emission allowances |
2,341 |
833 |
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Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
- |
(8,725) |
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Proceeds from the sale of investments |
8,965 |
- |
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Purchase of held-to-maturity securities |
- |
(965) |
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Maturity of held-to-maturity securities |
- |
2,735 |
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Withdrawal of refundable deposit for tax related liabilities |
- |
20,000 |
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Other |
(3,319) |
(1,524) |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
(96,208) |
(115,815) |
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Financing Activities: |
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Increase in term loans |
- |
170,000 |
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Issuance of long-term debt |
100,000 |
- |
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Retirement of long-term debt |
(8,735) |
(6,317) |
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Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
- |
(166,100) |
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Dividends on common stock |
(28,230) |
(26,985) |
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Net change in short-term borrowings |
(72,151) |
89,076 |
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Issuance of common stock |
4,927 |
4,295 |
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Acquisition of treasury stock |
(1,408) |
(281) |
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Other |
(1,653) |
(414) |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(7,250) |
63,274 |
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
7,174 |
958 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |
8,828 |
7,966 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |
$ |
16,002 |
$ |
8,924 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
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Cash paid (refunded) during the period for: |
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Income taxes |
$ |
(11,785) |
$ |
5 |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
32,956 |
$ |
33,824 |
Non-cash investing activities |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment in accounts payable |
$ |
5,578 |
$ |
9,960 |
Investments in affordable housing |
$ |
6,000 |
$ |
- |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
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June 30, |
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2009 |
2008 |
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(thousands of dollars) |
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Net Income |
$ |
27,570 |
$ |
17,555 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
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Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
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Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period, |
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net of tax of $734 and ($181) |
1,143 |
(281) |
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Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
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of $87 and $67 |
136 |
103 |
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Total Comprehensive Income |
28,849 |
17,377 |
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Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(95) |
(40) |
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Comprehensive Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
28,754 |
$ |
17,337 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Six months ended |
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June 30, |
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2009 |
2008 |
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(thousands of dollars) |
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Net Income |
$ |
46,257 |
$ |
38,960 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
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Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
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Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period, |
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net of tax of $164 and ($888) |
256 |
(1,384) |
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Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
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of $174 and $133 |
272 |
207 |
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Total Comprehensive Income |
46,785 |
37,783 |
||
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
102 |
271 |
||
Comprehensive Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
46,887 |
$ |
38,054 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
5
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||||
June 30, |
|
June 30, |
|||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
|
2009 |
2008 |
||||
(thousands of dollars) |
|||||||||
Operating Revenues: |
|||||||||
General business |
$ |
198,215 |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
386,142 |
$ |
356,060 |
|
Off-system sales |
26,667 |
25,641 |
55,198 |
59,004 |
|||||
Other revenues |
17,636 |
14,556 |
|
29,207 |
26,676 |
||||
Total operating revenues |
242,518 |
228,945 |
|
470,547 |
441,740 |
||||
Operating Expenses: |
|||||||||
Operation: |
|||||||||
Purchased power |
25,091 |
50,089 |
57,886 |
95,387 |
|||||
Fuel expense |
24,475 |
28,681 |
63,608 |
65,918 |
|||||
Third-party transmission expense |
1,776 |
1,903 |
2,682 |
2,399 |
|||||
Power cost adjustment |
26,762 |
(829) |
42,621 |
(18,573) |
|||||
Other |
54,613 |
53,575 |
106,925 |
107,732 |
|||||
Energy efficiency programs |
8,673 |
3,928 |
12,731 |
7,293 |
|||||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(60) |
(346) |
(289) |
(346) |
|||||
Maintenance |
20,040 |
20,139 |
36,497 |
34,412 |
|||||
Depreciation |
26,832 |
26,617 |
52,795 |
52,367 |
|||||
Taxes other than income taxes |
5,088 |
4,800 |
|
10,150 |
9,603 |
||||
Total operating expenses |
193,290 |
188,557 |
|
385,606 |
356,192 |
||||
Income from Operations |
49,228 |
40,388 |
|
84,941 |
85,548 |
||||
Other Income (Expense): |
|||||||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction |
1,734 |
232 |
2,498 |
1,129 |
|||||
Earnings (losses) of unconsolidated equity-method |
|||||||||
investments |
(649) |
(1,070) |
2,653 |
(1,866) |
|||||
Other income, net |
1,648 |
3,839 |
|
7,944 |
6,599 |
||||
Total other income |
2,733 |
3,001 |
|
13,095 |
5,862 |
||||
Interest Charges: |
|||||||||
Interest on long-term debt |
18,268 |
15,409 |
34,835 |
31,952 |
|||||
Other interest |
1,350 |
2,252 |
2,929 |
4,146 |
|||||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction |
(1,658) |
(1,479) |
|
(2,785) |
(3,417) |
||||
Total interest charges |
17,960 |
16,182 |
|
34,979 |
32,681 |
||||
Income Before Income Taxes |
34,001 |
27,207 |
63,057 |
58,729 |
|||||
Income Tax Expense |
7,675 |
9,479 |
|
17,447 |
19,730 |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
26,326 |
$ |
17,728 |
|
$ |
45,610 |
$ |
38,999 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
6
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
June 30, |
December 31, |
|||
|
2009 |
2008 |
||
Assets |
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Electric Plant: |
||||
In service (at original cost) |
$ |
4,107,992 |
$ |
4,030,134 |
Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,540,469) |
(1,505,120) |
||
In service - net |
2,567,523 |
2,525,014 |
||
Construction work in progress |
201,155 |
207,662 |
||
Held for future use |
6,653 |
6,318 |
||
Electric plant - net |
2,775,331 |
2,738,994 |
||
|
||||
Investments and Other Property |
102,204 |
106,057 |
||
|
||||
Current Assets: |
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
11,523 |
3,141 |
||
Receivables: |
||||
Customer |
70,777 |
64,433 |
||
Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(1,247) |
(1,724) |
||
Other |
12,375 |
7,947 |
||
Taxes receivable |
7,013 |
41,363 |
||
Accrued unbilled revenues |
48,265 |
43,934 |
||
Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
51,251 |
50,121 |
||
Fuel stock (at average cost) |
23,331 |
16,852 |
||
Prepayments |
9,287 |
9,865 |
||
Deferred income taxes |
3,914 |
3,852 |
||
Other |
7,752 |
4,968 |
||
Total current assets |
244,241 |
244,752 |
||
Deferred Debits: |
||||
American Falls and Milner water rights |
24,747 |
26,332 |
||
Company-owned life insurance |
28,812 |
29,482 |
||
Regulatory assets |
693,366 |
696,332 |
||
Other |
46,148 |
42,907 |
||
Total deferred debits |
793,073 |
795,053 |
||
Total |
$ |
3,914,849 |
$ |
3,884,856 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
7
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
June 30, |
December 31, |
|||
|
2009 |
2008 |
||
Capitalization and Liabilities |
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Capitalization: |
||||
Common stock equity: |
||||
Common stock, $2.50 par value (50,000,000 shares |
||||
authorized; 39,150,812 shares outstanding) |
$ |
97,877 |
$ |
97,877 |
Premium on capital stock |
618,758 |
618,758 |
||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
||
Retained earnings |
499,281 |
482,047 |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(8,179) |
(8,707) |
||
Total common stock equity |
1,205,640 |
1,187,878 |
||
Long-term debt |
1,279,570 |
1,180,691 |
||
Total capitalization |
2,485,210 |
2,368,569 |
||
|
||||
Current Liabilities: |
||||
Long-term debt due within one year |
81,064 |
81,064 |
||
Notes payable |
36,730 |
112,850 |
||
Accounts payable |
64,014 |
96,268 |
||
Notes and accounts payable to related parties |
1,238 |
768 |
||
Interest accrued |
17,902 |
16,675 |
||
Other |
43,305 |
43,274 |
||
Total current liabilities |
244,253 |
350,899 |
||
|
||||
Deferred Credits: |
||||
Deferred income taxes |
563,104 |
547,159 |
||
Regulatory liabilities |
292,378 |
276,266 |
||
Other |
329,904 |
341,963 |
||
Total deferred credits |
1,185,386 |
1,165,388 |
||
|
||||
Commitments and Contingencies |
||||
Total |
$ |
3,914,849 |
$ |
3,884,856 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
8
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capitalization
(unaudited)
June 30, |
December 31, |
|||||
|
2009 |
% |
2008 |
% |
||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||||
Common Stock Equity: |
||||||
Common stock |
$ |
97,877 |
$ |
97,877 |
||
Premium on capital stock |
618,758 |
618,758 |
||||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
||||
Retained earnings |
499,281 |
482,047 |
||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(8,179) |
|
(8,707) |
|
||
Total common stock equity |
1,205,640 |
49 |
1,187,878 |
50 |
||
Long-Term Debt: |
||||||
First mortgage bonds: |
||||||
7.20% Series due 2009 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
||||
6.60% Series due 2011 |
120,000 |
120,000 |
||||
4.75% Series due 2012 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
||||
4.25% Series due 2013 |
70,000 |
70,000 |
||||
6.025% Series due 2018 |
120,000 |
120,000 |
||||
6.15% Series Due 2019 |
100,000 |
- |
||||
6 % Series due 2032 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
||||
5.50% Series due 2033 |
70,000 |
70,000 |
||||
5.50% Series due 2034 |
50,000 |
50,000 |
||||
5.875% Series due 2034 |
55,000 |
55,000 |
||||
5.30% Series due 2035 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
||||
6.30% Series due 2037 |
140,000 |
140,000 |
||||
6.25% Series due 2037 |
100,000 |
|
100,000 |
|
||
Total first mortgage bonds |
1,165,000 |
|
1,065,000 |
|
||
Amount due within one year |
(80,000) |
|
(80,000) |
|
||
Net first mortgage bonds |
1,085,000 |
|
985,000 |
|
||
Pollution control revenue bonds: |
||||||
Variable Rate Series 2003 due 2024 |
49,800 |
49,800 |
||||
Variable Rate Series 2006 due 2026 |
116,300 |
116,300 |
||||
Variable Rate Series 2000 due 2027 |
4,360 |
4,360 |
||||
Total pollution control revenue bonds |
170,460 |
|
170,460 |
|
||
American Falls bond guarantee |
19,885 |
19,885 |
||||
Milner Dam note guarantee |
8,509 |
9,573 |
||||
Note guarantee due within one year |
(1,064) |
(1,064) |
||||
Unamortized premium/discount - net |
(3,220) |
(3,163) |
||||
Term Loan Credit Facility |
166,100 |
166,100 |
||||
Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
(166,100) |
|
(166,100) |
|
||
Total long-term debt |
1,279,570 |
51 |
1,180,691 |
50 |
||
Total Capitalization |
$ |
2,485,210 |
100 |
$ |
2,368,569 |
100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
9
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
Six months ended |
||||
June 30, |
||||
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Operating Activities: |
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Net income |
$ |
45,610 |
$ |
38,999 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|||
Depreciation and amortization |
55,030 |
56,650 |
||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
3,354 |
16,050 |
||
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
38,358 |
(24,824) |
||
Non-cash pension expense |
2,209 |
1,274 |
||
(Earnings) losses of equity method investments |
(2,653) |
1,866 |
||
Distributions from equity method investments |
7,460 |
- |
||
Gain on sale of assets |
(412) |
(3,381) |
||
Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
(1,350) |
(1,497) |
||
Change in: |
||||
Accounts receivables and prepayments |
(8,665) |
3,142 |
||
Accounts payable |
(29,800) |
(13,102) |
||
Taxes accrued |
34,350 |
9,650 |
||
Other current assets |
(11,940) |
(25,921) |
||
Other current liabilities |
(1,234) |
3,650 |
||
Other assets |
(1,831) |
456 |
||
Other liabilities |
(14,094) |
(1,608) |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
114,392 |
61,404 |
||
Investing Activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant |
(100,271) |
(125,373) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of non-utility assets |
2,250 |
5,690 |
||
Proceeds from sale of emission allowances |
2,341 |
833 |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
- |
(8,725) |
||
Withdrawal of refundable deposit for tax related liabilities |
- |
20,000 |
||
Other |
(3,359) |
(1,515) |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(99,039) |
(109,090) |
||
Financing Activities: |
||||
Increase in term loans |
- |
170,000 |
||
Issuance of long-term debt |
100,000 |
- |
||
Retirement of long-term debt |
(1,064) |
(1,064) |
||
Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
- |
(166,100) |
||
Dividends on common stock |
(28,376) |
(27,084) |
||
Net change in short term borrowings |
(76,120) |
73,764 |
||
Other |
(1,411) |
(413) |
||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(6,971) |
49,103 |
||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
8,382 |
1,417 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |
3,141 |
5,347 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |
$ |
11,523 |
$ |
6,764 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
||||
Cash paid (received) during the period for: |
||||
Income taxes received from parent |
$ |
(18,286) |
$ |
(6,996) |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
32,380 |
$ |
32,026 |
Non-cash investing activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant in accounts payable |
$ |
5,578 |
$ |
9,960 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
10
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Three months ended |
||||
June 30, |
||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
26,326 |
$ |
17,728 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
||||
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of $734 and ($181) |
1,143 |
(281) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $87 and $67 |
136 |
103 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
27,605 |
$ |
17,550 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Six months ended |
||||
June 30, |
||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
45,610 |
$ |
38,999 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
||||
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of $164 and ($888) |
256 |
(1,384) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $174 and $133 |
272 |
207 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
46,138 |
$ |
37,822 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
11
IDACORP, INC. AND IDAHO
POWER COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of
IDACORP, Inc. (IDACORP) and Idaho Power Company (IPC). These Notes to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements apply to both IDACORP and IPC.
However, IPC makes no representation as to the information relating to IDACORPs
other operations.
Nature of Business
IDACORP is a holding company formed in 1998
whose principal operating subsidiary is IPC. IDACORP is subject to the
provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, which provides
certain access to books and records to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) and state utility regulatory commissions and imposes certain record
retention and reporting requirements on IDACORP.
IPC is an electric utility with a service territory covering
approximately 24,000 square miles in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. IPC is
regulated by the FERC and the state regulatory commissions of Idaho and
Oregon. IPC is the parent of Idaho Energy Resources Co. (IERCo), a joint
venturer in Bridger Coal Company, which supplies coal to the Jim Bridger
generating plant owned in part by IPC.
IDACORPs other subsidiaries include:
IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments;
Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West), an operator of small hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA); and
IDACORP Energy (IE), a marketer of energy commodities, which wound down operations in 2003.
Principles of Consolidation
IDACORPs and IPCs condensed consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of each company, the subsidiaries that the companies control, and any
variable interest entities (VIEs) for which the companies are the primary
beneficiaries. All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in
consolidation. Investments in subsidiaries that the companies do not control
and investments in VIEs for which the companies are not the primary
beneficiaries, but have the ability to exercise significant influence over
operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method of
accounting.
The entities that IDACORP and IPC consolidate consist
primarily of the wholly-owned subsidiaries discussed above. In addition,
IDACORP consolidates one VIE, Marysville Hydro Partners (Marysville), which is
a joint venture owned 50 percent by Ida-West, and 50 percent by Environmental
Energy Company (EEC). Marysville has approximately $25 million of assets,
primarily a small hydroelectric plant, and approximately $17 million of
intercompany long-term debt, which is eliminated in consolidation. For this
joint venture, Ida-West is considered the primary beneficiary because the
ownership of the intercompany note results in it absorbing a majority of the
expected losses of the entity.
Through IFS, IDACORP also holds variable interests in VIEs for which it is not the primary beneficiary. These VIEs are affordable housing and historic rehabilitation developments in which IFS holds limited partnership interests ranging from five to 99 percent. These investments are not consolidated because IFS does not absorb a majority of the expected losses of these entities, either because of specific provisions in the partnership agreements or due to not owning a majority interest. These investments were acquired between 1996 and 2009, and are presented as Investments on IDACORPs condensed consolidated balance sheets. IFSs maximum exposure to loss in these developments is limited to its net carrying value, which was $81 million at June 30, 2009.
12
Financial Statements
In the opinion of IDACORP and IPC, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their consolidated financial positions as of June 30, 2009, and consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, and 2008, and consolidated cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2009, and 2008. These adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. These financial statements do not contain the complete detail or footnote disclosure concerning accounting policies and other matters that would be included in full-year financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in IDACORPs and IPCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Subsequent Events
In the preparation of these financial
statements, IDACORP and IPC evaluate all subsequent events that provide
additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance
sheet. Subsequent events were evaluated through August 6, 2009, up to the time
the financial statements were issued.
Other expense was combined with the other income line in IDACORPs and IPCs condensed consolidated statements of income to present information in a more condensed manner;
Third-party transmission expense was broken out from electric utility other operations and maintenance in IDACORPs condensed consolidated statements of income and from other operation in IPCs condensed consolidated statements of income because third-party transmission costs are now treated as a power supply cost in the power cost adjustment (PCA);
Employee notes current was combined with other current receivables and employee notes long-term was combined with other non-current assets in IDACORPs and IPCs condensed consolidated balance sheets due to the employee notes becoming an immaterial balance; and
Uncertain tax positions was combined with other current liabilities in IDACORPs and IPCs condensed consolidated balance sheets due to the uncertain tax positions becoming an immaterial balance.
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
In January 2009, IDACORP adopted FASB Staff
Position (FSP) EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based
Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities. Under the guidance in
FSP EITF 03-6-1, unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable
rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are
participating securities and shall be included in the computation of EPS
pursuant to the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128, Earnings per
Share. Prior-period EPS data has been adjusted retrospectively. FSP EITF
03-6-1 did not have a material impact on IDACORPs or IPCs condensed
consolidated financial statements.
The following table
presents the computation of IDACORPs basic and diluted earnings per share for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands, except for
per share amounts):
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
|||||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
|||||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|||||||
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
27,475 |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
46,359 |
$ |
39,231 |
||
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic |
|
46,958 |
|
45,052 |
|
46,895 |
|
45,003 |
||
|
Effect of dilutive securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
Options |
|
9 |
|
47 |
|
11 |
|
48 |
|
|
|
Restricted Stock |
|
10 |
|
56 |
|
21 |
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding diluted |
|
46,977 |
|
45,155 |
|
46,927 |
|
45,101 |
Basic earnings per share |
$ |
0.59 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
|||
Diluted earnings per share |
$ |
0.58 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
|||
13
The diluted EPS computation excluded 685,581 and 686,533
options for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, because
the options exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the
common stock during those periods. For the same periods last year, 482,000
options were excluded from the diluted EPS computation for the same reason. In
total, 649,281 options were outstanding at June 30, 2009, with expiration dates
between 2010 and 2015.
Adoption of SFAS 160
IDACORP and IPC adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements an
amendment of ARB No. 51, on January 1, 2009. This guidance provides
accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in a
consolidated subsidiary (previously referred to as minority interests) and
clarifies that noncontrolling interests should be reported as equity on the
consolidated financial statements. As a result of adopting this guidance,
IDACORP has disclosed in its financial statements the portion of equity and net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interests in consolidated
subsidiaries and has reclassified $4 million of noncontrolling interests from
other liabilities to shareholders equity on the December 31, 2008, balance
sheet. IPC does not have any noncontrolling interests. The adoption of this
guidance modifies financial statements presentation, but does not impact
financial statement results.
Shareholders Equity
The following table presents a reconciliation
of the carrying amount of shareholders equity (in thousands):
Attributable to |
||||||||||
Attributable to |
noncontrolling |
|||||||||
IDACORP, Inc. |
interests |
Total |
||||||||
Shareholders equity at January 1, 2009 |
$ |
1,302,437 |
$ |
4,434 |
$ |
1,306,871 |
||||
Net income (loss) |
46,359 |
(102) |
46,257 |
|||||||
Common stock dividends |
(28,230) |
- |
(28,230) |
|||||||
Common stock issuances |
5,250 |
- |
5,250 |
|||||||
Common stock acquired |
(869) |
- |
(869) |
|||||||
Unrealized holding gains on securities |
256 |
- |
256 |
|||||||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment |
272 |
- |
272 |
|||||||
Other |
940 |
(250) |
690 |
|||||||
Shareholders equity at June 30, 2009 |
$ |
1,326,415 |
$ |
4,082 |
$ |
1,330,497 |
||||
Shareholders equity at January 1, 2008 |
$ |
1,207,315 |
$ |
4,478 |
$ |
1,211,793 |
||||
Net income (loss) |
39,231 |
(271) |
38,960 |
|||||||
Common stock dividends |
(27,081) |
- |
(27,081) |
|||||||
Common stock issuances |
4,392 |
- |
4,392 |
|||||||
Common stock acquired |
(280) |
- |
(280) |
|||||||
Unrealized holding losses on securities |
(1,384) |
- |
(1,384) |
|||||||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment |
207 |
- |
207 |
|||||||
Other |
2,248 |
(7) |
2,241 |
|||||||
Shareholders equity at June 30, 2008 |
$ |
1,224,648 |
$ |
4,200 |
$ |
1,228,848 |
||||
Allowance for Funds Used during Construction
AFUDC represents the cost of financing construction projects with borrowed
funds and equity funds. With one exception, cash is not realized currently
from such allowance, it is realized under the rate-making process over the
service life of the related property through increased revenues resulting from
a higher rate base and higher depreciation expense. The component of AFUDC
attributable to borrowed funds is included as a reduction to interest expense,
while the equity component is included in other income. Beginning in February
2009, the IPUC has provided for the current collection of AFUDC in base rates
for a specific capital project, as discussed in Note 6, Regulatory Matters.
Revenues
Operating revenues for IPC related to the sale of energy are generally
recorded when service is rendered or energy is delivered to customers. IPC
accrues unbilled revenues for electric services delivered to customers but not
yet billed at period-end. IPC collects franchise fees and similar taxes
related to energy
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consumption. These amounts are recorded as liabilities until
paid to the taxing authority. None of these collections are reported on the
income statement as revenue or expense. Beginning in February 2009, IPC is
collecting AFUDC in base rates for a specific capital project, as discussed in
Note 6, Regulatory Matters. Cash collected is recorded as a regulatory
liability.
New Accounting Pronouncements
FSP FAS 132(R)-1: In December 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) issued FSP FAS 132(R)-1, Employers Disclosures about
Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets. This standard will require companies
to provide users of financial statements with an understanding of: a) how
investment allocation decisions are made, including the factors that are
pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies; b) the
major categories of plan assets; c) the inputs and valuation techniques used to
measure the fair value of plan assets; d) the effect of fair value measurements
using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) on changes in plan assets for
the period; and e) significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. FSP
FAS 132(R)-1 is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009.
IDACORP and IPC do not expect the adoption of FSP FAS 132-(R)-1 to have a
material effect on their consolidated financial statements.
SFAS 166: In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 166, Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets, which amends the derecognition guidance
in SFAS 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and
Derecognition of Liabilities. SFAS 166 addresses issues entities have
encountered when applying SFAS 140 and addresses concerns expressed by the SEC,
members of Congress, and financial statement users about the accounting and
disclosures required by SFAS 140 in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis
and the deterioration in the global credit markets. For IDACORP and IPC, SFAS
166 is effective for financial asset transfers occurring on or after January 1,
2010 and early adoption is prohibited. IDACORP and IPC do not expect the
adoption of SFAS 166 to have a material effect on their consolidated financial
statements.
SFAS 167: In June 2009 the FASB issued SFAS 167, Amendments
to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R), which amends the consolidation guidance
that applies to VIEs. The amendments will significantly affect the overall
consolidation analysis under Interpretation 46(R). SFAS 167 will require
IDACORP and IPC to reconsider their previous FIN46(R) conclusions, including
(1) whether an entity is a VIE, (2) whether the enterprise is the VIEs primary
beneficiary, and (3) what type of financial statement disclosures are
required. For IDACORP and IPC, SFAS 167 is effective as of January 1, 2010,
and early adoption is prohibited. IDACORP and IPC are currently assessing the
impact of SFAS 167 on their consolidated financial statements.
SFAS 168: In June 2009 the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM and the Hierarchy
of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification will become the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental
entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of
federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP to SEC registrants.
On the effective date of this statement, the Codification supersedes all then-existing
non-SEC accounting and reporting standards and all other nongrandfathered, non-SEC
accounting literature not included in the codification will become nonauthoritative.
This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. As SFAS 168 is not intended to
change or alter existing GAAP, it will not impact IDACORPs or IPCs results of
operations, cash flows or financial positions. The companies will adjust
historical GAAP references in their third quarter 2009 Form 10-Q to reflect
accounting guidance references included in the codification.
2. INCOME TAXES:
In accordance with interim reporting requirements, IDACORP and IPC use an estimated annual effective tax rate for computing their provisions for income taxes. IDACORPs effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2009, was 20.5 percent, compared to 24.2 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008. IPCs effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2009, was 27.7 percent, compared to 33.6 percent for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in the 2009 estimated annual effective tax rates from 2008 was primarily due to an examination settlement, state bonus depreciation, and timing and amount of
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other regulatory flow-through tax
adjustments at IPC. The decreases were partially offset by additional income
tax expense from greater pre-tax earnings at IDACORP and IPC, and lower tax
credits from IFS.
In April 2009, the State of Idaho adopted the federal bonus
depreciation provisions enacted as part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. IPCs regulatory tax accounting method allows for
the flow-through of certain state tax adjustments, including accelerated
depreciation. Due to the application of the bonus depreciation provision, IPC
was able to reduce its income tax expense by $1.5 million as of June 30, 2009.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) completed its examination
of IDACORPs 2006 tax year in May 2009. The 2006 examination report was
submitted for U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) review in June.
In July, the JCT completed its review and accepted the report without change.
As of June 30, 2009, IDACORP considered all uncertain tax positions related to
its 2006 tax year effectively settled and decreased IPCs liability for
unrecognized tax benefits by $1.3 million.
In March 2009, the JCT completed its review of IDACORPs
2001-2004 uniform capitalization appeals settlement and 2005 IRS examination
report. The JCT accepted both items without change. IDACORP considered these
matters effectively settled in 2008 and recorded the related financial effects
in its December 31, 2008 financial statements.
The IRS began its examination of IDACORPs 2007-2008 tax
years in July 2009. In May 2009, IDACORP formally entered the IRS Compliance
Assurance Process (CAP) program for its 2009 tax year. The CAP program
provides for IRS examination throughout the year. The 2007-2009 examinations
are expected to be completed in 2010. IDACORP and IPC are unable to predict
the outcome of these examinations.
3. COMMON STOCK AND
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION:
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, IDACORP entered
into the following transactions involving its common stock:
102,128 original issue shares and 24,948 treasury shares were used for awards granted under the 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan.
28,518 original issue shares and 22,550 treasury shares were used for awards granted under the Restricted Stock Plan.
12,936 treasury shares were used for the annual stock grant to directors under the Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan.
204,340 original issue shares were issued under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and the Employee Savings Plan.
IDACORP has three share-based compensation plans. IDACORPs
employee plans are the 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan (LTICP)
and the Restricted Stock Plan (RSP). These plans are intended to align
employee and shareholder objectives related to IDACORPs long-term growth.
IDACORP also has one non-employee plan, the Non-Employee Directors Stock
Compensation Plan (DSP). The purpose of the DSP is to increase directors
stock ownership through stock-based compensation.
The LTICP for officers, key employees and directors permits
the grant of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance
units, performance shares and other awards. The RSP permits only the grant of
restricted stock or performance-based restricted stock. At June 30, 2009, the
maximum number of shares available under the LTICP and RSP were 1,586,556 and
21,677, respectively.
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The following table shows the compensation cost recognized
in income and the tax benefits resulting from these plans, as well as the
amounts allocated to IPC for those costs associated with IPCs employees (in
thousands of dollars). No equity compensation costs have been capitalized:
|
IDACORP |
IPC |
|
|||||||
|
Six months ended |
Six months ended |
|
|||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
|
|||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|
|||||
Compensation cost |
$ |
1,929 |
$ |
2,289 |
$ |
1,829 |
$ |
2,160 |
||
Income tax benefit |
$ |
754 |
$ |
895 |
$ |
715 |
$ |
845 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Stock awards: Restricted stock awards have vesting
periods of up to three years. Restricted stock awards entitle the recipients
to dividends and voting rights, and unvested shares are restricted as to
disposition and subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances. The fair
value of restricted stock awards is measured based on the market price of the
underlying common stock on the date of grant and is charged to compensation
expense over the vesting period based on the number of shares expected to
vest. The weighted average fair value at date of grant for restricted stock
awards granted during 2009 was $25.48.
Performance-based restricted stock awards have vesting
periods of three years. Performance awards entitle the recipients to voting
rights, and unvested shares are restricted as to disposition, subject to
forfeiture under certain circumstances, and subject to meeting specific
performance conditions. Based on the attainment of the performance conditions,
the ultimate award can range from zero to 150 percent of the target award.
Dividends are accrued during the vesting period and will be paid out only on
shares that eventually vest.
The performance goals for these awards are independent of
each other and equally weighted, and are based on two metrics, cumulative
earnings per share (CEPS) and total shareholder return (TSR) relative to a peer
group. The fair value of the CEPS portion is based on the market value at the
date of grant, reduced by the loss in time-value of the estimated future
dividend payments, using an expected quarterly dividend of $0.30. The fair
value of the TSR portion is estimated using a statistical model that
incorporates the probability of meeting performance targets based on historical
returns relative to the peer group. Both performance goals are measured over
the three-year vesting period and are charged to compensation expense over the
vesting period based on the number of shares expected to vest. The weighted
average fair value at date of grant for CEPS and TSR awards granted during the
first six months of 2009 was $19.50.
Stock option awards are granted with exercise prices equal
to the market value of the stock on the date of grant. The options have a term
of 10 years from the grant date and vest over a five-year period. The fair
value of each option is amortized into compensation expense using graded-vesting.
Stock options are not a significant component of share-based compensation
awards under the LTICP.
4. LONG-TERM
DEBT:
Long-Term Financing
IDACORP has approximately $588 million remaining on a shelf registration
statement that can be used for the issuance of debt securities or common stock.
On March 30, 2009, IPC issued
$100 million of its 6.15% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes,
Series H, due April 1, 2019. IPC used the net proceeds to repay a portion of
its short-term debt in anticipation of utilizing short-term debt to repay its
$80 million 7.20% First Mortgage Bonds which mature on December 1, 2009. IPC
has $130 million remaining on a shelf registration statement that can be used
for the issuance of first mortgage bonds and unsecured debt.
In February 2009, IFS repaid
$7.2 million of debt related to investments in affordable housing. The debt
was scheduled to mature in 2009 and 2010. On May 15, 2009, IFS issued a $6
million equity funding obligation to finance a portion of its $12 million
investment in affordable housing. The obligation is scheduled to mature in
2010.
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Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds
On April 3, 2008, IPC made a mandatory purchase of two series of Pollution
Control Revenue Refunding Bonds issued for the benefit of IPC, the $116.3
million aggregate principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds
Series 2006 issued by Sweetwater County, Wyoming due 2026 and the $49.8 million
aggregate principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds Series
2003 issued by Humboldt County, Nevada due 2024 (together the Pollution Control
Bonds). IPC initiated this transaction in order to adjust the interest rate period
of the Pollution Control Bonds from an auction interest rate period to a weekly
interest rate period, effective April 3, 2008. This change was made to
mitigate the higher-than-anticipated interest costs in the auction mode, which
was a result of the financial guarantors credit ratings deterioration. The
Pollution Control Bonds remain outstanding and have not been retired or
cancelled. IPC is the current holder of the bonds.
IPC has given notice, subject to rescission, to adjust the
interest rate period of the Pollution Control Bonds from a weekly interest rate
period to a term interest rate period effective August 20, 2009 in connection
with the remarketing of the bonds to investors without the financial guaranty
insurance policy.
Term Loan Credit Agreement
IPC entered into a $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April
1, 2008, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender,
and Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank of California, N.A. and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as lenders. The Term Loan Credit Agreement provided for
the issuance of term loans by the lenders to IPC on April 1, 2008, in an
aggregate principal amount of $170 million. The loans were due on March 31,
2009 and could be prepaid but not reborrowed. IPC used $166.1 million of the
proceeds from the loans to effect the mandatory purchase on April 3, 2008, of
the Pollution Control Bonds (as discussed above under Pollution Control
Revenue Refunding Bonds) and $3.9 million to pay interest, fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Pollution Control Bonds and the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.
On February 4, 2009, IPC entered
into a new $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as administrative agent and lender, Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank,
N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lenders. The new Term Loan
Credit Agreement replaces the above mentioned Term Loan Credit Agreement. The
loans are due on February 3, 2010, but are subject to earlier payment if IPC
remarkets the Pollution Control Bonds discussed above. The loans may be
prepaid but may not be reborrowed.
The new
Term Loan Credit Agreement is a short-term arrangement; however, $166.1 million
was classified as long-term debt as allowed by SFAS 6 Classification of
Short-Term Obligations Expected to Be Refinanced. IPC has the ability to
refinance the loans on a long-term basis by utilizing its credit facility,
provided that the aggregate of the commitments utilizing the credit facility
and commercial paper outstanding does not exceed $300 million. The remaining
$3.9 million of the loans is classified as short-term debt.
5. NOTES PAYABLE:
Credit Facilities
IDACORP has a $100 million credit facility and IPC has a $300 million
credit facility, both of which expire on April 25, 2012. Commercial paper may
be issued up to the amounts supported by the bank credit facilities. Under
these facilities the companies pay a facility fee on the commitment, quarterly
in arrears, based on its rating for senior unsecured long-term debt securities
without third-party credit enhancement as provided by Moodys and S&P.
At June 30, 2009, no loans were
outstanding on either IDACORPs facility or IPCs facility. At June 30, 2009,
IPC had regulatory authority to incur up to $450 million of short-term
indebtedness.
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Balances and interest
rates of short-term borrowings were as follows at June 30, 2009, and December
31, 2008 (in thousands of dollars):
|
June 30, 2009 |
December 31, 2008 |
|||||||||||||
|
IPC |
IDACORP |
Total |
IPC |
IDACORP |
Total |
|||||||||
Commercial paper |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
outstanding |
$ |
32,830 |
$ |
42,369 |
$ |
75,199 |
$ |
108,950 |
$ |
13,400 |
$ |
122,350 |
|||
Other short-term |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
borrowings |
|
3,900 |
|
- |
|
3,900 |
|
3,900 |
|
25,000 |
|
28,900 |
|||
|
Total |
$ |
36,730 |
$ |
42,369 |
$ |
79,099 |
$ |
112,850 |
$ |
38,400 |
$ |
151,250 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Weighted-avg. interest rate |
1.14% |
1.09% |
1.12% |
4.89% |
4.29% |
4.74% |
|||||||||
6. REGULATORY MATTERS:
Idaho 2008 General Rate Case
On January 30, 2009, the IPUC issued an order approving an average annual
increase in Idaho base rates, effective February 1, 2009, of 3.1 percent
(approximately $20.9 million annually), a return on equity of 10.5 percent and
an overall rate of return of 8.18 percent. On February 19, 2009, IPC filed a
request for reconsideration with the IPUC and on March 19, 2009, the IPUC issued
an order that increased IPC's Idaho revenue requirement by an additional $6.1
million to approximately $27 million for this rate case, raising the average
rate increase from 3.1 percent to 4.0 percent.
The IPUC denied reconsideration with respect to a refund of
$3.3 million of fees recovered by IPC from the FERC. On April 2, 2009, IPC
filed an application with the IPUC for an accounting order approving
amortization of the fees over a five year period beginning October 2006 when
IPC received the FERC credit. The IPUC approved IPCs requested amortization
period in an order issued on April 28, 2009. In the first quarter of 2009, IPC
recorded a charge of approximately $1.7 million to electric utility other
operations expense and a corresponding regulatory liability for the amount to
be refunded from February 1, 2009, through the end of the amortization period,
September 2011. As the regulatory liability is amortized it will reduce
electric utility other operations expense ratably over the remaining
amortization period.
