II. Background
In its original application, PacifiCorp requested an interim increase of one-cent per kilowatt-hour. It also indicated its intent to file a general rate increase request in a second phase of the proceeding. On December 19, 2001, PacifiCorp filed its general rate increase request for a total increase of $16.04 million (including the interim increase request). By Decision (D.) 02-06-071, the Commission granted the interim increase except that no rate could exceed the rate requested in PacifiCorp's general rate increase filing, and customers eligible for the California Alternative Rates for Energy program and customers who qualify for special baseline usage allowances for medical reasons were exempted. This yielded an interim increase of approximately $4.6 million.
On June 20, 2003, PacifiCorp and the Commission's Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA) filed a joint motion to adopt a settlement of the revenue requirement. The settlement is unopposed by the other parties. On July 7, 2003, an all-party joint motion, to adopt an all-party settlement addressing the revenue requirement and rate design, was filed.3 These two settlements address all aspects of the general rate increase request. Hearings were held on June 23 and July 21, 2003. The proceeding was submitted on July 24, 2003.
3 The all-party settlement was signed by all of the active parties to this phase of the proceeding, which addresses the general rate increase request. Siskiyou County did not participate in this phase of this proceeding.
