UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
X |
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES |
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES |
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from |
to |
Exact name of registrants as specified |
I.R.S. Employer |
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Commission File |
in their charters, address of principal |
Identification |
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Number |
executive offices, zip code and telephone number |
Number |
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1-14465 |
IDACORP, Inc. |
82-0505802 |
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1-3198 |
Idaho Power Company |
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 |
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www.idahopower.com |
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None |
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 are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, or non-accelerated filers.
IDACORP, Inc.: |
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Large accelerated filer |
X |
Accelerated filer |
Non-accelerated filer |
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Idaho Power Company: |
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Large accelerated filer |
Accelerated filer |
Non-accelerated filer |
X |
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 September 30, 2007:
IDACORP, Inc.: |
44,995,330 |
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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AFDC |
- |
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction |
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CAMP |
- |
Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan |
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CEP |
- |
Continuous Equity Program |
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cfs |
- |
Cubic feet per second |
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DSM |
- |
Demand Side Management |
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EIS |
- |
Environmental Impact Statement |
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Energy Act |
- |
Energy Policy Act of 2005 |
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EPS |
- |
Earnings per share |
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ESA |
- |
Endangered Species Act |
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ESPA |
- |
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer |
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FASB |
- |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
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FERC |
- |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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FIN |
- |
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation |
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Fitch |
- |
Fitch, Inc. |
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FPA |
- |
Federal Power Act |
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GAAP |
- |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America |
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Ida-West |
- |
Ida-West Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
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IDEQ |
- |
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
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IDWR |
- |
Idaho Department of Water Resources |
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IE |
- |
IDACORP Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
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IERCO |
- |
Idaho Energy Resources Co. |
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IFS |
- |
IDACORP Financial Services, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
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IPC |
- |
Idaho Power Company, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
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IPUC |
- |
Idaho Public Utilities Commission |
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IRP |
- |
Integrated Resource Plan |
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ITI |
- |
IDACORP Technologies, Inc. |
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IWRB |
- |
Idaho Water Resource Board |
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kW |
- |
Kilowatt |
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maf |
- |
Million acre feet |
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MD&A |
- |
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of |
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Operations |
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Moody's |
- |
Moody's Investors Service |
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MW |
- |
Megawatt |
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MWh |
- |
Megawatt-hour |
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NEPA |
- |
National Environmental Policy Act of 1996 |
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O & M |
- |
Operations and Maintenance |
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OPUC |
- |
Oregon Public Utility Commission |
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PCA |
- |
Power Cost Adjustment |
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PCAM |
- |
Oregon Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism |
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PM&E |
- |
Protection, Mitigation and Enhancement |
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PURPA |
- |
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 |
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RFC |
- |
National Weather Service's Northwest River Forecast Center |
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RFP |
- |
Request for Proposal |
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S&P |
- |
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services |
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SFAS |
- |
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards |
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SO2 |
- |
Sulfur Dioxide |
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SRBA |
- |
Snake River Basin Adjudication |
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Valmy |
- |
North Valmy Steam Electric Generating Plant |
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VIEs |
- |
Variable Interest Entities |
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Page |
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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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1-2 |
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3-4 |
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5 |
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6 |
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Idaho Power Company: |
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7-8 |
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9-10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14-27 |
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28-29 |
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Condition and Results of Operations |
30-59 |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
59-60 |
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60 |
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Part II. Other Information: |
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60 |
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60 |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
60 |
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61 |
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62-68 |
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69 |
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70 |
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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, "Management's 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)
Three months ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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(thousands of dollars except |
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for per share amounts) |
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Operating Revenues: |
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Electric utility: |
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General business |
$ |
211,873 |
$ |
179,411 |
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Off-system sales |
34,843 |
39,692 |
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Other revenues |
13,800 |
9,696 |
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Total electric utility revenues |
260,516 |
228,799 |
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Other |
947 |
1,733 |
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Total operating revenues |
261,463 |
230,532 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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Electric utility: |
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Purchased power |
110,108 |
98,926 |
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Fuel expense |
43,291 |
34,933 |
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Power cost adjustment |
(43,749) |
(54,995) |
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Other operations and maintenance |
69,154 |
62,395 |
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Demand-side management |
4,307 |
- |
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Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(1,872) |
(22) |
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Depreciation |
25,967 |
25,289 |
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Taxes other than income taxes |
4,714 |
4,057 |
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Total electric utility expenses |
211,920 |
170,583 |
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Other expense |
1,613 |
3,293 |
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Total operating expenses |
213,533 |
173,876 |
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Operating Income (Loss): |
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Electric utility |
48,596 |
58,216 |
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Other |
(666) |
(1,560) |
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Total operating income |
47,930 |
56,656 |
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Other Income |
4,616 |
4,431 |
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Losses of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments |
(380) |
(444) |
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Other Expense |
2,055 |
2,669 |
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Interest Expense: |
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Interest on long-term debt |
15,862 |
14,241 |
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Other interest |
763 |
549 |
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Total interest expense |
16,625 |
14,790 |
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Income Before Income Taxes |
33,486 |
43,184 |
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Income Tax Expense |
4,555 |
10,692 |
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Income from Continuing Operations |
28,931 |
32,492 |
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Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax |
- |
11,497 |
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Net Income |
$ |
28,931 |
$ |
43,989 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (000's) |
44,417 |
42,678 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted (000's) |
44,543 |
42,863 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock (basic and diluted): |
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Earnings per share from Continuing Operations |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
0.76 |
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Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations |
- |
0.27 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
1.03 |
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Dividends Paid Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.30 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
Nine months ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Operating Revenues: |
(thousands of dollars except |
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Electric utility: |
for per share amounts) |
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General business |
$ |
511,337 |
$ |
500,803 |
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Off-system sales |
129,859 |
219,531 |
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Other revenues |
37,776 |
16,587 |
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Total electric utility revenues |
678,972 |
736,921 |
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Other |
2,976 |
4,586 |
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Total operating revenues |
681,948 |
741,507 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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Electric utility: |
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Purchased power |
241,393 |
229,659 |
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Fuel expense |
101,724 |
83,856 |
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Power cost adjustment |
(107,457) |
(6,928) |
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Other operations and maintenance |
215,870 |
193,909 |
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Demand-side management |
8,970 |
- |
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Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(2,754) |
(8,258) |
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Depreciation |
76,870 |
74,471 |
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Taxes other than income taxes |
14,267 |
15,957 |
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Total electric utility expenses |
548,883 |
582,666 |
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Other expense |
4,782 |
10,157 |
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Total operating expenses |
553,665 |
592,823 |
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Operating Income (Loss): |
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Electric utility |
130,089 |
154,255 |
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Other |
(1,806) |
(5,571) |
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Total operating income |
128,283 |
148,684 |
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Other Income |
13,867 |
14,181 |
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Losses of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments |
(3,257) |
(2,703) |
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Other Expense |
6,838 |
6,745 |
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Interest Expense: |
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Interest on long-term debt |
43,306 |
42,525 |
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Other interest |
3,881 |
2,753 |
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Total interest expense |
47,187 |
45,278 |
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Income Before Income Taxes |
84,868 |
108,139 |
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Income Tax Expense |
12,891 |
26,019 |
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Income from Continuing Operations |
71,977 |
82,120 |
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Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax |
67 |
7,201 |
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Net Income |
$ |
72,044 |
$ |
89,321 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (000's) |
43,947 |
42,569 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted (000's) |
44,080 |
42,710 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock: |
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Earnings per share from Continuing Operations-Basic |
$ |
1.64 |
$ |
1.93 |
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Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations-Basic |
- |
0.17 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock-Basic |
$ |
1.64 |
$ |
2.10 |
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Earnings per share from Continuing Operations-Diluted |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
1.92 |
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Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations-Diluted |
- |
0.17 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock-Diluted |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
2.09 |
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Dividends Paid Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.90 |
$ |
0.90 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Assets |
(thousands of dollars) |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
16,652 |
$ |
9,892 |
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Receivables: |
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Customer |
71,047 |
62,131 |
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Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(7,469) |
(7,168) |
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Employee notes |
2,287 |
2,569 |
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Other |
9,279 |
11,855 |
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Energy marketing assets |
1,829 |
12,069 |
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Accrued unbilled revenues |
32,766 |
31,365 |
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Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
43,598 |
39,079 |
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Fuel stock (at average cost) |
19,013 |
15,174 |
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Prepayments |
10,385 |
9,308 |
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Taxes receivable |
12,063 |
- |
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Deferred income taxes |
31,549 |
28,035 |
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Regulatory assets |
145 |
1,480 |
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Refundable income tax deposit |
44,903 |
44,903 |
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Other |
3,570 |
2,513 |
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Assets held for sale |
- |
3,326 |
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Total current assets |
291,617 |
266,531 |
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Investments |
201,532 |
202,825 |
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Property, Plant and Equipment: |
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Utility plant in service |
3,712,899 |
3,583,694 |
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Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,466,697) |
(1,406,210) |
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Utility plant in service - net |
2,246,202 |
2,177,484 |
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Construction work in progress |
277,006 |
210,094 |
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Utility plant held for future use |
3,137 |
2,810 |
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Other property, net of accumulated depreciation |
28,217 |
28,692 |
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Property, plant and equipment - net |
2,554,562 |
2,419,080 |
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Other Assets: |
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American Falls and Milner water rights |
29,762 |
30,543 |
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Company-owned life insurance |
31,719 |
34,055 |
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Regulatory assets |
454,120 |
423,548 |
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Long-term receivables (net of allowance of $1,878) |
3,583 |
3,802 |
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Employee notes |
2,366 |
2,411 |
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Other |
43,387 |
41,259 |
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Assets held for sale |
- |
21,076 |
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Total other assets |
564,937 |
556,694 |
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Total |
$ |
3,612,648 |
$ |
3,445,130 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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|
2007 |
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2006 |
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity |
(thousands of dollars) |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Current maturities of long-term debt |
$ |
92,368 |
$ |
95,125 |
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Notes payable |
144,813 |
129,000 |
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Accounts payable |
65,805 |
86,440 |
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Energy marketing liabilities |
1,973 |
13,532 |
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Taxes accrued |
- |
47,402 |
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Interest accrued |
28,165 |
12,657 |
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Other |
51,390 |
23,572 |
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Liabilities held for sale |
- |
2,606 |
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Total current liabilities |
384,514 |
410,334 |
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Other Liabilities: |
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Deferred income taxes |
486,006 |
498,512 |
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Regulatory liabilities |
276,086 |
294,844 |
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Other |
196,656 |
179,836 |
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Liabilities held for sale |
- |
8,773 |
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Total other liabilities |
958,748 |
981,965 |
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Long-Term Debt |
1,061,276 |
928,648 |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) |