The January 30, 2009 order authorized approximately $15
million related to increases in base net power supply costs. It also allowed
IPC to include in rates approximately $6.8 million ($10.6 million including
income tax gross-up) of 2009 AFUDC relating to the Hells Canyon Complex
relicensing project. Typically, AFUDC is not included in rates until a project
is in use and benefitting customers, but the IPUC determined that including
this amount in current rates is in the public interest. Because AFUDC is
already recorded on an accrual basis, this portion of the rate increase will
improve cash flows but will not have a current impact on IPCs net income. The
amounts collected are being deferred as a regulatory liability and will be
recognized in revenues over the life of the new license once it has been
issued.
Deferred (Accrued) Net Power Supply Costs
IPCs deferred (accrued) net power supply
costs consisted of the following balances, including applicable carrying
charges (in thousands of dollars):
|
|
June 30, |
December 31, |
|||
|
|
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Idaho PCA current year: |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Deferral for the 2009-2010 rate year |
$ |
- |
$ |
93,657 |
|
|
Accrual for the 2010-2011 rate year |
(8,418) |
- |
|||
Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery: |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Authorized in May 2008 |
|
- |
|
47,164 |
|
|
Authorized in May 2009 |
|
101,719 |
|
- |
|
Oregon deferral: |
|
|
|
|
||
|
2001 Costs |
|
536 |
|
1,663 |
|
|
2006 Costs |
|
2,369 |
|
1,215 |
|
|
2007 Costs |
|
5,985 |
|
- |
|
|
2008 Power cost adjustment mechanism |
|
5,615 |
|
5,400 |
|
|
|
Total deferral |
$ |
107,806 |
$ |
149,099 |
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Idaho: IPC has a PCA mechanism that provides for
annual adjustments to the rates charged to its Idaho retail customers. The PCA
tracks IPCs actual net power supply costs (fuel, purchased power and third-party
transmission expenses less off-system sales) and compares these amounts to net
power supply costs currently being recovered in retail rates.
The annual adjustments are based on two components:
A forecast component, based on a forecast of net power supply costs in the coming year as compared to net power supply costs in base rates; and
A true-up component, based on the difference between the previous
years actual net power supply costs and the previous years forecast. This
component also includes a balancing mechanism so that, over time, the actual collection
or refund of authorized true-up dollars matches the amounts authorized. The
true-up component is calculated monthly, and interest is applied to the
balance.
Prior to February 1, 2009, the PCA mechanism provided that
90 percent of deviations in power supply costs were to be reflected in IPCs
rates for both the forecast and the true-up components. Effective February 1,
2009, this sharing percentage was changed to 95 percent.
2009-2010 PCA: On April 15, 2009, IPC filed its 2009-2010
PCA with the IPUC with a requested effective date of June 1, 2009. The filing
requested an increase to existing revenues of approximately $93.8 million or
11.4 percent. IPC subsequently provided its updated April operating plan,
which reflected the need for increased revenues of $84.3 million or 10.2
percent.
The 2009-2010 PCA reflects a new methodology, approved by
the IPUC on January 9, 2009 and discussed in PCA Workshops below that
utilizes IPCs most recent operating plan to forecast power supply expenses rather
than the previous method based on a forecast of Brownlee Reservoir inflow and a
regression formula.
On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved the 2009-2010 PCA of
$84.3 million or 10.2 percent, effective June 1, 2009.
2008-2009 PCA: On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved
IPCs 2008-2009 PCA and an increase to then-existing revenues of $73.3 million,
effective June 1, 2008, which resulted in an average rate increase to IPCs
customers of 10.7 percent. The IPUCs order adopted an IPUC Staff proposal to
use a forecast for power supply costs that equaled the amounts in current base
rates. The revenue increase was net of $16.5 million of gains from the 2007
sale of excess SO2 emission allowances, including interest, which
the IPUC ordered be applied against the PCA.
PCA Workshops: In its May 30, 2008 order approving
IPCs 2008-2009 PCA, the IPUC directed IPC to set up workshops with the IPUC
Staff and several of IPCs largest customers (together, the Parties) to address
PCA-related issues not resolved in the PCA filing. Workshops were conducted in
the fall and a settlement stipulation was filed with the IPUC and approved on
January 9, 2009.
The following changes were effective as of February 1, 2009:
PCA sharing methodology of 95/5 - the PCA sharing methodology allocates the costs and benefits of net power supply expenses between customers (95 percent) and shareholders (5 percent). The previous sharing ratio was 90/10.
LGAR - the LGAR is an element of the PCA formula that is intended to eliminate recovery of power supply expenses associated with load growth resulting from changing weather conditions, a growing customer base, or changing customer use patterns. The 2007 general rate case reset the LGAR from $29.41 to $62.79 per MWh, but applied that rate to only 50 percent of the load growth beginning in March 2008. In the stipulation, the Parties agreed on the formula for calculating the LGAR. Based on the final rates approved by the IPUC in the 2008 general rate case and the supporting data, the current LGAR is $26.63 per MWh, effective February 1, 2009.
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Use of IPCs operation plan power supply cost forecast - the operation plan forecast may better match current collections with actual net power supply costs in the year they are incurred and result in smaller amounts being included in the following years true-up rate, beginning with the 2009-2010 PCA filing.
Inclusion of third-party transmission expense - transmission expenses paid to third parties to facilitate wholesale purchases and sales of energy, including losses, are a necessary component of net power supply costs. Deviation in these types of costs from levels included in base rates is now reflected in PCA computations.
Adjusted distribution of base net power supply costs - base net power supply costs are distributed throughout the year based upon the monthly shape of normalized revenues for purposes of the PCA deferral calculation.
Oregon: IPC has a power cost recovery mechanism in
Oregon with two components: the annual power cost update (APCU) and the power
cost adjustment mechanism (PCAM). The combination of the APCU and the PCAM
allows IPC to recover excess net power supply costs in a more timely fashion
than through the previously existing deferral process.
The APCU allows IPC to reestablish its Oregon base net power
supply costs annually, separate from a general rate case, and to forecast net
power supply costs for the upcoming water year. The APCU has two components:
the October Update, where each October IPC calculates its estimated normalized
net power supply expenses for the following April through March test period,
and the March Forecast, where each March IPC files a forecast of its expected
net power supply expenses for the same test period, updated for a number of
variables including the most recent stream flow data and future wholesale
electric prices. On June 1 of each year, rates are adjusted to reflect costs
calculated in the APCU.
The PCAM is a true-up filed annually in February. The
filing calculates the deviation between actual net power supply expenses
incurred for the preceding calendar year and the net power supply expenses
recovered through the APCU for the same period. Under the PCAM, IPC is subject
to a portion of the business risk or benefit associated with this deviation
through application of an asymmetrical deadband (or range of deviations) within
which IPC absorbs cost increases or decreases. For deviations in actual power
supply costs outside of the deadband, the PCAM provides for 90/10 sharing of
costs and benefits between customers and IPC. However, a collection will occur
only to the extent that it results in IPCs actual return on equity (ROE) for
the year being no greater than 100 basis points below IPCs last authorized
ROE. A refund will occur only to the extent that it results in IPCs actual
ROE for that year being no less than 100 basis points above IPCs last
authorized ROE. The PCAM rate is then added to or subtracted from the APCU
rate, subject to certain statutory limitations discussed below, with new
combined rates effective each June 1.
2009 APCU: On October 23, 2008, IPC filed the
October Update portion of its 2009 APCU with the OPUC. The filing, combined
with supplemental testimony filed on December 1, 2008, reflects that revenues
associated with IPCs base net power supply costs would be increased by $1.6
million over the previous October Update, an average 4.55 percent increase.
On March 20, 2009, IPC filed the March Forecast portion of
its 2009 APCU. When combined with the October Update, the March Forecast
resulted in a requested increase to Oregon revenues of 11.46 percent, or $3.9
million annually. A joint stipulation relating to the October Update and the
March Forecast by IPC, the OPUC Staff and the Citizens Utility Board in support
of IPCs requested increase was filed with the OPUC on May 4, 2009. On May 26,
2009, the OPUC issued its order adopting the stipulation and approving the rate
increases set forth in the stipulation effective on June 1, 2009.
2008 APCU: On May 20, 2008, the OPUC approved IPCs
2008 APCU (comprising both the October Update and the March Forecast) with the
new rates effective June 1, 2008. The approved APCU resulted in a $4.8
million, or 15.69 percent, increase in Oregon revenues.
2008 PCAM: On February 27, 2009, IPC filed the true-up of its net power supply costs for the period January 1 through December 31, 2008, with the OPUC. The 2008 PCAM filing reflects a deviation of actual net power supply costs above the forecast for that period of $7.4 million. After the application of the
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deadband, the filing requests that $5.0 million be added
to IPCs true-up balancing account and amortized sequentially after the amounts
discussed below under 2007-2008 Excess Power Costs. A pre-hearing conference
was held on April 27, 2009, to discuss the status of the case. A joint
workshop and settlement conference was held July 7, 2009. As a result of the
conference, IPC will file updated testimony that reflects agreed upon changes
to the calculation of the deferral.
2007-2008 Excess Power Costs: On April 30, 2007, IPC
filed for an accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for
the period from May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher
than normal (higher than base) power supply expenses. In the filing, IPC
included a forecast of Oregons jurisdictional share of excess power supply
costs of $5.7 million. Settlement discussions were held in February 2009. As
a result of those discussions, the parties to the proceeding reached a
settlement and a stipulation was filed with the OPUC on April 8, 2009. In the
stipulation, the parties agreed to limit the calculation of excess net power
supply costs in this docket to the eight-month period from May 1 through
December 31, 2007. Based on the methodology adopted by the parties to the
stipulation, it was determined that IPC should be allowed to defer excess net
power supply costs of $6.4 million (including interest through the date of the
order) for that period. The amount to be recovered was reduced by $0.9 million
of emission allowance sales (including interest) during the same period
allocated to Oregon, resulting in an approved deferral balance of $5.5
million. IPC recorded the $6.4 million deferral in the second quarter 2009 as
a reduction to power cost adjustment expense. The emission allowances sales
were previously deferred. The parties also agreed that the excess power supply
costs from the period beginning in 2008 would be deferred pursuant to the PCAM
agreement established as part of the power cost variance filing for 2008 and
calculated according to the PCAM. On May 28, 2009, the OPUC issued its order
adopting the stipulation.
The timing of future recovery of Oregon power supply cost
deferrals is subject to an Oregon statute that specifically limits rate
amortizations of deferred costs to six percent of gross Oregon revenue per year
($1.9 million for 2009 based on 2008 revenues). On October 6, 2008, the OPUC
issued an order clarifying that the PCAM is a deferral under the Oregon
statute.
IPC is currently amortizing through rates power supply costs
associated with the western energy situation of 2000 and 2001, which is
discussed further under LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Western Energy
Proceeding at the FERC. Full recovery of the 2001 deferral is expected in the
third quarter of 2009. The 2006-2007 deferral of $2.4 million, the May 1 -
December 31, 2007 deferral of $6.0 million and the $5.6 million 2008 PCAM
balance will have to be recovered sequentially following the full recovery of
the 2001 deferral.
On June 30, 2009, IPC filed an application with the OPUC to
begin amortizing through rates the 2006-2007 deferral of $2.0 million plus $0.4
million of accrued interest, effective September 1, 2009. IPC expects
amortization of this deferral to take approximately 16 months.
Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism (FCA)
On March 12, 2007, the IPUC approved the implementation of a FCA mechanism
pilot program for IPCs residential and small general service customers. The FCA
is a rate mechanism designed to remove IPCs disincentive to invest in energy
efficiency programs by separating (or decoupling) the recovery of fixed costs
from the variable kilowatt-hour charge and linking it instead to a set amount
per customer. In the FCA, for each customer class, the number of customers is
multiplied by a fixed cost per customer. The cost per customer is based on IPCs
revenue requirement as established in a general rate case. This authorized
fixed cost recovery amount is compared to the amount of fixed costs actually
recovered by IPC. The amount of over- or under-recovery is then returned to or
collected from customers in a subsequent rate adjustment. The pilot program
began on January 1, 2007, and runs through 2009, with the first rate adjustment
occurring on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate adjustments effective June 1 of
each year during its term.
IPC deferred fixed costs of $2.0 million related to the FCA
during the first six months of 2009.
On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application requesting a $5.2 million rate increase under the FCA pilot program for the net under-recovery of fixed costs during 2008, effective June 1, 2009 through May 31,
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2010. On
May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved IPCs application to increase rates under the
FCA pilot program as filed.
On March 14, 2008, IPC filed an application requesting a
$2.4 million rate reduction under the FCA pilot program for the net over-recovery
of fixed costs during 2007. On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved the rate
reduction of $2.4 million to be distributed to residential and small general
service customer classes equally on an energy used basis during the June 1,
2008, through May 31, 2009, FCA revenue collection period.
Energy Efficiency Matters
Idaho Energy Efficiency Rider (Rider): IPCs Rider is the chief funding
mechanism for IPCs investment in conservation, energy efficiency and demand
response programs. On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
requesting an increase in Rider funding to 4.75 percent of base revenues
effective June 1, 2009. On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved IPCs application
to increase the Rider as filed. As a result of the IPUC approval, based on
2008 test year revenue, IPC expects Rider revenues of $27.3 million in 2009 and
$33.2 million in each of 2010 and 2011. Effective June 1, 2008, IPC began
collecting 2.5 percent of base revenues, or approximately $17 million annually,
under the Rider. Prior to that date, IPC collected 1.5 percent of base
revenues, with funding caps for residential and irrigation customers.
Energy Efficiency Prudency Review: In the 2008
general rate case, IPC requested that the IPUC explicitly find that IPCs
expenditures between 2002 and 2007 of $29 million of funds obtained from the
Rider were prudently incurred and would, therefore, no longer be subject to
potential disallowance. The IPUC Staff recommended that the IPUC defer a
prudency determination for these expenditures until IPC was able to provide a
comprehensive evaluation package of its programs and efforts. IPC contended
that sufficient information had already been provided to the IPUC Staff for
review.
On February 18, 2009, IPC filed a stipulation with the IPUC
reflecting an agreement with the IPUC Staff on $14.3 million of the Rider funds.
The IPUC Staff agreed that this portion of the Rider expenditures were
prudently incurred. On March 6, 2009, the IPUC approved the stipulation,
identifying $18.3 million as prudent, which included $14.3 million of Rider
funding and $4.0 million of other funds.
On April 1, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
seeking a prudency determination on the $14.7 million balance of Rider funds
spent during 2002 through 2007. IPC has requested that this application be
processed under modified procedure.
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
The AMI project provides the means to automatically retrieve energy
consumption information, eliminating manual meter reading expense. In the
future, the system will support enhancements to allow for time-variant rates,
perform remote connects and disconnects, and collect system operations data
enhancing outage management, reliability efforts and demand-side management
options.
IPC filed AMI evaluation and deployment reports with the
IPUC on May 1 and August 31, 2007, in compliance with an IPUC order.
Consistent with the implementation plan contained in those reports, IPC entered
into a number of contracts for materials and resources that allowed for the AMI
implementation to commence in late 2008. IPC intends to install this
technology for approximately 99 percent of its customers by the end of 2011.
Idaho: On August 5, 2008, IPC filed an application
with the IPUC requesting a CPCN for the deployment of AMI technology and
approval of accelerated depreciation for the existing metering equipment. The
IPUC approved IPCs application on February 12, 2009. In its application, IPC
estimated the three-year investment in AMI to be $70.9 million. In an April 7,
2009, order, the IPUC clarified that IPC can expect, in the ordinary course of
events, to include in rate base the prudent capital costs of deploying AMI as
it is placed in service up to the capital cost commitment estimate of $70.9
million. The IPUC also clarified, as requested by IPC, that it does not anticipate
that the immediate savings derived from the implementation of AMI throughout
IPCs service territory will eliminate or wholly offset the increase in IPCs
revenue requirement caused by the authorized depreciation period.
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On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
for authority to increase its rates due to the inclusion of AMI investment in
rate base. The filing requested inclusion of the investments already made for
the installation of AMI throughout IPCs service territory, and those investments
that would be made during a June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010 test year. IPC
requested a first year revenue requirement of $11.2 million in the Idaho
jurisdiction effective June 1, 2009, for service provided on or after that
date. In its calculations, IPC reflected the reduction in investment and the
accelerated depreciation costs related to the removal of current metering
equipment, as well as changes in operating expenses that accompany the changes
in plant investment.
On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved annual recovery of $10.5
million, effective June 1, 2009. The order was based on IPCs actual
investment in AMI to date, annualized through December 31, 2009, rather than
IPCs proposed test year. The IPUC also allowed IPC to begin three-year
accelerated depreciation of the existing metering equipment on June 1, 2009.
The order reflects annualized depreciation expense relating to AMI of $9.2
million. The actual depreciation expense for fiscal year 2009 will occur over
seven months totaling $5.5 million.
Oregon: On October 3, 2008, IPC filed an application
with the OPUC requesting authority to accelerate the depreciation and recovery
of existing meters in the Oregon jurisdiction over an 18-month period beginning
January 2009. The OPUC approved IPCs request on December 30, 2008. IPCs AMI
deployment schedule calls for the replacement of the Oregon service-territory
meters around October 2010. The existing meters will be fully depreciated
prior to their removal from service. The filing estimated the balance of plant
in service at December 31, 2008, attributable to the existing meters to be $1.4
million. The approval of this application results in an increase of $0.8
million for 2009 in both rates and depreciation expense. This increase will be
partially offset by the request for revised depreciation rates filed in the
same application and discussed below in Depreciation Filings, subject to true-up
if the depreciation rates the OPUC ultimately approves differ from those that
were approved by the IPUC.
Depreciation Filings
On September 12, 2008, the IPUC approved a revision to IPCs depreciation
rates, retroactive to August 1, 2008. The new rates are based on a settlement
reached by IPC and the IPUC Staff, and result in an annual reduction of
depreciation expense of $8.5 million ($7.9 million allocated to Idaho) based
upon December 31, 2006, depreciable electric plant in service.
On October 3, 2008, IPC filed an application with the OPUC
requesting that the new depreciation rates approved in IPCs Idaho jurisdiction
be authorized for IPCs Oregon jurisdiction as well. The result for the Oregon
jurisdiction would be a decrease in annual depreciation expense and rates of
$0.4 million. The OPUC Staff accepted IPCs settlement offer, and a stipulation
was filed on June 5, 2009. In the settlement offer, IPC proposed that the OPUC
Staff not make adjustments to the depreciation rates adopted by the IPUC and
also proposed to commit to joint involvement of OPUC Staff prior to submitting
future depreciation rates for approval in IPCs Idaho jurisdiction.
On October 22, 2008, IPC filed an application with the FERC
requesting that IPCs revised depreciation rates as approved by the IPUC also
be accepted for use in future rate filings made with the FERC. The FERC
approved IPCs application on December 3, 2008. The new depreciation accrual
rates will be reflected in IPCs OATT rates beginning October 1, 2009.
Idaho Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) Shortfall
Filing
On July 20, 2009 IPC filed a request with the IPUC for authorization to
defer $8.1 million in costs associated with the difference between the revenue
credits and the amount of OATT revenues IPC has received since March 2008 and
will receive through May 2010. For Idaho jurisdictional revenue requirement
determinations, revenues from third parties (non-state jurisdictional) received
through the OATT, referred to as revenue credits, are a direct offset to the
IPCs overall revenue requirement. In the last two general rate cases,
IPC included an estimate of OATT revenues from third parties based on the
forecasted OATT rate less a reserve. However, as discussed below in OATT,
the FERC order issued on January 15, 2009 had a significant impact on actual
third-party transmission revenues IPC received from June 2006 to date,
resulting in the overstating of the revenue credits in the Idaho jurisdictional
revenue requirement authorized by the IPUC. Included in the filing are $4.3
million for the period March 1, 2008
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through January 31, 2009, the effective
period of the February 28, 2008 general rate case order and $3.8 million
estimated for the period February 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010, the expected
effective period of the January 30, 2009 general rate case order. IPC has
filed a request for rehearing of the FERC order and is taking additional
measures to address the revenue shortfall. If the FERC issues are resolved in
IPCs favor, IPC will reduce the deferral. IPC requested to amortize the
unrecovered transmission revenues on a straight-line basis over a three-year
period beginning June 1, 2010 and to receive a carrying charge on the balance
until rate recovery begins.
OATT
On March 24, 2006, IPC submitted a revised OATT filing with the FERC
requesting an increase in transmission rates. In the filing, IPC proposed to
move from a fixed rate to a formula rate, which allows for transmission rates
to be updated each year based on financial and operational data IPC is required
to file annually with the FERC in its Form 1. The formula rate request
included a rate of return on equity of 11.25 percent. IPCs filing was opposed
by several affected parties. Effective June 1, 2006, the FERC accepted IPCs
proposed new rates, subject to refund pending the outcome of the hearing and
settlement process.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC approved a settlement agreement
by the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission
service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates that were in
existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). This
settlement reduced IPCs proposed new rates and, as a result, approximately
$1.7 million collected in excess of the settlement rates between June 1, 2006,
and July 31, 2007, was refunded with interest in August 2007. As part of the
settlement agreement, the FERC established an authorized rate of return on
equity of 10.7 percent.
On August 31, 2007, the FERC Presiding Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) issued an initial decision (Initial Decision) with respect to the
treatment of the Legacy Agreements, which would have further reduced the new
transmission rates. IPC, as well as the opposing parties, appealed the Initial
Decision to the FERC. If implemented, the Initial Decision would have required
IPC to make additional refunds, of approximately $5.4 million (including $0.4
million of interest) for the June 1, 2006, through December 31, 2008, period.
IPC previously reserved this entire amount.
On January 15, 2009, the FERC issued an Order on Initial
Decision (FERC Order), which upheld the Initial Decision of the ALJ in most
respects, but modified the Initial Decision in one respect that is unfavorable
to IPC. The decision required IPC to reduce its transmission service rates to
FERC jurisdictional customers. Furthermore, IPC was required to make refunds
to FERC jurisdictional transmission customers in the total amount of $13.3
million (including $1.1 million in interest) for the period since the new rates
went into effect in June 2006. Based on the FERC Order IPC reserved an
additional $7.9 million (including $0.7 million in interest) in the fourth
quarter of 2008, bringing the total reserve amount to $13.3 million. Prior to
the FERC Order, the FERC jurisdictional transmission revenues (net of the $5
million reserve) recorded in the last seven months of 2006, all of 2007 and
2008 were $8.1 million, $13.3 million and $15.8 million, respectively. Under
the FERC Order, the transmission revenues would have been $6.4 million in the
last seven months of 2006, $11 million in 2007 and $12.6 million in 2008.
Refunds were made on February 25, 2009.
IPC filed a request for rehearing with the FERC on February
17, 2009. IPC believes that the treatment of the Legacy Agreements conflicts
with precedent. The rehearing request asserts that the FERC order is in error
by: (1) requiring IPC to include the contract demands associated with the
Legacy Agreements in the OATT formula rate divisor rather than crediting the
revenue from the Legacy Agreements against IPCs transmission revenue
requirement; (2) concluding that IPC must include the contract demands
associated with the Legacy Agreements rather than the customers coincident
peak demands; (3) concluding that the transmission rate contained in one or
more of the Legacy Agreements was not a discounted rate; (4) failing to
consider the non-monetary benefits received by IPC from the Legacy Agreements;
(5) concluding that the services provided under the Legacy Agreements are firm
services and therefore should be handled for rate purposes in the same manner
as firm services under the OATT; and (6) failing to affirm the rate treatment
that has been used for the Legacy Agreements for approximately 30 years. On
March 18, 2009, the FERC issued a tolling order that effectively relieves it from
acting on the request for reconsideration for an indefinite time period. IPC
cannot predict when the FERC will rule on the request for rehearing or the
outcome of this matter.
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Amended Legacy Agreements: Subsequent to the January
15, 2009 FERC Order, IPC has sought to mitigate the resulting revenue shortfall
by revising certain of the Legacy Agreements as provided for in the agreements.
On April 3, 2009, IPC notified PacifiCorp that it was
terminating its provision of a portion of the services that it provides under
the Restated Transmission Service Agreement (RTSA), a Legacy Agreement,
effective June 12, 2009. IPC made a filing with the FERC on April 13, 2009
submitting revised rate schedule sheets. The FERC accepted the revised rate
schedule sheets by letter order on May 14, 2009. On June 12, 2009 IPC
submitted a filing for the purpose of replacing the terminated contract
services with OATT service, effective June 13, 2009. An amended RTSA between
IPC and PacifiCorp and three long term service agreements were filed to provide
for the OATT service. As calculated in the filings, the estimated net
transmission revenue increase for the period June 13, 2009 through June 12,
2010 is approximately $3.2 million. The FERC accepted IPCs filing, effective
June 13, 2009, by letter order on July 28, 2009.
On June 19, 2009 IPC submitted a filing to increase rates
under the Agreement for Interconnection and Transmission Services (ITSA)
contract, another Legacy Agreement between IPC and PacifiCorp. The filing
requested an increase of rates to the level paid by OATT customers for Point to
Point service and an August 19, 2009 effective date. As calculated in the
filing, the estimated net transmission revenue increase for the period
September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010 is approximately $3.9 million. PacifiCorp
has intervened in the case and on July 10, 2009 filed a motion to suspend the
case for five months and pursue settlement or go to hearing.
2009 OATT: On June 1, 2009, IPC posted on its Open
Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) website its draft informational
filing which contains the annual update of the formula rate to the 2008 test
year. The draft informational filing includes a proposed rate of $15.83 per kW-year,
an increase of $2.02 per kW-year, or 14.6 percent. The impact of this rate
increase on IPCs revenues will be dependent on transmission volume sold, which
can be highly variable. A customer meeting to discuss the informational filing
was held on June 16, 2009. A final filing will be submitted to the FERC by
September 1, 2009 with new rates effective October 1, 2009.
2008 OATT: On August 28, 2008, IPC filed its
informational filing with the FERC that contained the annual update of the
formula rate based on the 2007 test year. The new rate included in the filing
was $18.88 per kW-year, a decrease of $0.85 per kW-year, or 4.3 percent. New
rates were effective October 1, 2008. IPC has adjusted its rates to $13.81 per
kW-year in compliance with the January 15, 2009, order.
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
Purchase Obligations
The following four items are the only material changes to purchase
obligations made outside of the ordinary course of business since December 31,
2008:
IPC entered into a contract to purchase coal from the Black Butte Coal Company for use at the Jim Bridger generating plant, in which IPC holds a one-third ownership. The contract is expected to total $127 million from 2010 to 2014.
In February 2009, IPC entered into a contract with EnerNOC to implement and operate a demand response program for its commercial and industrial customers. IPC estimates it will spend approximately $12.2 million on the program during the five year term of the contract. On May 15, 2009 the IPUC approved the EnerNOC contract and authorized IPC to recover the costs of the program from Energy Efficiency Rider funds.
IPC entered into two contracts with Siemens Energy, Inc. to purchase gas and steam turbine equipment and services for the Langley Gulch power plant. IPC estimates it will spend approximately $90 million on the contracts from 2009 through 2012.
On May 7, 2009, IPC entered into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services Agreement (EPC Agreement) with Boise Power Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture consisting of Kiewit Power Engineers Co. and TIC-The Industrial Company for design, engineering,
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procurement, construction management and construction services for Langley Gulch. The total contract price to be paid by IPC under the EPC Agreement is approximately one-half of the projected $427 million total project cost for Langley Gulch.
Guarantees
IPC has agreed to guarantee the performance of reclamation activities at
Bridger Coal Company of which Idaho Energy Resources Co., a subsidiary of IPC,
owns a one-third interest. This guarantee, which is renewed each December, was
$63 million at June 30, 2009. Bridger Coal Company has a reclamation trust
fund set aside specifically for the purpose of paying these reclamation costs.
At this time Bridger Coal Company is revising their estimate of future
reclamation costs. To ensure that the reclamation trust fund maintains
adequate reserves, Bridger Coal Company has the ability to add a per ton
surcharge if it is determined that future liabilities exceed the trusts assets.
Because of the existence of the fund and the ability to apply a per ton
surcharge, the estimated fair value of this guarantee is minimal.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time IDACORP and IPC are parties to legal claims, actions and
complaints in addition to those discussed below. Although they will vigorously
defend against them, IDACORP and IPC are unable to predict with certainty
whether or not they will ultimately be successful. However, based on the
companies evaluation, they believe that the resolution of these matters,
taking into account existing reserves, will not have a material adverse effect
on IDACORPs or IPCs consolidated financial positions, results of operations
or cash flows.
Reference is made to IDACORPs
and IPCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, for a
discussion of all material pending legal proceedings to which IDACORP and IPC
and their subsidiaries are parties. The following discussion provides a
summary of material developments that occurred in those proceedings during the
period covered by this report and of any new material proceedings instituted
during the period covered by this report.
Western Energy Proceedings at
the FERC:
Throughout this report, the term western energy
situation is used to refer to the California energy crisis that occurred
during 2000 and 2001, and the energy shortages, high prices and blackouts in
the western United States. High prices for electricity in California and in
western wholesale markets during 2000 and 2001 caused numerous purchasers of
electricity in those markets to initiate proceedings seeking refunds. Some of
these proceedings (the western energy proceedings) remain pending before the
FERC or on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
(Ninth Circuit).
There
are pending in the Ninth Circuit approximately 200 petitions for review of
numerous FERC orders regarding the western energy situation, including the
California refund proceeding and show cause orders with respect to contentions
of market manipulation. Decisions in these appeals may have implications with
respect to other pending cases, including those to which IDACORP, IPC or IE are
parties. IDACORP, IPC and IE intend to vigorously defend their positions in
these proceedings, but are unable to predict the outcome of these matters,
except as otherwise stated below, or estimate the impact they may have on their
consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows.
California
Refund: This proceeding originated with
an effort by agencies of the State of California and investor-owned utilities
in California to obtain refunds for a portion of the spot market sales from
sellers of electricity into California markets from October 2, 2000, through
June 20, 2001. In April 2001, the FERC issued an order stating that it was
establishing a price mitigation plan for sales in the California wholesale
electricity market. The FERCs order also included the potential for directing
electricity sellers into California from October 2, 2000, through June 20,
2001, to refund portions of their spot market sales prices if the FERC
determined that those prices were not just and reasonable. In July 2001, the
FERC initiated the California refund proceeding including evidentiary hearings
to determine the scope and methodology for determining refunds. After
evidentiary hearings, the FERC issued an order on refund liability on March 26,
2003, and later denied the numerous requests for rehearing. The FERC also
required the California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) to make a
compliance filing calculating refund amounts. That compliance filing has been
delayed on a number of occasions and has not yet been filed with the FERC.
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IE and
other parties petitioned the Ninth Circuit for review of the FERCs orders on
California refunds. As additional FERC orders have been issued, further
petitions for review have been filed by potential refund payors, including IE,
potential refund recipients and governmental agencies. These cases have been
consolidated before the Ninth Circuit. Since the initiation of these cases,
the Ninth Circuit has convened a series of case management proceedings to
organize these complex cases, while identifying and severing discrete cases
that can proceed to briefing and decision and staying action on all of the
other consolidated cases.
In its October 2005 decision in
the first of the severed cases, the Ninth Circuit concluded that the FERC
lacked refund authority over wholesale electrical energy sales made by
governmental entities and non-public utilities. In its August 2006 decision in
the second severed case, the Ninth Circuit ruled that all transactions that
occurred within the California Power Exchange (CalPX) and the Cal ISO markets
were proper subjects of the refund proceeding, refused to expand the
proceedings into the bilateral market, approved the refund effective date as
October 2, 2000, required the FERC to consider claims that some market
participants had violated governing tariff obligations at an earlier date than
the refund effective date, and expanded the scope of the refund proceeding to
include transactions within the CalPX and Cal ISO markets outside the limited
24-hour spot market and energy exchange transactions. These latter aspects of
the decision exposed sellers to increased claims for potential refunds. A
number of public entities filed petitions for panel rehearing in June 2007 and
certain marketers filed petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc in
November 2007. Those requests were denied by the Ninth Circuit on April 6,
2009. The Ninth Circuit issued a mandate on April 15, 2009, thereby officially
returning the cases to the FERC for further action consistent with the courts
decision.
In 2005, the FERC established a
framework for sellers wanting to demonstrate that the generally applicable FERC
refund methodology interfered with the recovery of costs. IE and IPC made such
a cost filing but it was rejected by the FERC in March 2006. IE and IPC
requested rehearing of that rejection, but, consistent with obligations
established in a settlement which is described in the following paragraph, IE
and IPC withdrew that request for rehearing to the extent it pertained to the
disputes about the cost filing between IE and IPC and parties that had joined
the settlement. On June 18, 2009 FERC issued an order with respect to the cost
filings of other sellers and in that order also stated that it was not ruling
on the IE and IPC request for rehearing because it had been withdrawn. On July
8, 2009 IE and IPC sought further rehearing pointing out to the FERC that the
withdrawal pertained only to the parties with whom IE and IPC had settled. On
June 18, 2009 in a separate order, the FERC also ruled that net refund
recipients in the California refund proceeding were responsible for the costs
associated with all cost filings. Most of the parties that joined the IE and
IPC settlement described below were net refund recipients, but until the Cal ISO
completes its refund calculations it is uncertain whether any parties who opted
not to join the settlement are net refund recipients. If there are no such
parties, then the requests for rehearing will be moot. IE and IPC are unable
to predict how or when the FERC might rule on their requests for rehearing, but
their effect is confined to obligations of IE and IPC to the minority of market
participants that opted not to join the settlement described below.
Accordingly, IE and IPC believe this matter will not
have a material adverse effect on their consolidated financial positions,
results of operations or cash flows.
On February 17, 2006, IE and IPC jointly filed with the California Parties (Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Electricity Oversight Board, the California Department of Water Resources and the California Attorney General) an Offer of Settlement at the FERC settling matters encompassed by the California refund proceeding, as well as other FERC proceedings and investigations relating to the western energy matters, including IEs and IPCs cost filing and refund obligation. A number of other parties, representing a small minority of potential refund claims, chose to opt out of the settlement. Under the terms of the settlement, IE and IPC assigned $24.25 million of the rights to accounts receivable from the Cal ISO and CalPX to the California Parties to pay into an escrow account for refunds to settling parties. Amounts from that escrow not used for settling parties and $1.5 million of the remaining IE and IPC receivables that are to be retained by the CalPX are available to fund, at least partially, payment of the claims of any non-settling parties if they prevail in the remaining litigation of this matter. Any excess funds remaining at the end of the case are to be returned to IPC and IE. Approximately $10.25 million of the remaining IE and IPC receivables was paid to IE and IPC under the settlement. In addition, the California
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Parties released IE and IPC from
other claims stemming from the western energy market dysfunctions. The FERC approved the Offer of Settlement on May 22, 2006.
Market
Manipulation: As part of the California
refund proceeding discussed above and the Pacific Northwest refund proceeding
discussed below, the FERC issued an order permitting discovery and the
submission of evidence regarding market manipulation by sellers during the
western energy situation. On June 25, 2003, the FERC ordered more than
50 entities that participated in the western wholesale power markets between
January 1, 2000, and June 20, 2001, including IPC, to show cause why certain
trading practices did not constitute gaming (gaming) or other forms of
proscribed market behavior in concert with another party (partnership) in
violation of the Cal ISO and CalPX Tariffs. In 2004, the FERC dismissed the partnership
show cause proceeding against IPC. Later in 2004, the FERC approved a
settlement of the gaming proceeding without finding of wrongdoing by IPC.
