Assignment of Proceeding

Dian Grueneich is the assigned Commissioner and Darwin E. Farrar is the assigned Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding.

Findings of Fact

1. PacifiCorp's use of the ECAC to determine its 2010 revenue requirement increase was approved in D.06-12-011.

2. PacifiCorp's actual 2009 Offset Rate is $23.29 per MWh.

3. PacifiCorp's proposed 2010 Offset Rate is $22.14 per MWh.

4. PacifiCorp's actual 2009 Balancing Rate is $0.54 per MWh.

5. PacifiCorp's proposed 2010 Balancing Rate is $-3.67 per MWh.

6. PacifiCorp's rate decrease of approximately $4.6 million, or 5.1%, is reasonable.

Conclusions of Law

1. PacifiCorp's proposed 2010 Offset Rate and proposed 2010 Balancing Rate are reasonable.

2. This order should be effective immediately.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The application of PacifiCorp to implement its Energy Cost Adjustment Clause is approved.

2. Within 10 days of today's date, PacifiCorp shall file an advice letter with tariffs to implement the new rates and tariff changes approved by this Order. These tariffs shall become effective on the first day of the month following the date the advice letter is filed subject to Energy Division determining that the tariffs are in compliance with this Order.

3. The Division of Ratepayer Advocates is authorized to audit PacifiCorp's Energy Cost Adjustment Clause accounts as part of a subsequent Energy Cost Adjustment Clause filing or as part of PacifiCorp's next general rate case.

4. Application 09-07-032 is closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated December 17, 2009, at San Francisco, California.

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