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Shareholders' Equity: |
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Common stock, no par value (shares authorized 120,000,000; |
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44,995,710 and 43,905,458 shares issued, respectively) |
672,905 |
638,799 |
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Retained earnings |
540,824 |
493,363 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(5,617) |
(5,737) |
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Treasury stock (380 and 71,570 shares at cost, respectively) |
(2) |
(2,242) |
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Total shareholders' equity |
1,208,110 |
1,124,183 |
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Total |
$ |
3,612,648 |
$ |
3,445,130 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
2006 |
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(thousands of dollars) |
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Operating Activities: |
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Net income |
$ |
72,044 |
$ |
89,321 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by |
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operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
91,286 |
90,928 |
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Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
29,224 |
(16,467) |
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Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
(110,813) |
6,111 |
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Undistributed earnings of subsidiaries |
(4,648) |
(7,944) |
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Gain on sale of assets |
(4,437) |
(25,242) |
||
Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
5,679 |
(2,592) |
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Change in: |
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Accounts receivable and prepayments |
(9,703) |
23,569 |
||
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
(19,981) |
(14,252) |
||
Taxes accrued |
(15,079) |
2,720 |
||
Other current assets |
(9,685) |
1,241 |
||
Other current liabilities |
16,582 |
14,779 |
||
Other assets |
758 |
889 |
||
Other liabilities |
5,973 |
6,787 |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
47,200 |
169,848 |
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Investing Activities: |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment |
(203,067) |
(168,185) |
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Proceeds from the sale of ITI |
- |
21,469 |
||
Proceeds from the sale of IDACOMM |
7,283 |
- |
||
Investments in affordable housing |
300 |
- |
||
Proceeds from the sale of emission allowances |
19,846 |
11,323 |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
(4,925) |
(15,370) |
||
Purchase of available-for-sale securities |
(24,349) |
(14,358) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities |
26,110 |
16,404 |
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Purchase of held-to-maturity securities |
(3,116) |
(2,730) |
||
Maturity of held-to-maturity securities |
3,267 |
4,647 |
||
Other assets |
(187) |
617 |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(178,838) |
(146,183) |
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Financing Activities: |
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Issuance of long-term debt |
140,000 |
- |
||
Retirement of long-term debt |
(9,978) |
(10,993) |
||
Dividends on common stock |
(39,629) |
(38,449) |
||
Net change in short-term borrowings |
15,813 |
(27,410) |
||
Issuance of common stock |
34,893 |
9,174 |
||
Acquisition of treasury stock |
(346) |
(213) |
||
Other |
(2,355) |
236 |
||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
138,398 |
(67,655) |
||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
6,760 |
(43,990) |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
9,892 |
52,356 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ |
16,652 |
$ |
8,366 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
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Cash paid during the period for: |
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Income taxes |
$ |
3,815 |
$ |
43,022 |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
36,080 |
$ |
35,520 |
Non-cash investing activities |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment in accounts payable |
$ |
6,374 |
$ |
9,226 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
2006 |
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(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
28,931 |
$ |
43,989 |
Other Comprehensive Income: |
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Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
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Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, |
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net of tax of $148 and $673 |
231 |
1,141 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
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in net income, net of tax of ($31) and ($326) |
(48) |
(508) |
||
Net unrealized gains |
183 |
633 |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $72 and $0 |
113 |
- |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
29,227 |
$ |
44,622 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended |
||||
September 30, |
||||
2007 |
2006 |
|||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
72,044 |
$ |
89,321 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
||||
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of $452 and $608 |
704 |
893 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
||||
in net income, net of tax of ($592) and ($1,057) |
(922) |
(1,646) |
||
Net unrealized losses |
(218) |
(753) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $217 and $0 |
338 |
- |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
72,164 |
$ |
88,568 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended |
||||
|
September 30, |
||||
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Operating Revenues: |
|||||
General business |
$ |
211,873 |
$ |
179,411 |
|
Off-system sales |
34,843 |
39,692 |
|||
Other revenues |
13,800 |
9,696 |
|||
Total operating revenues |
260,516 |
228,799 |
|||
|
|||||
Operating Expenses: |
|||||
Operation: |
|||||
Purchased power |
110,108 |
98,926 |
|||
Fuel expense |
43,291 |
34,933 |
|||
Power cost adjustment |
(43,749) |
(54,995) |
|||
Other |
54,625 |
46,999 |
|||
Demand-side management |
4,307 |
- |
|||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(1,872) |
(22) |
|||
Maintenance |
14,529 |
15,396 |
|||
Depreciation |
25,967 |
25,289 |
|||
Taxes other than income taxes |
4,714 |
4,057 |
|||
Total operating expenses |
211,920 |
170,583 |
|||
Income from Operations |
48,596 |
58,216 |
|||
|
|||||
Other Income (Expense): |
|||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction |
1,909 |
1,711 |
|||
Earnings of unconsolidated equity-method investments |
1,296 |
2,191 |
|||
Other income |
2,475 |
2,460 |
|||
Other expense |
(2,205) |
(2,577) |
|||
Total other income |
3,475 |
3,785 |
|||
Interest Charges: |
|||||
Interest on long-term debt |
15,386 |
13,548 |
|||
Other interest |
2,361 |
1,263 |
|||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction |
(2,063) |
(998) |
|||
Total interest charges |
15,684 |
13,813 |
|||
Income Before Income Taxes |
36,387 |
48,188 |
|||
Income Tax Expense |
12,279 |
17,799 |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
24,108 |
$ |
30,389 |
|
|
|||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||
|
September 30, |
||||
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Operating Revenues: |
|||||
General business |
$ |
511,337 |
$ |
500,803 |
|
Off-system sales |
129,859 |
219,531 |
|||
Other revenues |
37,776 |
16,587 |
|||
Total operating revenues |
678,972 |
736,921 |
|||
|
|||||
Operating Expenses: |
|||||
Operation: |
|||||
Purchased power |
241,393 |
229,659 |
|||
Fuel expense |
101,724 |
83,856 |
|||
Power cost adjustment |
(107,457) |
(6,928) |
|||
Other |
162,073 |
143,079 |
|||
Demand-side management |
8,970 |
- |
|||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(2,754) |
(8,258) |
|||
Maintenance |
53,797 |
50,830 |
|||
Depreciation |
76,870 |
74,471 |
|||
Taxes other than income taxes |
14,267 |
15,957 |
|||
Total operating expenses |
548,883 |
582,666 |
|||
Income from Operations |
130,089 |
154,255 |
|||
|
|||||
Other Income (Expense): |
|||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction |
4,687 |
4,821 |
|||
Earnings of unconsolidated equity-method investments |
3,376 |
5,995 |
|||
Other income |
8,332 |
8,376 |
|||
Other expense |
(6,637) |
(6,834) |
|||
Total other income |
9,758 |
12,358 |
|||
Interest Charges: |
|||||
Interest on long-term debt |
41,857 |
40,479 |
|||
Other interest |
7,019 |
3,727 |
|||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction |
(5,517) |
(2,784) |
|||
Total interest charges |
43,359 |
41,422 |
|||
Income Before Income Taxes |
96,488 |
125,191 |
|||
Income Tax Expense |
32,885 |
48,169 |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
63,603 |
$ |
77,022 |
|
|
|||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
September 30, |
|
December 31, |
|||
2007 |
|
2006 |
|||
Assets |
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
|
|
|
|||
Electric Plant: |
|||||
In service (at original cost) |
$ |
3,712,899 |
$ |
3,583,694 |
|
Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,466,697) |
(1,406,210) |
|||
In service - net |
2,246,202 |
2,177,484 |
|||
Construction work in progress |
277,006 |
210,094 |
|||
Held for future use |
3,137 |
2,810 |
|||
Electric plant - net |
2,526,345 |
2,390,388 |
|||
Investments and Other Property |
99,165 |
91,244 |
|||
|
|||||
Current Assets: |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
4,935 |
2,404 |
|||
Receivables: |
|||||
Customer |
64,006 |
54,218 |
|||
Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(1,269) |
(968) |
|||
Notes |
480 |
514 |
|||
Employee notes |
2,287 |
2,569 |
|||
Other |
5,722 |
10,592 |
|||
Accrued unbilled revenues |
32,766 |
31,365 |
|||
Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
43,598 |
39,078 |
|||
Fuel stock (at average cost) |
19,013 |
15,174 |
|||
Prepayments |
10,194 |
8,952 |
|||
Deferred income taxes |
4,147 |
- |
|||
Regulatory assets |
144 |
1,480 |
|||
Refundable income tax deposit |
43,927 |
- |
|||
Other |
599 |
- |
|||
Total current assets |
230,549 |
165,378 |
|||
Deferred Debits: |
|||||
American Falls and Milner water rights |
29,762 |
30,543 |
|||
Company-owned life insurance |
31,719 |
34,055 |
|||
Regulatory assets |
454,120 |
423,548 |
|||
Employee notes |
2,366 |
2,411 |
|||
Other |
42,072 |
40,158 |
|||
Total deferred debits |
560,039 |
530,715 |
|||
Total |
$ |
3,416,098 |
$ |
3,177,725 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
|
September 30, |
|
December 31, |
||
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||
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 |
530,758 |
530,758 |
|||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
|||
Retained earnings |
443,023 |
404,076 |
|||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(5,617) |
(5,737) |
|||
Total common stock equity |
1,063,944 |
1,024,877 |
|||
Long-term debt |
1,041,715 |
902,884 |
|||
Total capitalization |
2,105,659 |
1,927,761 |
|||
Current Liabilities: |
|||||
Long-term debt due within one year |
81,064 |
81,064 |
|||
Notes payable |
144,813 |
52,200 |
|||
Accounts payable |
65,224 |
85,714 |
|||
Notes and accounts payable to related parties |
726 |
1,111 |
|||
Taxes accrued |
2,381 |
41,688 |
|||
Interest accrued |
27,856 |
12,324 |
|||
Deferred income taxes |
- |
17 |
|||
Other |
50,228 |
24,367 |
|||
Total current liabilities |
372,292 |
298,485 |
|||
Deferred Credits: |
|||||
Deferred income taxes |
475,258 |
489,234 |
|||
Regulatory liabilities |
276,086 |
294,844 |
|||
Other |
186,803 |
167,401 |
|||
Total deferred credits |
938,147 |
951,479 |
|||
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) |
|||||
Total |
$ |
3,416,098 |
$ |
3,177,725 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capitalization
(unaudited)
|
September 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
||
2007 |
% |
2006 |
% |
|||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||||
Common Stock Equity: |
|
|
|
|
||
Common stock |
$ |
97,877 |
$ |
97,877 |
||
Premium on capital stock |
530,758 |
530,758 |
||||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
||||
Retained earnings |
443,023 |
404,076 |
||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(5,617) |
(5,737) |
||||
Total common stock equity |
1,063,944 |
51 |
1,024,877 |
53 |
||
|
||||||
Long-Term Debt: |
||||||
First mortgage bonds: |
||||||
7.38% Series due 2007 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
||||
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 % 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 |
- |
||||
Total first mortgage bonds |
925,000 |
785,000 |
||||
Amount due within one year |
(80,000) |
(80,000) |
||||
Net first mortgage bonds |
845,000 |
705,000 |
||||
|
||||||
Pollution control revenue bonds: |
||||||
Variable Auction Rate Series 2003 due 2024 |
49,800 |
49,800 |
||||
Variable Auction 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 |
10,636 |
11,700 |
||||
Note guarantee due within one year |
(1,064) |
(1,064) |
||||
Unamortized premium/discount - net |
(3,202) |
(3,097) |
||||
|
||||||
Total long-term debt |
1,041,715 |
49 |
902,884 |
47 |
||
|
||||||
Total Capitalization |
$ |
2,105,659 |
100 |
$ |
1,927,761 |
100 |
|
||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
|
Nine Months Ended |
|||
|
September 30, |
|||
|
2007 |
2006 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Operating Activities: |
|
|
||
Net income |
$ |
63,603 |
$ |
77,022 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by |
|
|||
operating activities: |
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
82,244 |
77,596 |
||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
26,926 |
(15,882) |
||
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
(110,813) |
6,111 |
||
Undistributed earnings of subsidiary |
(3,376) |
(5,995) |
||
Gain on sale of assets |
(4,268) |
(10,979) |
||
Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
3,580 |
(4,760) |
||
Change in: |
||||
Accounts receivables and prepayments |
(13,249) |
2,552 |
||
Accounts payable |
(18,565) |
(13,889) |
||
Taxes accrued |
2,098 |
(4,076) |
||
Other current assets |
(9,760) |
1,158 |
||
Other current liabilities |
16,580 |
15,729 |
||
Other assets |
710 |
923 |
||
Other liabilities |
6,706 |
8,016 |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
42,416 |
133,526 |
||
Investing Activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant |
(202,555) |
(166,309) |
||
Purchase of available-for-sale securities |
(24,349) |
(14,358) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities |
26,110 |
16,404 |
||
Proceeds from the sale of emission allowances |
19,846 |
11,323 |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliate |
(4,925) |
(15,370) |
||
Refundable deposit for tax related liabilities |
(43,927) |
- |
||
Other assets |
(186) |
525 |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(229,986) |
(167,785) |
||
Financing Activities: |
||||
Issuance of long-term debt |
140,000 |
- |
||
Retirement of long-term debt |
(1,064) |
- |
||
Dividends on common stock |
(39,791) |
(38,289) |
||
Net change in short term borrowings |
92,613 |
27,190 |
||
Other assets |
(1,379) |
(14) |
||
Other |
(278) |
443 |
||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
190,101 |
(10,670) |
||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
2,531 |
(44,929) |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
2,404 |
49,335 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ |
4,935 |
$ |
4,406 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
||||
Cash paid during the period for: |
||||
Income taxes paid to parent |
$ |
8,978 |
$ |
70,037 |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
32,270 |
$ |
33,717 |
Non-cash investing activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant in accounts payable |
$ |
6,374 |
$ |
9,226 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended |
||||
September 30, |
||||
2007 |
2006 |
|||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
24,108 |
$ |
30,389 |
Other Comprehensive Income: |
||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
||||
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of $148 and $673 |
231 |
1,141 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
||||
in net income, net of tax of ($31) and ($326) |
(48) |
(508) |
||
Net unrealized gains |
183 |
633 |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $72 and $0 |
113 |
- |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
24,404 |
$ |
31,022 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
Nine Months Ended |
||||
September 30, |
||||
2007 |
2006 |
|||
(thousands of dollars) |
||||
Net Income |
$ |
63,603 |
$ |
77,022 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities: |
||||
Unrealized holding gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of $452 and $608 |
704 |
893 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
||||
in net income, net of tax of ($592) and ($1,057) |
(922) |
(1,646) |
||
Net unrealized losses |
(218) |
(753) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $217 and $0 |
338 |
- |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
63,723 |
$ |
76,269 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
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 Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements apply to
both IDACORP and IPC. However, IPC makes no representation as to the
information relating to IDACORP's 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., a joint venturer in Bridger Coal Company, which supplies coal to
the Jim Bridger generating plant owned in part by IPC.
IDACORP's other subsidiaries
include:
On July 20, 2006, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of IDACORP
Technologies, Inc. (ITI) to IdaTech UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Investec Group Investments (UK) Limited. On February 23, 2007, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of IDACOMM, Inc.
(IDACOMM) to American Fiber Systems, Inc. The results of operations of ITI and
IDACOMM are reported as discontinued operations. See Note 9 for further
discussion of discontinued operations.
Principles of
Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial
statements of IDACORP and IPC include the accounts of each company,
consolidated subsidiaries, and those variable interest entities (VIEs) for
which IDACORP and IPC are the primary beneficiaries. All significant
intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments in
business entities in which IDACORP and IPC 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.
Through IFS, IDACORP also
holds significant variable interests in VIEs for which it is not the primary
beneficiary. These VIEs are historic rehabilitation and affordable housing
developments in which IFS holds limited partnership interests ranging up to 99
percent. These investments were acquired between 1996 and 2006. IFS' maximum
exposure to loss in these developments was $81 million at September 30, 2007.
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 September 30, 2007, and consolidated results of operations for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and consolidated
cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. 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 therefore they should be read in conjunction with the audited
consolidated financial statements included in IDACORP's and IPC's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. The results of operations
for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be
expected for the full year.
Earnings Per Share
The following table presents the
computation of IDACORP's basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 (in
thousands, except for per share amounts):
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
||||||||||||||
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
||||||||||||||
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||||||||||
Numerator: |
||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations |
$ |
28,931 |
$ |
32,492 |
$ |
71,977 |
$ |
82,120 |
||||||||
Denominator: |
||||||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares |
||||||||||||||||
outstanding - basic* |
44,417 |
42,678 |
43,947 |
42,569 |
||||||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Options |
34 |
125 |
41 |
87 |
||||||||||||
Restricted Stock |
92 |
60 |
92 |
54 |
||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares |
||||||||||||||||
outstanding - diluted |
44,543 |
42,863 |
44,080 |
42,710 |
||||||||||||
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
0.76 |
$ |
1.64 |
$ |
1.93 |
||||||||
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
0.76 |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
1.92 |
||||||||
*Weighted average shares outstanding excludes non-vested shares issued under stock compensation plans. |
|
|||||||||||||||
The diluted EPS computation
excluded 486,800 and 487,200 common stock options for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007, respectively, because the options' exercise prices
were greater than the average market price of the common stock during those
periods. For the same periods in 2006, there were 463,600 and 643,600 options
excluded from the diluted EPS computation for the same reason. In total,
833,102 options were outstanding at September 30, 2007, with expiration dates
between 2010 and 2015.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been
reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Net income and
shareholders' equity were not affected by these reclassifications.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
SFAS 157: In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair
Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), which defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles,
and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective
for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. IDACORP and IPC are
currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 157 on their financial
statements.