The orders establishing the
scope of the show cause proceedings are presently the subject of review
petitions in the Ninth Circuit. In addition to the two show cause orders, on
June 25, 2003, the FERC also issued an order instituting an investigation of
anomalous bidding behavior and practices in the western wholesale markets for
the time period May 1, 2000, through October 1, 2000, to enable it to review
evidence of economic withholding of generation. IPC, along with more than 60
other market participants, responded to the FERC data requests. The FERC
terminated its investigations as to IPC on May 12, 2004. Although California
government agencies and California investor-owned utilities have appealed the
FERCs termination of this investigation as to IPC and more than 30 other
market participants, the claims regarding the conduct encompassed by these
investigations were released by these parties in the California refund
settlement discussed above. IE and IPC are unable to predict the outcome of
these matters, but believe that the releases govern any potential claims that
might arise and that this matter will not have a
material adverse effect on their consolidated financial positions, results of
operations or cash flows.
Pacific Northwest Refund: On July 25, 2001, the FERC issued an order establishing a proceeding separate from the California refund proceeding to determine whether there may have been unjust and unreasonable charges for spot market sales in the Pacific Northwest during the period December 25, 2000, through June 20, 2001, because the spot market in the Pacific Northwest was affected by the dysfunction in the California market. In late 2001, a FERC Administrative Law Judge concluded that the contracts at issue were governed by the substantially more strict Mobile-Sierra standard of review rather than the just and reasonable standard, that the Pacific Northwest spot markets were competitive and that refunds should not be allowed. After the Judges recommendation was issued, the FERC reopened the proceeding to allow the submission of additional evidence directly to the FERC related to alleged manipulation of the power market by market participants. In 2003, the FERC terminated the proceeding and declined to order refunds. Multiple parties filed petitions for review in the Ninth Circuit and in 2007 the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion, remanding to the FERC the orders that declined to require refunds. The Ninth Circuits opinion instructed the FERC to consider whether evidence of market manipulation would have altered the agencys conclusions about refunds and directed the FERC to include sales to the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) in the proceeding. A number of parties have sought rehearing of the Ninth Circuits decision. On April 9, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied the petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc. The Ninth Circuit issued a mandate on April 16, 2009, thereby officially returning the case to the FERC for further action consistent with the courts decision. On June 26, 2009 IE and IPC joined with a number of other parties in a request to extend the time for the filing of a joint petition for a writ of certiorari. On June 29, 2009 Justice Kennedy extended the time for the filing of the petition until September 4, 2009. On May 22, 2009 the California Parties filed a motion with the FERC to sever the CDWR sales from the remainder of the Pacific Northwest proceedings and to consolidate the CDWR sales portion of the Pacific Northwest case with ongoing proceedings in cases that IE or IPC have settled and with a new complaint filed on May 22, 2009 by the California Attorney General against parties with whom the California Parties have not settled. (Brown Complaint) On August 4, 2009, IE and IPC, along with a number of other parties, filed their opposition to the motion of the California Parties. Many other parties also filed positions in response to the motion of the California Parties. Also on August 4, 2009 the City of Tacoma, Washington and the Port of Seattle, Washington filed a motion with the FERC in connection with the California refund proceeding, the Lockyer remand pending before the FERC (involving claims of failure to file quarterly transaction reports with the FERC, from which IE and IPC previously were dismissed), the Brown Complaint and the Pacific Northwest refund remand proceeding. This latter motion asks the FERC (1) to
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make findings on a summary basis that the entire West-wide wholesale electricity
market, including the Pacific Northwest, was affected by market manipulation and
that, as a result, jurisdictional sellers' rates exceeded just and reasonable
levels throughout the Western energy crisis of 2000 - 2001, to grant market-wide
refunds to all purchasers for amounts collected in excess of a just and
reasonable price and to establish procedures to determine specific refund
obligations applicable to sellers or, in the alternative, (2) to
institute an evidentiary hearing and establish related procedures to respond to
the remand proceedings ordered by the Ninth Circuit in Port of Seattle,
Washington v. FERC that would include supplemental evidence filed with the
motion and consideration of claimed violations of Market Based Rate Tariffs from
January 1, 2000 through June 20, 2001, thereby expanding the scope of potential
refunds to a period beginning prior to December 25, 2000. IE and IPC intend to vigorously defend their positions in
these proceedings, but are unable to predict the outcome of these matters or
estimate the impact these matters may have on their consolidated financial
positions, results of operations or cash flows.
On
June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Morgan Stanley Capital
Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (No. 06-1457)
(Snohomish), a case regarding a FERC decision not to require re-pricing of
certain long-term contracts. In Snohomish, the Supreme Court revisited and
clarified the Mobile-Sierra doctrine in the context of fixed-rate,
forward power contracts. At issue was whether, and under what circumstances,
the FERC could modify the rates in such contracts on the grounds that there was
a dysfunctional market at the time the contracts were executed. In its
decision, the Supreme Court disagreed with many of the conclusions reached in
an earlier decision by the Ninth Circuit and upheld the application of the Mobile-Sierra
doctrine even in cases in which it is alleged that the markets were dysfunctional.
The Supreme Court nonetheless directed the return of the case to the FERC to
(i) consider whether the challenged rates in the case constituted an excessive
burden on consumers either at the time the contracts were formed or during the
term of the contracts relative to the rates that could have been obtained after
elimination of the dysfunctional market and (ii) clarify whether it found the
evidence inadequate to support a claim that one of the parties to a contract
under consideration engaged in unlawful market manipulation that altered the
playing field for the particular contract negotiations - that is, whether there
was a causal connection between allegedly unlawful activity and the contract
rate. On November 3, 2008, the Ninth Circuit vacated its earlier decision and
remanded the case to the FERC for further proceedings consistent with the
Supreme Courts decision. On December 18, 2008, the FERC issued its order on
remand, establishing settlement proceedings and paper hearing procedures to
supplement the record and permit it to respond to the questions specified by
the Supreme Court. Those proceedings are now in their preliminary stages
before a FERC Administrative Law Judge.
The
Supreme Courts decision is expected to have general implications for contracts
in the wholesale electric markets regulated by the FERC, and particular
implications for forward power contracts in such markets. The Snohomish
decision upholds the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine to fixed-rate,
forward power contracts even in allegedly dysfunctional markets.
IPC
and IE have asserted the Mobile-Sierra doctrine in the Pacific Northwest
proceeding, involving spot market contracts in an allegedly dysfunctional
market. IDACORP, IPC and IE are unable to predict how the FERC will rule on
Snohomish on remand or how this decision will affect the outcome of the Pacific
Northwest proceeding.
Western Shoshone National Council: On April 10,
2006, the Western Shoshone National Council (which purports to be the governing
body of the Western Shoshone Nation) and certain of its individual tribal
members filed a First Amended Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Nevada, naming IPC and other unrelated
entities as defendants. Plaintiffs allege that IPCs ownership interest in
certain land, minerals, water or other resources was converted and fraudulently
conveyed from lands in which the plaintiffs had historical ownership rights and
Indian title dating back to the 1860s or before.
On May 31, 2007, the U.S. District Court granted the defendants motion to dismiss stating that the plaintiffs claims are barred by the finality provision of the Indian Claims Commission Act. Plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration which the District Court denied. On January 25, 2008, the District Court entered judgment in favor of IPC. Plaintiffs appealed the District Courts decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On June 4, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued a Memorandum Opinion affirming
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the District Courts dismissal of the action. On June 18, 2009,
plaintiffs filed with the Ninth Circuit a Petition for Rehearing En Banc,
seeking rehearing of the Memorandum Opinion. On July 28, 2009, the Ninth
Circuit denied the Petition for Rehearing. If pursued by plaintiffs, IPC
intends to vigorously defend its position in this proceeding. IPC believes
this matter will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Sierra Club Lawsuit-Bridger:
IPC continues to monitor the Sierra Club and the Wyoming Outdoor Council suit
against PacifiCorp filed in February 2007 in federal district court in
Cheyenne, Wyoming alleging violations of air quality opacity standards at the
Jim Bridger coal fired plant in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. IPC is not a party
to this proceeding but has a one-third ownership interest in the plant.
PacifiCorp owns a two-thirds interest in and is the operator of the plant. IPC
is unable to predict the outcome of this matter or estimate the impact it may
have on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
Sierra
Club Lawsuit Boardman: On September 30, 2008, the Sierra Club and four other non-profit
corporations filed a complaint against Portland General Electric Company (PGE)
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon alleging opacity permit
limit violations at the Boardman coal-fired power plant located in Morrow
County, Oregon. The complaint also alleges violations of the Clean Air Act,
related federal regulations and the Oregon State Implementation Plan relating
to PGEs construction and operation of the plant. IPC is not a party to this
proceeding but has a 10 percent ownership interest in the Boardman plant.
On
December 5, 2008, PGE filed a motion to dismiss nine of the twelve claims
asserted by plaintiffs in their complaint, alleging among other arguments that
certain claims are barred by the statute of limitations or fail to state a
claim upon which the court can grant relief. Plaintiffs response to the
motion was filed February 25, 2009, and PGEs reply was filed April 8, 2009.
The State of Oregon filed an amicus brief on April 1, 2009, addressing the
substantive positions set forth in PGEs December 5, 2008, motion to dismiss
and the plaintiffs February 25, 2009, response to the motion. The amicus
brief does not state a position on the merits of the motion to dismiss but
corrects what it perceives to be erroneous statements of law made by the plaintiffs
and PGE regarding Oregon air quality regulations concerning the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration program that were approved by the Environmental
Protection Agency and incorporated into Oregons State Implementation Plan.
Plaintiffs filed a sur-response in opposition to the motion to dismiss on May
18, 2009. IPC continues to monitor the status of this matter but is unable to
predict its outcome or what effect this matter may have on its consolidated
financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Snake River Basin Adjudication: IPC is engaged in the Snake River Basin
Adjudication (SRBA), a general stream adjudication, commenced in 1987, to
define the nature and extent of water rights in the Snake River basin in Idaho,
including the water rights of IPC.
On March 25, 2009, IPC and the State of Idaho (State)
entered into a settlement agreement with respect to the 1984 Swan Falls
Agreement and IPCs water rights under the Swan Falls Agreement, which
settlement agreement is subject to certain conditions discussed below. The
settlement agreement will also resolve litigation between IPC and the State
relating to the Swan Falls Agreement that was filed by IPC on May 10, 2007,
with the Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which has
jurisdiction over SRBA matters including the Swan Falls case.
The settlement agreement resolves the pending litigation by
clarifying that IPCs water rights in excess of minimum flows at its
hydroelectric facilities between Milner Dam and Swan Falls Dam are subordinate
to future upstream beneficial uses, including aquifer recharge. The agreement
commits the State and IPC to further discussions on important water management
issues concerning the Swan Falls Agreement and the management of water in the
Snake River Basin. It also recognizes that water management measures that
enhance aquifer levels, springs and river flows, such as aquifer recharge
projects, benefit both agricultural development and hydropower generation and
deserve study to determine their economic potential, their impact on the
environment and their impact on hydropower generation. These will be a part of
the Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP), approved by the Idaho Water
Resource Board, which includes limits on the amount of aquifer recharge. IPC
is a member of the CAMP advisory committee and implementation committee.
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On April 24, 2009, the Governor of Idaho signed into law
legislation approving provisions contained in the settlement agreement. On May
6, 2009, as part of the settlement, IPC, the Governor of Idaho and the Idaho
Water Resource Board executed a memorandum of agreement relating to future
aquifer recharge efforts and further assurances as to limitations on the amount
of aquifer recharge. IPC and the State have also filed a joint motion to the
SRBA court to dismiss the Swan Falls case and enter the stipulated water right
decrees set forth in the settlement agreement. The SRBA court held a status
conference on the joint motion on July 21, 2009, and is expected to issue an
order setting a briefing and hearing schedule for the joint motion in the near
future.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: IPC has also filed an
action in the U.S. District Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. against
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to enforce a contract right for delivery of
water to its hydropower projects on the Snake River to recover damages from the
U.S. for the lost generation resulting from the reduced flows and a prospective
declaration of contractual rights so as to prevent the U.S. from continued
failure to fulfill its contractual and fiduciary duties to IPC. On May 22,
2009, the court entered an order extending the discovery schedule until
September 2, 2009 and requiring that discovery be completed and pre-trial motions
filed by February 3, 2010. The court will then set the matter for trial. IPC
is unable to predict the outcome of this action.
Renfro Dairy: On
September 28, 2007, the principals of Renfro Dairy in Canyon County, Idaho
filed a lawsuit in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the
State of Idaho against IDACORP and IPC. The plaintiffs complaint asserted
claims for negligence, negligence per se, gross negligence, nuisance,
and fraud. The claims were based on allegations that from 1972 until at least
March 2005, IPC discharged stray voltage from its electrical facilities that
caused physical harm and injury to the plaintiffs dairy herd. Plaintiffs
sought compensatory damages of not less than $1 million. In April 2009,
IDACORP and IPC settled the lawsuit with the plaintiffs, and on May 8, 2009 the
Idaho Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiffs appeal pursuant to stipulation of
the parties. The settlement did not have a material effect on IDACORP or IPC.
Oregon
Trail Heights Fire: On August 25, 2008, a fire ignited beneath an IPC
distribution line in Boise, Idaho. It was fanned by high winds and spread
rapidly, resulting in one death, the destruction of 10 homes and damage or
alleged fire related losses to approximately 30 others. Following the
investigation, the Boise Fire Department determined that the fire was linked to
a piece of line hardware on one of IPCs distribution poles and that high winds
contributed to the fire and its resultant damage.
IPC
has received notice of claims from a number of the homeowners and their
insurers and while it has continued investigation of these claims, IPC has
reached settlements with a number of the individuals or their insurers who have
alleged damages resulting from the fire. IPC is insured up to policy limits
against liability for claims in excess of its self-insured retention. IPC has
accrued a reserve for any loss that is probable and reasonably estimable,
including insurance deductibles, and believes this matter will not have a
material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Fire Claims: Effective July 1, 2009, IPC reached an agreement with
the Idaho District of the BLM to settle for approximately $1 million 15 Idaho
District wildland fire related claims, or potential claims, by the BLM. The
fires occurred between 2005 and 2008 in the vicinity of electrical facilities
operated by IPC. The BLM had not determined the exact cause of any of these
fires, and in settling the claims IPC did not admit liability for the BLMs
damages. With limited exceptions, this agreement settles all known or unknown
claims in the BLM Idaho District, as of the effective date of the settlement.
IPC has also agreed to an investigative protocol applicable to future fire
claims.
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8. BENEFIT PLANS:
The following table shows the components of net periodic
benefit costs for the three months ended June 30 (in thousands of dollars):
|
|
Senior Management |
Postretirement |
|||||||||||||
|
Pension Plan |
Security Plan |
Benefits |
|||||||||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
||||||||||
Service cost |
$ |
4,052 |
$ |
3,730 |
$ |
403 |
$ |
319 |
$ |
278 |
$ |
224 |
||||
Interest cost |
|
6,985 |
|
6,600 |
|
713 |
|
668 |
|
900 |
|
797 |
||||
Expected return on plan assets |
|
(5,895) |
|
(8,562) |
|
- |
|
- |
|
(545) |
|
(685) |
||||
Amortization of transition obligation |
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
510 |
|
510 |
|||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
|
163 |
|
162 |
|
58 |
|
48 |
|
(133) |
|
(134) |
||||
Amortization of net loss |
|
2,308 |
|
- |
|
165 |
|
122 |
|
231 |
|
- |
||||
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
7,613 |
|
1,930 |
|
1,339 |
|
1,157 |
|
1,241 |
|
712 |
|||
Costs not recognized due to the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
effects of regulation(1) |
|
(7,613) |
|
(1,930) |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|||
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
recognized for financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
reporting |
$ |
- |
$ |
- |
$ |
1,339 |
$ |
1,157 |
$ |
1,241 |
$ |
712 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
(1) |
Under IPUC order, income statement recognition of pension costs has been deferred until cash contributions are made and costs are |
|||||||||||||||
|
recovered through rates. |
|||||||||||||||
The following table shows the components of net periodic benefit costs for the six months ended June 30 (in thousands of dollars):
|
|
Senior Management |
Postretirement |
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Pension Plan |
Security Plan |
Benefits |
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|
||||||||||||
Service cost |
$ |
8,257 |
$ |
7,460 |
$ |
805 |
$ |
639 |
$ |
610 |
$ |
551 |
|||||||
Interest cost |
|
13,932 |
|
13,196 |
|
1,427 |
|
1,335 |
|
1,782 |
|
1,677 |
|||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
|
(11,983) |
|
(17,056) |
|
- |
|
- |
|
(1,073) |
|
(1,423) |
|||||||
Amortization of transition obligation |
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
1,020 |
|
1,020 |
||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
|
326 |
|
325 |
|
116 |
|
96 |
|
(267) |
|
(267) |
|||||||
Amortization of net loss |
|
4,428 |
|
- |
|
330 |
|
244 |
|
421 |
|
- |
|||||||
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
14,960 |
|
3,925 |
|
2,678 |
|
2,314 |
|
2,493 |
|
1,558 |
||||||
Costs not recognized due to the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
effects of regulation(1) |
|
(14,960) |
|
(3,925) |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
||||||
|
Net periodic benefit cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
recognized for financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
reporting |
$ |
- |
$ |
- |
$ |
2,678 |
$ |
2,314 |
$ |
2,493 |
$ |
1,558 |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(1) |
Under IPUC order, income statement recognition of pension costs have been deferred until cash contributions are made and costs are |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
recovered through rates. |
|
|||||||||||||||||
In accordance with the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA),
and the relief provisions of the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of
2008 (WRERA), which was signed into law on December 23, 2008, companies are
required to meet minimum funding levels in order to avoid required
contributions. The WRERA also provides for asset smoothing, which allows the
use of asset averaging, including expected returns (subject to certain
limitations), for a 24-month period in the determination of the funding
requirements. IDACORP and IPC have elected to use asset smoothing.
On March 31, 2009, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) provided guidance on the selection of the corporate bond yield curve for determining plan liabilities and allows companies to choose from a range of months in selecting a yield curve, rather than requiring the use of prescribed rates. The Treasurys announcement specifically referenced 2009, but also indicated that technical guidance will be forthcoming to address future years. The revisions in the PPA, WRERA, Treasury guidance, and IRS guidance resulted in IDACORP and IPC revising the funded status as of January 1, 2009 to being above the minimum required funding level, effectively reducing or delaying the required contributions from IDACORP and IPC from what would otherwise be required, and what was previously disclosed. Based on the provisions and methodologies
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allowed under the PPA,
WRERA, Treasury guidance and IRS guidance, IDACORP and IPC have not contributed
and are not required to contribute to their pension plan in 2009, and estimated
minimum required contributions will be approximately $6 million in 2010, $46
million in each of 2011 and 2012, and $41 million in 2013. IDACORP and IPC may
elect to make contributions earlier than the required dates.
Changes in expected contributions from amounts disclosed in
prior filings are due to preliminary actuarial estimates not fully reflecting
provisions and methodologies allowed under the PPA, WRERA, Treasury guidance,
and IRS guidance. Additional legislative or regulatory measures, as well as
fluctuations in financial market conditions, may impact funding requirements.
IDACORP and IPC continue to monitor the legislative and regulatory environments
for additional funding relief proposals, evaluating them for their potential
impact on funding requirements and strategies.
9. INVESTMENTS
IN DEBT AND EQUITY SECURITIES:
Investments in debt and equity securities are accounted for
in accordance with SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and
Equity Securities. Those investments classified as available-for-sale
securities are reported at fair value, using either specific identification or
average cost to determine the cost for computing gains or losses. Any
unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities are included in
other comprehensive income.
Investments classified as held-to-maturity securities are
reported at amortized cost. Held-to-maturity securities are investments in
debt securities for which the company has the positive intent and ability to
hold the securities until maturity. These debt securities mature in 2009 and
2010. In 2009, $4.8 million of investments in debt securities previously
classified as held-to-maturity were reclassified to available-for-sale and sold
to facilitate the early repayment of debt, and $4.1 million of investments in
available for sale securities were sold to fund an investment in affordable
housing.
The following table summarizes investments in debt and
equity securities (in thousands of dollars):
|
June 30, 2009 |
December 31, 2008 |
|||||||||||
|
Gross |
Gross |
|
Gross |
Gross |
|
|||||||
|
Unrealized |
Unrealized |
Fair |
Unrealized |
Unrealized |
Fair |
|||||||
|
Gain |
Loss |
Value |
Gain |
Loss |
Value |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-sale - IPC |
$ |
603 |
$ |
183 |
$ |
15,074 |
$ |
- |
$ |
- |
$ |
14,451 |
|
Held-to-maturity - IFS |
|
3 |
|
- |
|
495 |
|
3 |
|
25 |
|
9,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At the end of each reporting period, IDACORP and IPC analyze
securities in loss positions to determine whether they have experienced a
decline in market value that is considered other-than-temporary. At June 30,
2009, one available-for-sale security was in an unrealized loss position. The
security is an investment in broadly diversified equity index funds used to
fund IPCs Senior Management Security Plan (SMSP). Based on the severity and
duration of the loss, IDACORP and IPC did not recognize an other-than-temporary
impairment for the unrealized loss.
The following table summarizes securities that were in an
unrealized loss position at June 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008, but for which
no other-than-temporary impairment was recognized (in thousands of dollars).
|
Less than 12 months |
12 months or longer |
||||||
|
Aggregate |
Aggregate |
Aggregate |
Aggregate |
||||
|
Unrealized |
Related Fair |
Unrealized |
Related Fair |
||||
|
Loss |
Value |
Loss |
Value |
||||
2009: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-sale equity securities (IPC) |
$ |
183 |
$ |
4,507 |
$ |
- |
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Held-to-maturity debt securities (IFS) |
- |
- |
25 |
3,975 |
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The following table summarizes sales of available-for-sale
securities (in thousands of dollars):
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
|
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Proceeds from sales |
$ |
4,103 |
$ |
- |
$ |
8,965 |
$ |
- |
Gross realized gains from sales |
|
- |
|
- |
|
11 |
|
- |
Gross realized losses from sales |
|
35 |
|
- |
|
35 |
|
- |
The following tables present information about IDACORPs and
IPCs assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of
June 30, 2009 (in thousands of dollars). IDACORPs and IPCs assessment of the
significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires
judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and
their placement within the fair value hierarchy.
|
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
Significant |
|
||||||||
|
Active Markets |
Other |
Unobservable |
|
||||||||
|
for Identical |
Observable |
Inputs |
|
||||||||
|
Assets (Level 1) |
Inputs (Level 2) |
(Level 3) |
Total |
||||||||
IDACORP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivatives |
$ |
394 |
$ |
22 |
$ |
- |
$ |
416 |
|||
|
Money market funds |
|
8,411 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
8,411 |
|||
|
Trading securities: Equity securities |
|
5,391 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
5,391 |
|||
|
Available-for-sale securities: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Equity securities |
|
15,076 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
15,076 |
|||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivatives |
$ |
(929) |
$ |
(5,994) |
$ |
- |
$ |
(6,923) |
|||
IPC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivatives |
$ |
394 |
$ |
22 |
$ |
- |
$ |
416 |
|||
|
Money market funds |
|
8,059 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
8,059 |
|||
|
Trading securities: Equity securities |
|
4,499 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
4,499 |
|||
|
Available-for-sale securities: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Equity securities |
|
15,076 |
|
- |
|
- |
|
15,076 |
|||
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Derivatives |
$ |
(929) |
$ |
(5,994) |
$ |
- |
$ |
(6,923) |
|||
In accordance with SFAS 157,
IDACORP and IPC have categorized their financial instruments, based on the
priority of the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair
value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to
measure the financial instruments fall within
different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest
level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the
instrument. Financial assets and liabilities recorded on the Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the
valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are
based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an
active market that IDACORP and IPC has the ability to access.
Level 2: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets;
c) Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;
d)
Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated
by observable market data through correlation or other means for substantially
the full term of the asset or liability.
IDACORP and IPC Level 2 inputs are based on quoted market
prices adjusted for location using corroborated, observable market data and
quoted prices for similar assets in non-active markets.
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Level 3: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are
based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both
unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These
inputs reflect managements own assumptions about the assumptions a market
participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.
IPCs derivatives are contracts entered into as part of our
management of loads and resources. Electricity swaps are valued on the
Intercontinental Exchange with quoted prices in an active market. Natural gas
derivative and diesel derivative valuations are performed using New York
Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) pricing, adjusted for basis location, which are
also quoted under NYMEX. Trading securities consists of employee-directed
investments held in a Rabbi Trust and are related to an executive deferred
compensation plan. Available-for-sale securities are related to the SMSP and
are held in a Rabbi Trust and are actively traded money market and equity funds
with quoted prices in active markets.
The following tables present the carrying value and estimated
fair value of other financial instruments that are not reported at fair value,
using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.
The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may
have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. Cash and cash
equivalents, deposits, customer and other receivables, notes payable, accounts
payable, interest accrued and taxes accrued are reported at their carrying
value as these are a reasonable estimate of their fair value. The estimated
fair values for notes receivable and long-term debt are based upon discounted
cash flow analyses.
|
June 30, 2009 |
|
||||
|
Carrying |
|
Estimated |
|
||
|
Amount |
|
Fair Value |
|
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||||
IDACORP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes receivable |
$ |
2,238 |
|
$ |
2,238 |
|
Debt Securities |
|
492 |
|
|
495 |
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
$ |
1,202,193 |
|
$ |
1,136,459 |
|
IPC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
$ |
1,197,754 |
|
$ |
1,132,021 |
|
IDACORPs only reportable segment is utility operations, for
which the primary source of revenue is the regulated operations of IPC. IPCs
regulated operations include the generation, transmission, distribution,
purchase and sale of electricity. This segment also includes income from Bridger
Coal Company, an unconsolidated joint venture also subject to regulation.
Other operating segments are below the quantitative
thresholds for reportable segments and are included in the All Other
category. This category is comprised of IFSs investments in affordable
housing developments and historic rehabilitation projects, Ida-Wests joint
venture investments in small hydroelectric generation projects, the remaining
activities of energy marketer IE, which wound down its operations in 2003, and
IDACORPs holding company expenses.
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The following table summarizes the segment information for
IDACORPs utility operations and the total of all other segments, and
reconciles this information to total enterprise amounts (in thousands of
dollars):
|
Utility |
All |
|
Consolidated |
|||||||
|
Operations |
Other |
Eliminations |
Total |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Three months ended June 30, 2009: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Revenues |
$ |
242,518 |
$ |
1,116 |
$ |
- |
$ |
243,634 |
|
|
|
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
|
26,326 |
|
1,149 |
|
- |
|
27,475 |
|
|
|
Total assets at June 30, 2009 |
3,914,849 |
153,128 |
(25,301) |
4,042,676 |
|
|||||
Three months ended June 30, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Revenues |
$ |
228,945 |
$ |
1,281 |
$ |
- |
$ |
230,226 |
|
|
|
Income (loss) attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
|
17,728 |
|
(213) |
|
- |
|
17,515 |
|
|
Six months ended June 30, 2009: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Revenues |
$ |
470,547 |
$ |
1,661 |
$ |
- |
$ |
472,208 |
|
|
|
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
|
45,610 |
|
749 |
|
- |
|
46,359 |
|
|
Six months ended June 30, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Revenues |
$ |
441,740 |
$ |
1,925 |
$ |
- |
$ |
443,665 |
|
|
|
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
|
38,999 |
|
232 |
|
- |
|
39,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
On January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC adopted SFAS 161, Disclosures
about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities- an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 133.
Commodity Price Risk
IPC is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations.
The primary risk managed by using derivative instruments is commodity price
risk related to IPCs ongoing utility operations providing electricity to meet
the demand of its retail customers. Physical and financial forward contracts
for both electricity and fuel used to produce electricity are entered into to
manage the price risk associated with meeting forecasted loads. The objective
of IPCs energy purchase and sale activity is to meet the demand of retail
electric customers, maintain appropriate physical reserves to ensure
reliability and make economic use of temporary surpluses that may develop.
SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities, requires companies to recognize all derivative
instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the balance
sheet. IPCs physical forward contracts qualify for the normal purchases and
normal sales exception to derivative accounting requirements with the exception
of forward contracts for the purchase of natural gas for use at IPCs peaking
natural gas generation facilities. Because of IPCs PCA mechanism, IPC records
the changes in fair value of derivative instruments related to power supply as
regulatory assets or liabilities.
As of June 30, 2009, IPC had the following outstanding
derivative commodity forward contracts that were entered into for the purpose
of economically hedging forecasted purchases and sales:
Commodity |
Number of Units |
|
Electricity purchases |
564,800 |
MWh |
Electricity sales |
220,000 |
MWh |
Natural gas |
2,797,750 |
MMBtu |
Diesel |
446,150 |
gallons |
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The following table presents the fair values and locations
of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments recorded in the balance
sheet at June 30, 2009 (in thousands of dollars):
|
Asset Derivatives |
Liability Derivatives |
|||||||
|
Balance Sheet |
Fair |
Balance Sheet |
Fair |
|||||
Commodity derivatives |
Location |
Value |
Location |
Value |
|||||
Current: |
|
||||||||
|
Financial swaps |
Other current assets |
$ |
1,002 |
Other current liabilities |
$ |
2,224 |
||
|
Financial swaps |
Other current liabilities |
|
1,470 |
Other current assets |
|
613 |
||
|
Forward contracts |
|
|
- |
Other current liabilities |
|
5,994 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Long term: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Financial swaps |
Other assets |
|
391 |
Other liabilities |
|
260 |
||
|
Financial swaps |
Other liabilities |
|
41 |
|
- |
|||
|
Forward contracts |
Other liabilities |
|
22 |
|
|
- |
||
Total |
$ |
2,926 |
|
|
$ |
9,091 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table presents the effect on income of
derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under SFAS 133 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2009 (in thousands of dollars):
|
Location of Gain/(Loss) |
|
Amount of Gain/(Loss) |
|||
|
Recognized in Income on |
|
Recognized in Income |
|||
Commodity derivatives |
Derivative |
|
on Derivative (1) |
|||
Financial swaps |
Off-system sales |
|
$ |
2,287 |
||
Financial swaps |
Purchased power |
|
(1,664) |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Excludes changes in fair value of derivatives, which are recorded on the balance sheet as regulatory assets or liabilities |
||||||
|
||||||
The following table presents the effect on income of
derivatives not designated as hedging instruments under SFAS 133 for the six
months ended June 30, 2009 (in thousands of dollars):
|
Location of Gain/(Loss) |
|
Amount of Gain/(Loss) |
|||
|
Recognized in Income on |
|
Recognized in Income |
|||
Commodity derivatives |
Derivative |
|
on Derivative (1) |
|||
Financial swaps |
Off-system sales |
|
$ |
2,287 |
||
Financial swaps |
Purchased power |
|
(2,421) |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Excludes changes in fair value of derivatives, which are recorded on the balance sheet as regulatory assets or liabilities |
||||||
|
||||||
IPC records changes in fair value of its derivative
contracts as either regulatory assets or liabilities. Settlement gains and
losses on electricity swap contracts are recorded on the income statement in
off-system sales or purchased power depending on the forecasted position being
economically hedged by the derivative contract. Settlement gains and losses on
both financial and physical contracts for natural gas are reflected in fuel
expense. Settlement gains and losses on diesel derivatives, which were
immaterial for the quarter and year-to-date, are recorded in fuel inventory on
the balance sheet.
Credit Risk
At June 30, 2009, IPC does not have material credit exposure from financial
instruments, including derivatives. IPC monitors credit risk exposure through
reviews of counterparty credit quality, corporate-wide counterparty credit
exposure, and corporate-wide counterparty concentration levels. IPC manages
these risks by establishing appropriate credit and concentration limits on
transactions with counterparties and requiring contractual guarantees, cash
deposits or letters of credit from counterparties or their affiliates, as
deemed necessary. The majority of IPCs contracts are under the Western
Systems Power Pool agreement that provides for adequate assurances if a
counterparty has debt that is downgraded to below investment grade by at least
one rating agency. IPC also requires North American Energy Standards Board
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contracts as necessary for physical gas transactions, and International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc. contracts as needed for financial
transactions.
Credit-Contingent Features
Certain of IPCs derivative instruments contain provisions that require IPCs
unsecured debt to maintain an investment grade credit rating from each of the
major credit rating agencies. If IPCs unsecured debt were to fall below
investment grade, it would be in violation of these provisions, and the
counterparties to the derivative instruments could request immediate payment or
demand immediate and ongoing full overnight collateralization on derivative
instruments in net liability positions. The aggregate fair value of all
derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that are in
a liability position on June 30, 2009, is $7.6 million. IPC has posted no cash
collateral related to this amount. If the credit-risk-related contingent
features underlying these agreements were triggered on June 30, 2009, IPC could
have been required to post $6.7 million of cash collateral to its
counterparties.
39
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of IDACORP, Inc.
Boise, Idaho
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet of IDACORP, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of June 30,
2009, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income and
comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30,
2009 and 2008, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2009
and 2008. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of
interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical
procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion
regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material
modifications that should be made to such condensed consolidated interim
financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheet of IDACORP, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,
2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income,
shareholders equity, and cash flows for the year then ended prior to
retrospective adjustment for the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements, (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25,
2009, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial
statements, which included an explanatory paragraph related to the adoption of
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans an
amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). We also audited
the adjustments described in Note 1 that were applied to retrospectively adjust
the December 31, 2008, consolidated balance sheet of IDACORP, Inc. and
subsidiaries (not presented herein). In our opinion, such adjustments are
appropriate and have been properly applied to the previously issued
consolidated balance sheet in deriving the accompanying retrospectively
adjusted consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boise, Idaho
August 6, 2009
40
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of Idaho Power
Company
Boise, Idaho
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet and statement of capitalization of Idaho Power Company and
subsidiary (the Company) as of June 30, 2009, and the related condensed
consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month
and six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and of cash flows for the
six-month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. These interim financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of
interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical
procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted
in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion
regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material
modifications that should be made to such condensed consolidated interim
financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheet and statement of capitalization of Idaho Power
Company and subsidiary as of December 31, 2008, and the related consolidated
statements of income, comprehensive income, retained earnings, and cash flows
for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated
February 25, 2009, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated
financial statements, which included an explanatory paragraph related to the
adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans an
amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). In our opinion,
the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance
sheet and statement of capitalization as of December 31, 2008, is fairly
stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet
and statement of capitalization from which it has been derived.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boise, Idaho
August 6, 2009
41
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
(Dollar amounts and megawatt-hours (MWh) are in thousands
unless otherwise indicated.)
INTRODUCTION:
In Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A), the general financial condition
and results of operations for IDACORP, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively,
IDACORP) and Idaho Power Company and its subsidiary (collectively, IPC) are
discussed.
IDACORP is a holding company formed in 1998 whose principal
operating subsidiary is IPC. IDACORP is subject to the provisions of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, which provides certain access to
books and records to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state
utility regulatory commissions and imposes certain record retention and
reporting requirements on IDACORP.
IPC is an electric utility with a service territory covering
approximately 24,000 square miles in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. IPC is
regulated by the FERC and the state regulatory commissions of Idaho and
Oregon. IPC is the parent of Idaho Energy Resources Co. (IERCo), a joint
venturer in Bridger Coal Company, which supplies coal to the Jim Bridger
generating plant owned in part by IPC.
IDACORPs other subsidiaries include:
IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments;
Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West), an operator of small hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA); and
IDACORP Energy (IE), a marketer of energy commodities, which wound down operations in 2003.
While reading the MD&A, please refer to the accompanying
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of IDACORP and IPC. This discussion
updates the MD&A included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009, and should be read in conjunction with the discussions in
those reports.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:
In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, IDACORP and IPC are hereby filing
cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking
statements, as such term is defined in the Reform Act, made by or on behalf of
IDACORP or IPC in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in presentations, in
response to questions or otherwise. Any statements that express, or involve
discussions as to expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or
future events or performance, often, but not always, through the use of words
or phrases such as anticipates, believes, estimates, expects, intends,
plans, predicts, projects, may result, may continue or similar
expressions, are not statements of historical facts and may be forward-looking.
Forward-looking statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties and
are qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, the
following important factors, which are difficult to predict, contain
uncertainties, are beyond IDACORPs or IPCs control and may cause actual
results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking
statements:
The effect of regulatory decisions by the Idaho Public Utility Commission, the Oregon Public Utility Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affecting our ability to recover costs and/or earn a reasonable rate of return including, but not limited to, the disallowance of costs that have been deferred;
Changes in and compliance with state and federal laws, policies and regulations, including new interpretations by oversight bodies, which include the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the
42
North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and the Oregon Public Utility Commission, of existing policies and regulations that affect the cost of compliance, investigations and audits, penalties and costs of remediation that may or may not be recoverable through rates;
Changes in tax laws or related regulations or new interpretations of applicable law by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing jurisdiction;
Litigation and regulatory proceedings, including those resulting from the energy situation in the western United States, and penalties and settlements that influence business and profitability;
Changes in and compliance with laws, regulations and policies including changes in law and compliance with environmental, natural resources, endangered species and safety laws, regulations and policies and the adoption of laws and regulations addressing greenhouse gas emissions, global climate change, and energy policies;
Global climate change and regional weather variations affecting customer demand and hydroelectric generation;
Over-appropriation of surface and groundwater in the Snake River Basin resulting in reduced generation at hydroelectric facilities;
Construction of power generation, transmission and distribution facilities, including an inability to obtain required governmental permits and approvals, rights-of-way and siting, and risks related to contracting, construction and start-up;
Operation of power generating facilities including performance below expected levels, breakdown or failure of equipment, availability of transmission and fuel supply;
Changes in operating expenses and capital expenditures, including costs and availability of materials, fuel and commodities;
Blackouts or other disruptions of Idaho Power Companys transmission system or the western interconnected transmission system;
Population growth rates and other demographic patterns;
Market prices and demand for energy, including structural market changes;
Increases in uncollectible customer receivables;
Fluctuations in sources and uses of cash;
Results of financing efforts, including the ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt when necessary or on favorable terms, which can be affected by factors such as credit ratings, volatility in the financial markets and other economic conditions;
Actions by credit rating agencies, including changes in rating criteria and new interpretations of existing criteria;
Changes in interest rates or rates of inflation;
Performance of the stock market, interest rates, credit spreads and other financial market conditions, as well as changes in government regulations, which affect the amount and timing of required contributions to pension plans and the reported costs of providing pension and other postretirement benefits;
Increases in health care costs and the resulting effect on medical benefits paid for employees;
Increasing costs of insurance, changes in coverage terms and the ability to obtain insurance;
Homeland security, acts of war or terrorism;
Natural disasters and other natural risks, such as earthquake, flood, drought, lightning, wind and fire;
Adoption of or changes in critical accounting policies or estimates; and
New accounting or Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, or new interpretation or application of existing requirements.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made. New factors emerge from time to time and it is
not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the
impact of any such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement.
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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW:
Second Quarter and Year-to-date 2009 Financial Results
A summary of net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. and earnings per diluted
share is as follows:
|
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
||||
Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
27,475 |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
46,359 |
$ |
39,231 |
Average outstanding shares - diluted (000s) |
|
46,977 |
|
45,155 |
|
46,927 |
|
45,101 |
Earnings per diluted share |
$ |
0.58 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
following table presents a reconciliation of net income attributable to
IDACORP, Inc. for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2009
(in millions):
|
Three months |
|
Six months |
||||||||||||
|
ended |
|
ended |
||||||||||||
June 30, 2008 |
|
$ |
17.5 |
|
|
$ |
39.2 |
||||||||
Change in IPC net income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Improved generating conditions and regulatory changes |
$ |
11.9 |
|
|
$ |
17.8 |
|
|
|||||||
Reduced sales volumes, net of cost adjustment mechanism |
|
(10.2) |
|
|
|
(15.0) |
|
|
|||||||
Change in distribution of base net power supply costs |
|
6.5 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|||||||
Oregon 2007 excess power cost deferral order |
|
6.4 |
|
|
|
6.4 |
|
|
|||||||
Reduced transmission revenues |
|
(1.7) |
|
|
|
(2.9) |
|
|
|||||||
Improved results at Bridger Coal Company |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|||||||
Gain on the sale of the Southwest Intertie Project |
|
(3.0) |
|
|
|
(2.9) |
|
|
|||||||
Other |
|
(1.7) |
|
|
|
(1.3) |
|
|
|||||||
Total increase in IPC net income |
|
|
8.6 |
|
|
|
6.6 |
||||||||
Other net increases (shown net of tax) |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
||||||||
June 30, 2009 |
$ |
27.5 |
|
|
$ |
46.4 |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Changes to the Idaho PCA
mechanism and base rate increases that both took effect February 1, 2009,
positively impacted net income, as did improved hydroelectric generating
conditions.
IPCs retail customer
sales volumes were down eight percent for the quarter and six percent year-to-date,
due primarily to weather conditions. To a lesser extent economic factors
contributed to the reduction in sales volume. Precipitation in the second
quarter of 2009 was more than double the same period in 2008, contributing to a
19 percent decrease in sales to irrigation customers. Temperatures were more
moderate in IPCs service territory, resulting in 22 percent and 9 percent
declines in heating degree days in the quarter and year-to-date, respectively.
In May 2008 an Idaho
Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) Order changed the allocation of base net
power supply costs in IPCs PCA mechanism, retroactive to March 1, 2008. The
PCA deferral for the second quarter of 2008 was reduced $6.5 million to reflect
the effect of the order on the March 2008 PCA calculation (thereby reducing
earnings in the second quarter of 2008). A May 2009 Oregon Public Utility
Commission (OPUC) stipulation allowed the deferral for future recovery of $6.4 million
of excess power supply costs incurred in 2007 and reduced PCA expense in the
second quarter of 2009.
Also contributing to the increase in year-to-date earnings was the return to more normal operations at Bridger Coal Company, which had experienced losses in the first half of 2008, primarily due to difficulties related to its longwall mining operation. These 2008 first half losses were recovered by year end 2008 through increased coal prices.
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Transmission revenues for the quarter and year-to-date periods were lower than
2008 principally due to reductions in prices and volumes sold. In 2008 IPC
recorded a $3.0 million gain on the sale of a portion of the Southwest Intertie
Project.
Capital Requirements
IPC has several major projects in
development. These projects are summarized here and are discussed further in LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Capital Requirements - Major Projects.
Langley Gulch power plant (2012 baseload resource): On March 6, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) authorizing IPC to construct, own and operate the Langley Gulch power plant (Langley Gulch). Langley Gulch will be a natural gas-fired combined cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) generating plant with a summer nameplate capacity of approximately 300 MWs and a winter capacity of approximately 330 MWs and is anticipated to be in operation by December 2012, although IPC is working to advance the in-service date from December 2012 to June 2012. IPC proposes to construct Langley Gulch in Payette County, approximately four miles south of New Plymouth, Idaho, commencing in summer 2010 at an estimated cost of $427 million. On July 14-16, 2009, the IPUC conducted both technical and public hearings on IPCs application. IPC anticipates an order will be issued in the third quarter of 2009.
Gateway West transmission project: IPC and PacifiCorp are jointly exploring the Gateway West Project to build transmission lines between Windstar, a substation located near Douglas, Wyoming and Hemingway, a substation located in the vicinity of Melba and Murphy, Idaho near Boise. The estimated cost for IPCs share of the project is between $500 million and $600 million. The lines will provide transmission service for existing network and native load customers and their forecasted growth and provides for existing third-party transmission service requests. This project is intended to relieve existing congestion by increasing transmission capacity and to improve reliability to comply with reliability regulations. Initial phases of the project could be completed by 2014.
Boardman-Hemingway transmission project: IPC is also exploring alternatives for the construction of a 500-kV line between southwestern Idaho at the Hemingway substation and the Northwest at the Boardman substation. IPC estimates construction costs of $600 million and expects to seek partners for up to 50 percent of the project when construction commences. The Boardman-Hemingway Line will provide transmission service for existing network and native load customers and their forecasted growth and provides for existing third-party transmission service requests. This project is intended to relieve existing congestion by increasing transmission capacity and to improve reliability to comply with reliability regulations. Current estimates for the project in-service date have been delayed from 2013 to 2015.
Liquidity
Pension Plan: Provisions of the
Pension Protection Act (PPA), relief provisions of the Worker, Retiree,
and Employer Recovery Act (WRERA), U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) guidance,
and IRS guidance require that if a company does not meet minimum funding
levels, the company must make additional contributions to improve the funded
status of the plan. The funded status of IPCs pension plan at January 1,
2009, was above the minimum required funding levels as revised by the PPA,
WRERA, Treasury guidance and IRS guidance. Based on the assumptions allowed
under the PPA, WRERA, Treasury guidance and IRS guidance, IDACORP and IPC have
not contributed and are not required to contribute to the pension plan in 2009,
and estimated minimum required contributions will be approximately $6 million
in 2010, $46 million in both 2011 and 2012, and $41 million in 2013.
Regulatory Matters
Oregon 2009 General Rate Case: On July 31, 2009, IPC filed an application
with the OPUC requesting an average rate increase of approximately 22.6
percent, or $7.3 million annually. The application included a requested return
on equity of 11.25 percent and an overall rate of return of 8.68 percent with
equity at 49.8 percent of total capitalization. Oregon jurisdictional rate
base included in the application is $110.8 million.
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IPC filed its case based
upon a 2009 test year. The new rates are filed with a requested effective date
of August 31, 2009. Assuming application of the full nine-month statutory
suspension period to the 30-day effective date now contained in the tariffs,
the new rates would become effective May 31, 2010. IPC is unable to predict
what relief the OPUC will grant.
Oregon 2007-2008 Excess Power Costs: On May 28,
2009, the OPUC adopted a stipulation allowing IPC to defer excess net power
supply costs of $6.4 million (including interest through the date of the order)
for the period May 1 through December 31, 2007. IPC recorded this deferral in
the second quarter of 2009. The amount to be recovered was reduced by $0.9
million of emission allowance sales previously deferred, resulting in an
approved deferral balance of $5.5 million. This deferral is discussed in more
detail in REGULATORY MATTERS - Oregon - 2007-2008 Excess Power Costs.
Idaho and Oregon Rate Orders: IPC received five
additional rate orders from the IPUC and the OPUC at the end of May 2009. The
IPUC rate orders are for the Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism, Idaho Energy
Efficiency Rider, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, and Power Cost Adjustment,
and the additional OPUC rate order is for the Annual Power Cost Update. Each
of these orders increases rates, but only the Advanced Metering Infrastructure
order involves an increase in IPCs rate base, relating to the installation of
new meters. These orders are discussed in additional detail in REGULATORY
MATTERS.
Idaho OATT Shortfall Filing: On July 20, 2009, IPC
filed a request with the IPUC for authorization to defer $8.1 million
associated with shortfalls in the amount of OATT revenues that IPC will receive
between March 2008 and May 2010. The filing includes $4.3 million for the
period through January 2009, and $3.8 million estimated for the period from
February 2009 to May 2010. IPC requested to amortize the unrecovered
transmission revenues on a straight-line basis over a three-year period
beginning June 1, 2010 and to receive a carrying charge on the balance until
rate recovery begins. This filing is discussed in more detail in REGULATORY
MATTERS Idaho OATT Shortfall Filing.
OATT Amended Legacy Agreements: In April and June
2009 IPC submitted filings to the FERC to increase rates under agreements IPC
has with PacifiCorp. The combined annual transmission revenue impact of the
revised agreements is estimated to be a $7.1 million net increase. On July 28,
2009, the FERC accepted one of IPCs filings for a net transmission revenue
increase of $3.2 million. PacifiCorp has intervened in the other case and on
July 10, 2009 filed a motion to suspend the case for five months and pursue
settlement or go to hearing. The filings are discussed in more detail in REGULATORY
MATTERS Federal Regulatory Matters OATT Amended Legacy Agreements.
Integrated Resource Plan: IPC is currently preparing
the 2009 IRP, which was originally expected to be completed in June 2009. In
light of the economic changes since September 2008 and in response to the OPUCs
desire for additional analysis regarding the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission
Project, IPC filed a request for extension with the IPUC and OPUC to delay the
filing of the 2009 IRP until December 2009. The IPUC and OPUC have granted the
requested extension and IPC is currently updating the load forecast that will
be used for the 2009 IRP.
Environmental Issues
Climate Change: Climate change regulations will have major implications for
IPC and the energy industry. IPC has increased disclosure about its CO2
emissions and will continue to track and analyze pending greenhouse gas
legislation. In addition, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
as passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, would require
utilities to obtain 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by
2020, and reduce demand an additional five percent through conservation and
increased energy efficiency. These issues are discussed in more detail in LEGAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Environmental Issues.
Idaho Water Management Issues: Power generation at the IPC hydroelectric power plants on the Snake River is dependent upon the state water rights held by IPC and the long-term sustainability of the Snake River, tributary spring flows and the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer that is connected to the Snake River. IPC continues to participate in water management issues in Idaho that may affect those water rights and resources with the goal to preserve, to the fullest extent possible, the long-term availability of water for use at IPCs hydroelectric projects on the Snake River. On March 25, 2009, IPC and the State of Idaho (State)
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entered into a settlement agreement
with respect to the 1984 Swan Falls Agreement and IPCs water rights under the
Swan Falls Agreement, which settlement agreement is subject to certain
conditions. The settlement agreement will also resolve litigation between IPC
and the State relating to the Swan Falls Agreement that was filed by IPC on May
10, 2007, with the Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which
has jurisdiction over SRBA matters. For a further discussion of water
management issues see LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Environmental Issues -
Idaho Water Management Issues.
Other Issues
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: The
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), enacted on February 17,
2009, includes tax and appropriation benefits to the utility industry. IPC
continues to evaluate opportunities under ARRA as the details are clarified.
On July 15, 2009, IPC submitted a Letter of Intent with the Department of
Energy (DOE) regarding IPCs nonbinding intention to apply for the DOEs Integrated
and/or Crosscutting Systems. The grant application to the DOE is expected to
be submitted August 6, 2009, and details the $45 million of currently budgeted
project funds IPC would invest towards the Smart Grid as well as incremental
projects that would be funded if awarded a DOE matching grant.
2009 Operating and Financial Metrics Outlook
The outlook for key operating and financial metrics for 2009
is:
|
2009 Estimates |
|||
Current |
Previous |
|||
IPC Operation & Maintenance Expense (Millions) |
No change |
$280-$290 |
||
IPC Capital Expenditures (Millions) (1) |
No change |
$220-$230 |
||
IPC Hydroelectric Generation (Million MWh) (2) |
7.5-8.5 |
6.5-8.5 |
||
Non-regulated Subsidiary Earnings and Holding Company |
||||
Expenses (Millions) |
No change |
$0.0-$3.0 |
||
Effective Tax Rates(3): |
|
|
||
|
IPC |
26%-31% |
31%-35% |
|
|
Consolidated IDACORP |
19%-24% |
24%-28% |
|
|
|
|
||
(1)
For the three-year period,
2009-2011, IPC expects to spend approximately $730-750 million. This amount
includes expenditures for the siting and permitting of major transmission
expansions for Boardman to Hemingway, Gateway West, Hemingway Station and the
Hemingway Bowmont facilities, but excludes the costs for the Langley Gulch
power plant. On March 6, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) authorizing IPC to
construct, own and operate the Langley Gulch power plant. A decision from the IPUC
is expected in the third quarter of 2009. If the IPUC issues the CPCN in a
form that permits IPC to secure financing on acceptable terms, IPC expects to
spend between $50 million and $55 million during 2009 on this project. IPCs
estimate for construction of Langley Gulch power plant is $427 million,
including transmission interconnection costs.
(2)
The range of estimated hydroelectric
generation has been revised to reflect actual generation through June and
estimated ranges of generation for the remainder of the year. Significant
drivers include above normal precipitation during June and the impacts of above
normal storage levels in reservoirs above Brownlee dam.
(3)
The effective tax rate
ranges at IPC and IDACORP are lower principally due to the settlement of the
2006 IRS examination and the state of Idahos adoption of the 2009 federal
bonus depreciation provisions.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:
This section of the MD&A takes a closer look at the
significant factors that affected IDACORPs and IPCs earnings during the three
and six months ended June 30, 2009. In this analysis, the results for 2009 are
compared to the same periods in 2008.
The following table presents net income (losses) for IDACORP
and its subsidiaries:
|
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|||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
|||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|||||
IPC - Utility operations |
$ |
26,326 |
$ |
17,728 |
$ |
45,610 |
$ |
38,999 |
|
IDACORP Financial Services |
|
188 |
|
701 |
|
329 |
|
1,502 |
|
Ida-West Energy |
|
1,384 |
|
908 |
|
1,572 |
|
963 |
|
IDACORP Energy |
|
(29) |
|
(11) |
|
(48) |
|
(23) |
|
Holding company |
|
(394) |
|
(1,811) |
|
(1,104) |
|
(2,210) |
|
|
Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. |
$ |
27,475 |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
46,359 |
$ |
39,231 |
Average common shares outstanding (diluted) |
|
46,977 |
|
45,155 |
|
46,927 |
|
45,101 |
|
Earnings per diluted share |
$ |
0.58 |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.99 |
$ |
0.87 |
|
Utility Operations
Operating environment: IPC is one of the nations
few investor-owned utilities with a predominantly hydroelectric generating
base. Because of its reliance on hydroelectric generation, IPCs generation
operations can be significantly affected by water conditions. The availability
of hydroelectric power depends on the amount of snow pack in the mountains
upstream of IPCs hydroelectric facilities, springtime snow pack run-off, river
base flows, spring flows, rainfall and other weather and stream flow management
considerations. During low water years, when stream flows into IPCs
hydroelectric projects are reduced, IPCs hydroelectric generation is reduced.
This results in less generation from IPCs resource portfolio (hydroelectric,
coal-fired and gas-fired) available for off-system sales and, most likely, an
increased use of purchased power to meet load requirements. Both of these
situations - a reduction in off-system sales and an increased use of more
expensive purchased power - result in increased power supply costs. During
high water years, increased off-system sales and the decreased need for
purchased power reduce net power supply costs.
Operations plans are developed during the year to provide
guidance for generation resource utilization and energy market activities (off-system
sales and power purchases). The plans incorporate forecasts for generation
unit availability, reservoir storage and stream flows, gas and coal prices,
customer loads, energy market prices and other pertinent inputs. Consideration
is given to when to use IPCs available resources to meet forecast loads and when
to transact in the wholesale energy market. The allocation of hydroelectric
generation between heavy load and light load hours or calendar periods is
considered in development of the operating plans. This allocation is intended
to utilize the flexibility of the hydroelectric system to shift generation to
high value periods, while operating within the constraints imposed on the
system. IPCs energy risk management policy, unit operating requirements and
other obligations provide the framework for the plans.
Hydroelectric generation in the first six months of 2009 was
much improved over 2008, due to a combination of above normal June rainfall and
near normal runoff from an improved snowpack. Hydroelectric generation was 124
percent and 99 percent of the 30-year average for the quarter and year-to-date,
respectively.
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The following table presents IPCs power supply for the
three and six months ended June 30:
|
MWh |
|||||
|
Hydroelectric |
Thermal |
Total System |
Purchased |
|
|
|
Generation |
Generation |
Generation |
Power |
Total |
|
Three months ended: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2009 |
2,976 |
1,121 |
4,097 |
539 |
4,636 |
|
June 30, 2008 |
2,077 |
1,393 |
3,470 |
968 |
4,438 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Six months ended: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2009 |
4,561 |
3,087 |
7,648 |
1,200 |
8,848 |
|
June 30, 2008 |
3,740 |
3,372 |
7,112 |
1,655 |
8,767 |
|
As of July 31, 2009, reservoir levels in selected federal
reservoirs upstream of Brownlee were at 122 percent of average. The observed
April through July Brownlee reservoir inflow was 5.6 million acre-feet (maf),
or 89 percent of the NWRFC average, an increase over the 2008 April through
July inflow of 4.4 maf, which was 70 percent of average. With current and
forecasted stream flow conditions, IPC expects to generate between 7.5 and 8.5
million MWh from its hydroelectric facilities in 2009, compared to 6.9 million
MWh in 2008.
On December 30, 2008, IPC issued a request for proposals
(RFP) seeking to acquire additional water through leases. Proposals were
received in February 2009 and have been evaluated. IPC is negotiating possible
leases for the remainder of 2009 and future years. This action was taken in
part to offset the impact of drought and changing water use patterns in
southern Idaho and increase IPCs ability to meet mid-summer electricity
demands with lower cost hydroelectric generation. Acquiring water through
lease also helps IPC improve water quality and temperature conditions in the
Snake River as part of ongoing relicensing efforts associated with the Hells
Canyon Complex. IPC includes these costs in its annual PCA filing.
IPCs system is dual peaking, with the larger peak demand
occurring in the summer. The all-time system peak demand established on June
30, 2008 is 3,214 MW. During this and other similar heavy load periods IPCs
system is fully committed to serve loads and meet required operating
reserves. The all-time winter peak demand is 2,464 MW, set on January 24, 2008.
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General business revenue: The following table
presents IPCs general business revenues, MWh sales, number of customers and Boise,
Idaho weather conditions for the three and six months ended June 30:
|
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||||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Residential |
$ |
77,757 |
$ |
74,067 |
$ |
184,204 |
$ |
169,309 |
|
|
Commercial |
|
53,415 |
|
47,333 |
|
104,957 |
|
92,008 |
|
|
Industrial |
|
33,307 |
|
29,280 |
|
64,352 |
|
55,937 |
|
|
Irrigation |
|
36,106 |
|
38,068 |
|
36,676 |
|
38,806 |
|
|
Deferred revenue related to Hells Canyon |
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
relicensing AFUDC |
|
(2,370) |
|
- |
|
(4,047) |
|
- |
|
|
|
Total |
$ |
198,215 |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
386,142 |
$ |
356,060 |
MWh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Residential |
|
1,048 |
|
1,097 |
|
2,582 |
|
2,686 |
|
|
Commercial |
|
894 |
|
926 |
|
1,851 |
|
1,924 |
|
|
Industrial |
|
755 |
|
827 |
|
1,536 |
|
1,678 |
|
|
Irrigation |
|
559 |
|
686 |
|
566 |
|
697 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
3,256 |
|
3,536 |
|
6,535 |
|
6,985 |
Customers (average) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Residential |
|
404,590 |
|
401,934 |
|
404,499 |
|
401,545 |
|
|
Commercial |
|
64,113 |
|
63,297 |
|
64,097 |
|
63,124 |
|
|
Industrial |
|
126 |
|
122 |
|
125 |
|
122 |
|
|
Irrigation |
|
18,800 |
|
18,388 |
|
18,666 |
|
18,264 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
487,629 |
|
483,741 |
|
487,387 |
|
483,055 |
Customers (period end) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Residential |
|
|
|
404,804 |
|
402,320 |
|||
|
Commercial |
|
|
|
64,115 |
|
63,427 |
|||
|
Industrial |
|
|
|
127 |
|
122 |
|||
|
Irrigation |
|
|
|
18,859 |
|
18,485 |
|||
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
487,905 |
|
484,354 |
||
Heating degree-days |
|
641 |
|
821 |
|
3,173 |
|
3,501 |
||
Cooling degree-days |
|
208 |
|
213 |
|
208 |
|
213 |
||
Precipitation (inches) |
|
3.24 |
|
1.44 |
|
5.57 |
|
4.14 |
Heating and cooling degree-days are common measures used in
the utility industry to analyze the demand for electricity and indicate when a
customer would use electricity for heating and air conditioning. A degree-day
measures how much the average of the daily high and low temperature varies from
65 degrees. Each degree of temperature above 65 degrees is counted as one
cooling degree-day, and each degree of temperature below 65 degrees is counted
as one heating degree-day. Normal heating degree-days for the second quarter
and year-to-date are 767 and 3,341 degree-days, respectively. Normal cooling
degree days for the second quarter and year to date are both 156 degree-days.
Normal precipitation for the second quarter and year-to-date is 3.28 and 7.22
inches, respectively.
As part of its February 1, 2009,
general rate case order, the IPUC allowed IPC to recover AFUDC for the Hells
Canyon Complex relicensing asset even though the relicensing process is not yet
complete and the relicensing asset has not been placed in service. IPC expects
to collect approximately $10.6 million annually, but must defer revenue
recognition of the amounts collected until the license is issued and the asset
is placed in service. This deferral offset revenues by approximately $2.4
million for the quarter and $4.0 million year-to-date.
General business revenue increased $9.5 million for the
quarter and $30.1 million year-to-date as compared to the same periods in
2008. This increase is primarily attributable to the effects of rate changes
and was partially offset by a decrease in customer usage:
Rates: Rate changes
positively impacted general business revenue $23.9 million for the quarter and
$52.2 million year-to-date due to PCA rate increases of $14.2 million and $31.2
million for the quarter and year-to-date, respectively. Increases in retail
base rates, discussed in REGULATORY MATTERS, also increased revenues $9.8
million and $20.9 million for the quarter and year-to-date, respectively.
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Also impacting rates is a new
tiered rate structure for residential and small commercial customers
implemented as part of the February 1, 2009, general rate case. In shoulder
months, when customers are using less heating or cooling, revenues should be
lower compared to the prior year. However, during peak heating and cooling
months, revenues should be higher compared to the prior year. The table below
presents the residential rates by tier.
Residential Rate Structure |
Residential Rate Structure |
||||
February 1, 2008 |
Summer |
Non-Summer |
February 1, 2009 |
Summer |
Non-Summer |
0-300 kWh |
5.6973 cent |
5.6973 cent |
0-800 kWh |
5.9750 cent |
5.5792 cent |
Above 300 kWh |
6.4125 cent |
5.6973 cent |
801-2,000 kWh |
7.2798 cent |
6.1991cent |
|
|
|
Above 2,000 kWh |
8.7358cent |
7.1290cent |
Customer Class |
Quarter Change % |
Year-to-date Change % |
Residential |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Commercial |
1.2 |
1.4 |
Industrial |
3.2 |
2.8 |
Irrigation |
2.2 |
2.2 |
Overall weighted total |
1.5 |
1.4 |
Usage: Changes in usage decreased general business
revenue $17.4 million for the quarter and $27.1 million year-to-date, due to
milder temperatures, increased precipitation and a weaker economy. The impact
of this reduction is partially mitigated by the Load Growth Adjustment Rate
(LGAR) and Fixed Cost Adjustment (FCA) Mechanisms, both of which were put in
place to manage the impact of changes in sales volumes from levels included in
base rates.
Off-system sales: Off-system sales consist primarily
of long-term sales contracts and opportunity sales of surplus system energy.
The following table presents IPCs off-system sales for the three and six
months ended June 30:
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
|||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
|||||||
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
||||
Revenue |
$ |
26,667 |
|
$ |
25,641 |
$ |
55,198 |
$ |
59,004 |
MWh sold |
|
1,095 |
|
|
504 |
|
1,672 |
|
1,022 |
Revenue per MWh |
$ |
24.35 |
|
$ |
50.88 |
$ |
33.01 |
$ |
57.73 |
|
|
|
|
|
Off-system sales revenue increased $1.0 million, or four
percent, for the quarter and decreased $3.8 million, or seven percent year-to-date.
Although lower system load and improved hydroelectric generating conditions
increased the amount of electricity available for sale, there was a
corresponding drop in the price for wholesale power.
Other revenues: The table below presents the
components of other revenues for the three and six months ended June 30:
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||||
|
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
||||||
Transmission services and property rental |
$ |
8,963 |
$ |
10,628 |
$ |
16,476 |
$ |
19,383 |
||
Energy efficiency |
|
8,673 |
|
3,928 |
|
12,731 |
|
7,293 |
||
|
Total |
$ |
17,636 |
$ |
14,556 |
$ |
29,207 |
$ |
26,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The decrease in transmission services and property rental
reflects new OATT rates implemented in January 2009. For further discussion,
please refer to REGULATORY MATTERS Federal Regulatory Matters OATT.
An IPUC order allows IPC to record energy efficiency program
expenditures as an operating expense with an offsetting amount recorded in
other revenues, resulting in no net effect on earnings. Energy efficiency
revenues and expenses increased $4.7 million for the quarter and $5.4 million
year-to-date, reflecting increased program expenditures.
Purchased power: The following table presents IPCs
purchased power expenses and volumes for the three and six months ended June
30:
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Purchased power expense |
$ |
25,091 |
$ |
50,089 |
$ |
57,886 |
$ |
95,387 |
MWh purchased |
|
539 |
|
968 |
|
1,200 |
|
1,655 |
Cost per MWh purchased |
$ |
46.55 |
$ |
51.74 |
$ |
48.24 |
$ |
57.64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased power expense decreased $25.0 million, or 50
percent, for the quarter and $37.5 million, or 40 percent year-to-date. Lower
system loads and more favorable hydroelectric generating conditions decreased
the amount of purchased power IPC needed to serve loads and the cost per MWh.
Fuel expense: The following table presents IPCs
fuel expenses and generation at its thermal generating plants for the three and
six months ended June 30:
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Fuel expense |
$ |
24,475 |
$ |
28,681 |
$ |
63,608 |
$ |
65,918 |
Thermal MWh generated |
|
1,121 |
|
1,394 |
|
3,087 |
|
3,372 |
Cost per MWh |
$ |
21.83 |
$ |
20.57 |
$ |
20.61 |
$ |
19.55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuel expense decreased $4.2 million, or 15 percent, for the
quarter and $2.3 million, or four percent, year-to-date due to lower system
load and increased hydro generation. The nine percent decrease in volume was
partially offset by a five percent increase in price due to coal costs at the
Jim Bridger plant, which increased due to Bridger Coal Companys continuing transition
to underground mining.
PCA: PCA expense represents the effects of the Idaho
PCA and Oregon PCAM deferrals of net power supply costs (fuel, purchased power
and third party transmission expense less off-system sales). These mechanisms
are discussed in more detail below in REGULATORY MATTERS - Deferred (Accrued)
Net Power Supply Costs.
The following table presents the components of the PCA for
the three and six months ended June 30:
|
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
||||||
|
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
|||
Idaho power supply cost accrual (deferral) |
$ |
8,402 |
$ |
(4,969) |
$ |
(2,005) |
$ |
(25,169) |
|
Oregon 2007-2008 excess power cost order |
|
(6,358) |
|
- |
|
(6,358) |
|
- |
|
Amortization of prior year authorized balances |
|
24,718 |
|
4,140 |
|
50,984 |
|
6,596 |
|
|
Total power cost adjustment |
$ |
26,762 |
$ |
(829) |
$ |
42,621 |
$ |
(18,573) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The PCA and PCAM increased expenses $27.6 million for the
quarter and $61.2 million year-to-date, primarily due to an increase in the
amortization of prior year authorized balances and changes in actual and
forecasted net power supply costs. In addition, an order from OPUC that allows
IPC to defer for future recovery $6.4 million of costs incurred in 2007 and
2008 was recorded in the second quarter of 2009. Also, due to the IPUCs
approval of the even monthly distribution of base net power supply costs on May
30, 2008 retroactive to March 1, 2008, IPC recognized $6.5 million of PCA
expense related to the March 2008 time period in the second quarter 2008.
Effect of the Distribution of Base Net Power Supply Costs
on Quarterly Results:
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved changes from a seasonal distribution to an
even monthly distribution of the base net power supply costs included in the
2007 general rate case for use in the calculation of the Idaho PCA deferral.
The adopted allocation was effective retroactive to March 1, 2008. Effective
February 1, 2009, the monthly allocation method was changed again, to a method
based on monthly general business sales volumes.
While the distribution methodology used does not affect the
total amount of base net power supply costs used to calculate the PCA deferral
for a full year, it does affect the quarters in which they are allocated and
thus impacts quarterly results.
The following table reconciles base net power supply costs
used in the PCA mechanism in 2008 and 2009 and shows the estimated after-tax
earnings impact of the change in allocation method. The third and fourth
quarter 2009 amounts are projections based on the mechanism currently in effect
(in millions of dollars):
|
June 30 |
Third |
Fourth |
|
|||||||
|
year-to-date |
Quarter |
Quarter |
Total |
|||||||
Base net power supply costs 2008 |
$ |
51.2 |
$ |
31.2 |
$ |
31.2 |
$ |
113.7 |
|||
Change in monthly allocation method |
|
(4.7) |
|
7.6 |
|
(2.9) |
|
- |
|||
Increase due to base changes from rate cases |
|
22.5 |
|
8.7 |
|
6.3 |
|
37.4 |
|||
|
Base net power supply costs 2009 |
$ |
69.0 |
$ |
47.5 |
$ |
34.6 |
$ |
151.1 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Estimated impact on net income of the changes in allocation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
methods (2009 vs. 2008), after jurisdictionalization |
$ |
2.6 |
|
(4.2) |
$ |
1.6 |
$ |
- |
||
Due to the IPUCs approval of the even monthly distribution of base net power supply costs on May 30, 2008, retroactive to |
|||||||||||
|
March 1, 2008, IPC recognized $6.5 million of PCA expense related to the March 2008 time period in the second quarter 2008. |
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Other operations and maintenance expenses: Other
operations and maintenance expense increased $0.9 million for the quarter and
$1.3 million year-to-date. The quarter increase was primarily attributable to
a $3.4 million increase in payroll-related expense and a $0.8 million increase
in charges for uncollectible accounts, partially offset by a $3.2 million
decrease in outside services due to budget reductions.
The year-to-date increase was primarily attributable to a
$5.5 million increase in payroll-related expenses, a $1.7 million increase for
a FERC fees refund to ratepayers, a $1.0 million increase in charges to
uncollectible accounts, and a $1.2 million increase in thermal O&M due to
higher maintenance costs at the Bridger plant. Partially offsetting these
increases are a decrease of $4.3 million in outside services due to budget
reductions, and a $3.1 million decrease from the fixed cost adjustment
mechanism.
The increases in charges for uncollectible accounts are due
to the deterioration of the economy across IPCs service area and are driven
primarily by write-offs for residential and commercial customers. Although
receivables for these customer classes decreased nine percent from December 31,
2008, to June 30, 2009, the related allowance for uncollectible accounts
increased seven percent, corresponding with the increase in write-offs for
these customer classes. Irrigation allowance reserves are seasonal, and
decreased 61 percent from December 31, 2008, to June 30, 2009, primarily due to
irrigation reserves at December 31, 2008, being written off or reversed due to
collection by June 30, 2009. There were no significant fluctuations in
industrial customer class write-offs or reserves.
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Non-utility Operations
IFS: IFSs net income decreased $0.5 million for the
quarter and $1.2 million year-to-date compared to the same periods of 2008.
The reductions are principally due to lower tax benefits caused by the
continued aging of existing investments. IFSs income is derived principally
from the generation of federal income tax credits and accelerated tax
depreciation benefits related to its investments in affordable housing and
historic rehabilitation developments. IFS made $12.1 million in new
investments and generated tax credits of $4.1 million through June 30, 2009.
Income Taxes
In accordance with interim reporting requirements, IDACORP
and IPC use an estimated annual effective tax rate for computing their
provisions for income taxes. IDACORPs effective rate for the six months ended
June 30, 2009, was 20.5 percent, compared to 24.2 percent for the six months
ended June 30, 2008. IPCs effective tax rate for the six months ended June
30, 2009, was 27.7 percent, compared to 33.6 percent for the six months ended
June 30, 2008. The decrease in the 2009 estimated annual effective tax rates
from 2008 is primarily due to an examination settlement, state bonus
depreciation, and timing and amount of other regulatory flow-through tax
adjustments at IPC. The decreases were partially offset by additional income
tax expense from greater pre-tax earnings at IDACORP and IPC, and lower tax
credits from IFS.
In April 2009, the state of Idaho adopted the federal bonus
depreciation provisions enacted as part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. IPCs regulatory tax accounting method allows for
the flow-through of certain state tax adjustments, including accelerated
depreciation. Due to the application of the bonus depreciation provision, IPC
was able to reduce its income tax expense by $1.5 million as of June 30, 2009.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) completed its examination
of IDACORPs 2006 tax year in May 2009. The 2006 examination report was
submitted for U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) review in June.