SFAS 159: In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, "The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an
Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115" (SFAS 159). This standard permits an
entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items
at fair value. Most of the provisions in SFAS 159 are elective; however, the
amendment to SFAS No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and
Equity Securities," applies to all entities with available-for-sale and
trading securities. The fair value option established by SFAS 159 permits all
entities to choose to measure eligible items at fair value at specified
election dates. A business entity will report unrealized gains and losses on
items for which the fair value option has been elected in earnings at each
subsequent reporting date. The fair value option: (a) may be applied
instrument by instrument, with a few exceptions, such as investments otherwise
accounted for by the equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election
date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions
of instruments. SFAS 159 is effective as of the beginning of an entity's first
fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. IDACORP and IPC are currently
evaluating the impact of SFAS 159 on their financial statements.
FSP FIN 39-1: In April 2007 the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No.
FIN 39-1 (FSP FIN 39-1), "Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39" (FIN
39). FSP FIN 39-1 modifies FIN 39, "Offsetting of Amounts Related to
Certain Contracts," and permits reporting entities to offset receivables or
payables recognized upon payment or receipt of cash collateral against fair
value amounts recognized for derivative instruments that have been offset under
a master netting arrangement. FSP FIN 39-1 requires disclosure of a reporting
entity's accounting policy (to offset or not offset) as well as amounts
recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral, or the obligation to
return cash collateral, that have been offset against net derivative
positions. FSP FIN 39-1 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November
15, 2007. IDACORP and IPC are evaluating the application of FSP FIN 39-1 with
respect to their assets and liabilities.
EITF Issue No. 06-11: In June 2007, the FASB ratified Emerging Issues Task
Force Issue No. 06-11, "Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on
Share-Based Payment Awards" (EITF 06-11), which requires income tax benefits
from dividends or dividend equivalents that are charged to retained earnings
and are paid to employees for equity classified awards and outstanding equity
share options to be recognized as an increase in additional paid-in capital and
to be included in the pool of excess tax benefits available to absorb potential
future tax deficiencies on share-based payment awards. EITF 06-11 will become
effective for dividends declared in years beginning after September 15, 2007.
The adoption of EITF 06-11 is not expected to have a material impact on IDACORP's
or IPC's financial statements.
2. INCOME TAXES:
Income tax rate
In accordance with interim reporting requirements, IDACORP and IPC use an
estimated annual effective tax rate for computing their provisions for income
taxes. IDACORP's effective rate on continuing operations for the nine months
ended September 30, 2007, was 15.2 percent, compared to 24.1 percent for the
nine months ended September 30, 2006. IPC's effective tax rate for the nine
months ended September 30, 2007, was 34.1 percent, compared to 38.5 percent for
the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
The differences in estimated
annual effective tax rates are primarily due to the decrease in pre-tax
earnings at IDACORP and IPC, timing and amount of IPC's regulatory flow-through
tax adjustments, and lower tax credits from IFS.
FIN 48
IDACORP and IPC adopted FASB
Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48) on January 1, 2007, as
required. IPC recorded an increase of $15.1 million to opening retained
earnings for the cumulative effect of adopting FIN 48.
IDACORP and IPC recognize
interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest expense and
penalties as other expense. FIN 48 allows companies to change their accounting
policy election for interest and penalties upon adoption of the standard.
IDACORP and IPC had classified interest as income taxes prior to the adoption
of FIN 48. As of January 1, 2007, IPC had accrued interest of $6.5 million.
The interest liability did not materially change as of September 30, 2007. No
penalties are accrued.
As of January 1, 2007, IPC
had total unrecognized tax benefits of $21.2 million. If recognized, the $21.2
million would affect IPC's effective tax rate. The amount of unrecognized tax
benefits did not materially change as of September 30, 2007.
IPC is currently disputing
the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) disallowance of IPC's use of the
simplified service cost method of uniform capitalization for tax years 2001-2003.
The dispute is under review with the IRS Appeals Office, and it is reasonably
possible that the matter will be resolved in 2007. Resolution would result in
a decrease to IPC's unrecognized tax benefits of $17.4 million. As of
September 30, 2007, the appeals conference had not been scheduled.
IDACORP and IPC are subject
to examination by their major tax jurisdictions - U.S. federal and state of
Idaho - for tax years 2004 through 2006. There are no income tax examinations
currently in process.
3. COMMON STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION:
During the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, IDACORP entered into the following transactions involving
its common stock:
IDACORP has three share-based
compensation plans. IDACORP's employee plans are the LTICP and the Restricted
Stock Plan (RSP). These plans are intended to align employee and shareholder
objectives related to IDACORP's long-term growth. IDACORP also has one non-employee
plan, the 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 September 30, 2007, the maximum number of shares
available under the LTICP and RSP were 1,606,555 and 108,595, respectively.
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 IPC's employees (in thousands of dollars):
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IDACORP |
IPC |
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Nine months ended |
Nine months ended |
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September 30, |
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2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
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Compensation cost |
$ |
2,099 |
$ |
2,124 |
$ |
1,461 |
$ |
1,016 |
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Income tax benefit |
$ |
821 |
$ |
830 |
$ |
571 |
$ |
397 |
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No equity compensation costs
have been capitalized.
Stock
awards: Restricted stock awards have
vesting periods of up to four 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 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 the first nine months of 2007 was $35.18.
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. For unvested awards granted prior to 2006, dividends are
paid to recipients at the same time they are paid to other common
shareholders. Beginning with the 2006 awards, dividends are accrued and will
be paid out only on shares that eventually vest.
The performance goals for the
2006 and 2007 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 nine months of 2007 was $25.82.
Stock options: 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. Upon
adoption of SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006, the fair value of each option is
amortized into compensation expense using graded vesting. Beginning in 2006,
stock options are not a significant component of share-based compensation
awards under the LTICP.
4. FINANCING:
Long-term Financing
On June 22, 2007, IPC issued $140
million of its 6.30% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series F,
due June 15, 2037. IPC used the net proceeds to pay down outstanding
commercial paper.
On October 18, 2007, IPC
issued $100 million of its 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term
Notes, Series G, due October 15, 2037. IPC will use the net proceeds to retire
$80 million of 7.38% First Mortgage Bonds due December 1, 2007 and to pay down
outstanding commercial paper.
IDACORP entered into a Sales
Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2005, and an amendment thereto,
dated as of October 31, 2007, with BNY Capital Markets, Inc. (BNYCMI) to issue
and sell up to 2,500,000 shares of common stock from time to time through
BNYCMI as agent. As of October 31, 2007, 1,417,855 shares had been sold. The
amendment extended the time during which the remaining 1,082,145 shares of
common stock may be sold to December 1, 2008.
Credit Facilities
On April 25, 2007, IDACORP entered
into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (IDACORP Facility) with Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC
issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Keybank National
Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation
agents, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint
lead arrangers and joint book runners, and the other financial institutions
party thereto, as lenders. The IDACORP Facility amended and restated a $150
million five-year facility that would have expired on March 31, 2010.
The IDACORP Facility is a
$100 million five-year credit agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. The
IDACORP Facility, which will be used for general corporate purposes and
commercial paper backup, 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
September 30, 2007, no loans or commercial paper were outstanding on the IDACORP
Facility.
On April 25, 2007, IPC
entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (IPC Facility) with
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender
and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Keybank
National Association, US Bank National Association and Bank of America, N.A.,
as documentation agents, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners, and the other
financial institutions party thereto, as lenders. The IPC Facility amended and
restated a $200 million five-year credit facility that would have expired on
March 31, 2010.
The IPC Facility is a $300
million five-year credit agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. The IPC
Facility, which will be used for general corporate purposes and commercial
paper backup, 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 September 30, 2007, no
loans were outstanding on IPC's Facility and $145 million of commercial paper
was outstanding.
At September 30, 2007, IPC had regulatory authority to incur up to $450 million
of short-term indebtedness.
5. COMMITMENTS AND
CONTINGENCIES:
Guarantees
IPC has agreed to guarantee one-third of the cost of 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 $60 million at September 30, 2007. Bridger Coal has
a reclamation trust fund set aside specifically for the purpose of paying these
reclamation costs and expects that the fund will be sufficient to cover all
such costs. Because of the existence of the fund, the estimated fair value of
this guarantee is minimal.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to IDACORP's and
IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June
30, 2007, 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.
Wah Chang: Wah Chang's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Ninth Circuit of the February 11, 2005 dismissal of the case by the
Honorable Robert H. Whaley, sitting by designation in the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of California, was orally argued on April 10, 2007.
The matter now awaits decision by the Ninth Circuit. IDACORP, IPC and IE
intend to vigorously defend their position in this proceeding and believe this
matter will not have a material adverse effect on their consolidated financial
positions, results of operations or cash flows.
Western Energy Proceedings
at the FERC:
California Refund: 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. That plan included the potential for orders
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, and therefore not in
compliance with the Federal Power Act. On July 25, 2001, the FERC issued an
order initiating the California Refund proceeding including evidentiary
hearings to determine the scope and methodology for determining refunds. 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, 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. A number
of other parties, representing substantially less than the majority of
potential refund claims, chose to opt out of the Settlement. After
consideration of comments, the FERC approved the Offer of Settlement on May 22,
2006.
On June 21, 2006, the Port of
Seattle, Washington filed a request for rehearing of the FERC order approving
the Settlement. The FERC issued an order on October 5, 2006, denying the Port
of Seattle's request for rehearing. On October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle
petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for review of the
FERC orders approving the Settlement. Initially, the Ninth Circuit
consolidated that review petition with the large number of review petitions
already consolidated before it and stayed further action on the consolidated
cases while the court's mediator and FERC representatives work on achieving settlements
with other parties. On October 25, 2007, the court issued an order that lifted
its stay as to the review of the Port of Seattle's petition of the FERC's
orders approving the February 17, 2006 offer of settlement as well as Port of
Seattle's petitions for review of orders approving the settlements of two other
sellers. The court's order also established a consolidated briefing schedule
for these three cases with initial briefs due by January 28, 2008 and final
briefs due at the end of July 2008. A date for argument has not been set. IPC
and IE are unable to predict when or how the Ninth Circuit might rule on these
consolidated petitions for review filed by Port of Seattle.
Market Manipulation: As part of the California and Pacific Northwest Refund
proceedings, the FERC issued orders permitting discovery and the submission of
evidence regarding market manipulation by sellers during the western energy
crisis of 2000 and 2001. On June 25, 2003, the FERC ordered a large number of
parties, including IPC, to show cause why certain trading practices did not
constitute "gaming" or anomalous market behavior ("partnership") in violation
of the California Independent System Operator and California Power Exchange
Tariffs. On October 16, 2003, IPC reached agreement with the FERC Staff on the
show cause orders. The "gaming" settlement was approved by the FERC on March
4, 2004. Originally, eight parties sought rehearing of the "gaming"
settlement. The FERC approved the motion to dismiss the "partnership" proceeding
on January 23, 2004.
On October 11, 2006, the FERC
issued an order denying rehearing of its earlier approval of the "gaming"
settlement. On October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle, Washington appealed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit FERC's denial of its request
for rehearing of its order granting approval of the settlement of the gaming
allegations against IE and IPC. On November 17, 2006, the Ninth Circuit
consolidated the Port of Seattle's review petition with a large number of
review petitions previously consolidated and has stayed further action on the
consolidated cases while the court's mediator and FERC representatives work on
achieving settlements with other parties. The Ninth Circuit establishment of a
briefing schedule for the settlements discussed above does not apply to the "gaming"
settlement.
In addition, a number of
parties have petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contending that the
scope of the show cause proceedings was too narrow, but those petitions have
been stayed. IE and IPC are unable to predict the outcome of these matters.
Pacific Northwest Refund: On June 19, 2001, the FERC expanded its price
mitigation plan for the California Wholesale electricity market discussed above
under "California Refund" to the entire western electrically interconnected
system. This expansion led to the Pacific Northwest Refund proceeding. On
September 24, 2001, the FERC Administrative Law Judge submitted recommendations
and findings to the FERC, finding that prices in the Pacific Northwest during
the December 25, 2000, through June 20, 2001, time period should be governed by
the Mobile-Sierra standard of public interest rather than the just and
reasonable standard, that the Pacific Northwest spot markets were competitive,
and that no refunds should be allowed. The FERC declined to order refunds on
June 25, 2003, and multiple parties then appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals. IE and IPC were parties in the FERC proceeding and participated in
the appeal. On August 24, 2007, the court filed an opinion in the appeal,
remanding to the FERC the orders that declined to require refunds. The court's
opinion instructed the FERC to consider whether evidence of market manipulation
submitted by the petitioners for the period January 1, 2000 to June 21, 2001
would have altered the agency's conclusions about refunds and directed the FERC
to include sales to the California Department of Water Resources in the
proceeding. On September 18, 2007, the court extended until November 16, 2007
the time for filing petitions for rehearing to allow the parties time to assess
settlement prospects and directed Senior Judge Edward Leavey of the Ninth
Circuit to initiate mediation efforts. The stay also effectively defers the
time frame in which the court's mandate to the FERC might be issued. On
October 25, 2007, Powerex Corp. filed an unopposed motion to extend the date
for seeking rehearing until December 17, 2007. IE and IPC are unable to
predict the outcome of these matters. The Settlement in the California Refund
proceeding resolves all claims the California Parties have against IE and IPC
in the Pacific Northwest proceeding.
There are pending in the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit approximately 200 petitions for review
of numerous FERC orders regarding the Western energy matters of 2000 and 2001,
including the California refund proceeding, the structure and content of the
FERC's market-based rate regime, show cause orders respecting contentions of
market manipulation, and the Pacific Northwest proceedings. Decisions in any
one of 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
are unable to predict the outcome of any of these petitions for review.
Shareholder Lawsuit: On May 26, 2004 and June 22, 2004, two shareholder
lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho
against IDACORP and certain of its directors and officers. The lawsuits
captioned Powell, et al. v. IDACORP, Inc., et al. and Shorthouse, et al. v.
IDACORP, Inc., et al., raised largely similar allegations. The lawsuits were
putative class actions brought on behalf of purchasers of IDACORP stock between
February 1, 2002, and June 4, 2002.
On May 21, 2007, the U.S.
District Court for the District of Idaho granted the defendants' motion to
dismiss the amended complaint because it failed to satisfy the pleading
requirements for loss causation. The court also denied the plaintiffs' request
to further amend the complaint.
On June 19, 2007, the
plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal from the District Court's judgment to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On October 1, 2007, the
plaintiffs filed a motion for voluntary dismissal of their appeal, with
prejudice, with both sides to assume their own costs. IDACORP and the other
defendants did not offer or tender any consideration for this motion, nor did the
defendants oppose the motion. The Ninth Circuit granted plaintiffs' motion on
October 3, 2007 and the order dismissing the appeal was filed with the District
Court on October 9, 2007. This action is now concluded.
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 IPC's 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 1860's or before.
On May 1, 2006, the
defendants filed an Answer to plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint denying all
liability to the plaintiffs and asserting certain affirmative defenses
including collateral estoppel and res judicata, preemption, impossibility and
impracticability, failure to join all real and necessary parties, and various
defenses based on untimeliness. On June 19, 2006, the defendants filed a
motion to dismiss plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint, asserting, among other
things, that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and that plaintiffs
failed to join an indispensable party (namely, the United States government).
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. On June 8, 2007, plaintiffs
filed a motion for reconsideration. On June 25, 2007, the defendants filed an
opposition to plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration and plaintiffs filed their
reply to opposition to motion for reconsideration on July 9, 2007. The matter
is now fully briefed and submitted to the District Court for decision. IPC
intends to vigorously defend its position in this proceeding, but is unable to
predict the outcome of this matter.
Sierra Club Lawsuit-Bridger: In February 2007, the Sierra Club and the Wyoming
Outdoor Council filed a complaint against PacifiCorp in federal district court
in Cheyenne, Wyoming alleging violations of air quality opacity standards at
the Jim Bridger coal-fired plant (Plant) in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
Opacity is an indication of the amount of light obscured in the flue gas of a
power plant. A formal answer to the complaint was filed by PacifiCorp on April
2, 2007, in which PacifiCorp denied almost all of the allegations and asserted
a number of affirmative defenses. IPC is not a party to this proceeding but
has a one-third ownership interest in the Plant. PacifiCorp owns a two-thirds
interest and is the operator of the Plant. The complaint alleges thousands of
opacity permit limit violations by PacifiCorp and seeks a declaration that
PacifiCorp has violated opacity limits, a permanent injunction ordering
PacifiCorp to comply with such limits, civil penalties of up to $32,500 per day
per violation and reimbursement of the plaintiff's costs of litigation,
including reasonable attorney fees.
The U.S. District Court has
set this matter for trial commencing in April 2008. Discovery in the matter is
ongoing. In October 2007, the plaintiffs and defendant filed motions for
summary judgment on the alleged opacity permit violations. IPC continues to
monitor the status of this matter but is unable to predict its outcome and 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. The initiation of the SRBA
resulted from the Swan Falls Agreement, an agreement entered into by IPC and
the Governor and Attorney General of Idaho in October 1984 to resolve litigation
relating to IPC's water rights at its Swan Falls project. IPC has filed claims
to its water rights for hydropower and other uses in the SRBA. Other water
users in the basin have also filed claims to water rights. Parties to the SRBA
may file objections to water right claims that adversely affect or injure their
claimed water rights and the Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial
District, which has jurisdiction over SRBA matters (SRBA Court), then
adjudicates the claims and objections and enters a decree defining a party's
water rights. IPC has filed claims for all of its hydropower water rights in
the SRBA, is actively protecting those water rights, and is objecting to claims
that may potentially injure or affect those water rights. One such claim
involves a notice of claim of ownership filed on December 22, 2006, by the
State of Idaho, for a portion of the water rights held by IPC that are subject
to the Swan Falls Agreement.
On May 10, 2007, in order to
protect its claims and the availability of water for power purposes at its
facilities, and in response to the claim of ownership filed by the State, IPC
filed a complaint and petition for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding
the status and nature of IPC's water rights and the respective rights and
responsibilities of the parties under the Swan Falls Agreement.
In conjunction with the
filing of the complaint and petition, IPC filed motions with the court to stay
all pending proceedings involving the water rights of IPC and to consolidate
those proceedings into a single action where all issues relating to the Swan
Falls Agreement can be determined.
IPC alleged in the complaint,
among other things, that contrary to the parties' belief at the time the Swan
Falls Agreement was entered into in 1984, the Snake River basin above Swan
Falls was over-appropriated and as a consequence there was not in 1984, and
there currently is not, water available for new upstream uses over and above
the minimum flows established by the Swan Falls Agreement; that because of this
mutual mistake of fact relating to the over-appropriation of the basin, the
Swan Falls Agreement should be reformed; that the State's December 22, 2006,
claim of ownership to IPC's water rights should be denied; and that the Swan
Falls Agreement did not subordinate IPC's water rights to aquifer recharge.
On May 30, 2007, the State
filed motions to dismiss IPC's complaint and petition. These motions were
briefed and, together with IPC's motions to stay and consolidate the
proceedings, were argued before the Court on June 25, 2007.
On July 23, 2007, the court
issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the State's motion to
dismiss, consolidating the issues into a consolidated sub case before the court
and providing for discovery during the objection period; a scheduling
conference is set for December 17, 2007. In its Order, the court denied the
majority of the State's motion to dismiss, refusing to dismiss the complaint
and finding that the court has jurisdiction to hear and determine virtually all
the issues raised by IPC's complaint that relate to IPC's water rights and the
effect of the Swan Falls Agreement upon those water rights. This includes the
issues of ownership, whether IPC's water rights are subordinated to recharge and
how those water rights are to be administered relative to other water rights on
the same or connected resources. The court did find that by virtue of a state
statute the IDWR, and its director, could not be parties to the SRBA and
therefore stayed IPC's claims against the IDWR and its director pending
resolution of the issues to be litigated in the SRBA, or until further order of
the court.
Consistent with IPC's motion
to consolidate and stay the proceedings, the court consolidated all of the
issues associated with IPC's water rights before the court and stayed that
proceeding to allow other parties that may be affected by the litigation to
file responses or intervene in the consolidated proceedings by December 5,
2007. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of the consolidated proceedings.
Renfro Dairy: On September 28, 2007, the principals of Renfro
Dairy near Wilder, Idaho filed a lawsuit in the District Court of the Third
Judicial District of the State of Idaho (Canyon County) against IDACORP and IPC.
The plaintiffs' complaint asserts claims for negligence, negligence per se,
gross negligence, nuisance, and fraud. The claims are 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 seek compensatory damages of not less than
$1 million.
Plaintiffs have not yet
served their complaint on IDACORP or IPC. If the action is pursued by the
plaintiffs, the companies intend to vigorously defend their position in this
proceeding and believe this matter will not have a material adverse effect on
their consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows.
6. REGULATORY MATTERS:
Deferred (Accrued) Net
Power Supply Costs
IPC's deferred (accrued) net power
supply costs consisted of the following (in thousands of dollars):
|
September 30, |
|
December 31, |
|||
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|||
Idaho PCA current year: |
||||||
Accrual for the 2007-2008 rate year 1 |
$ |
- |
$ |
(3,484) |
||
Deferral for the 2008-2009 rate year 2 |
70,855 |
- |
||||
Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery (refund): |
||||||
Authorized May 2006 |
- |
(11,689) |
||||
Authorized May 2007 |
8,135 |
- |
||||
Oregon deferral: |
||||||
2001 costs |
3,498 |
6,670 |
||||
2005 costs |
- |
2,889 |
||||
Total deferral (accrual) |
$ |
82,488 |
$ |
(5,614) |
||
1 Includes $69 million of emission allowance sales to be credited to the customers during the 2007-2008 PCA year. |
||||||
2 Includes $17 million of emission allowance sales made in 2007. |
Idaho: IPC has a Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) mechanism that
provides for annual adjustments to the rates charged to its Idaho retail
customers. These adjustments are based on forecasts of net power supply costs,
which are fuel and purchased power less off-system sales, and the true-up of
the prior year's forecast. During the year, 90 percent of the difference
between the actual and forecasted costs is deferred with interest. The ending
balance of this deferral, called the true-up for the current year's portion and
the true-up of the true-up for the prior years' unrecovered portion, is then
included in the calculation of the next year's PCA.
On May 31, 2007, the IPUC
approved IPC's 2007-2008 PCA filing. The filing increased the PCA component of
customers' rates from the then existing level, which was $46.8 million below
base rates, to a level that is $30.7 million above those base rates. This
$77.5 million increase is net of $69.1 million of proceeds from sales of excess
SO2 emission allowances. The new rates were effective June 1, 2007.
On June 1, 2006, IPC
implemented the 2006-2007 PCA, which reduced the PCA component of customers'
rates from the then-existing level, which was recovering $76.7 million above
then-existing base rates, to a level that was $46.8 million below those base
rates, a decrease of approximately $123.5 million.
Oregon: On April 30, 2007, IPC filed for an accounting order
with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the period of May 1, 2007,
through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher than "normal" power supply
expenses. In the Oregon general rate case, "normal" power supply expenses were
set at a negative number (meaning that under normal water conditions IPC should
be able to sell enough surplus energy to pay for all fuel and purchased power
expenses and still have revenue left over to offset other costs). IPC
requested authorization to defer an estimated $5.7 million, which is Oregon's
jurisdictional share of the excess power supply costs. IPC also requested that
it earn its Oregon authorized rate of return on the deferred balance and
recover the amount through rates in future years, as approved by the OPUC. IPC
is currently responding to data requests generated by the filing.
On April 28, 2006, IPC filed
for an accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the
period of May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007. IPC requested authorization to
defer an estimated $3.3 million, which is Oregon's jurisdictional share of the
excess power supply costs. IPC also requested that it earn its Oregon
authorized rate of return on the deferred balance and recover the amount
through rates in future years, as approved by the OPUC. On April 25, 2007, a
tentative settlement agreement was reached on the deferral application with the
OPUC Staff and the Citizens' Utility Board in the amount of $2 million. This
amount is subject to approval by the OPUC. The settlement stipulation was
filed with the OPUC for approval on October 24, 2007. The parties also agreed
that IPC would file an application for an Oregon PCA mechanism.
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 per
year. IPC is currently amortizing through rates power supply costs associated
with the western energy situation of 2001. Full recovery of the 2001 deferral
is not expected until 2009. The 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 deferrals would
have to be amortized sequentially following the full recovery of the 2001
deferral.
Fixed Cost Adjustment
Mechanism (FCA)
On January 27, 2006, IPC filed with the IPUC for authority to implement a rate
adjustment mechanism that would adjust rates downward or upward to recover
fixed costs independent of the volume of IPC's energy sales. This filing was a
continuation of a 2004 case that was opened to investigate the financial
disincentives to investment in energy efficiency by IPC. This true-up
mechanism would be applicable only to residential and small general service
customers. The accounting for the FCA will be separate from the PCA. IPC
proposed a three percent cap on any rate increase to be applied at the
discretion of the IPUC.
IPC and the IPUC Staff agreed in concept to a three-year pilot beginning
January 1, 2007, and a stipulation was filed on December 18, 2006. The
stipulation called for the implementation of a FCA mechanism pilot program as
proposed by IPC in its original application with additional conditions and
provisions related to customer count and weather normalization methodology,
recording of the FCA deferral amount in reports to the IPUC and detailed
reporting of demand side management (DSM) activities. The IPUC approved the
stipulation on March 12, 2007. The pilot program began retroactively on
January 1, 2007, and will run through 2009, with the first rate adjustment to
occur on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate adjustments to occur on June 1 of
each year thereafter during the term of the pilot program. IPC has accrued
$1.7 million of FCA expense through the third quarter of 2007.
Open Access Transmission
Tariff (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 FERC Form
1 data. The formula rate request included a rate of return on equity of 11.25
percent. The proposed rates would have produced an annual revenue increase for
the FERC jurisdiction of approximately $13 million based on 2004 test year
data. The FERC accepted IPC's rates, effective June 1, 2006, subject to
adjustment to conform to SFAS 109 tax accounting requirements, which lowered
the estimated annual revenues to approximately $11 million.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC
approved a settlement agreement (Settlement Agreement) filed in June 2007 by
the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission
service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates and that were in
existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). The
effect of this settlement approval was to reduce the estimated FERC
jurisdictional annual revenue increase from $11 million to approximately $8.2
million based on 2004 test year data. The Settlement Agreement requires that
amounts collected in excess of the new rates for the June 1, 2006 through July
31, 2007 period be refunded with interest to customers. These refunds totaled
approximately $1.7 million and were paid in August 2007.
Hearings were held before the
FERC in June 2007 regarding the treatment of the Legacy Agreements. IPC's
position was that the revenue IPC receives under the Legacy Agreements should
be credited against the total transmission revenue requirement attributed to
OATT customers and that the contract demands of the Legacy Agreements should
not be included in the load divisor of the rate formula. The intervenors in
the proceeding took the position that such contract demands should be included
in the load divisor, rather than being revenue credited.
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 is on
file and publicly available at FERC Docket No. ER06-787. In the Initial
Decision, the ALJ concluded that (i) the Legacy Agreements should be included
in the load divisor of the rate formula and (ii) the revenue IPC receives under
the Legacy Agreements should not be credited against the total transmission
revenue requirement attributed to OATT customers. The ALJ further concluded
that the amounts used in the rate formula should be the monthly coincident peak
usages under the Legacy Agreements rather than the contract demands under the
Legacy Agreements proposed by the FERC Staff and intervenors. IPC had argued
that if the Legacy Agreements were to be reflected in the load divisor, rather
than as a revenue credit, it should be at the level of monthly coincident peak
usage, not at the level of the contract demands.
If the Initial Decision is implemented, IPC estimates that this ruling will
reduce the estimated FERC jurisdictional annual revenue increase (based on 2004
test year data) by approximately $1.4 million (from approximately $8.2 million
to $6.8 million).