In July, the JCT completed its review and accepted the report without change.
As of June 30, 2009, IDACORP considered all uncertain tax positions related to
its 2006 tax year effectively settled and decreased IPCs liability for
unrecognized tax benefits by $1.3 million.
In March 2009, the JCT completed its review of IDACORPs
2001-2004 uniform capitalization appeals settlement and 2005 IRS examination
report. The JCT accepted both items without change. IDACORP considered these
matters effectively settled in 2008 and recorded the related financial effects
in its December 31, 2008 financial statements.
The IRS began its examination of IDACORPs 2007-2008 tax
years in July 2009. In May 2009, IDACORP formally entered the IRS Compliance
Assurance Process (CAP) program for its 2009 tax year. The CAP program provides
for IRS examination throughout the year. The 2007-2009 examinations are
expected to be completed in 2010. IDACORP and IPC are unable to predict the
outcome of these examinations.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES:
Operating Cash Flows
IDACORPs and IPCs operating cash inflows for
the six months ended June 30, 2009, were $111 million and $114 million,
respectively. These amounts were an increase of $57 million and $53 million,
respectively, compared to the six months ended June 30, 2008.
The following are
significant items that affected operating cash flows in 2009:
Collection of previously deferred net power supply costs increased $44 million compared to 2008.
Income tax refunds of $13 million and $23 million for IDACORP and IPC, respectively for the settlement of the 2005 IRS examination were received in the first quarter.
A refund of $13 million was made to IPCs transmission customers
upon a final order from the FERC on IPCs OATT. The OATT is discussed further
in REGULATORY MATTERS - Federal Regulatory Matters - OATT.
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IDACORPs operating cash flows are driven principally by
IPC. General business revenues and the costs to supply power to general
business customers have the greatest impact on IPCs operating cash flows, and
are subject to risks and uncertainties relating to weather and water conditions
and IPCs ability to obtain rate relief to cover its operating costs and
provide a return on investment.
Investing Cash Flows
IDACORPs and IPCs investing cash outflows were $96 million and $99
million, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Investing cash
outflows are primarily for IPCs utility construction and a $6 million
investment in affordable housing at IFS. The outflows were partially offset by
$9 million received from the sale of investments held by IFS, $2 million
proceeds from the sale of the SWIP by IPC and $2 million proceeds from the sale
of emission allowances by IPC.
Financing Cash Flows
IDACORPs and IPCs financing cash outflows for the six months ended June 30,
2009 were each $7 million compared to inflows of $63 million and $49 million,
respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
The following are significant items that affected financing
cash flows in 2009:
On March 30, 2009, IPC issued $100 million of its 6.15% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series H, due April 1, 2019.
Under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and the Employee Savings Plan, IDACORP issued 204,340 common shares for proceeds of $4.9 million.
IDACORP and IPC reduced short-term debt by $72 million and $76 million, respectively.
IDACORP and IPC paid dividends of $28 million.
On February 27, 2009, IFS repaid $7 million of its outstanding debt.
Economic Environment
IDACORP and IPC continue to assess
the impact on their financial position, if any, of financial market
developments, such as the bankruptcy and restructuring or merging of certain
financial institutions. IDACORP and IPC continue to have access to the capital
markets and have been able to generate funds internally and acquire funds externally
to meet their capital requirements. IDACORPs and IPCs ability to attract the
necessary financial capital at reasonable terms is critical to their overall
strategic plan because IDACORP and IPC rely on access to both short-term
borrowings, including the issuance of commercial paper, and long-term capital
markets as sources of funding for capital requirements not satisfied by
internally generated funds. IDACORP and IPC expect that operating cash flows,
together with the revolving credit facilities and other external financing,
will be adequate to meet their operating and capital needs, although it is
possible that changes in the global capital and credit markets will restrict or
deny access to these markets on commercially acceptable terms.
Financing Programs
Shelf Registrations: IDACORP has approximately $588
million remaining on a shelf registration statement that can be used for the
issuance of debt securities and common stock. On March 30, 2009, IPC issued
$100 million of its 6.15% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes,
Series H, due April 1, 2019. IPC used the net proceeds to repay a portion of
its short-term debt in anticipation of utilizing short-term debt to repay its
$80 million 7.20% First Mortgage Bonds that mature on December 1, 2009. IPC
has $130 million remaining on a shelf registration statement that can be used
for the issuance of first mortgage bonds and unsecured debt.
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Credit Facilities: The following table outlines
available liquidity.
|
June 30, 2009 |
December 31, 2008 |
|||||||
|
IDACORP |
IPC |
IDACORP |
IPC |
|||||
Revolving credit facility |
$ |
100,000 |
$ |
300,000 |
$ |
100,000 |
$ |
300,000 |
|
Commercial paper outstanding |
|
(42,369) |
|
(32,830) |
|
(13,400) |
|
(108,950) |
|
Floating rate draw |
|
- |
|
- |
|
(25,000) |
|
- |
|
Identified for other use (1) |
|
- |
|
(24,245) |
|
- |
|
(24,245) |
|
Net balance available |
$ |
57,631 |
$ |
242,925 |
$ |
61,600 |
$ |
166,805 |
|
(1) Port of Morrow and American Falls bonds that holders may put to IPC. |
|||||||||
IDACORPs credit facility is a $100 million five-year credit
agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. IDACORPs credit facility, which
is used for general corporate purposes and commercial paper back-up, provides
for the issuance of loans and standby letters of credit not to exceed the
aggregate principal amount of $100 million, including swingline loans in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10 million.
IDACORP has the right to request an increase in the aggregate principal amount
of the IDACORP Facility to $150 million and to request one-year extensions of
the then existing termination date. At June 30, 2009, no loans were
outstanding on IDACORPs credit facility and $42 million of commercial paper
was outstanding. At August 3, 2009, no loans and $42 million of commercial
paper was outstanding.
IPCs credit facility is a $300 million five-year credit
agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. IPCs credit facility, which will
be used for general corporate purposes and commercial paper back-up, provides
for the issuance of loans and standby letters of credit not to exceed the
aggregate principal amount of $300 million, including swingline loans in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $30 million.
IPC has the right to request an increase in the aggregate principal amount of
the IPC Facility to $450 million and to request one-year extensions of the then
existing termination date. At June 30, 2009, no loans were outstanding on IPCs
credit facility and $33 million of commercial paper was outstanding. At August
3, 2009, no loans and $22 million of commercial paper was outstanding.
Term Loan Credit Agreement: IPC entered into a $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April
1, 2008, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender,
and Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank of California, N.A. and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as lenders. The Term Loan Credit Agreement provided for
the issuance of term loans by the lenders to IPC on April 1, 2008, in an
aggregate principal amount of $170 million. The loans were due on March 31,
2009 and could be prepaid but not reborrowed. IPC used $166.1 million of the
proceeds from the loans to effect the mandatory purchase on April 3, 2008, of
the Pollution Control Bonds (as discussed below under Pollution Control
Revenue Refunding Bonds) and $3.9 million to pay interest, fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Pollution Control Bonds and the Term Loan
Credit Agreement.
IPC entered into a new $170 million
Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2009, with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Bank of America, N.A.,
Union Bank, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lenders. The Term
Loan Credit Agreement provided for the issuance of term loans by the lenders to
IPC on February 4, 2009, in an aggregate principal amount of $170 million. The
loans are due on February 3, 2010, but are subject to earlier payment if IPC
remarkets the pollution control revenue refunding bonds discussed below. The
loans may be prepaid but not reborrowed. The new Term Loan Credit Agreement
replaced the above mentioned Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Without additional approval from
the IPUC, the OPUC and the Public Service Commission of Wyoming, the aggregate
amount of borrowings by IPC under the Term Loan Credit Agreement together with
any other short-term borrowings at any one time outstanding may not exceed $450
million.
Debt Covenants: The IDACORP credit facility, the IPC credit facility and the Term Loan Credit Agreement each contain covenants requiring the company to maintain a leverage ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization of no more than 65 percent as of the end of each fiscal quarter. At June 30, 2009, the leverage ratios for IDACORP and IPC were 52 percent and 54 percent, respectively. At June 30, 2009, IDACORP and IPC were each in compliance with all other covenants in
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their
respective credit facilities and the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Please refer
to IDACORPs and IPCs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008, for a discussion of additional debt covenants.
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds: On April
3, 2008, IPC made a mandatory purchase of two series of Pollution Control
Revenue Refunding Bonds issued for the benefit of IPC, the $116.3 million
aggregate principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds Series
2006 issued by Sweetwater County, Wyoming due 2026 and the $49.8 million aggregate
principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 2003
issued by Humboldt County, Nevada due 2024 (together the Pollution Control
Bonds). IPC initiated this transaction in order to adjust the interest rate
period of the Pollution Control Bonds from an auction interest rate period to a
weekly interest rate period, effective April 3, 2008. This change was made to
mitigate the higher-than-anticipated interest costs in the auction mode, which
was a result of the financial guarantors credit ratings deterioration. The
Pollution Control Bonds remain outstanding and have not been retired or
cancelled. IPC is the current holder of the bonds.
IPC has given notice, subject to rescission, to adjust the
interest rate period of the Pollution Control Bonds from a weekly interest rate
period to a term interest rate period effective August 20, 2009 in connection
with the remarketing of the bonds to investors without the financial guaranty
insurance policy.
Credit Ratings
Access to capital markets at a reasonable cost is determined in large part by
credit quality. The following table outlines the current S&P, Moodys and
Fitch Ratings, Inc. (Fitch) ratings of IDACORPs and IPCs securities:
|
S&P |
Moodys |
Fitch |
|||
|
IPC |
IDACORP |
IPC |
IDACORP |
IPC |
IDACORP |
Corporate Credit Rating |
BBB |
BBB |
Baa 1 |
Baa 2 |
None |
None |
Senior Secured Debt |
A- |
None |
A3 |
None |
A- |
None |
Senior Unsecured Debt |
BBB |
BBB- |
Baa 1 |
Baa 2 |
BBB+ |
BBB |
Short-Term Tax-Exempt Debt |
BBB-/A-2 |
None |
Baa 1/ |
None |
None |
None |
|
|
|
VMIG-2 |
|
|
|
Commercial Paper |
A-2 |
A-2 |
P-2 |
P-2 |
F-2 |
F-2 |
Credit Facility |
None |
None |
Baa 1 |
Baa 2 |
None |
None |
Rating Outlook |
Stable |
Stable |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
These security ratings reflect the views of the rating
agencies. An explanation of the significance of these ratings may be obtained
from each rating agency. Such ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or
hold securities. Any rating can be revised upward or downward or withdrawn at
any time by a rating agency if it decides that the circumstances warrant the
change. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.
Capital Requirements
IPC is experiencing a cycle of heavy infrastructure investment
needed to address expected customer growth, peak demand growth, reliability,
and aging plant and equipment. IPC must also add capacity to its baseload
generation, transmission system and distribution facilities to ensure adequate
supply of electricity, to provide new service to customers and to maintain
system reliability. IPCs aging hydroelectric and thermal facilities require
continuing upgrades and component replacement, and the costs related to
relicensing hydroelectric facilities and complying with the new licenses are
substantial. Due to the heavy infrastructure requirements from 2009-2011, IPC
has focused only on critical infrastructure needs that relate to system
reliability and resource adequacy, which has reduced its estimated ongoing capital
expenditures in the table below. IPC expects to spend between $730 and $750
million on construction related activities from 2009 to 2011, excluding the
Langley Gulch power plant. While internal cash generation after dividends is
expected to provide less than the full amount of total capital requirements for
2009 through 2011, IDACORP and IPC expect minimal, if any, need for external
financing in 2009 and 2010, except for issuances under dividend reinvestment and
employee-related plans. IDACORP and IPC expect to continue financing capital
requirements with a combination of internally generated funds and externally
financed capital.
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The following table presents IPCs estimated cash
requirements for construction, excluding AFUDC, for 2009 through 2011 (in
millions of dollars):
2009 |
2010-2011 |
||||
Ongoing capital expenditures |
$ |
150-155 |
$ |
360-375 |
|
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) |
|
20-22 |
|
40-50 |
|
Major projects excluding Langley Gulch (detailed below) |
|
50-53 |
|
85-95 |
|
Minimum transmission for Baseload Resource |
|
- |
|
15-20 |
|
Total |
$ |
220-230 |
$ |
500-540 |
|
Major Projects:
Langley Gulch Power Plant (2012 Baseload Resource):
On March 6, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) authorizing IPC to construct, own and
operate the Langley Gulch power plant. IPC requested that the IPUC issue its
order in the Langley Gulch CPCN case by September 1, 2009. Langley Gulch will
be a natural gas-fired combined cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) generating
plant with a summer nameplate capacity of approximately 300 MWs and a winter
capacity of approximately 330 MWs. The plant is anticipated to be in operation
by December 2012, although IPC is working to advance the in-service date from
December 2012 to June 2012. IPC proposes to construct Langley Gulch near New
Plymouth, Idaho, commencing in summer 2010. The plant would connect to
existing transmission lines.
The need for a baseload generating resource was identified
in IPCs 2004 and 2006 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and the 2008 plan
update. Langley Gulch was selected as the result of a competitive Request for
Proposal (RFP) process IPC issued in April 2008. Proposals received from
independent power supply developers as well as a proposed IPC owned and
operated CCCT option were evaluated. An independent consultant assisted IPC
with the evaluation process, which considered price and non-price attributes of
the responses to the RFP. Langley Gulch was identified as the preferred
resource due to its lower cost. Other beneficial attributes include its
operating flexibility and location.
IPCs estimate for construction of Langley Gulch is $427
million, including transmission interconnection costs. IPCs application
requests that amounts incurred in excess of the estimate would be included in
rates only if the IPUC agreed the additional amounts were prudent and should be
included in rates. Should the CPCN be granted by the IPUC, IPC would spend
between $50 and $55 million during 2009 on the project.
In its application, IPC requested that the IPUC include in
its order one of two alternative ratemaking mechanisms: (1) authorization for
IPC to annually include construction work in progress in rate base for all or a
portion of the construction expenditures or (2) a commitment for the IPUC to
apply specific ratemaking parameters for project costs and investment that IPC
can rely upon when Langley Gulch is completed, including (a) acceptance of the
reasonableness of costs up to the cost estimate, (b) commencement of cost
recovery upon commercial operation and (c) agreement that the return on equity
on Langley Gulch would be the same as is in effect when Langley Gulch is placed
in service. IPC also requested that the IPUC authorize it to recover its
prudently expended fuel costs through the PCA mechanism.
On May 29, 2009 a joint motion was filed in the Langley Gulch case by the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power, the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, the Snake River Alliance, the Idaho Conservation League and the Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers Coalition, requesting that the IPUC stay the Langley Gulch case for at least ten months (Request for Stay). The Request for Stay asserted that the stay should be granted by the IPUC because (1) IPC should first respond to the advisory shareholder proposal adopted by IDACORPs shareholders in May 2009, relating to reductions in IPC greenhouse gas emissions, (2) IPCs 2009 Integrated Resource Plan is not scheduled to be filed until December 2009, (3) IPCs request for IPUC ratemaking preapproval for Langley Gulch, based on Idahos newly adopted rate commitment statute, increases the importance of the IPUCs decision on Langley Gulch, (4) IPC should be able to negotiate an extension, perhaps at additional cost, of the September 1, 2009, payment dates for the purchase of the Siemens turbines for Langley Gulch, (5) IPC has already delayed the on-line date for Langley Gulch from
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the summer of 2012 to December 2012, and IPCs next peak
load following the summer of 2012 will not occur until the summer of 2013, (6)
the continuing recession has reduced the demand for new IPC generation
facilities, and the need for Langley Gulch should be reassessed when a general
economic recovery has begun, (7) PacifiCorp is mothballing planned generation
expansions, and (8) the impacts of IPCs demand response programs have not been
ascertained.
On June 12, 2009, IPC filed its response opposing the
Request for Stay. IPC asserted the stay should not be granted because delaying
the IPUC decision until after September 1, 2009, would delay the 2012 in-service
date for the project and jeopardize IPCs ability to meet customer loads in
2012 and beyond. Langley Gulch is scheduled to fill the key 2012 baseload
resource requirement identified in IPCs current IRP and customer load
projections continue to show the need for Langley Gulch generation capacity by
a 2012 in-service date. Based on the current load projections, IPC is working
to advance the Langley Gulch in-service date from December 2012 to June 2012 by
providing incentives to the construction contractors.
Delaying the IPUC CPCN decision beyond September 1, 2009,
would increase IPCs exposure to cancellation fees and non-refundable contract
payments under IPCs gas turbine and steam turbine purchase agreements for
Langley Gulch. The gas turbine and steam turbine are the largest equipment
items for Langley Gulch, with a total price of approximately $90 million.
On June 19, 2009, the IPUC issued a finding which concluded
that there are very real consequences to the requested stay and the case should
continue on its originally established schedule. On July 14-16, 2009, the IPUC
conducted both technical and public hearings on IPCs application.
On July 31, 2009, a joint renewed motion for a Request for
Stay for at least 10 months was filed by the Industrial Customers of Idaho
Power, the Idaho Irrigation Pumpers Association, the Snake River Alliance, the
Idaho Conservation League, the Northwest & Intermountain Power Producers
Coalition, and the Community Action Partnership Alliance. The Request for Stay
asserted that the stay should be granted by the IPUC because (1) IPC did not
fully comply with IPUC Order No. 30201, which directed IPC to pursue energy
efficiency and demand response to potentially displace or defer the need for
additional future peaking generation, (2) IPCs pre-purchase of equipment for
the project should not justify denial of the Request for Stay, (3) the RFP
process was flawed and a failure to delay the proceedings will send the wrong
signal to the development community, (4) the forecast demand for electricity in
IPCs service territory versus the actual trends for such demand support a stay
of the proceeding, and (5) regulatory pre-approval for Langley Gulch
expenditures is unnecessary and would be imprudent in light of serious concerns
surrounding the Langley Gulch project. IPC has not responded to this motion.
For the project, IPC entered into two equipment supply
contracts with Siemens Energy, Inc. (Siemens) a gas turbine purchase
agreement dated December 19, 2008, and a steam turbine purchase agreement dated
February 11, 2009. IPC has paid approximately $9 million to Siemens to reserve
the turbine equipment purchases under the contracts, with no further payment
required before September 2009. Each contract requires: IPC pay a fixed price
for the equipment; Siemens to guarantee delivery of the equipment to the site
by specific dates that will accommodate the project schedule, or incur
liquidated damages; Siemens to guarantee that the equipment will meet specified
performance and emission standards, or incur liquidated damages; Siemens to
warrant for a period of time that the equipment is free from defects; and
Siemens to provide certain technical field assistance and consultation services
under the contracts. The contracts are assignable by IPC with the consent of
Siemens (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld). IPC also has the
right to cancel the contracts at any time by paying specified cancellation
charges detailed below.
Under the gas turbine purchase agreement with Siemens (Gas Turbine Agreement), IPCs purchase of the gas turbine is subject to IPUC issuance of the CPCN by September 1, 2009, among other conditions. In the event IPC does not receive the CPCN by September 1, 2009, the Gas Turbine Agreement would automatically terminate, unless IPC and Siemens reach an agreement within 30 days after that date to modify the contract price, equipment delivery schedule and other affected terms and conditions of the Gas Turbine Agreement. Upon such termination, IPC would be required to pay a cancellation fee of 35 percent of the total purchase price of the gas turbine, less any payments already made by IPC under the Gas Turbine Agreement. The Gas Turbine Agreement also contains a schedule of cancellation fees IPC must pay if it
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terminates the Gas Turbine Agreement at any time during the contract term,
absent assignment of the Gas Turbine Agreement by IPC with the written consent
of Siemens. The cancellation fees are based on a percentage of the total gas
turbine purchase price and increase monthly from 20 percent on July 1, 2009 to
100 percent on or after September 1, 2010.
The steam turbine purchase agreement with Siemens (Steam
Turbine Agreement) also contains a cancellation fee schedule. IPC has the
right to terminate the Steam Turbine Agreement at any time upon paying a
cancellation fee to Siemens based on a percentage of the total purchase price
of the steam turbine, absent assignment of the Steam Turbine Agreement by IPC
with the written consent of Siemens. The Steam Turbine Agreement cancellation
fee percentage increases monthly from 10 percent on February 1, 2009 to 100
percent on or after May 1, 2011. The cancellation fee is 15 percent on
September 1, 2009.
IPC must make non-refundable contract payments to Siemens
under the Gas Turbine Agreement beginning on September 1, 2009, in addition to
its previous non-refundable reservation fee payment of $2.75 million. IPCs
September 1, 2009 contract payment is approximately 20 percent of the total gas
turbine purchase price, with additional monthly payments thereafter, concluding
with the final contract payment on January 1, 2011. The cumulative amount of
IPCs contract payments under the Gas Turbine Agreement would be offset against
any cancellation fees owed by IPC under the Gas Turbine Agreement.
IPC must make non-refundable contract payments to Siemens
under the Steam Turbine Agreement beginning on September 11, 2009, in addition
to its previous non-refundable payments for the steam turbine - the reservation
fee payment of approximately $2.9 million and the initial contract payment of
approximately $3.1 million. IPCs September 11, 2009 contract payment is 14
percent of the total steam turbine purchase price, with additional contract
payments due in March 2010, September 2010 and April 2011, and a smaller final
contract payment due at final acceptance of the steam turbine. The cumulative
amount of IPCs contract payments under the Steam Turbine Agreement would be
offset against any cancellation fees owed by IPC under the Steam Turbine
Agreement.
On May 7, 2009, IPC entered into an Engineering, Procurement
and Construction Services Agreement (EPC Agreement) with Boise Power Partners
Joint Venture, a joint venture consisting of Kiewit Power Engineers Co. and TIC-The
Industrial Company (collectively, the Contractor), for design, engineering,
procurement, construction management and construction services for Langley
Gulch.
The EPC Agreement is the primary agreement governing the
proposed development of Langley Gulch, providing for the specific design,
engineering and construction work to be performed, as well as the equipment
procurement. The total contract price to be paid by IPC under the EPC
Agreement is approximately one-half of the projected $427 million total project
cost.
The EPC Agreement provides that IPC is to issue a Full
Notice to Proceed (FNTP) to the Contractor no later than September 1, 2009 to
authorize the Contractor to commence and complete all work under the EPC
Agreement. IPC plans to issue the FNTP by September 1, 2009 if it has (1)
received an acceptable CPCN from the IPUC, (2) received board approval and (3)
identified satisfactory financing options for the project at that time. The
EPC Agreement provides that if IPC does not issue the FNTP by November 1, 2009,
the Contractor may terminate the EPC Agreement, which termination will be
without liability to either party other than for the Contractors costs
properly incurred pursuant to any work performed under the Master Services
Agreement between IPC and the Contractor dated October 3, 2008. The amounts
payable under the Master Services Agreement are not expected to be material to
IPC.
IPC is required to make monthly progress payments to the
Contractor under the EPC Agreement beginning in October 2009. The first twelve
monthly progress payments between October 2009 and September 2010 will
represent approximately one-fourth of the total payments scheduled to be made
by IPC under the EPC Agreement. IPC may terminate the EPC Agreement at any
time if it abandons the Langley Gulch project. Upon such termination, the
Contractor is entitled to keep the progress payments previously paid by IPC,
and IPC would be required to pay the value of the work completed to the date of
termination not previously covered by IPC progress payments, plus a 15 percent
markup on such costs.
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Hemingway Station: Construction of a new 500-kV
station named Hemingway is expected to address growth, capacity and operating
constraints to ensure reliable service to our network and native load customers
while meeting mandatory regulatory reliability requirements. The station was
originally part of the Gateway West Project but the timing of this addition was
accelerated to 2010 to help meet forecast deficits and improve reliability. Cost
estimates for the project, including rights-of-way, permitting and substation interconnections
are included in the above table and total approximately $52 million.
Hemingway-Bowmont Transmission Line: As part of the
Hemingway Station Project, the Hemingway-Bowmont transmission line is expected
to provide power to the Treasure Valley in southwest Idaho by 2010. The
Hemingway-Bowmont line will consist of 12 miles of new 230-kV double circuit
transmission line. Originally, this transmission line was planned to pass near
Bowmont and terminate at Hubbard. The original plan called for 12 miles of new
line and reconstruction of 17 miles of existing 138-kV transmission line to 230-kV.
The change of termination points from Hubbard to Bowmont allows the Hemingway
Station to be energized and provide improved reliability at a reduced cost.
The 230-kV connection between Bowmont and Hubbard will be built in the future
as system needs dictate. The new estimate for this project is approximately
$15 million.
Boardman-Hemingway Line: The Boardman-Hemingway Line
is a proposed 500 kV transmission project between a substation near Boardman,
Oregon and Hemingway, a substation located in the vicinity of Melba and
Murphy, Idaho near Boise. This line will provide transmission service for
existing network and native load customers and their forecasted growth and
provides for existing third party transmission service requests. This project
is expected to relieve existing congestion by increasing transmission capacity
and improving reliability to ensure compliance with mandatory regulatory
reliability requirements. It will allow for the transfer of up to 1,500 MW of
additional energy between Idaho and the Northwest. The initial project phase
estimate of $50 million will be funded by IPC and includes the engineering,
environmental review, permitting and rights-of-way. On March 9, 2009, IPC
initiated a community advisory process to engage the public in a final route
selection in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Energy
Facility Siting Council requirements. Cost estimates for the 2009-2011
timeframe of the initial phase are included in the above table. Cost estimates
for the project (including initial phase project estimate and construction
costs of the line) are approximately $600 million. IPC expects to seek
partners for up to 50 percent of the project when construction commences.
Current estimates for the project in-service date have been delayed from 2013
to 2015 subject to siting, permitting and regulatory approvals. Construction
costs are currently not included in IPCs 2009 to 2011 forecast.
Gateway West Project: IPC and PacifiCorp are jointly
exploring the Gateway West project to build transmission lines between
Windstar, a substation located near Douglas, Wyoming and Hemingway, a
substation located in the vicinity of Melba and Murphy, Idaho near Boise. This
project will provide transmission service for existing network and native load
customers and their forecasted growth and provides for existing third party
transmission service requests. It is expected to relieve existing congestion
by increasing transmission capacity and improving reliability to ensure
compliance with mandatory regulatory reliability requirements. IPC and
PacifiCorp have a cost sharing agreement for expenses associated with the
analysis work of the initial phases. IPCs share of the initial phase of
engineering, environmental review, permitting and rights-of-way is
approximately $40 million and cost estimates for the 2009-2011 timeframe of the
initial phase are included in the above table. Construction costs are
currently not included in our 2009 to 2011 forecast. Initial phases of the
project could be completed by 2014 depending on the timing of rights-of-way
acquisition, siting and permitting, and construction sequencing. If all
initial phases are constructed, IPC estimates that its share of project costs
could range between $500 million and $600 million. Remaining phases of the
project could be constructed as demand requires. On July 16, 2009, the BLM,
IPC and PacifiCorp announced an agreement to extend the time period for the
public to submit reasonable alternatives into the draft environmental impact
statement (DEIS) for the project. The DEIS was originally scheduled to be
issued in August or September 2009. The new schedule will allow for input
until September 4, 2009, which will delay the issuance of the DEIS for six or
seven months. It is not known how this will ultimately affect the construction
schedule at this time.
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Other capital requirements: IDACORPs non-regulated
capital expenditures are expected to be $15 million in 2009 and $5 million in
2010 and primarily relate to IFSs tax-structured investments.
As a result of continued uncertainty in credit and financial
markets, IDACORP and IPC continue to assess their capital expenditure plans.
Contractual Obligations
The following items are the only material changes to contractual obligations
made outside of the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2008:
IPC entered into a contract to purchase coal from the Black Butte Coal Company for use at the Jim Bridger generating plant, in which IPC holds a one-third ownership. IPCs coal purchases under the contract are expected to total $127 million from 2010 to 2014.
On February 4, 2009, IPC entered into a $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement. The loans are due February 3, 2010 and are discussed above under Financing Programs Term Loan Credit Agreement.
On March 30, 2009, IPC issued $100 million of its 6.15% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series H, due April 1, 2019.
On May 13, 2009, IFS issued a $6 million equity funding obligation to finance its investment in affordable housing. The obligation is scheduled to mature in 2010.
In February, 2009, IPC entered into a contract with EnerNOC to implement and operate a demand response program for its commercial and industrial customers. IPC estimates it will spend approximately $12.2 million on the program during the five year term of the contract.
As discussed above in Capital Requirements Major Projects Langley Gulch Power Plant (2012 Baseload Resource), IPC entered into two contracts with Siemens to purchase gas and steam turbine equipment for Langley Gulch. IPC estimates it will spend approximately $90 million on the contracts from 2009 through 2012 if the project is approved by the IPUC.
As discussed above in Capital Requirements Major Projects Langley Gulch Power Plant (2012 Baseload Resource), IPC entered into a contract with Boise Power Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture consisting of Kiewit Power Engineers Co. and TIC-The Industrial Company for design, engineering, procurement, construction management and construction services for Langley Gulch. If the IPUC approves the project, the total contract price to be paid by IPC under the EPC Agreement is approximately one-half of the projected $427 million total project cost for Langley Gulch.
Pension funding has been revised downward, as discussed below.
Pension Plan
In accordance with the Pension Protection
Act of 2006 (PPA), and the relief provisions of the Worker, Retiree, and
Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA), which was signed into law on December
23, 2008, companies are required to meet minimum funding levels in order to avoid
required contributions. The WRERA also provides for asset smoothing, which
allows the use of asset averaging, including expected returns (subject to
certain limitations), for a 24-month period in the determination of funding
requirements. IPC has elected to use asset smoothing. On March 31, 2009, the
U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) provided guidance on the selection of the
corporate bond yield curve for determining plan liabilities and allows
companies to choose from the range of months in selecting a rate, rather than
requiring the use of the rate in the month of measurement (December for
calendar year-end companies). The Treasurys announcement specifically
referenced 2009, but also indicated that technical guidance will be forthcoming
to address future years.
The revisions in the PPA,
WRERA, Treasury guidance and IRS guidance resulted in IDACORP and IPC revising
the funded status of their pension plan at January 1, 2009, to above the
minimum required funding levels and reducing or delaying future required
contributions from what was previously disclosed. Based on the assumptions
allowed under the PPA, WRERA, Treasury guidance and IRS guidance, IDACORP and
IPC have not contributed and are not required to contribute to their pension
plan in 2009, and estimated minimum required contributions will be
approximately $6 million in 2010, $46 million in each of 2011 and 2012, and $41
million in 2013. IDACORP and IPC may elect to make contributions earlier than
the required dates. Additional legislative or regulatory measures, as well as
fluctuations in financial market conditions, may impact these funding
requirements.
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REGULATORY MATTERS:
Idaho Rate Cases
2008 General Rate Case: On January 30, 2009, the IPUC issued an order
approving an average annual increase in Idaho base rates, effective February 1,
2009, of 3.1 percent (approximately $20.9 million annually), a return on equity
of 10.5 percent and an overall rate of return of 8.18 percent. On February 19,
2009, IPC filed a request for reconsideration with the IPUC and on March 19,
2009, the IPUC issued an order that increased IPCs Idaho revenue requirement
by an additional $6.1 million, to approximately $27 million for this rate case,
raising the average rate increase from 3.1 percent to 4.0 percent.
The IPUC denied reconsideration with respect to a refund of
$3.3 million of fees received by IPC from the FERC. On April 2, 2009, IPC
filed an application with the IPUC for an accounting order approving
amortization of the fees over a five year period beginning October 2006 when
IPC received the FERC credit. The IPUC approved IPCs requested amortization
period in an order issued on April 28, 2009. In the first quarter of 2009, IPC
recorded a charge of approximately $1.7 million to electric utility other
operations expense and a corresponding regulatory liability for the amount to
be refunded from February 1, 2009, through the end of the amortization period,
September 2011. As the regulatory liability is amortized it will reduce
electric utility other operations expense ratably over the remaining
amortization period.
The January 30, 2009 order authorized approximately $15
million related to increases in base net power supply costs. It also allowed
IPC to include in rates approximately $6.8 million ($10.6 million including
income tax gross-up) of 2009 AFUDC relating to the Hells Canyon Complex
relicensing project. Typically, AFUDC is not included in rates until a project
is in use and benefitting customers, but the IPUC determined that including this
amount in current rates is in the public interest. Because AFUDC is already
recorded on an accrual basis, this portion of the rate increase will improve
cash flows but will not have a current impact on IPCs net income. The amounts
collected are being deferred as a regulatory liability and will be recognized
in revenues over the life of the new license once it has been issued.
Langley Gulch (2012 Baseload Resource)
On March 6, 2009, IPC filed an
application with the IPUC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
(CPCN) authorizing IPC to construct, own and operate the Langley Gulch power
plant (Langley Gulch). Six parties have filed to intervene in the proceeding.
Hearings were held July 14-16, 2009. IPC is awaiting a final order. Please
see further discussion in LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Major Projects -
Langley Gulch Power Plant (2012 Baseload Resource).
Idaho Ratemaking Treatment Act:
Senate Bill 1123 was signed into law on April 9, 2009, and became
effective on July 1, 2009. This legislation establishes an additional
voluntary process for consideration of utility capital expenditures, whereby
the IPUC may authorize and pre-approve ratemaking treatment for qualified
capital construction projects of IPC and other Idaho utilities. This
legislation expands the IPUCs ability to shape the resources in a utilitys
portfolio before construction of, or commitment to, such a resource and it also
provides additional surety to capital markets that utility expenditures are
prudent and pose less risk of financial loss due to a guaranteed rate of
return.
Special Customer Electric Service Agreements
Micron: On January 26, 2009, the IPUC
granted authority to temporarily amend IPCs electric service agreement with
one of its largest customers, Micron Technology, Inc. (Micron) for the period
January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2009 to provide Micron flexibility in
restructuring its operations. This amendment was revenue neutral for IPC and
did not have a significant impact on IPCs earnings. On June 17, 2009 IPC
filed a subsequent application requesting an order approving an extension of
the temporary amendment to the electric service agreement through December 31,
2009. The extension is not expected to have a significant impact on IPCs 2009
earnings. The IPUC approved IPCs application on July 31, 2009.
Hoku: On September 17,
2008, IPC entered into an electric service agreement with a new customer, Hoku
Materials, Inc. (Hoku), to provide electric service to Hokus polysilicon
production facility under construction in Pocatello, Idaho. The IPUC approved
the electric service agreement on March 16, 2009. The initial term of the
agreement was four years beginning June 1, 2009, with a maximum demand
obligation during the initial term of 82 MW.
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On May 27 and June 19,
2009, IPC and Hoku amended certain provisions of the electric service agreement
(Amended ESA). The Amended ESA was filed with the IPUC for approval on June 22,
2009, and approved by the IPUC on July 24, 2009. Under the Amended ESA, the
starting date for Hokus required purchases of power under the ESA will be
delayed from June 1, 2009 to December 1, 2009. Under the Amended ESA (i) IPC
will provide electricity to Hoku at the current Schedule 19 Large Industrial
tariff rate through November 30, 2009; (ii) Hoku will take no more than 5 MW of
electric power through July 2009, 10 MW during August 2009 and 25 MW for each
month from September through November 2009; (iii) Hoku will take reduced levels
of electric power of no more than 43 MW during the period June 16, 2012 through
August 15, 2012 and 67 MW during the period August 16, 2012 through September
15, 2012; and (iv) Energy Efficiency Rider charges will be added to a portion
of the electricity demand charges, beginning on December 1, 2011.
The ESA Amendment is not
expected to have a material impact on IPCs 2009 earnings. While the six-month
delay in the starting date for Hokus required energy purchases will reduce IPCs
2009 revenues, this revenue reduction is expected to be largely offset by
corresponding reductions in IPCs costs of providing service to Hoku. Any
revenue reductions that are not offset by corresponding cost reductions would
flow through IPCs power cost adjustment mechanism in Idaho, further reducing
the impact on IPCs earnings.