The
Initial Decision is subject to appeal to the FERC by all parties to the
proceeding. On October 1, 2007, IPC along with other parties filed its Brief
on Exceptions. Briefs were required to be submitted by October 1, 2007, with
reply briefs due by October 21, 2007. If the Initial Decision is implemented,
IPC would make additional refunds, including interest, of approximately $1.7
million for the June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 period. IPC has reserved this
entire amount. Amounts collected from August 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007
have been and will continue to be collected at the proposed rates, and amounts
collected in excess of the final rates will be refunded with interest. IPC
expects to pursue recovery of amounts not received pursuant to a final order in
this proceeding through additional proceedings at the FERC or through the state
ratemaking process.
Pension
Expense
In the 2003 Idaho general rate case,
the IPUC disallowed recovery of pension expense because there were no current
contributions being made to the plan. On March 20, 2007, IPC filed a request
with the IPUC to clarify that IPC can consider future contributions made to the
pension plan a recoverable cost of service. An order approving this
application would not determine the methodology of recovery but would permit
IPC to record a regulatory asset related to pension costs. On June 1, 2007, the IPUC issued its order authorizing
IPC to account for its defined benefit pension expense on a cash basis, and to
defer and account for accrued 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. IPC will begin deferring pension expense
to a regulatory asset account to be matched with revenue when future pension
contributions are recovered through rates. The deferral of pension expense did
not begin until $4.1 million of past contributions still recorded on the
balance sheet at December 31, 2006, were expensed. For 2007, approximately
$2.8 million will be deferred to a regulatory asset beginning in the third
quarter. IPC did not request a carrying
charge to be applied to the deferral of the accrued SFAS 87 expense.
7. SEGMENT INFORMATION:
IDACORP has identified two
reportable segments: utility operations and IFS. ITI and IDACOMM, which had
previously been identified as reportable segments, are now reported as
discontinued operations (see Note 9).
The utility operations
segment's primary sources of revenue are the regulated operations of IPC. IPC's
regulated operations include the generation, transmission, distribution,
purchase and sale of electricity. This segment also includes income from
IERCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IPC that is also subject to regulation and
is a one-third owner of Bridger Coal Company, an unconsolidated joint venture.
The IFS segment represents that subsidiary's investments in affordable housing
developments and historic rehabilitation projects. Operating segments not
included above are below the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments
and are included in the "All Other" category. This category is comprised of
Ida-West's joint venture investments in small hydroelectric generation
projects, the remaining activities of energy marketer IE, which wound down its
operations in 2003, and IDACORP's holding company expenses.
The following table
summarizes the segment information for IDACORP's utility operations and IFS and
the total of all other segments, and reconciles this information to total
enterprise amounts (in thousands of dollars):
Utility |
|
|
All |
|
|
|
Consolidated |
||||||||
Operations |
IFS |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
||||||||
Three months ended September 30, 2007: |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
260,516 |
$ |
295 |
$ |
652 |
$ |
- |
$ |
261,463 |
|||||
Income from continuing operations |
24,108 |
1,752 |
3,071 |
- |
28,931 |
||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, 2006: |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
228,799 |
$ |
339 |
$ |
1,394 |
$ |
- |
$ |
230,532 |
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations |
30,389 |
2,116 |
(13) |
- |
32,492 |
||||||||||
Total assets at September 30, 2007 |
$ |
3,416,098 |
$ |
126,617 |
$ |
144,052 |
$ |
(74,119) |
$ |
3,612,648 |
|||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2007: |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
678,972 |
$ |
900 |
$ |
2,076 |
$ |
- |
$ |
681,948 |
|||||
Income from continuing operations |
63,603 |
5,374 |
3,000 |
- |
71,977 |
||||||||||
Nine months ended September 30, 2006: |
|||||||||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
736,921 |
$ |
1,038 |
$ |
3,548 |
$ |
- |
$ |
741,507 |
|||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations |
77,022 |
6,347 |
(1,249) |
- |
82,120 |
||||||||||
8. BENEFIT PLANS:
The following table shows the
components of net periodic benefit costs for the three months ended September
30 (in thousands of dollars):
|
Deferred |
Postretirement |
||||||||||||
Pension Plan |
Compensation Plan |
Benefits |
||||||||||||
2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
|||||||||
Service cost |
$ |
3,803 |
$ |
3,334 |
$ |
352 |
$ |
368 |
$ |
268 |
$ |
345 |
||
Interest cost |
6,114 |
5,145 |
593 |
582 |
844 |
809 |
||||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
(8,347) |
(7,097) |
- |
- |
(702) |
(596) |
||||||||
Amortization of transition |
||||||||||||||
obligation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
510 |
482 |
||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
163 |
153 |
43 |
61 |
(133) |
(126) |
||||||||
Amortization of net loss |
- |
29 |
142 |
211 |
38 |
192 |
||||||||
Net periodic benefit cost |
$ |
1,733 |
$ |
1,564 |
$ |
1,130 |
$ |
1,222 |
$ |
825 |
$ |
1,106 |
||
The following table shows the
components of net periodic benefit costs for the nine months ended September 30
(in thousands of dollars):
|
Deferred |
Postretirement |
|||||||||||
Pension Plan |
Compensation Plan |
Benefits |
|||||||||||
2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
2007 |
2006 |
||||||||
Service cost |
$ |
11,409 |
$ |
10,857 |
$ |
1,056 |
$ |
1,105 |
$ |
1,026 |
$ |
1,097 |
|
Interest cost |
18,343 |
16,755 |
1,779 |
1,745 |
2,634 |
2,569 |
|||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
(25,040) |
(23,113) |
- |
- |
(2,082) |
(1,892) |
|||||||
Amortization of net |
|||||||||||||
obligation at transition |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,530 |
1,530 |
|||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
488 |
498 |
130 |
184 |
(401) |
(401) |
|||||||
Amortization of net loss |
- |
97 |
425 |
633 |
302 |
609 |
|||||||
Net periodic benefit cost |
$ |
5,200 |
$ |
5,094 |
$ |
3,390 |
$ |
3,667 |
$ |
3,009 |
$ |
3,512 |
|
IDACORP and IPC have not
contributed and do not expect to contribute to their pension plan in 2007.
9. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
In the second quarter of
2006, IDACORP decided to seek buyers for its fuel cell technology subsidiary
ITI and its telecommunications subsidiary IDACOMM. IDACORP had been reviewing
strategic alternatives for ITI and IDACOMM in order to focus on its core
utility business. The planned disposals of these businesses met the criteria
established for reporting them as assets held for sale as defined by SFAS 144.
SFAS 144 requires that a long-lived asset classified as held for sale be
measured at the lower of its carrying amount or fair value, less costs to sell,
and requires the holder to cease depreciation and amortization. Based on an
analysis of the fair value of each subsidiary, no adjustments to the carrying
values were required for the year ended December 31, 2006.
On July 20, 2006, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of ITI to IdaTech UK
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investec Group Investments (UK) Limited.
IDACORP recorded a gain of $11.5 million, net of tax, from this transaction.
On February 23, 2007, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of IDACOMM to
American Fiber Systems, Inc.
The operating results of
these businesses have been separately classified and reported as discontinued
operations on IDACORP's condensed consolidated statements of income. A summary
of discontinued operations is as follows (in thousands of dollars):
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
||||||||||
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
||||||||||
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||||||
Revenues |
$ |
- |
$ |
2,036 |
$ |
1,278 |
$ |
10,740 |
||||
Operating expenses |
- |
(2,969) |
(1,309) |
(18,416) |
||||||||
Other expense |
- |
(61) |
(25) |
(128) |
||||||||
Gain (loss) on disposal |
- |
14,476 |
(2,877) |
14,476 |
||||||||
Pre-tax income (losses) |
- |
13,482 |
(2,933) |
6,672 |
||||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
- |
(1,985) |
3,000 |
529 |
||||||||
Income from discontinued operations |
$ |
- |
$ |
11,497 |
$ |
67 |
$ |
7,201 |
||||
The assets and liabilities of
IDACOMM were classified as held for sale on IDACORP's condensed consolidated
balance sheet at December 31, 2006. A summary of the components of assets and
liabilities held for sale is as follows (in thousands of dollars):
|
|
|
December 31, |
||||
|
|
|
2006 |
||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets |
$ |
3,326 |
|||||
Property and investments |
20,789 |
||||||
Other assets |
287 |
||||||
Total assets |
$ |
24,402 |
|||||
Liabilities |
|||||||
Current liabilities |
$ |
2,606 |
|||||
Other liabilities |
8,773 |
||||||
Total liabilities |
$ |
11,379 |
|||||
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 September 30, 2007, and the related
condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the
three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and of
cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. These
interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
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, 2006, and the related consolidated statements
of income, comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the
year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 28,
2007, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial
statements, which included an explanatory paragraph related to the adoption of
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
as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in
relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boise, Idaho
October 30, 2007
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
September 30, 2007, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income
and comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2007 and 2006, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2007 and 2006. These interim financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's 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, 2006, 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 28, 2007, we expressed an unqualified opinion on
those consolidated financial statements, which included an explanatory
paragraph related to the adoption of 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, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to
the consolidated balance sheet and statement of capitalization from which it
has been derived.
DELOITTE
& TOUCHE LLP
Boise, Idaho
October 30, 2007
ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
(Dollar
amounts and megawatt-hours (MWh) are in thousands unless otherwise indicated).
INTRODUCTION:
In Management's 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.
IDACORP's other subsidiaries
include:
In the second quarter of
2006, IDACORP management designated the operations of IDACORP Technologies,
Inc. (ITI) and IDACOMM, Inc. (IDACOMM) as assets held for sale, as defined by
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144. IDACORP's condensed
consolidated financial statements reflect the reclassification of the results
of these businesses as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Discontinued operations are discussed in more detail in Note 9 to IDACORP's and
IPC's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and later in the MD&A.
On July 20, 2006, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of ITI to IdaTech UK
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investec Group Investments (UK) Limited.
On February 23, 2007, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of IDACOMM to
American Fiber Systems, Inc.
While reading the MD&A,
please refer to the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
This discussion updates the MD&A included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, and June 30, 2007, 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 IDACORP's or IPC's control and may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking statements:
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.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW:
Third
Quarter and Year-to-Date 2007 Financial Results
A summary of IDACORP's net
income and earnings per diluted share is as follows:
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2006 |
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$ |
28,931 |
$ |
43,989 |
$ |
72,044 |
$ |
89,321 |
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outstanding - diluted (000's) |
44,543 |
42,863 |
44,080 |
42,710 |
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Earnings per diluted share |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
1.03 |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
2.09 |
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The key factors affecting the
change in IDACORP's net income for the third quarter and year-to-date 2007
include (amounts shown are net of income taxes):
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2006 |
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Net income |
$ |
24,108 |
$ |
30,389 |
$ |
63,603 |
$ |
77,022 |
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IDACORP Weighted average common |
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shares outstanding - diluted (000's) |
44,543 |
42,863 |
44,080 |
42,710 |
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Earnings per diluted share |
$ |
0.54 |
$ |
0.71 |
$ |
1.44 |
$ |
1.80 |
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The key factors affecting the
decrease in IPC's net income for the third quarter and year-to-date 2007
include (amounts shown are net of income taxes):
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The following discussion includes
financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP), as well as one other financial measure, electric utility margin,
that is considered a "non-GAAP financial measure" as defined in accordance with
SEC rules. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a
company's financial performance, financial position or cash flows that exclude
(or include) amounts that are included in (or excluded from) the most directly
comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. This
non-GAAP financial measure reflects an additional way of viewing an aspect of
IPC's operations that, when viewed with IPC's GAAP results and the accompanying
reconciliation to electric utility operating income, the corresponding GAAP
financial measure, may provide a more complete understanding of factors and
trends affecting IPC's business. Management uses this measure, in addition to
GAAP measures, in evaluating the performance and outlook of IPC, and therefore
believes investors should have similar data when making decisions. Electric
utility margin is used by IPC to help determine whether IPC is collecting the
appropriate amount of energy costs from its customers to allow recovery of
operating costs. Electric utility margin helps management understand the
regulatory portions of business and the effects of regulatory mechanisms. The
primary limitation associated with the use of this non-GAAP measure is that IPC's
electric utility margin measure may not be comparable to other companies' electric
utility margin measure. When evaluating and conducting business, management is
not burdened with the limitations of the non-GAAP financial measure since the
limitations pertain primarily to comparisons outside IPC. For external users,
the non-GAAP financial measure provides additional information to IPC's GAAP
disclosures and users can assess which information best suits their needs. Furthermore,
this measure is not intended to replace operating income as determined in
accordance with GAAP as an indicator of operating performance.
The calculations of IPC's electric
utility margin are as follows:
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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General business revenue |
$ |
211,873 |
$ |
179,411 |
$ |
511,337 |
$ |
500,803 |
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PCA amortization |
(3,238) |
3,779 |
2,504 |
(571) |
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Other revenues amortization |
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Irrigation load reduction |
- |
118 |
- |
(5,400) |
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Rate case tax settlement |
- |
100 |
- |
(4,745) |
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Adjusted general business revenue |
208,635 |
183,408 |
513,841 |
490,087 |
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Power supply costs: |
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Sales for resale |
34,843 |
39,692 |
129,859 |
219,531 |
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Purchased power |
(110,108) |
(98,926) |
(241,393) |
(229,659) |
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Fuel |
(43,291) |
(34,933) |
(101,724) |
(83,856) |
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PCA deferral |
46,987 |
51,216 |
104,953 |
7,499 |
||||||
Net power supply costs |
(71,569) |
(42,951) |
(108,305) |
(86,485) |
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Third party transmission expense |
(4,851) |
(2,874) |
(9,383) |
(6,583) |
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Other revenues (excluding DSM) |
9,493 |
9,478 |
28,806 |
26,732 |
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Electric utility margin |
$ |
141,708 |
$ |
147,061 |
$ |
424,959 |
$ |
423,751 |
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The following reconciles
electric utility margin to electric utility operating income (GAAP):
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Electric utility margin |
$ |
141,708 |
$ |
147,061 |
$ |
424,959 |
$ |
423,751 |
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Other operations and maintenance |
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transmission expense) |
(64,303) |
(59,521) |
(206,487) |
(187,326) |
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Gain on sale of emission allowances |
1,872 |
22 |
2,754 |
8,258 |
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Depreciation |
(25,967) |
(25,289) |
(76,870) |
(74,471) |
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Taxes other than income taxes |
(4,714) |
(4,057) |
(14,267) |
(15,957) |
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Operating income - electric utility (GAAP) |
$ |
48,596 |
$ |
58,216 |
$ |
130,089 |
$ |
154,255 |
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Hydroelectric generating
conditions
Significantly below normal winter
precipitation and stream flow conditions has resulted in below average
hydroelectric generation through September 2007 of 4.9 million MWh compared to
7.7 million MWh for the same period in 2006. On August 1, 2007, the National
Weather Service's Northwest River Forecast Center (RFC) reported that Brownlee
reservoir inflow for April through July 2007 was 2.8 maf, or just 44 percent of
the RFC average. As of October 21, 2007, storage in selected federal
reservoirs upstream of Brownlee was 55 percent of average. With current and
forecasted stream flow conditions, IPC expects to generate between 6.0 and 6.5
million MWh from its hydroelectric facilities in 2007, compared to 9.2 million
MWh in 2006.