Oregon Rate Cases
2009 General Rate Case: On July 31, 2009, IPC filed an application with
the OPUC requesting an average rate increase of approximately 22.6 percent, or
$7.3 million annually. The application included a requested return on equity
of 11.25 percent and an overall rate of return of 8.68 percent with equity at
49.8 percent of total capitalization. Oregon-jurisdictional rate base included
in the application is $110.8 million. IPC filed its case based upon a 2009
test year. The new rates are filed with a requested effective date of August
31, 2009. Assuming application of the full nine-month statutory suspension
period to the 30-day effective date now contained in the tariffs, the new rates
would become effective May 31, 2010. IPC is unable to predict what relief the
OPUC will grant.
Deferred (Accrued) Net Power Supply Costs
The following table presents the balances of deferred (accrued) net power
supply costs, including applicable carrying charges:
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
||||
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
||||
Idaho PCA current year: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Deferral for the 2009-2010 rate year |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
93,657 |
|
|
Accrual for the 2010-2011 rate year |
(8,418) |
|
- |
|||
Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Authorized in May 2008 |
|
- |
|
|
47,164 |
|
|
Authorized in May 2009 |
|
101,719 |
|
|
- |
|
Oregon deferral: |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
2001 Costs |
|
536 |
|
|
1,663 |
|
|
2006 Costs |
|
2,369 |
|
|
1,215 |
|
|
2007 Costs |
|
5,985 |
|
|
- |
|
|
2008 Power cost adjustment mechanism |
|
5,615 |
|
|
5,400 |
|
|
|
Total deferral |
$ |
107,806 |
|
$ |
149,099 |
|
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Idaho: IPC has a PCA mechanism that provides for
annual adjustments to the rates charged to its Idaho retail customers. The PCA
tracks IPCs actual net power supply costs (fuel, purchased power and third
party transmission expenses less off-system sales) and compares these amounts
to net power supply costs currently being recovered in retail rates.
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The annual adjustments are based on two components:
A forecast component, based on a forecast of net power supply costs in the coming year as compared to net power supply costs in base rates; and
A true-up component, based on the difference between the previous
years actual net power supply costs and the previous years forecast. This
component also includes a balancing mechanism so that, over time, the actual
collection or refund of authorized true-up dollars matches the amounts
authorized. The true-up component is calculated monthly, and interest is
applied to the balance.
Prior to February 1, 2009, the PCA mechanism provided that
90 percent of deviations in power supply costs were to be reflected in IPCs
rates for both the forecast and the true-up components. Effective February 1,
2009, this sharing percentage was changed to 95 percent.
2009-2010 PCA: On April 15, 2009, IPC filed its 2009-2010
PCA with the IPUC with a requested effective date of June 1, 2009. The filing
requested an increase to existing revenues of approximately $93.8 million or
11.4 percent. IPC subsequently provided its updated April operating plan,
which reflected the need for increased revenues of $84.3 million or 10.2
percent.
The 2009-2010 PCA reflects a new methodology, approved by
the IPUC on January 9, 2009, and discussed in PCA Workshops below that
utilizes IPCs most recent operating plan to forecast power supply expenses
rather than the previous method based on a forecast of Brownlee Reservoir
inflow and a regression formula.
On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved the 2009-2010 PCA of
$84.3 million or 10.2 percent, effective June 1, 2009.
2008-2009 PCA: On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved
IPCs 2008-2009 PCA and an increase to then-existing revenues of $73.3 million,
effective June 1, 2008, which resulted in an average rate increase to IPCs
customers of 10.7 percent. The IPUCs order adopted an IPUC Staff proposal to
use a forecast for power supply costs that equaled the amounts in current base
rates. The revenue increase was net of $16.5 million of gains from the 2007
sale of excess SO2 emission allowances, including interest, which
the IPUC ordered be applied against the PCA.
PCA Workshops: In its May 30, 2008 order approving
IPCs 2008-2009 PCA, the IPUC also directed IPC to set up workshops with the
IPUC Staff and several of IPCs largest customers (together, the Parties) to
address PCA-related issues not resolved in the PCA filing. Workshops were
conducted in the fall, and a settlement stipulation was filed with the IPUC and
approved on January 9, 2009.
The following changes were effective as of February 1, 2009:
PCA sharing methodology of 95/5 - the PCA sharing methodology allocates the costs and benefits of net power supply expenses between customers (95 percent) and shareholders (5 percent). The previous sharing ratio was 90/10.
LGAR - the LGAR is an element of the PCA formula that is intended to eliminate recovery of power supply expenses associated with load growth resulting from changing weather conditions, a growing customer base, or changing customer use patterns. The 2007 general rate case reset the LGAR from $29.41 to $62.79 per MWh, but applied that rate to only 50 percent of the load growth beginning in March 2008. In the stipulation, the Parties agreed on the formula for calculating the LGAR. Based on the final rates approved by the IPUC in the 2008 general rate case and the supporting data, the current LGAR is $26.63 per MWh, effective February 1, 2009.
Use of IPCs operation plan power supply cost forecast - the operation plan forecast may better match current collections with actual net power supply costs in the year they are incurred and result in smaller amounts being included in the following years true-up rate, beginning with the 2009-2010 PCA filing.
Inclusion of third-party transmission expense - transmission expenses paid to third parties to facilitate wholesale purchases and sales of energy, including losses, are a necessary component of
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net power supply costs. Deviation in these types of costs from levels included in base rates is now reflected in PCA computations.
Adjusted distribution of base net power supply costs - base net power supply costs are distributed throughout the year based upon the monthly shape of normalized revenues for purposes of the PCA deferral calculation.
Oregon: IPC has a power cost recovery mechanism in
Oregon with two components: the annual power cost update (APCU) and the power
cost adjustment mechanism (PCAM). The combination of the APCU and the PCAM
allows IPC to recover excess net power supply costs in a more timely fashion
than through the previously existing deferral process.
The APCU allows IPC to reestablish its Oregon base net power
supply costs annually, separate from a general rate case, and to forecast net
power supply costs for the upcoming water year. The APCU has two components:
the October Update, where each October IPC calculates its estimated
normalized net power supply expenses for the following April through March test
period, and the March Forecast, where each March IPC files a forecast of its
expected net power supply expenses for the same test period, updated for a
number of variables including the most recent stream flow data and future
wholesale electric prices. On June 1 of each year, rates are adjusted to
reflect costs calculated in the APCU.
The PCAM is a true-up filed annually in February. The
filing calculates the deviation between actual net power supply expenses
incurred for the preceding calendar year and the net power supply expenses
recovered through the APCU for the same period. Under the PCAM, IPC is subject
to a portion of the business risk or benefit associated with this deviation
through application of an asymmetrical deadband (or range of deviations) within
which IPC absorbs cost increases or decreases. For deviations in actual power
supply costs outside of the deadband, the PCAM provides for 90/10 sharing of
costs and benefits between customers and IPC. However, a collection will occur
only to the extent that it results in IPCs actual return on equity (ROE) for
the year being no greater than 100 basis points below IPCs last authorized
ROE. A refund will occur only to the extent that it results in IPCs actual
ROE for that year being no less than 100 basis points above IPCs last
authorized ROE. The PCAM rate is then added to or subtracted from the APCU
rate, subject to certain statutory limitations discussed below, with new
combined rates effective each June 1.
2009 APCU: On October 23, 2008, IPC filed the
October Update portion of its 2009 APCU with the OPUC. The filing, combined
with supplemental testimony filed on December 1, 2008, reflects that revenues
associated with IPCs base net power supply costs would be increased by $1.6
million over the previous October Update, an average 4.55 percent increase.
On March 20, 2009, IPC filed the March Forecast portion of
its 2009 APCU. When combined with the October Update, the March Forecast
resulted in a requested increase to Oregon revenues of 11.46 percent, or $3.9
million annually. A joint stipulation relating to the October Update and the
March Forecast by IPC, the OPUC Staff and the Citizens Utility Board in
support of IPCs requested increase was filed with the OPUC on May 4, 2009. On
May 26, 2009, the OPUC issued its order adopting the stipulation and approving
the rate increases set forth in the stipulation effective on June 1, 2009.
2008 APCU: On May 20, 2008, the OPUC approved IPCs
2008 APCU (comprising both the October Update and the March Forecast) with the
new rates effective June 1, 2008. The approved APCU resulted in a $4.8
million, or 15.69 percent, increase in Oregon revenues.
2008 PCAM: On February 27, 2009, IPC filed the true-up
of its net power supply costs for the period January 1 through December 31,
2008, with the OPUC. The 2008 PCAM filing reflects a deviation of actual net
power supply costs above the forecast for that period of $7.4 million. After
the application of the deadband, the filing requests that $5.0 million be added
to IPCs true-up balancing account and amortized sequentially after the amounts
discussed below under 2007-2008 Excess Power Costs. A pre-hearing conference
was held on April 27, 2009, to discuss the status of the case. A joint
workshop and settlement conference was held July 7, 2009. As a result of the
conference, IPC will file updated testimony that reflects agreed upon changes
to the calculation of the deferral.
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2007-2008 Excess Power Costs: On April 30, 2007, IPC
filed for an accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for
the period from May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher
than normal (higher than base) power supply expenses. In the filing, IPC
included a forecast of Oregons jurisdictional share of excess power supply
costs of $5.7 million. Settlement discussions were held in February 2009. As
a result of those discussions, the parties to the proceeding reached a
settlement and a stipulation was filed with the OPUC on April 8, 2009. In the
stipulation, the parties agreed to limit the calculation of excess net power
supply costs in this docket to the 8-month period from May 1 through December
31, 2007. Based on the methodology adopted by the parties to the stipulation,
it was determined that IPC should be allowed to defer excess net power supply
costs of $6.4 million (including interest through the date of the order) for
that period. The amount to be recovered was reduced by $0.9 million of
emission allowance sales (including interest) during the same period allocated
to Oregon, resulting in an approved deferral balance of $5.5 million. IPC
recorded the $6.4 million deferral in the second quarter 2009 as a reduction to
power cost adjustment expense. The emission allowances sales were previously
deferred. The parties also agreed that the excess power supply costs from the
period beginning in 2008 would be deferred pursuant to the PCAM agreement
established as part of the power cost variance filing for 2008 and calculated
according to the PCAM. On May 28, 2009, the OPUC issued its order adopting the
stipulation.
The timing of future recovery of Oregon power supply cost
deferrals is subject to an Oregon statute that specifically limits rate
amortizations of deferred costs to six percent of gross Oregon revenue per year
($1.9 million for 2009 based on 2008 revenues). On October 6, 2008, the OPUC
issued an order clarifying that the PCAM is a deferral under the Oregon
statute.
IPC is currently amortizing through rates power supply costs
associated with the western energy situation of 2000 and 2001, which is
discussed further under LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Western Energy
Proceeding at the FERC. Full recovery of the 2001 deferral is expected in the
third quarter of 2009. The 2006-2007 deferral of $2.4 million, the May 1-December
31, 2007 deferral of $6.0 million and the $5.6 million 2008 PCAM balance will
have to be recovered sequentially following the full recovery of the 2001
deferral.
On June 30, 2009, IPC filed an application with the OPUC to
begin amortizing through rates the 2006-2007 deferral of $2.0 million plus $0.4
million of accrued interest, effective September 1, 2009. IPC expects
amortization of this deferral to take approximately 16 months.
Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism (FCA)
On March 12, 2007, the IPUC approved the implementation of a FCA mechanism
pilot program for IPCs residential and small general service customers. The
FCA is a rate mechanism designed to remove IPCs disincentive to invest in
energy efficiency programs by separating (or decoupling) the recovery of fixed
costs from the variable kilowatt-hour charge and linking it instead to a set
amount per customer. In the FCA, for each customer class, the number of
customers is multiplied by a fixed cost per customer. The cost per customer is
based on IPCs revenue requirement as established in a general rate case. This
authorized fixed cost recovery amount is compared to the amount of fixed costs
actually recovered by IPC. The amount of over- or under-recovery is then
returned to or collected from customers in a subsequent rate adjustment. The
pilot program began on January 1, 2007, and runs through 2009, with the first
rate adjustment occurring on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate adjustments
effective June 1 of each year during its term.
IPC deferred fixed costs of $2.0 million related to the FCA
during the first six months of 2009.
On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application requesting a
$5.2 million rate increase under the FCA pilot program for the net under-recovery
of fixed costs during 2008, effective June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010. On
May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved IPCs application to increase rates under the
FCA pilot program as filed.
On March 14, 2008, IPC filed an application requesting a $2.4 million rate reduction under the FCA pilot program for the net over-recovery of fixed costs during 2007. On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved the rate reduction of $2.4 million to be distributed to residential and small general service customer classes
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equally on an energy used basis during the June 1,
2008, through May 31, 2009, FCA revenue collection period.
Energy Efficiency Matters
Idaho Energy Efficiency Rider (Rider): IPCs Rider is the chief funding
mechanism for IPCs investment in conservation, energy efficiency and demand
response programs. On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
requesting an increase in Rider funding to 4.75 percent of base revenues effective
June 1, 2009. On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved IPCs application to increase
the Rider as filed. As a result of the IPUC approval, based on 2008 test year
revenue, IPC expects Rider revenues of $27.3 million in 2009 and $33.2 million
in each of 2010 and 2011.
Effective June 1, 2008, IPC began collecting 2.5 percent of
base revenues, or approximately $17 million annually, under the Rider. Prior
to that date, IPC collected 1.5 percent of base revenues, with funding caps for
residential and irrigation customers.
Energy Efficiency Prudency Review: In the 2008
general rate case, IPC requested that the IPUC explicitly find that IPCs
expenditures between 2002 and 2007 of $29 million of funds obtained from the
Rider were prudently incurred and would, therefore, no longer be subject to
potential disallowance. The IPUC Staff recommended that the IPUC defer a
prudency determination for these expenditures until IPC was able to provide a
comprehensive evaluation package of its programs and efforts. IPC contended
that sufficient information had already been provided to the IPUC Staff for
review.
On February 18, 2009, IPC filed a stipulation with the IPUC
reflecting an agreement with the IPUC Staff on $14.3 million of the Rider
funds. The IPUC Staff agreed that this portion of the Rider expenditures were
prudently incurred. On March 6, 2009, the IPUC approved the stipulation,
identifying $18.3 million as prudent, which included $14.3 million of Rider
funding and $4.0 million of other funds.
On April 1, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
seeking a prudency determination on the $14.7 million balance of Rider funds
spent during 2002 through 2007. IPC has requested that this application be
processed under modified procedure.
Commercial Demand Response: On March 2, 2009,
IPC filed for approval of a voluntary Commercial Demand Response program for
commercial and industrial customers larger than 200 kilowatts. IPC signed a
five-year contract with a third-party aggregator, EnerNOC, to operate the program
and make arrangements with IPCs customers to achieve peak reductions. This
program is dispatchable (meaning IPC will have flexibility to schedule peak
reduction benefits during times of greatest need) and, in the next four years,
is expected to increase to 50 MW of summer peak demand reduction availability
by 2012. The anticipated cost of the program, which will be funded through the
Rider, is approximately $12.2 million over its first five years. The IPUC
approved the program on May 15, 2009.
Irrigation Demand Response - Peak Rewards: On
November 7, 2008, IPC filed a revised Irrigation Peak Rewards program design
with the IPUC which was approved on January 14, 2009. The program is expected
to provide an overall peak reduction of about 144 MW. Participating customers
will receive a credit on their bills in exchange for allowing IPC, within
specified parameters, to interrupt service to their irrigation pumps during
certain peak hours in a six-week period in June and July. The anticipated cost
of the irrigation program, which is funded through the Rider, is $6.7 million
in 2009 and is expected to increase to approximately $10.8 million in 2011.
Renewable Energy Certificates
On November 14, 2008 IPC filed an application requesting authority from the IPUC
to retire renewable energy certificates (RECs), sometimes referred to as green
tags, associated with the Elkhorn Valley Wind Project and the Raft River
Geothermal Project. IPUC Staff and the Industrial Customers of Idaho Power
(ICIP) filed comments opposing the retirement of IPCs RECs, while various
environmental groups expressed support. On January 26, 2009, the IPUC approved
IPCs application requesting authority to retire the RECs. Thereafter ICIP
filed a Petition for Reconsideration which was granted. On May 20, 2009 the
IPUC reversed its decision and ordered IPC to sell its eligible RECs generated
in 2007 and 2008. It is expected that the proceeds from the sale of the RECs
will be included in IPCs 2010 PCA filing.
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Depreciation Filings
On September 12, 2008, the IPUC approved a revision to IPCs depreciation
rates, retroactive to August 1, 2008. The new rates are based on a settlement
reached by IPC and the IPUC Staff, and result in an annual reduction of
depreciation expense of $8.5 million ($7.9 million allocated to Idaho) based
upon December 31, 2006, depreciable electric plant in service.
On October 3, 2008, IPC filed an application with the OPUC
requesting that the new depreciation rates approved in IPCs Idaho jurisdiction
be authorized for IPCs Oregon jurisdiction as well. The result for the Oregon
jurisdiction would be a decrease in annual depreciation expense and rates of
$0.4 million. The OPUC Staff accepted IPCs settlement offer, and a
stipulation was filed on June 5, 2009. In the settlement offer, IPC proposed
that the OPUC Staff not make adjustments to the depreciation rates adopted by
the IPUC and also proposed to commit to joint involvement of OPUC Staff prior
to submitting future depreciation rates for approval in IPCs Idaho
jurisdiction. IPCs request was filed in conjunction with the October 3, 2008,
application discussed below in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
On October 22, 2008, IPC filed an application with the FERC
requesting that IPCs revised depreciation rates as approved by the IPUC also
be accepted for use in future rate filings made with the FERC. The FERC
approved IPCs application on December 3, 2008. The new depreciation accrual
rates will be reflected in IPCs OATT rates beginning October 1, 2009.
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
The AMI project provides the means to automatically retrieve energy
consumption information, eliminating manual meter reading expense. In the
future, the system will support enhancements to allow for time-variant rates,
perform remote connects and disconnects, and collect system operations data
enhancing outage management, reliability efforts and demand-side management
options.
IPC filed AMI evaluation and deployment reports with the
IPUC on May 1 and August 31, 2007, in compliance with an IPUC order.
Consistent with the implementation plan contained in those reports, IPC entered
into a number of contracts for materials and resources that allowed for the AMI
implementation to commence in late 2008. IPC intends to install this
technology for approximately 99 percent of its customers by the end of 2011.
Idaho: On August 5, 2008, IPC filed an application
with the IPUC requesting a CPCN for the deployment of AMI technology and
approval of accelerated depreciation for the existing metering equipment. The
IPUC approved IPCs application on February 12, 2009. In its application, IPC
estimated the three-year investment in AMI to be $70.9 million. In an April 7,
2009, order, the IPUC clarified that IPC can expect, in the ordinary course of
events, to include in rate base the prudent capital costs of deploying AMI as
it is placed in service up to the capital cost commitment estimate of $70.9
million. The IPUC also clarified, as requested by IPC, that it does not anticipate
that the immediate savings derived from the implementation of AMI throughout
IPCs service territory will eliminate or wholly offset the increase in IPCs
revenue requirement caused by the authorized depreciation period.
On March 13, 2009, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
for authority to increase its rates due to the inclusion of AMI investment in
rate base. The filing requested inclusion of the investments already made for
the installation of AMI throughout IPCs service territory, and those
investments that would be made during a June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010 test
year. IPC requested a first year revenue requirement of $11.2 million in the
Idaho jurisdiction effective June 1, 2009, for service provided on or after
that date. In its calculations, IPC reflected the reduction in investment and
the accelerated depreciation costs related to the removal of current metering
equipment, as well as changes in operating expenses that accompany the changes
in plant investment.
On May 29, 2009, the IPUC approved annual recovery of $10.5
million, effective June 1, 2009. The order was based on IPCs actual
investment in AMI to date, annualized through December 31, 2009, rather than
IPCs proposed test year. The IPUC also allowed IPC to begin three-year
accelerated depreciation of the existing metering equipment on June 1, 2009.
The order reflects annualized depreciation expense relating to AMI of $9.2
million. The actual depreciation expense for fiscal year 2009 will occur over
seven months totaling $5.5 million.
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Oregon: On October 3, 2008, IPC filed an application
with the OPUC requesting authority to accelerate the depreciation and recovery
of existing meters in the Oregon jurisdiction over an 18-month period beginning
January 2009. The OPUC approved IPCs request on December 30, 2008. IPCs AMI
deployment schedule calls for the replacement of the Oregon service-territory
meters around October 2010. The existing meters will be fully depreciated
prior to their removal from service. The filing estimated the balance of plant
in service at December 31, 2008, attributable to the existing meters to be $1.4
million. The approval of this application results in an increase of $0.8
million for 2009 in both rates and depreciation expense. This increase will be
partially offset by the request for revised depreciation rates filed in the
same application and discussed above in Depreciation Filings, subject to true-up
if the depreciation rates the OPUC ultimately approves differ from those that
were approved by the IPUC.
Deferred Pension Expense
In the 2003 Idaho general rate case, the IPUC disallowed recovery of pension
expense because there were no current cash contributions being made to the
pension plan. On March 20, 2007, IPC requested that the IPUC clarify that
IPC can consider future cash contributions made to the pension plan a
recoverable cost of service. On June 1, 2007, the IPUC issued an order
authorizing IPC to account for its defined benefit pension expense on a cash
basis, and to defer and account for pension expense under SFAS 87, Employers' Accounting for Pensions, as a regulatory asset. The IPUC acknowledged that
it is appropriate for IPC to seek recovery in its revenue requirement of
reasonable and prudently incurred pension expense based on actual cash
contributions. The regulatory asset created by this order is expected to
be amortized to expense to match the revenues received when future pension
contributions are recovered through rates. IPC deferred $14.9 million of
pension expense in the first six months of 2009 and has deferred $25.5 million
since the order became effective in 2007. IPC does not receive a carrying
charge on the deferral balance.
Idaho OATT Shortfall Filing
On July 20, 2009 IPC filed a request with the IPUC for authorization to defer
$8.1 million in costs associated with the difference between the revenue
credits and the amount of OATT revenues IPC has received since March 2008 and
will receive through May 2010. For Idaho jurisdictional revenue requirement determinations,
revenues from third parties (non-state jurisdictional) received through the
OATT, referred to as revenue credits, are a direct offset to the IPCs overall
revenue requirement. In the last two general rate cases, IPC included an
estimate of OATT revenues from third parties based on the forecasted OATT rate
less a reserve. However, as discussed below in Federal Regulatory Matters
OATT, the FERC order issued on January 15, 2009 had a significant impact on
actual third-party transmission revenues IPC received from June 2006 to date,
resulting in the overstating of the revenue credits in the Idaho jurisdictional
revenue requirement authorized by the IPUC. Included in the filing are $4.3
million for the period March 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009, the effective
period of the February 28, 2008 general rate case order, and $3.8 million
estimated for the period February 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010, the expected
effective period of the January 30, 2009 general rate case order. IPC has
filed a request for rehearing of the FERC order and is taking additional
measures to address the revenue shortfall. If the FERC issues are resolved in
IPCs favor, IPC will reduce the deferral. IPC requested to amortize the
unrecovered transmission revenues on a straight-line basis over a three-year
period beginning June 1, 2010 and to receive a carrying charge on the balance
until rate recovery begins.
Rule H Modifications
On October 30, 2008, IPC filed an application
seeking authority to modify its Rule H tariff, which governs the allocation
between real-estate developers and IPC of the costs of installing or altering
distribution equipment to serve new customers. The application requested an
increase to the charges for new service attachments, distribution line
installations and alterations in order to shift more of the cost burden to new
customers requesting construction for these services. On July 1, 2009 the IPUC
approved the application with minor modifications. The IPUC also clarified
that IPC should not bear the costs incurred to relocate distribution facilities
located in public rights-of-way when the relocation is ordered for the benefit
of a private development. These changes to Rule H are effective on November 1,
2009. The IPUC has received requests for reconsideration from four parties.
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Federal Regulatory Matters
The Bonneville Power Administration Residential Exchange Program: The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and
Conservation Act of 1980, through the Residential Exchange Program, has
provided access to the benefits of low-cost federal hydroelectric power to
residential and small farm customers of the regions investor-owned utilities
(IOUs). The program is administered by the Bonneville Power Administration
(BPA). Pursuant to agreements between the BPA and IPC, benefits from the BPA
were passed through to IPCs Idaho and Oregon residential and small farm
customers in the form of electricity bill credits.
On May 3, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit ruled that the settlement agreements entered into between the BPA and
the IOUs (including IPC) are inconsistent with the Northwest Power Act. On May
21, 2007, the BPA notified IPC and six other IOUs that it was immediately
suspending the Residential Exchange Program payments that the utilities pass
through to their residential and small farm customers in the form of
electricity bill credits. IPC took action with both the IPUC and the OPUC to
reduce the level of credit on its customers bills to zero, effective June 1,
2007.
Since that time IPC has been working with the other
northwest IOUs and consumer-owned utilities, northwest state public utility
commissions and the BPA to craft an agreement so that residential and small
farm customers of IPC can resume sharing in the benefits of the federal
Columbia River power system. However, the matter has yet to be resolved. The
BPA has initiated several public processes, which ultimately will determine
whether benefits will be restored to IPC customers. The most significant of
these processes are the establishment of new residential purchase and sales
agreements (RPSAs) and the WP-07 rate case. The RPSAs are intended to replace
the settlement agreements invalidated by the court and to provide the structure
through which benefits will be shared with the residential and small farm
customers of IOUs. The WP-07 supplemental case addresses the calculation of
overpayment (if any) of benefits to customers of the IOUs under the settlement
agreements and whether those overpayments must be repaid by a reduction to
future benefits.
The BPA issued a Final Record of Decision (ROD) on September
4, 2008, to establish new RPSAs and another ROD on September 22, 2008 in the WP-07
case. Together the RODs continue to reflect no residential exchange benefits
for IPCs residential and small farm customers in the foreseeable future. IPC
has filed petitions for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit challenging both RODs - the RPSAs on November 26, 2008, and the WP-07
case on December 16, 2008, as have other IOUs and other regional customers of
the BPA and state utility commissions.
A mediation process within the Ninth Circuit Court was
initiated in an attempt to settle issues raised in the appeals. Three meetings
were held in February and March 2009 between the BPA, IOUs, other regional
customers of the BPA and state utility commissions to determine if there is
common ground for an overall settlement of the Residential Exchange Program
issues. The mediation effort was unsuccessful, and the court established
briefing schedules with initial briefs to be filed on August 19, 2009 and
briefing to conclude on February 26, 2010. Oral argument has not yet been
scheduled.
IPC will continue its efforts to secure future benefits for its
customers. Since these benefits were passed through to IPCs customers, the
outcome of this matter is not expected to have an effect on IPCs financial
condition or results of operations.
OATT: On March 24, 2006, IPC submitted a revised
OATT filing with the FERC requesting an increase in transmission rates. In the
filing, IPC proposed to move from a fixed rate to a formula rate, which allows
for transmission rates to be updated each year based on financial and
operational data IPC is required to file annually with the FERC in its Form 1.
The formula rate request included a rate of return on equity of 11.25 percent.
IPCs filing was opposed by several affected parties. Effective June 1, 2006,
the FERC accepted IPCs proposed new rates, subject to refund pending the
outcome of the hearing and settlement process.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC approved a settlement agreement by the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates that were in existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). This settlement reduced IPCs proposed new rates and, as a result, approximately $1.7 million collected in excess of the settlement
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rates between June 1, 2006, and
July 31, 2007, was refunded with interest in August 2007. As part of the
settlement agreement, the FERC established an authorized rate of return on
equity of 10.7 percent.
On August 31, 2007, the FERC Presiding Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) issued an initial decision (Initial Decision) with respect to the
treatment of the Legacy Agreements, which would have further reduced the new
transmission rates. IPC, as well as the opposing parties, appealed the Initial
Decision to the FERC. If implemented, the Initial Decision would have required
IPC to make additional refunds, of approximately $5.4 million (including $0.4
million of interest) for the June 1, 2006, through December 31, 2008, period.
IPC previously reserved this entire amount.
On January 15, 2009, the FERC issued an Order on Initial
Decision (FERC Order), which upheld the Initial Decision of the ALJ in most
respects, but modified the Initial Decision in one respect that is unfavorable
to IPC. The decision required IPC to reduce its transmission service rates to
FERC jurisdictional customers. Furthermore, IPC was required to make refunds
to FERC jurisdictional transmission customers in the total amount of $13.3
million (including $1.1 million in interest) for the period since the new rates
went into effect in June 2006. Based on the FERC Order, IPC reserved an
additional $7.9 million (including $0.7 million in interest) in the fourth
quarter of 2008, bringing the total reserve amount to $13.3 million. Prior to
the FERC Order, the FERC jurisdictional transmission revenues (net of the $5
million reserve) recorded in the last seven months of 2006, all of 2007 and
2008 were $8.1 million, $13.3 million and $15.8 million, respectively. Under
the FERC Order, the transmission revenues would have been $6.4 million in the
last seven months of 2006, $11 million in 2007 and $12.6 million in 2008.
Refunds were made on February 25, 2009.
IPC filed a request for rehearing with the FERC on February
17, 2009. IPC believes that the treatment of the Legacy Agreements conflicts
with precedent. The rehearing request asserts that the FERC order is in error
by: (1) requiring IPC to include the contract demands associated with the
Legacy Agreements in the OATT formula rate divisor rather than crediting the
revenue from the Legacy Agreements against IPCs transmission revenue
requirement; (2) concluding that IPC must include the contract demands
associated with the Legacy Agreements rather than the customers coincident
peak demands; (3) concluding that the transmission rate contained in one or
more of the Legacy Agreements was not a discounted rate; (4) failing to
consider the non-monetary benefits received by IPC from the Legacy Agreements;
(5) concluding that the services provided under the Legacy Agreements are firm
services and therefore should be handled for rate purposes in the same manner
as firm services under the OATT; and (6) failing to affirm the rate treatment
that has been used for the Legacy Agreements for approximately 30 years. On
March 18, 2009, the FERC issued a tolling order that effectively relieves it
from acting on the request for reconsideration for an indefinite time period.
IPC cannot predict when the FERC will rule on the request for rehearing or the
outcome of this matter.
Amended Legacy Agreements: Subsequent to the January
15, 2009 FERC Order, IPC has sought to mitigate the resulting revenue shortfall
by revising certain of the Legacy Agreements as provided for in the agreements.
On April 3, 2009, IPC notified PacifiCorp that it was terminating
its provision of a portion of the services that it provides under the Restated
Transmission Service Agreement (RTSA), a Legacy Agreement, effective June 12,
2009. IPC made a filing with the FERC on April 13, 2009 submitting revised
rate schedule sheets. The FERC accepted the revised rate schedule sheets by
letter order on May 14, 2009. On June 12, 2009 IPC submitted a filing for the
purpose of replacing the terminated contract services with OATT service,
effective June 13, 2009. An amended RTSA between IPC and PacifiCorp and three
long term service agreements were filed to provide for the OATT service. As
calculated in the filings, the estimated net transmission revenue increase for
the period June 13, 2009 through June 12, 2010 is approximately $3.2 million.
The FERC accepted IPCs filing, effective June 13, 2009, by letter order on
July 28, 2009.
On June 19, 2009 IPC submitted a filing to increase rates under the Agreement for Interconnection and Transmission Services (ITSA) contract, another Legacy Agreement between IPC and PacifiCorp. The filing requested an increase of rates to the level paid by OATT customers for Point to Point service and an August 19, 2009 effective date. As calculated in the filing, the estimated net transmission revenue increase
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for the period
September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010 is approximately $3.9 million. PacifiCorp
has intervened in the case and on July 10, 2009 filed a motion to suspend the
case for five months and pursue settlement or go to hearing.
2009 OATT: On June 1, 2009, IPC posted on its Open
Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) website its draft informational
filing which contains the annual update of the formula rate to the 2008 test
year. The draft informational filing includes a proposed rate of $15.83 per kW-year,
an increase of $2.02 per kW-year, or 14.6 percent. The impact of this rate
increase on IPCs revenues will be dependent on transmission volume sold, which
can be highly variable. A customer meeting to discuss the informational filing
was held on June 16, 2009. A final filing will be submitted to the FERC by
September 1, 2009 with new rates effective October 1, 2009.
2008 OATT: On August 28, 2008, IPC filed its
informational filing with the FERC that contained the annual update of the
formula rate based on the 2007 test year. The new rate included in the filing
was $18.88 per kW-year, a decrease of $0.85 per kW-year, or 4.3 percent. New
rates were effective October 1, 2008. IPC has adjusted its rates to $13.81 per
kW-year in compliance with the January 15, 2009, order.
FERC Compliance Program: The FERC issued Policy
Statements on Enforcement in 2005 and 2008 and a Policy Statement on Compliance
in 2008, which encourage companies to self-report to the FERC matters that
constitute or may constitute violations of the Federal Power Act, the Natural
Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the requirements of FERC rules,
regulations, orders and tariffs. The Policy Statements identify self-reporting
as a factor the FERC will consider in determining the proper remedy for a
violation and emphasize the role compliance programs play in identifying and
correcting violations and in evaluating whether and the extent to which
penalties may be imposed. IPC has implemented a compliance program to ensure
that its operations conform to the FERCs requirements and to provide a means
of identifying and if warranted, self-reporting on a regular basis any such
matters to the FERC. IPC also self-reports matters relating to transmission
reliability standards to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC).
In 2007, FERC Order No. 693 approved mandatory reliability standards developed
by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The WECC, a regional
electric reliability organization, has responsibility for compliance and
enforcement of these standards. As part of its compliance program, IPC has
reported compliance issues relating to the FERCs Standards of Conduct and IPCs
Open Access Transmission Tariff to the FERC, as well as matters relating to
reliability standards to the WECC. Some of these matters have been resolved,
while others are being reviewed by the FERC or the WECC. IPC is unable to
predict what action if any the FERC will take with regard to the unresolved matters.
IPC plans to continue its policy of using its compliance program to reduce
potential violations and to self-report matters regularly to the FERC and the
WECC.
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
As mandated by the enactment of PURPA and the adoption of avoided cost rates by
the IPUC and the OPUC, IPC has entered into contracts for the purchase of
energy from a number of private developers. Under these contracts, IPC is
required to purchase all of the output from the facilities located inside the
IPC service territory. For projects located outside the IPC service territory,
IPC is required to purchase the output that IPC has the ability to receive at
the facilitys requested point of delivery on the IPC system. The IPUC
jurisdictional portion of the costs associated with CSPP contracts are fully
recovered through base rates and the PCA. For IPUC jurisdictional contracts,
projects that generate up to ten average MW of energy on a monthly basis are
eligible for IPUC Published Avoided Costs for up to a 20-year contract term.
The OPUC jurisdictional portion of the costs associated with CSPP contracts is
recovered through general rate case filings. For OPUC jurisdictional
contracts, projects with a nameplate rating of up to ten MW of capacity are
eligible for OPUC Published Avoided Costs for up to a 20-year contract term.
The Published Avoided Cost is a price established by the IPUC and the OPUC to
estimate IPCs cost of developing additional generation resources. If a PURPA
project does not qualify for Published Avoided Costs, then IPC is required to
negotiate the terms, prices and conditions with the developer of that project.
These negotiations reflect the characteristics of the individual projects
(i.e., operational flexibility, location and size) and the benefits to the IPC
system and must be consistent with other similar energy alternatives.
On March 12, 2009, the IPUC increased the Published Avoided Cost rates. For example, the rate for a 20 year levelized 2009 contract increased from $69.54/MWh to $88.92/MWh. This increase will result in the
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continuation of a favorable climate for PURPA project development, and may require IPC to enter into
additional PURPA agreements. The requirement to enter into additional PURPA
agreements may result in IPC acquiring energy at above wholesale market prices
and at times when a surplus already exists as well as requiring additional
operational integration costs, thus increasing costs to its customers.