Because of its reliance on
hydroelectric generation, IPC's operations can be significantly affected by
weather conditions. The availability of hydroelectric power depends on the
amount of snow pack in the mountains upstream of IPC's hydroelectric
facilities, springtime snow pack run-off, rainfall and other weather and stream
flow management considerations. During low water years, when stream flows into
IPC's hydroelectric projects are reduced, IPC's hydroelectric generation is
reduced. This results in less generation from IPC's 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 net power supply costs.
Power Cost Adjustment
On June 1, 2007, IPC implemented its
annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA), which results in a $77.5 million, or 14.5
percent on average, increase in the rates of Idaho customers. The increase in
rates is a direct result of significantly below normal winter precipitation and
deteriorated stream flow conditions during the first half of 2007. In years
where water is plentiful and IPC can fully utilize its extensive hydroelectric
system, power production costs are lower and IPC can pass those benefits to its
customers in the form of rate reductions. In years when water is in short
supply, as it was this past winter, the higher costs of supplying power by
other means are shared with IPC's customers.
General Rate Case filing
On June 8, 2007, IPC filed an
application with the IPUC requesting an average base rate increase of 10.35
percent for its Idaho customers. Base rates primarily reflect IPC's cost of
providing electrical service to its customers, including equipment and
infrastructure. IPC's proposal would increase revenues $63.9 million annually
and allow IPC to begin recovery of its capital investments and higher operating
costs. The application included a requested return on equity of 11.5 percent
and an overall rate of return of 8.561 percent. IPC had requested that the
rate increase become effective by January 2008; however, on October 19, the
procedural schedule for the case was extended for six weeks by mutual consent
of the parties. The extension allows other parties to the case to review IPC's
third quarter results before filing their testimony. IPUC Staff and intervenor
testimony will be filed by December 10, 2007. Hearings are scheduled in
January. Any rate change is now expected to become effective by February 2008.
Capital requirements
IPC is experiencing a cycle of heavy
infrastructure investment to address customer energy, capacity and reliability
needs and aging plant and equipment. IPC's aging hydroelectric and thermal
generation facilities require upgrades and component replacement. In addition,
costs related to relicensing hydroelectric facilities and complying with the
new licenses are substantial. Continuing load growth also requires that IPC
add to its transmission system and distribution facilities to provide new
service and to maintain reliability. Planned expenditures include distribution
lines for new and existing customers and several high-voltage transmission
lines.
July 2007 high
temperatures
IPC's service territory experienced
record-setting high temperatures during July 2007. Due to these weather
conditions and continued customer growth, IPC set three new all-time system
peaks between July 5 and July 13, 2007, with the highest, 3,193 MW, being set
on July 13, 2007. The previous hourly system peak of 3,084 MW was set in
2006. Although IPC was able to meet all of its load requirements during these
periods of increased demand, all available resources of IPC's system were fully
committed during several heavy load periods. The record-setting temperatures
also contributed to numerous wildfires throughout IPC's service area. Although
the wildfires damaged or destroyed several distribution and transmission
structures, the wildfires did not have a material impact to earnings in the
third quarter or year-to-date 2007.
IPC/PacifiCorp
(MidAmerican) Memorandum of Understanding
IPC and PacifiCorp are jointly
exploring a project, called the Gateway West Project, to build two 500-kV lines
between the Jim Bridger plant and Boise. The lines would be designed to
increase electrical transmission capacity across southern Idaho in response to
increasing customer demand and growth. If built, it is expected that the
majority of the project would be completed between 2012 and 2014, depending on
the timing of rights of way acquisition, siting and permitting, and construction
sequencing. IPC estimates that its share of project costs would be between
$800 million and $1.2 billion.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING
POLICIES AND ESTIMATES:
IDACORP's and IPC's
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 GAAP. 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.
IDACORP's and IPC's 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, 2006, and have not changed materially
from that discussion.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:
This section of the MD&A
takes a closer look at the significant factors that affected IDACORP's and IPC's
earnings during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. In this
analysis, the results for 2007 are compared to the same period in 2006.
The following table presents
the earnings (losses) for IDACORP's operating segments as well as the holding
company:
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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IPC - Utility operations |
$ |
24,108 |
$ |
30,389 |
$ |
63,603 |
$ |
77,022 |
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IDACORP Financial Services |
1,752 |
2,116 |
5,374 |
6,347 |
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Ida-West Energy |
993 |
1,079 |
2,034 |
2,441 |
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IDACORP Energy |
2 |
(54) |
(75) |
(166) |
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Holding Company |
2,076 |
(1,038) |
1,041 |
(3,524) |
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Income from continuing operations |
28,931 |
32,492 |
71,977 |
82,120 |
||||||||
Income from discontinued operations |
- |
11,497 |
67 |
7,201 |
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Net income |
$ |
28,931 |
$ |
43,989 |
$ |
72,044 |
$ |
89,321 |
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Average common shares outstanding (diluted) |
44,543 |
42,863 |
44,080 |
42,710 |
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Diluted earnings per share: |
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Income from continuing operations |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
0.76 |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
1.92 |
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Income from discontinued operations |
$ |
- |
$ |
0.27 |
$ |
- |
$ |
0.17 |
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Diluted earnings per share |
$ |
0.65 |
$ |
1.03 |
$ |
1.63 |
$ |
2.09 |
Utility Operations
Operating
environment: IPC is one of the
nation's few investor-owned utilities with a predominantly hydroelectric
generating base. Because of its reliance on hydroelectric generation, IPC's
generation operations can be significantly affected by weather conditions. The
availability of hydroelectric power depends on the amount of snow pack in the
mountains upstream of IPC's hydroelectric facilities, springtime snow pack run-off,
rainfall and other weather and stream flow management considerations. During
low water years, when stream flows into IPC's hydroelectric projects are
reduced, IPC's hydroelectric generation is reduced. This results in less
generation from IPC's resource portfolio (hydroelectric, coal-fired and gas-fired)
available for off-system sales and, most likely, an increased use of typically
more expensive 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 net 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 IPC's 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
the 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. IPC's
energy risk management policy, unit operating requirements and other
obligations provide the framework for the plans.
The following table presents
IPC's power supply for the three and nine month periods ended September 30:
MWh |
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Thermal |
|
Total system |
|
Purchased |
|
|
||
Generation |
Generation |
|
Generation |
|
Power |
|
Total |
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1,499 |
2,133 |
3,632 |
1,693 |
5,325 |
||||
September 30, 2006 |
1,821 |
2,082 |
3,903 |
1,427 |
5,330 |
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September 30, 2007 |
4,884 |
5,341 |
10,225 |
4,195 |
14,420 |
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September 30, 2006 |
7,687 |
5,020 |
12,707 |
4,130 |
16,837 |
Significantly
below normal winter precipitation and stream flow conditions have resulted in
below average hydroelectric generation through September 2007 of 4.9 million
MWh compared to 7.7 million MWh for the same nine month period in 2006. On
August 1, 2007, the RFC reported that Brownlee reservoir inflow for April
through July 2007 was 2.8 maf, or just 44 percent of the RFC average. As of October
21, 2007, storage in selected federal reservoirs upstream of Brownlee was 55
percent of average. With current and forecasted stream flow conditions, IPC
expects to generate between 6.0 and 6.5 million MWh from its hydroelectric
facilities in 2007, compared to 9.2 million MWh in 2006.
IPC's system load peaks in
the summer and winter, with the larger peak demand occurring in the summer.
IPC's record system peak of 3,193 MW occurred on July 13, 2007. Although IPC
was able to meet system load requirements, all available resources of IPC's
system were fully committed during several heavy load periods.
General
business revenue: The following table presents IPC's general business
revenues, MWh sales, average number of customers and Boise, Idaho weather
conditions for the three and nine months ended September 30:
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Revenue |
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Residential |
$ |
83,066 |
$ |
72,550 |
$ |
224,534 |
$ |
224,992 |
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Commercial |
50,481 |
41,700 |
126,671 |
125,241 |
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Industrial |
28,875 |
24,055 |
74,269 |
80,947 |
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Irrigation |
49,451 |
41,106 |
85,863 |
69,623 |
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Total |
$ |
211,873 |
$ |
179,411 |
$ |
511,337 |
$ |
500,803 |
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MWh |
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Residential |
1,301 |
1,249 |
3,832 |
3,689 |
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Commercial |
1,077 |
1,009 |
2,959 |
2,794 |
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Industrial |
869 |
875 |
2,576 |
2,597 |
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Irrigation |
1,042 |
987 |
1,862 |
1,593 |
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Total |
4,289 |
4,120 |
11,229 |
10,673 |
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Customers (average) |
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Residential |
398,322 |
389,379 |
396,357 |
386,122 |
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Commercial |
61,939 |
59,202 |
61,321 |
58,727 |
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Industrial |
127 |
131 |
127 |
132 |
||||||||||
Irrigation |
18,128 |
18,219 |
18,014 |
18,093 |
||||||||||
Total |
478,516 |
466,931 |
475,819 |
463,074 |
||||||||||
Heating degree-days |
100 |
114 |
3,009 |
3,115 |
||||||||||
Cooling degree-days |
1,001 |
940 |
1,286 |
1,209 |
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Precipitation (inches) |
0.71 |
0.42 |
4.72 |
8.62 |
Heating and cooling degree-days
are common measures used in the utility industry to analyze the demand for
electricity and indicate when customers would use electricity for heating and
air conditioning. A degree-day measures how much the average daily 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.
General business revenue
increased $32.5 million and $10.5 million for the third quarter and year-to-date
2007, respectively, primarily attributable to three factors: 1) the effects of the
base and PCA rate changes for the current and prior years; 2) higher customer
usage; and 3) continued customer growth.
Customer Base |
Quarter Change % |
Annual Change % |
Residential |
2.3 |
2.7 |
Commercial |
4.3 |
4.1 |
Industrial |
(2.8) |
(3.9) |
Irrigation |
(0.5) |
(0.4) |
Overall weighted total |
2.5 |
2.8 |
Off-system sales: Off-system sales consist primarily of long-term
sales contracts and opportunity sales of surplus system energy. The following
table presents IPC's off-system sales for the three and nine months ended
September 30:
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|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||||
Revenue |
$ |
34,843 |
$ |
39,692 |
$ |
129,859 |
$ |
219,531 |
||
MWh sold |
620 |
790 |
2,110 |
5,077 |
||||||
Revenue per MWh |
$ |
56.20 |
$ |
50.22 |
$ |
61.54 |
$ |
43.24 |
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Deteriorated stream flow
conditions for the quarter and year-to-date significantly decreased
hydroelectric generation and electricity available for surplus sales. Revenue
declines from lower sales volumes were moderated by higher prices. Prior year
prices were lower because of abundant energy supplies in the region. Beginning
in 2007, IPC is utilizing financial hedge instruments in addition to physical
forward power transactions for the purpose of mitigating price risk related to
conforming to IPC's energy risk management policy, managing IPC's energy portfolio
to meet customer load, and reacting to changes in market conditions to minimize
net power supply costs.
Other revenues: The following table presents the components of other
revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30:
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|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
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Transmission services and property rental |
$ |
9,215 |
$ |
10,210 |
$ |
29,499 |
$ |
27,639 |
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DSM revenues |
4,307 |
- |
8,970 |
- |
||||||||
Rate case tax settlement |
- |
100 |
- |
(4,745) |
||||||||
Irrigation load reduction |
- |
118 |
- |
(5,400) |
||||||||
Provision for rate refund |
278 |
(732) |
(693) |
(907) |
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Total |
$ |
13,800 |
$ |
9,696 |
$ |
37,776 |
$ |
16,587 |
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Beginning in January 2007, a
new IPUC accounting order became effective for the treatment of IPC's DSM
expenses. DSM costs are recorded in Other operations and maintenance expenses
and are offset by the same amount recorded in Other revenues resulting in no
net effect on earnings. See "Other operations and maintenance expenses."
Other revenues remained
relatively flat and increased $12.2 million (excluding $4.3 million and $9.0
million of DSM revenue) as compared to the third quarter and year-to-date 2006,
respectively. For the quarter, a $1.0 million
decrease in transmission services and property rental, primarily due to a
reduction in wheeling revenues, was offset by a $1.0 million change in the
provision for rate refund. The fluctuation in the provision for rate refund
was due primarily to a true up of the liability because of an agreement with intervenors,
and a judge's decision on the applicable rate. The year-to-date
increase is primarily due to a $10.1 million increase from the completed
amortization of tax settlement and irrigation lost revenue accruals. From June
2005 to May 2006 IPC was collecting and recording in general business revenues,
with a corresponding reduction to Other revenues, amounts related to a 2003
Idaho general rate case tax settlement and amounts related to an irrigation
load reduction program. Revenues for the rate case tax settlement were accrued
from September 2004 to May 2005. Higher wheeling revenues also contributed
$2.5 million to the increase in year-to-date Other revenues.