Integrated Resource Plan
IPCs integrated resource planning process forecasts IPCs load and resource
situation for the next 20 years, analyzes potential supply-side and demand-side
options and identifies near-term and long-term actions. IPCs most recent IRP
was completed in 2006 and the IRP is typically updated every two years.
At the request of the IPUC, the submittal of IPCs next IRP
was delayed until June 2009 in order for IPC to align the submittal of its next
IRP with the IRPs of other Idaho utilities. In June 2008, IPC filed the 2008
IRP Update as an informational filing with the IPUC and OPUC. IPC also
prepared and filed the IRP Addendum with the OPUC in February 2009. The IRP
Addendum specifically addressed the need for the Boardman to Hemingway
Transmission Project and was later withdrawn due to public opposition to
proposed routes and also to allow IPC to analyze the project in the 2009 IRP
process.
IPC began preparing the 2009 IRP in August 2008. However,
in light of the economic recession that developed since September 2008 when IPC
prepared the load forecast being used for the 2009 IRP, and in response to the
OPUCs desire for additional analysis regarding the Boardman to Hemingway
Transmission Project, in April 2009 IPC
filed a request for an extension with the IPUC and OPUC to delay the filing of
the 2009 IRP until December 2009. The IPUC and OPUC have granted the requested
extension and IPC is currently updating the load forecast that will be used for
the 2009 IRP.
During the time between resource plan filings, the public
and regulatory oversight of the activities identified in the IRP allows for
discussion and adjustment of the IRP as warranted. IPC continues to analyze
and evaluate the resource plan and make periodic adjustments and corrections to
reflect changes in technology, economic conditions, anticipated resource
development and regulatory requirements. In addition, load and resource
forecasts are routinely updated as described earlier in RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Utility Operations. Each of the sections below provides an update of items
identified in the resource planning process.
For discussion of the 2012 Baseload Resource RFP, please see
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Major Projects - Langley Gulch Power Plant
(2012 Baseload Resource). For discussion of the Boardman to Hemingway
Transmission Project, please see LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Major
Projects - BoardmanHemingway Line.
Geothermal RFPs:
Although the 2008 Geothermal RFP for 50-100 MW did not result in IPC acquiring
additional geothermal energy, IPC continues to work with project developers
capable of delivering energy to its service area. IPC also continues to
monitor developments in geothermal technology and is hopeful geothermal energy will
become an economic and readily available resource for its customers.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) RFP: The 2006 IRP
included 50 MW of CHP coming on-line in 2010. In April 2008, IPC solicited its
large industrial customers to determine the level of interest in CHP
development. While the level of interest in CHP development has been less than
anticipated in the 2006 IRP, IPC continues to work with parties to explore CHP
development opportunities.
Wind RFP: The 2006 IRP included 150 MW of wind
generation coming on-line in 2012. In May 2009, IPC issued an RFP for up to
150 MW of wind generation to come on-line no later than the end of 2012. IPC
accelerated the release of this RFP to take advantage of the benefits offered
in the ARRA (the economic stimulus package). Proposals were received and are
currently being evaluated.
Relicensing of Hydroelectric
Projects
IPC, like other utilities that operate nonfederal hydroelectric projects on
qualified waterways, obtains licenses for its hydroelectric projects from the
FERC. These licenses last for 30 to 50 years depending on the size,
complexity, and cost of the project. IPC is actively pursuing the relicensing
of the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC) and Swan Falls projects.
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The relicensing costs are recorded and
held in construction work in progress until new multi-year licenses are issued
by the FERC, at which time the charges will be transferred to electric plant in
service. Relicensing costs and costs related to new licenses will be submitted
to regulators for recovery through the ratemaking process. Relicensing costs
of $110 million and $4 million for HCC and Swan Falls, respectively, were
included in construction work in progress at June 30, 2009.
The IPUC authorized IPC to include
in rates approximately $6.8 million ($10.6 million grossed up for income taxes)
of AFUDC relating to the HCC relicensing project. This became effective
February 1, 2009, and IPC collected approximately $2.2 million in the second
quarter and $3.9 million year-to-date. Collecting these amounts in current
rates will reduce future rates related to obtaining the new license once the
accumulated relicensing costs are placed in service. Further discussion is
provided above in Idaho Rate Cases 2008 General Rate Case.
Hells Canyon Complex: The most significant ongoing
relicensing effort is the HCC, which provides approximately 68 percent of IPCs
hydroelectric generating nameplate capacity and 36 percent of its total
generating nameplate capacity. In July 2003, IPC filed an application for a
new license in anticipation of the July 2005 expiration of the then-existing
license. IPC is currently operating under an annual license issued by the FERC
and expects to continue operating under annual licenses until the new license
is issued.
Consistent with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the FERC Staff issued on
August 31, 2007, a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the HCC,
which the FERC will use to determine whether, and under what conditions, to
issue a new license for the project. The purpose of the final EIS is to inform
the FERC, federal and state agencies, Native American tribes and the public
about the environmental effects of IPCs proposed operation of the HCC. IPC is
reviewing the final EIS and expects to file comments with the FERC in 2009.
In conjunction with the issuance of the final EIS, on
September 13, 2007, the FERC requested formal consultation under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the effect of HCC relicensing
on several aquatic and terrestrial species listed as threatened under the ESA.
However, formal consultation has not yet been initiated and NMFS and USFWS
continue to gather and consider information relative to the effect of
relicensing on relevant species. IPC continues to cooperate with the USFWS,
the NMFS and the FERC in an effort to address ESA concerns.
Because the HCC is located on the Snake River where it forms
the border between Idaho and Oregon, IPC has filed Water Quality Certification
Applications, required under section 401 of the Clean Water Act, with the
States of Idaho and Oregon requesting that each state certify that any discharges
from the project comply with applicable state water quality standards.
Temperature and other water quality issues are of interest to various federal
and state agencies, Native American tribes, and other parties who may provide
input to the states certification process. IPC continues to work with Idaho
and Oregon to ensure that any discharges from the HCC will comply with the
necessary state water quality standards so that appropriate water quality
certifications can be issued for the project.
The
FERC is expected to issue a license order for the HCC once the ESA consultation
and the section 401 certification processes are completed.
Swan Falls Project: The license for the Swan Falls
hydroelectric project expires in June 2010. In June 2008, IPC filed a license
application with the FERC. On January 9, 2009, the FERC issued a scoping
document giving notice of scheduled scoping meetings, soliciting scoping
comments and of its intent to prepare an EIS pursuant to the NEPA. FERC held
scoping meetings on February 10 and 11, 2009. On May 5, 2009, FERC issued
Scoping Document 2 for the project, advising that based on the scoping meetings
and comments received that staff will prepare an EIS, which the FERC will use
to determine whether, and under what conditions, to issue a new hydropower
license for the project. On June 16, 2009, FERC issued its Notice of
Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions. The deadline for filing
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is August
15, 2009. The FERC expects to complete the EIS in 2010.
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Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
requires that an applicant for a federal license to conduct an activity that
results in any discharge to navigable waters must provide the licensing agency
with a certification from the state in which the discharge occurs that the
discharge will comply with applicable water quality standards. In conformance
with that section, on June 6, 2008, IPC filed an application with the Idaho
Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) for section 401 water quality
certification. On April 1, 2009, the IDEQ issued public notice, seeking public
comment on a draft section 401 certification for the project. No public
comments were submitted and the IDEQ issued the section 401 certification on
May 4, 2009.
Shoshone Falls Expansion: On August 17, 2006, IPC
filed a license amendment application with the FERC, which would allow IPC to
upgrade the Shoshone Falls project from 12.5 MW to 62.5 MW. The license
amendment is expected to be issued in 2009. In conjunction with the license
amendment application, IPC has filed a water rights application which is
currently being reviewed by the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR).
LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
Western Energy Proceedings at
the FERC: Throughout this report, the term western
energy situation is used to refer to the California energy crisis that
occurred during 2000 and 2001, and the energy shortages, high prices and
blackouts in the western United States. High prices for electricity in
California and in western wholesale markets during 2000 and 2001 caused
numerous purchasers of electricity in those markets to initiate proceedings seeking
refunds. Some of these proceedings (the western energy proceedings) remain
pending before the FERC or on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit).
There
are pending in the Ninth Circuit approximately 200 petitions for review of
numerous FERC orders regarding the western energy situation, including the
California refund proceeding and show cause orders with respect to contentions
of market manipulation. Decisions in these appeals may have implications with
respect to other pending cases, including those to which IDACORP, IPC or IE are
parties. IDACORP, IPC and IE intend to vigorously defend their positions in
these proceedings, but are unable to predict the outcome of these matters,
except as otherwise stated below, or estimate the impact they may have on their
consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows.
California
Refund: This proceeding originated with
an effort by agencies of the State of California and investor- owned utilities in
California to obtain refunds for a portion of the spot market sales from
sellers of electricity into California markets from October 2, 2000, through
June 20, 2001. In April 2001, the FERC issued an order stating that it was
establishing a price mitigation plan for sales in the California wholesale
electricity market. The FERCs order also included the potential for directing
electricity sellers into California from October 2, 2000, through June 20,
2001, to refund portions of their spot market sales prices if the FERC
determined that those prices were not just and reasonable. In July 2001, the
FERC initiated the California refund proceeding including evidentiary hearings
to determine the scope and methodology for determining refunds. After evidentiary
hearings, the FERC issued an order on refund liability on March 26, 2003, and
later denied the numerous requests for rehearing. The FERC also required the
California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) to make a compliance filing
calculating refund amounts. That compliance filing has been delayed on a
number of occasions and has not yet been filed with the FERC.
IE and
other parties petitioned the Ninth Circuit for review of the FERCs orders on
California refunds. As additional FERC orders have been issued, further
petitions for review have been filed by potential refund payors, including IE,
potential refund recipients and governmental agencies. These cases have been
consolidated before the Ninth Circuit. Since the initiation of these cases, the
Ninth Circuit has convened a series of case management proceedings to organize
these complex cases, while identifying and severing discrete cases that can
proceed to briefing and decision and staying action on all of the other
consolidated cases.
In its October 2005 decision in the first of the severed cases, the Ninth Circuit concluded that the FERC lacked refund authority over wholesale electrical energy sales made by governmental entities and non-public utilities. In its August 2006 decision in the second severed case, the Ninth Circuit ruled that all transactions that occurred within the California Power Exchange (CalPX) and the Cal ISO markets were
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proper subjects of the refund proceeding, refused to expand the
proceedings into the bilateral market, approved the refund effective date as
October 2, 2000, required the FERC to consider claims that some market
participants had violated governing tariff obligations at an earlier date than
the refund effective date, and expanded the scope of the refund proceeding to
include transactions within the CalPX and Cal ISO markets outside the limited
24-hour spot market and energy exchange transactions. These latter aspects of
the decision exposed sellers to increased claims for potential refunds. A
number of public entities filed petitions for panel rehearing in June 2007 and
certain marketers filed petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc in
November 2007. Those requests were denied by the Ninth Circuit on April 6,
2009. The Ninth Circuit issued a mandate on April 15, 2009, thereby officially
returning the cases to the FERC for further action consistent with the courts
decision.
In 2005, the FERC established a
framework for sellers wanting to demonstrate that the generally applicable FERC
refund methodology interfered with the recovery of costs. IE and IPC made such
a cost filing but it was rejected by the FERC in March 2006. IE and IPC
requested rehearing of that rejection, but, consistent with obligations
established in a settlement which is described in the following paragraph, IE
and IPC withdrew that request for rehearing to the extent it pertained to the
disputes about the cost filing between IE and IPC and parties that had joined
the settlement. On June 18, 2009 FERC issued an order with respect to the cost
filings of other sellers and in that order also stated that it was not ruling
on the IE and IPC request for rehearing because it had been withdrawn. On July
8, 2009 IE and IPC sought further rehearing pointing out to the FERC that the
withdrawal pertained only to the parties with whom IE and IPC had settled. On
June 18, 2009 in a separate order, the FERC also ruled that net refund
recipients in the California refund proceeding were responsible for the costs
associated with all cost filings. Most of the parties that joined the IE and
IPC settlement described below were net refund recipients, but until the Cal ISO
completes its refund calculations it is uncertain whether any parties who opted
not to join the settlement are net refund recipients. If there are no such
parties, then the requests for rehearing will be moot. IE and IPC are unable
to predict how or when the FERC might rule on their requests for rehearing, but
their effect is confined to obligations of IE and IPC to the minority of market
participants that opted not to join the settlement described below.
Accordingly, IE and IPC believe this matter will not
have a material adverse effect on their consolidated financial positions,
results of operations or cash flows.
On February 17, 2006, IE and IPC
jointly filed with the California Parties (Pacific Gas & Electric Company,
San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, the
California Public Utilities Commission, the California Electricity Oversight
Board, the California Department of Water Resources and the California Attorney
General) an Offer of Settlement at the FERC settling matters encompassed by the
California refund proceeding, as well as other FERC proceedings and
investigations relating to the western energy matters, including IEs and IPCs
cost filing and refund obligation. A number of other parties, representing a
small minority of potential refund claims, chose to opt out of the settlement.
Under the terms of the settlement, IE and IPC assigned $24.25 million of the
rights to accounts receivable from the Cal ISO and CalPX to the California
Parties to pay into an escrow account for refunds to settling parties. Amounts
from that escrow not used for settling parties and $1.5 million of the
remaining IE and IPC receivables that are to be retained by the CalPX are
available to fund, at least partially, payment of the claims of any non-settling
parties if they prevail in the remaining litigation of this matter. Any excess
funds remaining at the end of the case are to be returned to IPC and IE.
Approximately $10.25 million of the remaining IE and IPC receivables was paid
to IE and IPC under the settlement. In addition, the California Parties
released IE and IPC from other claims stemming from the western energy market
dysfunctions. The FERC approved the Offer of
Settlement on May 22, 2006.
Market
Manipulation: As part of the California
refund proceeding discussed above and the Pacific Northwest refund proceeding
discussed below, the FERC issued an order permitting discovery and the
submission of evidence regarding market manipulation by sellers during the
western energy situation. On June 25, 2003, the FERC ordered more than
50 entities that participated in the western wholesale power markets between
January 1, 2000, and June 20, 2001, including IPC, to show cause why certain
trading practices did not constitute gaming (gaming) or other forms of
proscribed market behavior in concert with another party (partnership) in
violation of the Cal ISO and CalPX Tariffs. In 2004, the FERC dismissed the partnership
show cause proceeding against IPC. Later in 2004, the FERC approved a
settlement of the gaming proceeding without finding of wrongdoing by IPC.
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The orders establishing the
scope of the show cause proceedings are presently the subject of review
petitions in the Ninth Circuit. In addition to the two show cause orders, on
June 25, 2003, the FERC also issued an order instituting an investigation of
anomalous bidding behavior and practices in the western wholesale markets for
the time period May 1, 2000, through October 1, 2000, to enable it to review
evidence of economic withholding of generation. IPC, along with more than 60
other market participants, responded to the FERC data requests. The FERC terminated
its investigations as to IPC on May 12, 2004. Although California government
agencies and California investor-owned utilities have appealed the FERCs
termination of this investigation as to IPC and more than 30 other market
participants, the claims regarding the conduct encompassed by these
investigations were released by these parties in the California refund
settlement discussed above. IE and IPC are unable to predict the outcome of
these matters, but believe that the releases govern any potential claims that
might arise and that this matter will not have a
material adverse effect on their consolidated financial positions, results of
operations or cash flows.
Pacific
Northwest Refund: On July 25, 2001, the
FERC issued an order establishing a proceeding separate from the California
refund proceeding to determine whether there may have been unjust and
unreasonable charges for spot market sales in the Pacific Northwest during the
period December 25, 2000, through June 20, 2001, because the spot market
in the Pacific Northwest was affected by the dysfunction in the California
market. In late 2001, a FERC Administrative Law
Judge concluded that the contracts at issue were governed by the substantially
more strict Mobile-Sierra standard of review rather than the just and
reasonable standard, that the Pacific Northwest spot markets were competitive
and that refunds should not be allowed. After the Judges recommendation was
issued, the FERC reopened the proceeding to allow the submission of additional
evidence directly to the FERC related to alleged manipulation of the power
market by market participants. In 2003, the FERC terminated the proceeding and
declined to order refunds. Multiple parties filed petitions for review in the
Ninth Circuit and in 2007 the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion, remanding to the
FERC the orders that declined to require refunds. The Ninth Circuits opinion
instructed the FERC to consider whether evidence of market manipulation would
have altered the agencys conclusions about refunds and directed the FERC to
include sales to the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) in the
proceeding. A number of parties have sought rehearing of the Ninth Circuits
decision. On April 9, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied the petitions for
rehearing and rehearing en banc. The Ninth Circuit issued a mandate on April
16, 2009, thereby officially returning the case to the FERC for further action
consistent with the courts decision. On June 26, 2009 IE and IPC joined with
a number of other parties in a request to extend the time for the filing of a
joint petition for a writ of certiorari. On June 29, 2009 Justice Kennedy
extended the time for the filing of the petition until September 4, 2009. On
May 22, 2009 the California Parties filed a motion with the FERC to sever the
CDWR sales from the remainder of the Pacific Northwest proceedings and to
consolidate the CDWR sales portion of the Pacific Northwest case with ongoing
proceedings in cases that IE or IPC have settled and with a new complaint filed
on May 22, 2009 by the California Attorney General against parties with whom
the California Parties have not settled (Brown Complaint). On August 4, 2009, IE and IPC, along
with a number of other parties, filed their opposition to the motion of the
California Parties. Many other parties also
filed positions in response to the motion of the California Parties. Also on
August 4, 2009 the City of Tacoma, Washington and the Port of Seattle,
Washington filed a motion with the FERC in connection with the California refund
proceeding, the Lockyer remand pending before the FERC (involving claims of
failure to file quarterly transaction reports with the FERC, from which IE and
IPC previously were dismissed), the Brown
Complaint and the Pacific Northwest refund remand proceeding.
This latter motion asks the FERC (1) to make findings on a summary basis that
the entire West-wide wholesale electricity market, including the Pacific
Northwest, was affected by market manipulation and that, as a result,
jurisdictional sellers' rates exceeded just and reasonable levels throughout the
Western energy crisis of 2000 - 2001, to grant market-wide refunds to all
purchasers for amounts collected in excess of a just and reasonable price and to
establish procedures to determine specific refund obligations applicable to
sellers or, in the alternative, (2) to institute an evidentiary hearing
and establish related procedures to respond to the remand proceedings ordered by
the Ninth Circuit in Port of Seattle, Washington v. FERC that would include
supplemental evidence filed with the motion and consideration of claimed
violations of Market Based Rate Tariffs from January 1, 2000 through June 20,
2001, thereby expanding the scope of potential refunds to a period beginning
prior to December 25, 2000. IE and IPC intend to vigorously defend their positions in
these proceedings, but are unable to predict the outcome of these matters or
estimate the impact these matters may have on their consolidated financial
positions, results of operations or cash flows.
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On
June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Morgan Stanley
Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (No. 06-1457)
(Snohomish), a case regarding a FERC decision not to require re-pricing of certain
long-term contracts. In Snohomish, the Supreme Court revisited and clarified
the Mobile-Sierra doctrine in the context of fixed-rate, forward power
contracts. At issue was whether, and under what circumstances, the FERC could
modify the rates in such contracts on the grounds that there was a
dysfunctional market at the time the contracts were executed. In its decision,
the Supreme Court disagreed with many of the conclusions reached in an earlier
decision by the Ninth Circuit and upheld the application of the Mobile-Sierra
doctrine even in cases in which it is alleged that the markets were
dysfunctional. The Supreme Court nonetheless directed the return of the case
to the FERC to (i) consider whether the challenged rates in the case
constituted an excessive burden on consumers either at the time the contracts
were formed or during the term of the contracts relative to the rates that
could have been obtained after elimination of the dysfunctional market and (ii)
clarify whether it found the evidence inadequate to support a claim that one of
the parties to a contract under consideration engaged in unlawful market
manipulation that altered the playing field for the particular contract
negotiations - that is, whether there was a causal connection between allegedly
unlawful activity and the contract rate. On November 3, 2008, the Ninth
Circuit vacated its earlier decision and remanded the case to the FERC for
further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Courts decision. On December
18, 2008, the FERC issued its order on remand, establishing settlement
proceedings and paper hearing procedures to supplement the record and permit it
to respond to the questions specified by the Supreme Court. Those proceedings
are now in their preliminary stages before a FERC Administrative Law Judge.
The
Supreme Courts decision is expected to have general implications for contracts
in the wholesale electric markets regulated by the FERC, and particular
implications for forward power contracts in such markets. The Snohomish
decision upholds the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine to fixed-rate,
forward power contracts even in allegedly dysfunctional markets.
IPC and IE have asserted the Mobile-Sierra
doctrine in the Pacific Northwest proceeding, involving spot market contracts
in an allegedly dysfunctional market. IDACORP, IPC and IE are unable to
predict how the FERC will rule on Snohomish on remand or how this decision will
affect the outcome of the Pacific Northwest proceeding.
Sierra Club Lawsuit Bridger: IPC continues to monitor the Sierra
Club and the Wyoming Outdoor Council suit against PacifiCorp filed in February
2007 in federal district court in Cheyenne, Wyoming alleging violations of air
quality opacity standards at the Jim Bridger coal-fired plant in Sweetwater
County, Wyoming. IPC is not a party to this proceeding but has a one-third
ownership interest in the plant. PacifiCorp owns a two-thirds interest in and
is the operator of the plant. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of this
matter or estimate the impact it may have on its consolidated financial
position, results of operations or cash flows.
Sierra
Club Lawsuit Boardman: On September 30, 2008, the Sierra Club and four other non-profit
corporations filed a complaint against Portland General Electric Company (PGE)
in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon alleging opacity permit
limit violations at the Boardman coal-fired power plant located in Morrow
County, Oregon. The complaint also alleges violations of the Clean Air Act,
related federal regulations and the Oregon State Implementation Plan relating
to PGEs construction and operation of the plant. IPC is not a party to this
proceeding but has a 10 percent ownership interest in the Boardman plant.
On December 5, 2008, PGE filed a motion to dismiss nine of the twelve claims asserted by plaintiffs in their complaint, alleging among other arguments that certain claims are barred by the statute of limitations or fail to state a claim upon which the court can grant relief. Plaintiffs response to the motion was filed February 25, 2009, and PGEs reply was filed April 8, 2009. The State of Oregon filed an amicus brief on April 1, 2009, addressing the substantive positions set forth in PGEs December 5, 2008, motion to dismiss and the plaintiffs February 25, 2009 response to the motion. The amicus brief does not state a position on the merits of the motion to dismiss but corrects what it perceives to be erroneous statements of law made by the plaintiffs and PGE regarding Oregon air quality regulations concerning the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program that were approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and incorporated into Oregons State Implementation Plan. Plaintiffs filed a sur-response in opposition to the motion to dismiss on May 18, 2009. IPC continues to monitor the status of this matter but is unable to predict its
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outcome or what effect this matter may have on its
consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Oregon
Trail Heights Fire: On August 25, 2008, a fire ignited beneath an IPC
distribution line in Boise, Idaho. It was fanned by high winds and spread
rapidly, resulting in one death, the destruction of 10 homes and damage or
alleged fire related losses to approximately 30 others. Following the
investigation, the Boise Fire Department determined that the fire was linked to
a piece of line hardware on one of IPCs distribution poles and that high winds
contributed to the fire and its resultant damage.
IPC has
received notice of claims from a number of the homeowners and their insurers
and while it has continued its investigation of these claims, IPC has reached
settlements with a number of the individuals or their insurers who have alleged
damages resulting from the fire. IPC is insured up to policy limits against
liability for claims in excess of its self-insured retention. IPC has accrued
a reserve for any loss that is probable and reasonably estimable, including
insurance deductibles, and believes this matter will not have a material
adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or
cash flows.
Other Legal Proceedings: IDACORP, IPC and/or IE are
involved in lawsuits and legal proceedings in addition to those discussed above
and in Note 7 to IDACORPs and IPCs Consolidated Financial Statements.
Resolution of any of these matters will take time and the companies cannot
predict the outcome of any of these proceedings. The companies believe that
their reserves are adequate for these matters.
The section below summarizes and provides an update of
environmental issues as discussed in IDACORPs and IPCs Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Global Climate Change: Climate
change regulations will have major implications for IPC and the energy
industry. IPC has increased disclosure about its CO2 emissions by
posting additional information at the environmental section of its website and
by submitting detailed information in May 2009 to the Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP), an independent not-for-profit organization that claims the largest
database of corporate climate change information in the world. The website disclosure
details:
Information about IPCs generation resources;
IPCs (and its unregulated energy affiliate, Ida-West Energy Company) emissions ranking as one of the 30 lowest carbon dioxide emitters per megawatt hour produced among the nations 100 largest electricity producers according to a collaborative report from Ceres, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Service Enterprise Group, and PG&E Corporation using publicly reported 2006 generation and emissions data.
The CDP will post responding companies
information at their website in the fall including
IPCs estimated CO2 Emission Rate (Lbs/MWh) from IPC generation
facilities was 1,150 and 1,097 for 2007 and 2008, respectively.
IPC continues to closely
track and analyze pending greenhouse gas (GHG) legislation. The analysis will
continue in the ongoing 2009 IRP process, which includes involvement by and
input from government, public and environmental organizations. The IRP process
forecasts IPCs load and resource situation for the next 20 years, analyzes
potential supply-side and demand-side options and identifies near-term and long-term
actions. The IRP process will review modeling options to address GHG and
renewable portfolio standard issues.
On April 10, 2009, the EPA
published the proposed mandatory GHG emissions reporting rule in the Federal
Register that would require reporting from large sources of GHG emissions.
The EPA plans to use the emission information collected to assist it in making
future climate policy decisions, including the potential future regulation of
GHG emissions. The comment period on the proposed rule closed on June 9,
2009. The reporting rule is scheduled to be finalized later this year.
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On April 24, 2009, the EPA
published a proposed endangerment finding in the Federal Register for
GHG emissions from mobile sources that was the first step leading to the
regulation of GHG emissions from mobile sources under the existing Clean Air
Act. On May 19, 2009, the EPA and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced
their intention to jointly develop national GHG emission standards for motor
vehicles, applicable to model year 2012. On June 30, 2009, the EPA granted a
request from the State of California to enable California to enforce its GHG
emission standards for new motor vehicles. Based on these developments, it is
possible that the EPA could subsequently make similar findings and proposals
with respect to GHG emissions from stationary sources.
A modified version of the American
Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 bill from sponsors Congressmen Henry
Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives on
June 26, 2009. Senate Environment & Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
announced her intent to introduce a climate change bill on the Senate floor in
early September. In addition, states and regional initiatives (including the
Western Climate Initiative) are considering regional market-based mechanisms to
reduce GHG emissions.
Long-term climate change could significantly affect IPCs
business in a variety of ways, including but not limited to: (a) changes in
temperature, precipitation and snow pack conditions could affect customer
demand and the amount and timing of hydroelectric generation and extreme
weather events could increase service interruptions, outages, and maintenance
costs; and (b) legislative and/or regulatory developments related to climate
change could affect plans and operations including placing restrictions on the
construction of new generation resources, the expansion of existing resources,
or the operation of generation resources in general. IPC cannot, however,
quantify the potential impact of climate change on its business at this time.
The cost of complying with greenhouse gas emission regulations could be
significant.
Renewable
Electricity/Portfolio Standards: The
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as passed in the U.S. House of
Representatives on June 26, 2009, requires utilities to obtain 15 percent of
their electricity from renewable sources by 2020, and reduce demand an
additional five percent through conservation and increased energy efficiency.
The Senate version, contained in the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of
2009, as reported favorably out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources on June 17, 2009, requires electric utilities to meet 15 percent of
their electricity sales through renewable sources of energy or energy
efficiency by 2021. Resources eligible to meet these standards include wind,
solar, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, ocean, and incremental hydropower
(efficiency improvements or new capacity). Both proposals recognize the
benefits of existing hydroelectric generation by allowing utilities to subtract
generation from existing hydroelectric projects from their total sales base
prior to calculating the percentage requirement.
In addition, IPC will be
required to comply with a ten percent renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS)
in Oregon beginning in 2025. No RPS requirement currently exists in Idaho.
IPC continues to monitor proposed federal RPS legislation, which if passed
could increase capital expenditures and operating costs and reduce earnings and
cash flows.
IPC is currently purchasing
energy from seven wind projects with a combined nameplate rating of 193.7 MW.
IPC also has an additional 163.5 MW of wind generation with signed, and IPUC
approved, contracts that have not yet been constructed. In addition, IPC has
64.5 MW of wind generation with signed contracts that are awaiting IPUC
approval. These projects have not yet been constructed. In addition to the
above wind projects, IPC also is evaluating proposals received in response to
an RFP issued in May 2009 to purchase up to approximately 150 MW of wind-powered
generation by the end of 2012. IPC anticipates acquiring this generation
through a power purchase agreement (PPA); however, IPC may consider other
ownership arrangements. IPC continues to pursue additional geothermal and
combined heat and power (CHP) generation resources with individual developers.
Other renewable generation resources anticipated from future CSPP contracts
include solar, biomass, CHP and additional wind projects. IPC does not have
rights to the RECs from the PURPA projects. IPC does have rights to the RECs
associated with the 101 MW Elkhorn wind project and a portion of the RECs
associated with the Raft River geothermal project. However, currently the IPUC
has ordered IPC to sell the eligible 2007 and 2008 RECs from the Elkhorn and
Raft River projects and it is unclear whether IPC will be allowed to retire
RECs in the future.
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Air
Quality: IPC owns two natural
gas combustion turbine power plants and co-owns three coal-fired power plants
that are subject to air quality regulation. IPC continues to actively monitor,
evaluate and work on air quality issues pertaining to federal and state mercury
emission rules, possible legislative amendment of the Clean Air Act, New Source
Review (NSR) permitting, National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and Regional
Haze Best Available Retrofit Technology (RH BART). The sulfur dioxide (SO2)
scrubber upgrade project has been completed on Units 2 and 4 at the Jim Bridger
plant and scrubber upgrade projects on the other two units at the plant will be
completed by the end of 2011.
Regional Haze Best Available
Retrofit Technology: In accordance with federal regional haze rules, coal-fired utility boilers are subject to RH BART if
they were built between 1962 and 1977 and affect any Class I areas. This
includes all four units at the Jim Bridger plant and the Boardman plant. The
two units at the Valmy plant were constructed after 1977 and are not subject to
the federal regional haze rule. The Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality (WDEQ) and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) are
conducting an assessment of emission sources pursuant to a RH BART process.
The states are also working on reasonable progress towards a long term strategy
beyond RH BART to reduce regional haze in Class I areas to natural conditions
by the year 2064.
PacifiCorp submitted a RH BART
application for the Jim Bridger plant in January 2007. On June 3, 2009, WDEQ
issued a public notice requesting comment from the public on the draft RH BART
State Implementation Plan (SIP) arising out of the application. WDEQ has
proposed to issue a RH BART air quality
permit for modification of Bridger requiring installation of low-NOx burners
with separated over-fire air for NOx reduction, and flue gas conditioning to
enhance performance of the electrostatic precipitator particulate controls.
According to WDEQ, these controls will allow Bridger to meet the EPAs
presumptive RH BART emission limits. The
plant is already in the process of installing low NOx burners and SO2
scrubber upgrades that are proposed in the application. IPC expects to spend
approximately $22 million between 2009 and 2012 to complete these projects.
WDEQ is further proposing to require Bridger Units 3 and 4 to be equipped with
selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx controls before December 31, 2015 and
December 31, 2016, respectively. WDEQ is requiring installation of the two SCR
units as part of its long-term strategy in the regional haze SIP. IPCs
estimated share of the cost to install the two SCRs is $100 million.
Installation of this SCR pollution control equipment could require extended
maintenance outages. In addition, WDEQ has proposed to require PacifiCorp to
submit an application by January 15, 2015, to install add-on NOx controls at
Bridger Units 1 and 2 by December 31, 2023. Design and cost estimates for
meeting this proposed requirement are not yet available. Following public
comment, the WDEQ will prepare and submit the SIP to the EPA for approval.
Legal challenges or appeals of the final SIP are possible. IPC is reviewing
and evaluating WDEQs proposal.
On
August 20, 2008, the ODEQ issued a draft RH BART proposal for the Boardman
plant. The RH BART proposal was approved by the Oregon Environmental Quality
Commission (EQC) on June, 19, 2009. The pollution control requirements for RH
BART and the long term strategy are estimated to cost approximately $59 million
(IPC share). IPCs share of the cost to comply with the proposal would be
approximately $38 million by 2014 with an additional $21 million by 2017. Installation
of this pollution control equipment could require extended maintenance outages.
New Source Review: Since 1999, the EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have been pursuing a national enforcement initiative focused on the compliance status of coal-fired power plants with the New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA). This initiative has resulted in both enforcement litigation and significant settlements with a large number of public utilities and other owners of coal-fired power plants across the country. The Obama administration has indicated an intention to continue this NSR enforcement initiative. In 2003, the EPA sent an information request to PacifiCorp, under section 114 of the CAA, requesting information relevant to NSR and NSPS compliance at its power plant operations, including the Jim Bridger plant (of which IPC is a one-third owner). PacifiCorp responded to this and another information request from the EPA for Bridger. Similarly, in June 2009, the EPA sent an information request to NV Energy, Inc., under section 114 of the CAA, requesting historical operating and capital project information for the Valmy power plant (of which IPC is a one-half owner). A formal response to the information request for Valmy is being prepared by NV Energy (in consultation with IPC). In addition, in June 2008, the EPA sent an information request to Portland General Electric Company (PGE), under section 114 of the CAA,
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requesting information regarding the Boardman coal plant (of
which IPC is a one-tenth owner) to determine whether the plant is in compliance
with the Oregon State Implementation Plan, federal New Source Performance
Standards and other CAA requirements. On March 20, 2009, PGE received from the
EPA a follow up request for information relating to the generation, heat input,
and emissions of the Boardman plant. PGE has responded to both requests. A
number of utilities that have received section 114 information requests have
engaged in negotiations with the EPA to address any allegations of non-compliance
with NSR and NSPS requirements. In some cases, such negotiations have resulted
in settlements requiring the payment of civil penalties, installation of
additional pollution controls, the surrender of emission allowances, and the
completion of supplemental environmental projects. IPC cannot predict the
outcome of these investigatory matters at this time.
Idaho Water Management Issues: Since 2000 Idaho has
experienced below normal precipitation and stream flows which have exacerbated
a developing water shortage in Idaho, manifested by a number of water issues
including declining Snake River base flows and declining levels in the Eastern
Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA), a large underground aquifer that has been estimated
to hold between 200 - 300 million acre feet (maf) of water. These issues are
of interest to IPC because of their potential impacts on generation at IPCs
hydroelectric projects.
As a result of declines in river flows, in 2003 several
surface water users filed delivery calls with the IDWR, demanding that it
manage ground water withdrawals from the ESPA pursuant to the prior
appropriation doctrine of first in time is first in right and curtail junior
ground water rights that are depleting the aquifer and affecting flows to
senior surface water rights. These delivery calls have resulted in several
administrative actions before the IDWR to enforce senior water rights as well as
judicial actions before the state court challenging the constitutionality of
state regulations used by the IDWR to conjunctively administer ground and
surface water rights. Because IPC holds water rights that are dependent on the
Snake River, spring flows and the overall condition of the ESPA, IPC continues
to monitor and participate in these actions, as necessary, to protect its water
rights.