Purchased power: The following table presents IPC's purchased power
for the three and nine months ended September 30:
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2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|||
Purchases |
$ |
110,108 |
$ |
98,926 |
$ |
241,393 |
$ |
229,659 |
|||
MWh purchased |
1,693 |
1,427 |
4,195 |
4,130 |
|||||||
Cost per MWh purchased |
$ |
65.04 |
$ |
69.33 |
$ |
57.54 |
$ |
55.61 |
|||
The MWhs purchased for the
quarter were up compared to the same period last year due to less water
available for hydroelectric generation and record peak loads during July and
August. The cost per MWh purchased was down from last year due to forward
purchases made in late 2005 for the summer of 2006, as required by the risk
management policy, which turned out to be high priced compared to actual market
prices during the summer of 2006. Despite market prices being higher in 2007
due to poor hydrologic conditions, they were lower than for the 2006 forward
purchases. The year-to-date increase is due to more wholesale energy purchases
required compared to 2006 due to less water available for hydroelectric
generation and record peak loads during July and August. Beginning in 2007,
IPC is utilizing financial hedge instruments in addition to physical forward
power transactions for the purpose of mitigating price risk related to
conforming to IPC's energy risk management policy, managing IPC's energy
portfolio to meet customer load, and reacting to changes in market conditions
to minimize net power supply costs.
Fuel expense: The following table presents IPC's fuel expenses and
generation at its thermal generating plants for the three and nine months ended
September 30:
|
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
|||||||
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|||||||
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
||
Fuel expense |
$ |
43,291 |
$ |
34,933 |
$ |
101,724 |
$ |
83,856 |
||
Thermal MWh generated |
2,133 |
2,082 |
5,341 |
5,020 |
||||||
Cost per MWh |
$ |
20.30 |
$ |
16.78 |
$ |
19.05 |
$ |
16.70 |
||
Fuel expense increased in
large part due to increased utilization of gas-fired resources, a result of
poor hydroelectric generating conditions. Gas usage at the Bennett Mountain
facility was a major component of the increase. Bennett Mountain comprised six
percent and three percent of thermal generation for the third quarter and year-to-date
2007, respectively, as compared to one percent in both the third quarter and
year-to-date 2006. Fuel costs for Bennett Mountain were $9.4 million and $13.6
million in the third quarter and year-to-date 2007, respectively, as compared
to $1.1 million and $3.1 million for the third quarter and year-to-date 2006.
PCA: PCA expense represents the effects of IPC's PCA
regulatory mechanism in Idaho and Oregon deferrals of net power supply costs,
which are discussed in more detail below in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Deferred
(Accrued) Net Power Supply Costs."
In the third quarter of 2007,
lower off-system sales, coupled with increased coal and natural gas
utilization, caused a significant increase in net power supply costs (fuel and
purchased power less off-system sales) over the amounts in the annual PCA forecast.
This increase in net power supply costs was largely a result of deteriorated
hydroelectric generating conditions in 2007, resulting in the deferral of costs
which will be recovered in subsequent rate years. As the deferred costs are
recovered in rates, the deferred balances are amortized.
The following table presents
the components of PCA expense for the three and nine months ended September 30:
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
|||||||||
|
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
||||||||
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
2006 |
|||||
Current year power supply cost deferral |
$ |
(46,987) |
$ |
(51,216) |
$ |
(104,953) |
$ |
(7,499) |
|||
Amortization of prior year authorized balances |
3,238 |
(3,779) |
(2,504) |
571 |
|||||||
Total power cost adjustment |
$ |
(43,749) |
$ |
(54,995) |
$ |
(107,457) |
$ |
(6,928) |
|||
Other operations and
maintenance expenses: Other
operations and maintenance expenses increased $6.8 million, or ten percent, and
$22.0 million, or eleven percent, (excluding $4.3 million and $9 million of DSM
costs) as compared to the third quarter and year-to-date 2006, respectively.
The increase was attributable to the following factors:
Regulatory commission expenses increased $4.2 million, and $4.6 million, as compared to the third quarter and year-to-date 2006, respectively. In August 2006, FERC fee accruals of $3 million were reversed after a favorable lawsuit judgment;
Transmission O&M expenses increased $2.2 million, and $3.4 million, as compared to the third quarter and year-to-date 2006, respectively, due to higher third party transmission costs;
Thermal O&M expenses increased $3.2 million, as compared to year-to-date 2006. While much of this increase was due to a planned increase in maintenance activity, the increase also occurred due to unanticipated overhaul costs during the annual outages in the first half of the year;
Hydroelectric O&M expenses increased $2.2 million as compared to year-to-date 2006 due to the booking of American Falls bond principal amortization that resumed in the fourth quarter of 2006, additional FERC hydro license compliance costs, FERC required inspection costs, and general labor cost increases; and
The FCA accrual, which began in 2007, was $1.7 million year-to-date.
Demand-side management: Beginning in January 2007, a new IPUC accounting
order became effective for the treatment of IPC's DSM expenses. DSM costs were
recorded in Other operations and maintenance expenses and were offset by the
same amount recorded in Other revenues, resulting in no net effect on earnings.
IPC's DSM programs provide
opportunities for all customer classes to balance their energy needs with best-practice
energy usage to minimize consumption while realizing the benefits of reliable
electrical service. IPC's 2006 IRP laid the groundwork for the planning and
implementation of future programs, including the addition of three new DSM
programs. In addition to the DSM programs identified in the 2006 IRP, IPC has
also continued to pursue other customer-focused DSM initiatives, including
conservation programs and educational opportunities.
Gain on the sale of
emission allowances: Gain on sale of
emission allowances increased $1.9 million and decreased $5.5 million as
compared to the third quarter and year-to-date 2006, respectively. The quarter
increase is due to a lack of sales of excess SO2 emission allowances
in the third quarter of 2006. The year-to-date change is due to recording the
gain on the sale of 78,000 SO2 emission allowances in 2006 as
compared to 35,000 in the same period of 2007.
Non-utility operations
IFS: IFS contributed $1.8 million and $5.4 million in the
third quarter and year-to-date 2007, respectively, a decrease of $0.4 million
and $1.0 million from the same periods in 2006. IFS' 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 generated $3.6 million and $10.9
million of tax credits in the third quarter of 2007 and year-to-date 2007,
respectively. There were no additional investments in affordable housing for
the third quarter or year-to-date 2007.
Discontinued Operations: In the second quarter of 2006, IDACORP management
designated the operations of ITI and IDACOMM as assets held for sale, as
defined by SFAS 144. The operations of these entities are presented as
discontinued operations in IDACORP's financial statements.
On July 20, 2006, IDACORP
completed the sale of all of the outstanding common stock of ITI to IdaTech UK
Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Investec Group Investments (UK) Limited.
On February 23, 2007, IDACORP completed the sale of all of the outstanding
common stock of IDACOMM to American Fiber Systems, Inc. The following is a
summary of the discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30:
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
|||||||||||
September 30, |
|
September 30, |
|||||||||||
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Revenues |
$ |
- |
$ |
2,036 |
$ |
1,278 |
$ |
10,740 |
|||||
Operating expenses |
- |
(2,969) |
(1,309) |
(18,416) |
|||||||||
Other expense |
- |
(61) |
(25) |
(128) |
|||||||||
Gain (loss) on disposal |
- |
14,476 |
(2,877) |
14,476 |
|||||||||
Pre-tax income (losses) |
- |
13,482 |
(2,933) |
6,672 |
|||||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
- |
(1,985) |
3,000 |
529 |
|||||||||
Income from discontinued |
|||||||||||||
operations |
$ |
- |
$ |
11,497 |
$ |
67 |
$ |
7,201 |
|||||
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. IDACORP's effective rate on continuing
operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, was 15.2 percent,
compared to 24.1 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. IPC's
effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, was 34.1
percent, compared to 38.5 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
The differences in estimated
annual effective tax rates are primarily due to the decrease in pre-tax
earnings at IDACORP and IPC, timing and amount of IPC's regulatory flow-through
tax adjustments, and lower tax credits from IFS.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES:
Operating cash flows
IDACORP's and IPC's operating cash
flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, were $47 million, and $42
million, respectively. Compared to 2006, operating cash flows decreased
approximately $123 million and $91 million for IDACORP and IPC, respectively.
The decreases are primarily the result of power supply costs deferred for
future recovery under IPC's PCA mechanism, partially offset by decreased income
tax payments of $39 million and $61 million for IDACORP and IPC, respectively.
Investing cash flows
IDACORP's and IPC's investing cash
outflows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, were $179 million and
$230 million, respectively, compared to $146 million and $168 million,
respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. Utility
construction at IPC accounted for the majority of its cash outflows. For
IDACORP, IPC's investing outflows were partially offset by $7 million cash
received from the sale of IDACOMM in 2007. Cash inflows from emission
allowance sales were $20 million and $11 million in 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
Financing cash flows
IDACORP's and IPC's financing cash
inflows for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, were $138 million and
$190 million, respectively, compared to cash outflows of $68 million and $11
million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The
increases in financing cash flows are due to the issuance of $140 million of first
mortgage bonds at IPC and common stock issuances at IDACORP, and the fluctuations
in short-term debt.
Debt
issuances: On June 22, 2007, IPC
issued $140 million of its 6.30% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term
Notes, Series F, due June 15, 2037. IPC used the net proceeds to pay down
outstanding commercial paper, which had increased to $164 million in June 2007
because of capital expenditures and reduced operating cash flows.
On
October 18, 2007, IPC issued $100 million of its 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured
Medium-Term Notes, Series G, due October 15, 2037. IPC will use the net
proceeds to retire $80 million of 7.38% First Mortgage Bonds due December 1,
2007, and to pay down outstanding commercial paper.
Equity
Issuances: From June to September
2007, IDACORP received $28.5 million from the issuance of 881,337 shares of
common stock under its Continuous Equity Program (CEP). The average price of
these issuances was $32.32.
Under
IDACORP's dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan and employee savings
plan, IDACORP issued 192,693 common shares for proceeds of $6.2 million.
Discontinued operations
Cash flows from discontinued
operations are included with the cash flows from continuing operations in
IDACORP's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The cash flows of IDACORP's
discontinued operations have reduced net cash provided by operating activities
and increased net cash used in investing activities, except for the cash
received in February 2007 from the sale of IDACOMM and in July 2006 from the
sale of ITI. The absence of cash flows from these discontinued operations is
expected to positively impact liquidity and capital resources in future periods.
Capital requirements
IDACORP's internal cash
generation after dividends is expected to provide less than the full amount of
total capital requirements for 2007 through 2009, where capital requirements
are defined as utility construction expenditures, excluding Allowance for Funds
Used During Construction (AFDC), plus other regulated and non-regulated
investments. This excludes mandatory or optional principal payments on debt
obligations. As discussed in IDACORP's 2006 Form 10-K, IDACORP may fund
capital requirements with a combination of internally generated funds, the use
of revolving credit facilities and the issuance of long-term debt and equity.
Long-term Financing
IPC has fully utilized the existing
registration statement capacity for first mortgage bonds. The IPC Board of
Directors has authorized the registration of an additional $350 million in first
mortgage bonds and other debt securities.
Credit Facilities
On April 25, 2007, IDACORP entered
into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (IDACORP Facility) with Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC
issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Keybank National
Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation
agents, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
joint lead arrangers and joint book runners, and the other financial
institutions party thereto, as lenders. The IDACORP Facility amended and
restated a $150 million five-year facility that would have expired on March 31,
2010.
The
IDACORP Facility is a $100 million five-year credit agreement that terminates
on April 25, 2012. The IDACORP Facility, which will be used for general
corporate purposes and commercial paper backup, 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 September 30, 2007, no loans were outstanding on
IDACORP's Facility and no commercial paper was outstanding. As of October 29,
2007, no commercial paper was outstanding.
On April 25, 2007, IPC
entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (IPC Facility) with
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender
and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, Keybank
National Association, US Bank National Association and Bank of America, N.A.,
as documentation agents, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners, and the other
financial institutions party thereto, as lenders. The IPC Facility amended and
restated a $200 million five-year credit facility that would have expired on
March 31, 2010.
The IPC Facility is a $300
million five-year credit agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. The IPC
Facility, which will be used for general corporate purposes and commercial
paper backup, 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 September 30, 2007, no
loans were outstanding on IPC's Facility and $145 million of commercial paper
was outstanding. As of October 29, 2007, commercial paper outstanding was $93
million.
The IDACORP Facility and the
IPC Facility both contain a covenant requiring each 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 September 30, 2007, the leverage ratios for IDACORP and IPC were 52
and 54 percent, respectively. At September 30, 2007, IDACORP was in compliance
with all other covenants of the IDACORP Facility and IPC was in compliance with
all other covenants of the IPC Facility. See IDACORP's and IPC's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2007, for a discussion of the terms of the
IDACORP Facility and the IPC Facility.
Contractual obligations
There have been no material changes
in contractual obligations, outside of the ordinary course of business, since
December 31, 2006, except for power purchase agreements entered into by IPC
with Telocaset Wind Power Partners, LLC, and Raft River Energy I, LLC. The
agreement with Telocaset Wind Power Partners, LLC, was approved by the IPUC on
February 27, 2007 the agreement with Raft River Energy I, LLC, has been filed
with the IPUC and is pending approval. These commitments will result in an
increase to our contractual obligations previously disclosed in IDACORP's and
IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, for
periods beyond fiscal year 2007. Purchased power and transmission agreements
are expected to increase $16 million in fiscal year 2008, an aggregate $43
million in fiscal years 2009 and 2010, an aggregate $46 million in fiscal years
2011 and 2012, and $487 million thereafter. These contracts are discussed more
fully in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Integrated Resource Plan." The adoption of FIN
48, effective January 1, 2007, was not material to IDACORP's or IPC's contractual
obligations. Under FIN 48, certain liabilities related to uncertain tax
positions have been recognized. See Note 2 to IDACORP's and IPC's Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of FIN 48.
Credit ratings
On September 6, 2007, S&P
announced that it had modified the criteria related to assigning ratings on
first mortgage bonds (senior secured debt) that are higher than a company's
corporate credit rating. As a result, IPC's senior secured debt ratings
improved from A- to A. All other S&P credit ratings for IDACORP and IPC
remain unchanged.