One such action relates to the Milner hydroelectric project
which is owned by the North Side Canal Company (NSCC) and the Twin Falls Canal
Company (TFCC). NSCC and TFCC deliver water to and IPC operates the Milner
project. NSCC and TFCC were issued a water permit by IDWR for the hydropower
project in the late 1980s, which subordinated the water right to all upstream
consumptive uses except hydropower and groundwater recharge. However, on
October 20, 2008, the IDWR issued a water right license for the project that
subordinated the water right to groundwater recharge. On November 4, 2008,
NSCC and TFCC filed a petition for hearing with the IDWR contesting the change
in the subordination condition. The IDWR has appointed a hearing officer and
granted the motions of several parties to intervene in the case. A hearing
date has not been set on the petition. IPC is monitoring, but is unable to
predict the outcome of the administrative action.
IPC is also engaged in the Snake River Basin Adjudication
(SRBA), a general stream adjudication, commenced in 1987, to define the nature
and extent of water rights in the Snake River basin in Idaho, including the
water rights of IPC.
On March 25, 2009, IPC and the State of Idaho (State)
entered into a settlement agreement with respect to the 1984 Swan Falls
Agreement and IPCs water rights under the Swan Falls Agreement, which
settlement agreement is subject to certain conditions discussed below. The
settlement agreement will also resolve litigation between IPC and the State
relating to the Swan Falls Agreement that was filed by IPC on May 10, 2007 with
the Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which has jurisdiction
over SRBA matters including the Swan Falls case.
The settlement agreement resolves the pending litigation by clarifying that IPCs water rights in excess of minimum flows at its hydroelectric facilities between Milner Dam and Swan Falls Dam are subordinate to future upstream beneficial uses, including aquifer recharge. The agreement commits the State and IPC to further discussions on important water management issues concerning the Swan Falls Agreement and the management of water in the Snake River Basin. It also recognizes that water management measures that enhance aquifer levels, springs and river flows, such as aquifer recharge projects, benefit both agricultural development and hydropower generation and deserve study to determine their economic potential, their
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impact on the
environment and their impact on hydropower generation. These will be a part of
the Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP), recently approved by the
Idaho Water Resource Board, which includes limits on the amount of aquifer
recharge. IPC is a member of the CAMP advisory and implementation committees.
On April 24, 2009, the Governor of Idaho signed into law
legislation approving provisions contained in the settlement agreement. On May
6, 2009, as part of the settlement, IPC, the Governor of Idaho and the Idaho
Water Resource Board executed a memorandum of agreement relating to future
aquifer recharge efforts and further assurances as to limitations on the amount
of aquifer recharge. IPC and the State have also filed a joint motion to the
SRBA court to dismiss the Swan Falls case and enter the stipulated water right
decrees set forth in the settlement agreement. The SRBA court held a status
conference on the joint motion on July 21, 2009, and is expected to issue an
order setting a briefing and hearing schedule for the joint motion in the near
future.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: IPC has also filed an
action in the U.S. District Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. against
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to enforce a contract right for delivery of
water to its hydropower projects on the Snake River to recover damages from the
U.S. for the lost generation resulting from the reduced flows and a prospective
declaration of contractual rights so as to prevent the U.S. from continued
failure to fulfill its contractual and fiduciary duties to IPC. On May 22,
2009, the court entered an order extending the discovery schedule until
September 2, 2009 requiring that discovery be completed and pre-trial motions
filed by February 3, 2010. The court will then set the matter for trial. IPC
is unable to predict the outcome of this action.
OTHER MATTERS:
Southwest Intertie Project
On March 28, 2008, Great Basin Transmission, LLC (Great Basin) exercised its
option to purchase the southern portion of the Southwest Intertie Project
(SWIP), which consists principally of a federal permit for a specific
transmission corridor in Nevada and Idaho and private rights-of-way in Idaho.
This sale closed during the second quarter of 2008, and resulted in a net pre-tax
gain of approximately $3 million. On December 30, 2008, IPC and Great Basin
reached an agreement on the sale of the northern portion of the SWIP, which
closed on March 31, 2009 and resulted in a pre-tax gain of $0.2 million.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
IDACORPs and IPCs discussion and analysis of their financial condition and
results of operations are based upon their condensed consolidated financial
statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires
IDACORP and IPC to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported
amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, IDACORP and IPC
evaluate these estimates including those estimates related to rate regulation,
benefit costs, contingencies, litigation, impairment of assets, income taxes,
unbilled revenue and bad debt. These estimates are based on historical
experience and on other assumptions and factors that are believed to be
reasonable under the circumstances, and are the basis for making judgments
about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily
apparent from other sources. IDACORP and IPC, based on their ongoing reviews,
make adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate.
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IDACORPs and IPCs critical accounting policies are
reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. These policies are
discussed in more detail in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, and have not changed materially from that discussion.
Adopted Accounting
Pronouncements
SFAS 141(R): On January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC adopted SFAS 141(R), Business
Combinations (Revised December 2007). SFAS 141(R) establishes principles
and requirements for how an acquirer in a business combination: (1) recognizes
and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the
liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; (2)
recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business combination or a
gain from a bargain purchase; and (3) determines what information to disclose to
enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial
effects of the business combination. In April 2009 the FASB issued FSP FAS
141(R)-1 Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a
Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies, which further clarified
the application of FAS 141(R). The adoption of SFAS 141(R), as amended, did
not have a material impact on IDACORPs or IPCs consolidated financial
statements.
SFAS 160: On January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC adopted
SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements. Among
other things, SFAS 160 establishes a standard for the way noncontrolling
interests (also called minority interests) are presented in consolidated
financial statements and standards for accounting for changes in ownership
interests. The adoption of SFAS 160, as reflected in IDACORPs and IPCs
condensed consolidated financial statements, did not have a material impact and
is discussed in more detail in Note 1 to the financial statements.
SFAS 161: On January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC
adopted SFAS 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activitiesan amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. SFAS 161 changes the
disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities.
Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about (1) how and why an
entity uses derivative instruments, (2) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations,
and (3) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entitys
financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The adoption of
SFAS 161 did not have a material impact on IDACORPs or IPCs consolidated
financial statements.
SFAS 163: On January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC
adopted SFAS 163, Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contractsan
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 60. SFAS 163 is generally effective
for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. The adoption of SFAS 163 did not have an impact on IDACORPs or IPCs
consolidated financial statements.
FSP FAS 142-3: On
January 1, 2009, IDACORP and IPC adopted FSP FAS 142-3, Determination of the
Useful Life of Intangible Assets. FSP FAS 142-3 removes the requirement of
SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for an entity to
consider, when determining the useful life of an acquired intangible asset,
whether the intangible asset can be renewed without substantial cost or
material modifications to the existing terms and conditions associated with the
intangible asset. FSP FAS 142-3 replaces the previous useful-life assessment
criteria with a requirement that an entity consider its own experience in
renewing similar arrangements. If the entity has no relevant experience, it
would consider market participant assumptions regarding renewal. The adoption
of FSP FAS 142-3 did not have an impact on IDACORPS or IPCs consolidated
financial statements.
SFAS 165: In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 165, Subsequent Events to provide guidance on accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Entities are required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and the basis for that date. SFAS 165 was adopted on June 30, 2009, and did not have a material impact on IDACORP's or IPC's consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value Measurements: In April 2009, the FASB issued three FSPs intended to provide additional application guidance and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairments of securities. FSP FAS 157-4,
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guidelines for
making fair value measurements more consistent with the principles presented in FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB
28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair
value disclosures. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation
of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments, provides additional guidance designed
to create greater clarity and consistency in accounting for and presenting
impairment losses on securities.
FSP FAS 157-4 relates to determining fair values when there
is no active market or where the price inputs being used represent distressed
sales. It reaffirms what FAS 157 states is the objective of fair value
measurementto reflect how much an asset would be sold for in an orderly
transaction (as opposed to a distressed or forced transaction) at the date of
the financial statements under current market conditions. Specifically, it
reaffirms the need to use judgment to ascertain if a formerly active market has
become inactive and in determining fair values when markets have become
inactive.
FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 relate to fair value disclosures
for any financial instruments that are not currently reflected on the balance
sheet of companies at fair value. Prior to issuing this FSP, fair values for
these assets and liabilities were only disclosed once a year. The FSP now
requires these disclosures on a quarterly basis, providing qualitative and
quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial
instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value.
FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 on other-than-temporary
impairments are intended to bring greater consistency to the timing of
impairment recognition, and provide greater clarity to investors about the
credit and noncredit components of impaired debt securities that are not
expected to be sold. The measure of impairment in comprehensive income remains
fair value. The FSP also requires increased and more timely disclosures sought
by investors regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and the aging of
securities with unrealized losses.
The FSPs are effective for interim and annual periods ending
after June 15, 2009, but entities may early adopt the FSPs for the interim and
annual periods ending after March 15, 2009. IDACORP and IPC elected to adopt
the FSPs for the interim period ending March 31, 2009. The adoption of the
FSPs did not have a material effect on IPCs or IDACORPs consolidated
financial statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to IDACORPs and IPCs
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recently issued
accounting pronouncements.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
IDACORP and IPC are exposed to market risks, including
changes in interest rates, changes in commodity prices, credit risk and equity
price risk. The following discussion summarizes these risks and the financial
instruments, derivative instruments and derivative commodity instruments
sensitive to changes in interest rates, commodity prices and equity prices that
were held at June 30, 2009.
Interest Rate Risk
IDACORP and IPC manage interest expense and short- and long-term liquidity
through a combination of fixed rate and variable rate debt. Generally, the
amount of each type of debt is managed through market issuance, but interest
rate swap and cap agreements with highly rated financial institutions may be
used to achieve the desired combination.
Variable Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2009, IDACORP and
IPC had $261 million and $219 million, respectively, in net floating rate
debt. Assuming no change in financial structure for either company, if
variable interest rates were one percentage point higher than the rates in
effect on June 30, 2009, interest rate expense would increase and pre-tax
earnings would decrease by approximately $2.6 million for IDACORP and $2.2
million for IPC.
Fixed Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2009, IDACORP and IPC each had outstanding fixed rate debt of $1.18 billion. The fair market value of this debt was $1.11 billion. These instruments are fixed rate and,
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therefore, do not expose the companies to a loss in earnings due to changes in
market interest rates. However, the fair value of these instruments would
increase by approximately $93 million for IDACORP and IPC if interest rates
were to decline by one percentage point from their June 30, 2009 levels.
Commodity Price Risk
IPCs commodity price risk has not changed materially from that reported in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. In a limited
manner, IPC utilizes financial energy instruments in addition to physical
forward power transactions for the purpose of mitigating price risk related to
securing adequate energy to meet utility load requirements in accordance with
IPCs Risk Management Policy. This practice falls within the parameters of IPCs
Risk Management Policy and these instruments are not used for trading
purposes. These financial instruments are used in essentially the same manner
as forward transactions to mitigate price risk but are considered derivative
instruments under SFAS 133 and are therefore reported at fair value in IDACORPs
and IPCs financial statements. Because of the PCA mechanism, IPC records the
changes in fair value of derivative instruments related to power supply as
regulatory assets or liabilities. Additional information regarding IPCs use
of derivative instruments to manage commodity price risk can be found in Note
12 to IDACORPs and IPCs financial statements.
Credit Risk
The use of performance assurance collateral in the form of cash, letters of
credit, or guarantees is common industry practice. IPC maintains margin
agreements that allow performance assurance collateral to be requested and/or
posted with certain counterparties. As of June 30, 2009, IPC had posted
approximately $2.1 million of assurance collateral. Should IPC experience a
reduction in its credit rating on IPCs unsecured debt to below investment
grade, IPC could be subject to additional requests by its wholesale
counterparties to post additional performance assurance collateral. Based upon
IPCs current energy and fuel portfolio and current market conditions as of
June 30, 2009, the approximate amount of additional collateral that could be
requested upon a downgrade is approximately $35 million. IPC actively monitors
the portfolio exposure and the potential exposure to additional requests for
performance assurance collateral calls, through sensitivity analysis, to
minimize capital requirements. Additional information regarding credit risk
relating to derivative instruments can be found in Note 12 to IDACORPs and IPCs
financial statements.
Equity Price Risk
IDACORPs and IPCs equity price risk has not changed materially from that
reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure controls and procedures:
IDACORP:
The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of IDACORP, based
on their evaluation of IDACORPs disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of June 30, 2009, have concluded that
IDACORPs disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
IPC:
The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of IPC, based on
their evaluation of IPCs disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of June 30, 2009, have concluded that IPCs
disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting:
There have been no changes in IDACORPs or IPCs internal
control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2009, that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
IDACORPs or IPCs internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Please refer to Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
These Risk Factors expand or modify and should be read in
conjunction with the Risk Factors included in IDACORPs and IPCs Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Continuing declines in stream flows and over-appropriation
of water in Idaho may reduce hydroelectric generation and revenues and increase
costs. The combination of declining Snake River base flows, over-appropriation
of water and drought conditions have led to disputes among surface water and
ground water irrigators, and the state of Idaho. Recharging the Eastern Snake
Plain Aquifer, which contributes to Snake River flows, by diverting surface
water to porous locations and permitting it to sink into the aquifer is one
proposed solution to the dispute. Diversions from the Snake River for aquifer
recharge may further reduce Snake River flows available for hydroelectric
generation and reduce Idaho Power Companys revenues and increase costs. Idaho
Power Companys recent settlement agreement with the state of Idaho resolves
litigation regarding certain Idaho Power Company water rights on the Snake
River and provides for ongoing Snake River water issues to be addressed in the
comprehensive aquifer management plan process. However, there is no assurance
that this process will lead to increased Snake River stream flows for Idaho
Power Companys hydroelectric projects. Idaho Power Company also has initiated
legal action against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over the interpretation and
effect of a 1923 contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on the operation
of the American Falls Reservoir and the release of water from that reservoir to
be used at Idaho Power Companys downstream hydroelectric projects. The comprehensive
aquifer management plan process and the resolution of the litigation may affect
Snake River flows available for hydroelectric generation and thereby reduce
Idaho Power Company revenues and increase costs.
Climate change could affect customer demand and
hydroelectric generation and disrupt transmission and distribution systems,
reducing earnings and cash flows. Changes in temperature, precipitation
and snow pack conditions could affect customer demand and the amount and timing
of hydroelectric generation. Extreme weather events can disrupt transmission
and distribution systems, and cause service interruptions and extended
outages. Decreased customer demand and hydroelectric generation and increased
operations and maintenance costs from disrupted transmission and distribution
systems could reduce earnings and cash flows.
Complying with environmental laws and regulations will increase capital expenditures and operating costs and may reduce Idaho Power Companys earnings and cash flows and ability to meet the electricity needs of its customers. Idaho Power Company is subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental statutes, rules and regulations relating to air quality, water quality, natural resources and health and safety. Compliance with these environmental statutes, rules and regulations involves significant capital and operating expenditures. Proposals by Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency could lead to the adoption of a mandatory federal program to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Such a program would raise uncertainty about the future viability of fossil fuels, specifically coal, as an economical energy source for new and existing electric generation facilities because technologies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal, including carbon capture and storage, are not yet proven. On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. #2454) that, if enacted by Congress, would impose stringent new requirements on coal-fired power plants for the control of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. Action on the bill in the U.S. Senate is pending. Similarly, on April 24, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to make an official finding that carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare. If made, this endangerment finding will lead to regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency of carbon dioxide and greenhouse emissions from automobiles and may lead to regulation of such emissions from coal-fired power plants under
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the Clean Air Act. The effects of mercury and other pollutant
emissions from coal-fired plants are also subject to extensive regulation. The
adoption of new statutes, rules and regulations to implement carbon dioxide,
greenhouse gas, mercury or other emission controls will result in increased
capital expenditures and could increase the cost of operating coal-fired
generating plants or make them uneconomical to operate and result in reduced
earnings and cash flows.
Complying with state or federal renewable energy
portfolio standards could increase capital expenditures and operating costs and
reduce earnings and cash flows. Idaho Power Companys operations in Oregon
will be required to comply with a ten percent renewable energy portfolio
standard beginning in 2025. The new federal administration has called on
Congress to adopt a federal renewable energy portfolio standard and it is
possible that Idaho and other states in which Idaho Power Company operates or
sells power could adopt renewable energy portfolio standards in the future. A
bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009 (H.R. #2454)
would, if enacted, require utilities to obtain 15 percent of their electricity
from renewable sources by 2020 and reduce demand by an additional 5 percent
through conservation and increased energy efficiency. Action on the bill in
the U.S. Senate is pending. New state or federal renewable energy portfolio
standards could increase capital expenditures and operating costs and reduce
earnings and cash flows.
IDACORP, Inc., its affiliate IDACORP Energy and Idaho
Power Company are subject to costs and other effects of legal and regulatory
proceedings, settlements, investigations and claims. IDACORP, Inc.,
IDACORP Energy and Idaho Power Company are involved in a number of proceedings,
including the California refund proceeding, a portion of which remains pending
before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; a refund proceeding affecting sellers of
wholesale power in the spot market in the Pacific Northwest; and show cause
proceedings originating at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a portion
of which remains pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. It is possible that additional proceedings related to the western
energy situation may be filed in the future against IDACORP, Inc., IDACORP
Energy or Idaho Power Company. IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company are or
may also be subject to costs and other effects of additional legal claims,
actions and complaints, including those related to the Jim Bridger, Valmy and
Boardman coal-fired plants, in which Idaho Power Company holds an ownership
interest. If the companies are required to make payments in connection with any
legal or regulatory proceeding, settlement, investigation or claim, earnings
and cash flows could be negatively affected.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE
OF PROCEEDS
Restrictions on Dividends:
A covenant under IDACORPs credit facility, IPCs credit facility and IPCs
term loan credit agreement requires IDACORP and IPC to maintain leverage ratios
of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization, as defined
therein, of no more than 65 percent at the end of each fiscal quarter. These
agreements are discussed further in MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
- Financing Programs.
IPCs Revised Code of Conduct approved by the IPUC on April
21, 2008, states that IPC will not pay any dividends to IDACORP that will
reduce IPCs common equity capital below 35 percent of its total adjusted
capital without IPUC approval.
IPCs ability to pay dividends on its common stock held by
IDACORP and IDACORPs ability to pay dividends on its common stock are limited
to the extent payment of such dividends would violate the covenants or IPCs
Code of Conduct. At June 30, 2009, the leverage ratios for IDACORP and IPC were
52 percent and 54 percent, respectively and IPCs common equity capital was 46
percent of its total adjusted capital. Based on these restrictions, IDACORPs
and IPCs dividends were limited to $891 million and $944 million,
respectively, at June 30, 2009.
IPCs articles of incorporation contain restrictions on the
payment of dividends on its common stock if preferred stock dividends are in
arrears. IPC has no preferred stock outstanding.
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:
None
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
IDACORP, Inc.:
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Directors elected at the meeting for a three-year term: |
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C. Stephen Allred |
Gary G. Michael |
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Christine King |
Jan B. Packwood |
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Richard J. Dahl |
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Judith A. Johansen |
Richard G. Reiten |
Robert A. Tinstman |
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J. LaMont Keen |
Joan H. Smith |
Thomas J. Wilford |
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Jon H. Miller |
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To elect five Director Nominees: |
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C. Stephen Allred |
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39,279,018 |
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1,023,500 |
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40,302,518 |
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Richard J. Dahl |
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39,308,001 |
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994,517 |
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40,302,518 |
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Christine King |
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27,692,032 |
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12,610,486 |
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40,302,518 |
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Gary G. Michael |
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38,176,200 |
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2,126,318 |
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40,302,518 |
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Jan B. Packwood |
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39,164,164 |
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1,138,354 |
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40,302,518 |
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accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009: |
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for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its products and operations and that IDACORP report |
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to shareholders by September 30, 2009, on its plans to achieve these goals. |
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ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS
*Previously Filed and Incorporated Herein by Reference
*2 |
Agreement and Plan of Exchange between IDACORP, Inc., and IPC dated as of February 2, 1998. File number 333-48031, Form S-4, filed on 3/16/98, as Exhibit 2. |
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*3.1 |
Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 30, 1989. File number 33-00440, Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3, filed on 6/30/89, as Exhibit 4(a)(xiii). |
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*3.2 |
Statement of Resolution Establishing Terms of Flexible Auction Series A, Serial Preferred Stock, Without Par Value (cumulative stated value of $100,000 per share) of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on November 5, 1991. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(a)(ii). |
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*3.3 |
Statement of Resolution Establishing Terms of 7.07% Serial Preferred Stock, Without Par Value (cumulative stated value of $100 per share) of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 30, 1993. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(a)(iii). |
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*3.4 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 15, 2000. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 3(a)(iii). |
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*3.5 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of Idaho Power Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on January 21, 2005. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 1/26/05, as Exhibit 4.5. |
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*3.6 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC, as amended, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on November 19, 2007. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.3. |
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*3.7 |
Articles of Share Exchange, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on September 29, 1998. File number 33-56071-99, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8, filed on 10/1/98, as Exhibit 3(d). |
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*3.8 |
Amended Bylaws of IPC, amended on November 15, 2007, and presently in effect. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.2. |
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*3.9 |
Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. File number 333-64737, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 11/4/98, as Exhibit 3.1. |
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*3.10 |
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on March 9, 1998. File number 333-64737, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 11/4/98, as Exhibit 3.2. |
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*3.11 |
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. creating A Series Preferred Stock, without par value, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on September 17, 1998. File number 333-00139-99, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 9/22/98, as Exhibit 3(b). |
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*3.12 |
Amended Bylaws of IDACORP, Inc., amended on November 15, 2007 and presently in effect. File number 1-14456, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.1. |
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*4.1 |
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, between IPC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company) and R. G. Page, as Trustees. File number 2-3413, as Exhibit B-2. |
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*4.2 |
IPC Supplemental Indentures to Mortgage and Deed of Trust: |
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File number 1-MD, as Exhibit B-2-a, First, July 1, 1939 |
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File number 2-5395, as Exhibit 7-a-3, Second, November 15, 1943 |
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File number 2-7237, as Exhibit 7-a-4, Third, February 1, 1947 |
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File number 2-7502, as Exhibit 7-a-5, Fourth, May 1, 1948 |
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File number 2-8398, as Exhibit 7-a-6, Fifth, November 1, 1949 |
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File number 2-8973, as Exhibit 7-a-7, Sixth, October 1, 1951 |
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File number 2-12941, as Exhibit 2-C-8, Seventh, January 1, 1957 |
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File number 2-13688, as Exhibit 4-J, Eighth, July 15, 1957 |
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File number 2-13689, as Exhibit 4-K, Ninth, November 15, 1957 |
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File number 2-14245, as Exhibit 4-L, Tenth, April 1, 1958 |
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File number 2-14366, as Exhibit 2-L, Eleventh, October 15, 1958 |
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File number 2-14935, as Exhibit 4-N, Twelfth, May 15, 1959 |
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File number 2-18976, as Exhibit 4-O, Thirteenth, November 15, 1960 |
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File number 2-18977, as Exhibit 4-Q, Fourteenth, November 1, 1961 |
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File number 2-22988, as Exhibit 4-B-16, Fifteenth, September 15, 1964 |
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File number 2-24578, as Exhibit 4-B-17, Sixteenth, April 1, 1966 |
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File number 2-25479, as Exhibit 4-B-18, Seventeenth, October 1, 1966 |
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File number 2-45260, as Exhibit 2(c), Eighteenth, September 1, 1972 |
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File number 2-49854, as Exhibit 2(c), Nineteenth, January 15, 1974 |
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File number 2-51722, as Exhibit 2(c)(i), Twentieth, August 1, 1974 |
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File number 2-51722, as Exhibit 2(c)(ii), Twenty-first, October 15, 1974 |
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File number 2-57374, as Exhibit 2(c), Twenty-second, November 15, 1976 |
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File number 2-62035, as Exhibit 2(c), Twenty-third, August 15, 1978 |
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File number 33-34222, as Exhibit 4(d)(iii), Twenty-fourth, September 1, 1979 |
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File number 33-34222, as Exhibit 4(d)(iv), Twenty-fifth, November 1, 1981 |
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File number 33-34222, as Exhibit 4(d)(v), Twenty-sixth, May 1, 1982 |
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File number 33-34222, as Exhibit 4(d)(vi), Twenty-seventh, May 1, 1986 |
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File number 33-00440, as Exhibit 4(c)(iv), Twenty-eighth, June 30, 1989 |
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File number 33-34222, as Exhibit 4(d)(vii), Twenty-ninth, January 1, 1990 |
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File number 33-65720, as Exhibit 4(d)(iii), Thirtieth, January 1, 1991 |
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File number 33-65720, as Exhibit 4(d)(iv), Thirty-first, August 15, 1991 |
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File number 33-65720, as Exhibit 4(d)(v), Thirty-second, March 15, 1992 |
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File number 33-65720, as Exhibit 4(d)(vi), Thirty-third, April 1, 1993 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 12/20/93, as Exhibit 4, Thirty-fourth, December 1, 1993 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 11/21/00, as Exhibit 4, Thirty-fifth, November 1, 2000 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 10/1/01, as Exhibit 4, Thirty-sixth, October 1, 2001 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 4/16/03, as Exhibit 4, Thirty-seventh, April 1, 2003 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed on 8/7/03, as Exhibit 4(a)(iii), Thirty-eighth, May 15, 2003 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, filed on 11/6/03, as Exhibit 4(a)(iii), Thirty-ninth, October 1, 2003 |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed 5/10/05, as Exhibit 4, Fortieth, May 1, 2005. |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed 10/10/06, as Exhibit 4, Forty-first, October 1, 2006. |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed 6/4/07, as Exhibit 4, Forty-second, May 1, 2007. |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed 9/26/07, as Exhibit 4, Forty-third, September 1, 2007. |
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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed on 4/3/08, as Exhibit 4, Forty-fourth, April 1, 2008. |
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Instruments relating to IPC American Falls bond guarantee (see Exhibit 10.4). File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 4(b). |
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*4.4 |
Agreement of IPC to furnish certain debt instruments. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(f). |
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*4.5 |
Agreement of IDACORP, Inc. to furnish certain debt instruments. File number 1-14465, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, filed on 11/6/03, as Exhibit 4(c)(ii). |
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*4.6 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 10, 1989, between Idaho Power Company, a Maine Corporation, and Idaho Power Migrating Corporation. File number 33-00440, Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3, filed on 6/30/89, as Exhibit 2(a)(iii). |
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Indenture for Senior Debt Securities dated as of February 1, 2001, between IDACORP, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), as trustee. File number 1-14465, Form 8-K, filed on 2/28/01, as Exhibit 4.1. |
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*4.8 |
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 1, 2001 to Indenture for Senior Debt Securities dated as of February 1, 2001 between IDACORP, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), as trustee. File number 1-14465, Form 8-K, filed on 2/28/01, as Exhibit 4.2. |
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*4.9 |
Indenture for Debt Securities dated as of August 1, 2001 between Idaho Power Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company), as trustee. File number 333-67748, Form S-3, filed on 8/16/01, as Exhibit 4.13. |
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*10.1 |
Agreements, dated September 22, 1969, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company relating to the operation, construction and ownership of the Jim Bridger Project. File number 2-49584, as Exhibit 5(b). |
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Amendment, dated February 1, 1974, relating to operation agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1. File number 2-51762, as Exhibit 5(c). |
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*10.3 |
Agreement, dated as of October 11, 1973, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company. File number 2-49584, as Exhibit 5(c). |
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*10.4 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated April 11, 2000, between IPC and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to $19,885,000 American Falls Replacement Dam Refinancing Bonds of the American Falls Reservoir District, Idaho. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 10(c). |
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*10.5 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 30, 1974, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(r). |
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*10.6 |
Letter Agreement, dated January 23, 1976, between IPC and Portland General Electric Company. File number 2-56513, as Exhibit 5(i). |
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Agreement for Construction, Ownership and Operation of the Number One Boardman Station on Carty Reservoir, dated as of October 15, 1976, between Portland General Electric Company and IPC. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(s). |
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*10.8 |
Amendment, dated September 30, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(t). |
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*10.9 |
Amendment, dated October 31, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(u). |
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*10.10 |
Amendment, dated January 23, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7 filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(v). |
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Amendment, dated February 15, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(w). |
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*10.12 |
Amendment, dated September 1, 1979, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-68574, Form S-7, filed on 7/23/80, as Exhibit 5(x). |
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*10.13 |
Participation Agreement, dated September 1, 1979, relating to the sale and leaseback of coal handling facilities at the Number One Boardman Station on Carty Reservoir. File number 2-68574, Form S-7, filed on 7/23/80, as Exhibit 5(z). |
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*10.14 |
Agreements for the Operation, Construction and Ownership of the North Valmy Power Plant Project, dated December 12, 1978, between Sierra Pacific Power Company and IPC. File number 2-64910, Form S-7, filed on 6/29/79, as Exhibit 5(y). |
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*10.151 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Senior Management Employees I, amended and restated effective December 31, 2004, and as further amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.15. |
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*10.161 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Senior Management Employees II, effective January 1, 2005, as amended and restated November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.16. |
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*10.17 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, filed on 10/31/07, as Exhibit 10(h)(iii). |
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*10.18 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan - Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (time-vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(vi). |
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*10.19 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan - Form of Performance Stock Agreement (performance vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(vii). |
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*10.20 1 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Board of Directors - a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, as amended and restated effective July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(viii). |
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*10.21 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.21. |
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*10.221 |
Form of Officer Indemnification Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP, Inc. and IPC, as amended July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xix). |
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*10.231 |
Form of Director Indemnification Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Directors of IDACORP, Inc., as amended July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xx). |
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*10.241 |
Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP and IPC (senior vice president and higher), approved November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.24. |
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*10.25 1 |
Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP and IPC (below senior vice president), approved November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.25. |
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*10.261 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.26. |
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*10.271 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Stock Option Award Agreement (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xvi). |
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*10.281 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (time vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xvii). |
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*10.291 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (performance vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xviii). |
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*10.301 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Performance Share Award Agreement (performance with two goals) (November 20, 2008). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.30. |
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*10.311 |
IDACORP, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.31. |
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*10.321 |
Idaho Power Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, effective November 15, 2000, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.32. |
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*10.331 |
IDACORP, Inc. and IPC 2008 Compensation for Non-Employee Directors of the Board of Directors, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.33. |
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*10.34 |
Framework Agreement, dated October 1, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to IPCs Swan Falls and Snake River water rights. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h). |
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*10.35 |
Agreement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.34. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(i). |
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*10.36 |
Contract to Implement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.34. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(ii). |
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*10.37 |
Agreement Regarding the Ownership, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the Milner Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2899), dated January 22, 1990, between IPC and the Twin Falls Canal Company and the Northside Canal Company Limited. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(m). |
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*10.38 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated February 10, 1992, between IPC and New York Life Insurance Company, as Note Purchaser, relating to $11,700,000 Guaranteed Notes due 2017 of Milner Dam Inc. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(m)(i). |
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*10.39 |
Power Purchase Agreement between IPC and PPL Montana, LLC, dated March 1, 2003 and Revised Confirmation Agreement dated May 9, 2003. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed on 8/7/03, as Exhibit 10(k). |
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*10.40 |
$100 Million Five-Year Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2007, among IDACORP, Inc., various lenders, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and KeyBank National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agents, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. File number 1-14465, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on 5/9/07, as Exhibit 10(l). |
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*10.41 |
$300 Million Five-Year Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2007, among Idaho Power Company, various lenders, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and KeyBank National Association, US Bank National Association and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agents, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on 5/9/07, as Exhibit 10(m). |
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*10.42 |
$170 Million Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2009, among Idaho Power Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lenders. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.42. |
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*10.43 |
Loan Agreement, dated October 1, 2006, between Sweetwater County, Wyoming and IPC. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 10/10/06, as Exhibit 10.1. |
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*10.44 |
Power Purchase Agreement between IPC and PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, dated June 2, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008, filed on 8/7/08, as Exhibit 10.46. |
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10.45 |
Amended and Restated Electric Service Agreement between IPC and Hoku Materials, Inc., dated June 19, 2009. |
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*10.461 |
Form of IDACORP, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.46. |
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*10.471 |
Form of Letter Agreement to Amend Outstanding IDACORP, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement (November 20, 2008). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.47. |
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*10.481 |
Form of Amendment to IDACORP, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.48. |
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*10.491 |
Form of Termination of IDACORP, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.49. |
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*10.501 |
Form of Idaho Power Company Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.50. |
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*10.511 |
Form of Letter Agreement to Amend Outstanding Idaho Power Company Director Deferred Compensation Agreement (November 20, 2008). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.51. |
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*10.521 |
Form of Amendment to Idaho Power Company Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.52. |
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*10.531 |
Form of Termination of Idaho Power Company Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.53. |
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*10.541 |
Form of IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.54. |
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*10.551 |
Form of Letter Agreement to Amend Outstanding IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement (November 20, 2008). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.55. |
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*10.561 |
Form of Amendment to IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.56. |
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*10.571 |
Form of Termination of IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended November 20, 2008. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on 2/26/09, as Exhibit 10.57. |
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*10.58 |
Settlement Agreement, dated March 25, 2009, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.34. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, filed on 5/7/09 as Exhibit 10.58 |
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*10.591 |
Exhibit A to the IDACORP, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan, as amended February 24, 2009. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 3/2/09, as Exhibit 10.1. |
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*10.601 |
Consulting Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2009, by and between Thomas R. Saldin and Idaho Power Company, including its parent IDACORP, Inc. and all subsidiaries and affiliates. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 4/3/09, as Exhibit 10.1. |
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*10.611 |
Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan, as amended and restated as of October 1, 2000 (revised). File number 333-159855, Form S-8, filed on 6/9/09, as Exhibit 4.6. |
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*10.621 |
First Amendment to Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan, dated May 8, 2002. File number 333-159855, Form S-8, filed on 6/9/09, as Exhibit 4.7. |
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*10.631 |
Second Amendment to Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan, dated March 31, 2006. Filed number 333-159855, Form S-8, filed on 6/9/09, as Exhibit 4.8. |
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10.64 |
Contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services, dated May 7, 2009, between IPC and Boise Power Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture consisting of Kiewit Power Engineers Co. and TIC-The Industrial Company, for Langley Gulch Power Plant (portions of this exhibit have been redacted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). |
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12.1 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12.2 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12.3 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
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12.4 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
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15 |
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information |
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*21 |
Subsidiaries of IDACORP, Inc. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed on 2/28/08, as Exhibit 21. |
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31.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
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31.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
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31.3 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
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31.4 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
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32.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CEO certification. |
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32.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CFO certification. |
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32.3 |
IPC Section 1350 CEO certification. |
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32.4 |
IPC Section 1350 CFO certification. |
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99 |
Earnings press release for the second quarter 2009. |
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1 Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
IDACORP, Inc. |
(Registrant) |
Date |
August 6, 2009 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
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J. LaMont Keen |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date |
August 6, 2009 |
By: |
/s/ Darrel T. Anderson |
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Darrel T. Anderson |
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Senior Vice President - Administrative Services |
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and Chief Financial Officer |
IDAHO POWER COMPANY |
(Registrant) |
Date |
August 6, 2009 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
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J. LaMont Keen |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date |
August 6, 2009 |
By: |
/s/ Darrel T. Anderson |
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Darrel T. Anderson |
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Senior Vice President - Administrative Services |
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and Chief Financial Officer |
99
Exhibit Number
10.45 |
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Amended and Restated Electric Service Agreement, between IPC and Hoku Materials, Inc., dated June 19, 2009. |
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10.64 |
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Contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Services, dated May 7, 2009, between IPC and Boise Power Partners Joint Venture, a joint venture consisting of Kiewit Power Engineers Co. and TIC-The Industrial Company, for Langley Gulch Power Plant (Portions of this exhibit have been redacted and are subject to a confidential treatment request filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 24b-2. The redacted material is being filed separately with the SEC). |
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Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
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Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
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15 |
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Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information. |
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31.1 |
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IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
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31.2 |
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IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
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31.3 |
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IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
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31.4 |
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IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
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32.1 |
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IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CEO certification. |
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32.2 |
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IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CFO certification. |
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32.3 |
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IPC Section 1350 CEO certification. |
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32.4 |
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IPC Section 1350 CFO certification. |
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99 |
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Earnings press release for second quarter 2009 |
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100