Access to capital markets at a reasonable cost is determined in large part by
credit quality. The following table outlines the current S&P, Moody's and
Fitch ratings of IDACORP's and IPC's securities:
|
S&P |
Moody's |
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 |
(prelim) |
(prelim) |
|||||
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 |
Negative |
Negative |
Stable |
Stable |
Stable |
Stable |
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.
LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUES:
Legal and Other
Proceedings
Reference is made to IDACORP's and
IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June
30, 2007, 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.
Wah
Chang: Wah Chang's appeal to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of the February 11, 2005, dismissal
of the case by the Honorable Robert H. Whaley, sitting by designation in the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, was orally argued
on April 10, 2007. The matter now awaits decision by the Ninth Circuit.
IDACORP, IPC and IE intend to vigorously defend their position in this
proceeding and believe this matter will not have a material adverse effect on
their consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows.
Western
Energy Proceedings at the FERC:
California Refund: 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. That plan included the potential for orders
directing electricity sellers into California from October 2, 2000 through June
20, 2001 to refund the portions of their spot market sales prices if the FERC
determined that those prices were not just and reasonable, and therefore not in
compliance with the Federal Power Act. On July 25, 2001, the FERC issued an
order initiating the California Refund proceeding including evidentiary
hearings to determine the scope and methodology for determining refunds. 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, 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. A number of other parties, representing substantially less than the
majority of potential refund claims, chose to opt out of the Settlement. After
consideration of comments, the FERC approved the Offer of Settlement on May 22,
2006.
On June 21, 2006, the Port of
Seattle, Washington filed a request for rehearing of the FERC order approving
the Settlement. The FERC issued an order on October 5, 2006, denying the Port
of Seattle's request for rehearing. On October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle
petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for review of the
FERC orders approving the Settlement. Initially, the Ninth Circuit
consolidated that review petition with the large number of review petitions
already consolidated before it and stayed further action on the consolidated
cases while the court's mediator and FERC representatives work on achieving
settlements with other parties. On October 25, 2007, the court issued an order
that lifted its stay as to the review of the Port of Seattle's petition of the
FERC's orders approving the February 17, 2006 offer of settlement as well as
Port of Seattle's petitions for review of orders approving the settlements of
two other sellers. The court's order also established a consolidated briefing
schedule for these three cases with initial briefs due by January 28, 2008 and
final briefs due at the end of July 2008. A date for argument has not been
set. IPC and IE are unable to predict when or how the Ninth Circuit might rule
on these consolidated petitions for review filed by Port of Seattle.
Market Manipulation: As part of the California and Pacific Northwest
Refund proceedings, the FERC issued orders permitting discovery and the
submission of evidence regarding market manipulation by sellers during the
western energy crisis of 2000 and 2001. On June 25, 2003, the FERC ordered a
large number of parties, including IPC, to show cause why certain trading
practices did not constitute "gaming" or anomalous market behavior ("partnership")
in violation of the California Independent System Operator and California Power
Exchange Tariffs. On October 16, 2003, IPC reached agreement with the FERC
Staff on the show cause orders. The "gaming" settlement was approved by the
FERC on March 4, 2004. Originally, eight parties sought rehearing of the "gaming"
settlement. The FERC approved the motion to dismiss the "partnership"
proceeding on January 23, 2004.
On October 11, 2006, the FERC
issued an Order denying rehearing of its earlier approval of the "gaming"
Settlement. On October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle, Washington appealed to
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit FERC's denial of its request
for rehearing of its order granting approval of the settlement of the gaming
allegations against IE and IPC. On November 17, 2006, the Ninth Circuit
consolidated the Port of Seattle's review petition with a large number of
review petitions previously consolidated and has stayed further action on the
consolidated cases while the court's mediator and FERC representatives work on
achieving settlements with other parties. The Ninth Circuit establishment of a
briefing schedule for the settlements discussed above does not apply to the "gaming"
settlement.
In addition, a number of
parties have petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contending that the
scope of the show cause proceedings was too narrow, but these petitions have
been stayed. IE and IPC are unable to predict the outcome of these matters.
Pacific
Northwest Refund: On June 19, 2001,
the FERC expanded its price mitigation plan for the California Wholesale
electricity market discussed above under "California Refund" to the entire
western electrically interconnected system. This expansion led to the Pacific
Northwest Refund proceeding. On September 24, 2001, the FERC Administrative
Law Judge submitted recommendations and findings to the FERC finding that
prices in the Pacific Northwest during the December 25, 2000 through June 20,
2001 time period should be governed by the Mobile-Sierra standard of public
interest rather than the just and reasonable standard, that the Pacific
Northwest spot markets were competitive and that no refunds should be allowed.
The FERC declined to order refunds on June 25, 2003 and multiple parties then
appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. IE and IPC were parties in the
FERC proceeding and are participating in the appeal. On August 24, 2007, the
court filed an opinion in the appeal, remanding to the FERC the orders that
declined to require refunds. The court's opinion instructed the FERC to
consider whether evidence of market manipulation submitted by the petitioners
for the period January 1, 2000 to June 21, 2001 would have altered the agency's
conclusions about refunds and directed the FERC to include sales to the
California Department of Water Resources in the proceeding. On September 18,
2007, the court extended until November 16, 2007 the time for filing petitions
for rehearing to allow the parties time to assess settlement prospects and
directed Senior Judge Edward Leavey of the Ninth Circuit to initiate mediation
efforts. The stay also effectively defers the time in which the court's
mandate to the FERC might be issued. On October 25, 2007, Powerex Corp. filed
an unopposed motion to extend the date for seeking rehearing until December 17,
2007. IE and IPC are unable to predict the outcome of these matters. The
Settlement in the California Refund proceeding resolves all claims the
California Parties have against IE and IPC in the Pacific Northwest proceeding.
There are pending in the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit approximately 200 petitions for review
of numerous FERC orders regarding the Western energy matters of 2000 and 2001,
including the California refund proceeding, the structure and content of the
FERC's market-based rate regime, show cause orders respecting contentions of
market manipulation, and the Pacific Northwest proceedings. Decisions in any one
of 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
are unable to predict the outcome of any of these petitions for review.
Sierra Club Lawsuit-Bridger: In February 2007, the Sierra Club and the
Wyoming Outdoor Council filed a complaint against PacifiCorp in federal
district court in Cheyenne, Wyoming alleging violations of air quality opacity
standards at the Jim Bridger coal-fired plant (Plant) in Sweetwater County,
Wyoming. Opacity is an indication of the amount of light obscured in the flue
gas of a power plant. A formal answer to the complaint was filed by PacifiCorp
on April 2, 2007, in which PacifiCorp denied almost all of the allegations and asserted
a number of affirmative defenses. IPC is not a party to this proceeding but
has a one-third ownership interest in the Plant. PacifiCorp owns a two-thirds
interest and is the operator of the Plant. The complaint alleges thousands of
opacity permit limit violations by PacifiCorp and seeks a declaration that
PacifiCorp has violated opacity limits, a permanent injunction ordering
PacifiCorp to comply with such limits, civil penalties of up to $32,500 per day
per violation and the plaintiff's costs of litigation, including reasonable
attorney fees.
The U.S. District Court has
set this matter for trial commencing in April 2008. Discovery in the matter is
ongoing. In October 2007, the plaintiffs and defendant filed motions for
summary judgment on the alleged opacity permit violations. IPC continues to
monitor the status of this matter, but is unable to predict its outcome and is
unable to estimate what effect this matter may have 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 in this MD&A and in Note 5
to IDACORP's and IPC's 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.
Other Matters: The Bennett Mountain combustion turbine suffered a
mechanical failure on July 11, 2006. IPC's investigation revealed that during
construction a bolt was negligently installed by a third party. The bolt came
loose, causing extensive mechanical damage. The plant was down from July 12,
2006, through September 6, 2006. Earlier this year, IPC received reimbursement
for the bulk of the total repair costs from its insurance carrier and, with
regards to the remaining repair costs, has since reached an agreement in
principle with the third party which essentially makes IPC whole.
Environmental Issues
The section below summarizes and
provides an update of environmental issues as discussed in IDACORP's and IPC's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007.
Idaho Water Management
Issues: From 2000 through 2005, and
year-to-date 2007, below normal precipitation and stream flows 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 maf of water. These issues are of interest to IPC
because of their potential impacts on generation at IPC's hydroelectric
projects.
As a result of declines in
river flows, in 2003 several surface water users filed delivery calls with the
Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), demanding that it manage ground
water withdrawals 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 participate in these actions,
as necessary, to protect its water rights.
IPC, together with other
interested water users and state interests, also continues to explore and
encourage the development of a long-term management plan that will protect the
ESPA and the Snake River from further depletion. On February 14, 2007, the
Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB) presented the framework for an ESPA
management plan to the Idaho Legislature recommending the development of a
Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP). The proposed goal of the CAMP is
to sustain the economic viability and social and environmental health of the
ESPA by adaptively managing a balance between water use and supplies. The IWRB
estimates that the development of the CAMP will take 16 months. Through House
Concurrent Resolution 28 and House Bill 320, the Idaho Legislature appropriated
funds and directed the IWRB to proceed with the development of the CAMP.
Pursuant the IWRB recommendation in the CAMP Framework, an advisory committee
has been established to make recommendations to the IWRB on the development of
the CAMP. IPC sits on the CAMP advisory committee and will be working with the
IWRB on the development of the CAMP.
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. The initiation of the SRBA
resulted from the Swan Falls Agreement, an agreement entered into by IPC and
the Governor and Attorney General of Idaho in October 1984 to resolve
litigation relating to IPC's water rights at its Swan Falls project. IPC has
filed claims to its water rights for hydropower and other uses in the SRBA.
Other water users in the basin have also filed claims to water rights. Parties
to the SRBA may file objections to water right claims that adversely affect or
injure their claimed water rights and the court then adjudicates the claims and
objections and enters a decree defining a party's water right. IPC has filed
claims for all of its hydropower water rights in the SRBA, is actively protecting
those water rights, and is objecting to claims that may potentially injure or
affect those water rights. One such claim involves a notice of claim of
ownership filed on December 22, 2006, by the State of Idaho, for a portion of
the water rights held by IPC that are subject to the Swan Falls Agreement.
On May 10, 2007, in order to
protect its claims and the availability of water for power purposes at its
facilities, and in response to the claim of ownership filed by the State, IPC
filed a complaint and petition for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding
the status and nature of IPC's water rights and the respective rights and
responsibilities of the parties under the Swan Falls Agreement. The complaint
was filed in the Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial District, the
court with jurisdiction over the SRBA, against the State of Idaho, the
Governor, the Attorney General, the IDWR and the Director of the IDWR.
In conjunction with the
filing of the complaint and petition, IPC filed motions with the court to stay
all pending proceedings involving the water rights of IPC and to consolidate
those proceedings into a single action where all issues relating to the Swan
Falls Agreement can be determined.
IPC alleged in the complaint,
among other things, that contrary to the parties' belief at the time the Swan
Falls Agreement was entered into in 1984, the Snake River basin above Swan
Falls was over-appropriated and as a consequence there was not in 1984, and
there currently is not, water available for new upstream uses over and above
the minimum flows established by the Swan Falls Agreement; that because of this
mutual mistake of fact relating to the over-appropriation of the basin, the
Swan Falls Agreement should be reformed; that the State's December 22, 2006,
claim of ownership to IPC's water rights should be denied; and that the Swan
Falls Agreement did not subordinate IPC's water rights to aquifer recharge.
On May 30, 2007, the State
filed motions to dismiss IPC's complaint and petition. These motions were
briefed and, together with IPC's motions to stay and consolidate the
proceedings, were argued before the court on June 25, 2007.
On July 23, 2007, the court
issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the State's motion to
dismiss, consolidating the issues into a consolidated subcase before the court,
and providing for discovery during the objection period; a scheduling
conference is set for December 17, 2007. In its Order, the court denied the
majority of the State's motion to dismiss, refusing to dismiss the complaint
and finding that the court has jurisdiction to hear and determine virtually all
the issues raised by IPC's complaint that relate to IPC's water rights and the
effect of the Swan Falls Agreement upon those water rights. This includes the
issues of ownership, whether IPC's water rights are subordinated to recharge
and how those water rights are to be administered relative to other water
rights on the same or connected resources. The court did find that by virtue
of a state statute the IDWR, and its director, could not be parties to the SRBA
and therefore stayed IPC's claims against the IDWR and its director pending
resolution of the issues to be litigated in the SRBA, or until further order of
the court.
Consistent with IPC's motion
to consolidate and stay proceedings, the court consolidated all of the issues
associated with IPC's water rights before the court and stayed that proceeding
to allow other parties that may be affected by the litigation to file responses
or intervene in the consolidated proceedings by December 5, 2007. IPC is
unable to predict the outcome of the consolidated proceedings.
IPC has also recently filed two actions in the federal court, to enforce a
contract right for delivery of water to its hydropower projects on the Snake
River. In 1923, IPC and the United States entered into a contract that
facilitated the development of the American Falls Reservoir by the U.S. on the
Snake River in southeast Idaho. This 1923 contract entitles IPC to 45,000 acre-feet
of primary storage capacity in the Reservoir and 255,000 acre-feet of secondary
storage that was to be available to IPC between October 1 of any year and June
10 of the following year as necessary to maintain specified flows at IPC's Twin
Falls power plant below Milner Dam. The U.S. has failed to deliver this
secondary storage, at the specified flows, since 2001. As a result, on October
15, 2007, IPC filed an action in the United States Court of Federal Claims in
Washington, D.C. to recover damages from the U.S. for the lost generation
resulting from the reduced flows. On October 16, 2007, IPC filed a second
action in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in Boise,
Idaho, to compel the U.S. to manage American Falls Reservoir and the Snake
River federal reservoir system to ensure that IPC's contract right to secondary
storage is fulfilled in the future. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of
this litigation.
Air Quality Issues: IPC owns two natural gas combustion turbine power
plants and co-owns three coal-fired power plants that are subject to air
quality regulation. The natural gas-fired plants, Danskin and Bennett
Mountain, are located in Idaho. The coal-fired plants are: Jim Bridger (33
percent interest) located in Wyoming; Boardman (ten percent interest) located
in Oregon; and North Valmy (50 percent interest) located in Nevada. The Clean
Air Act establishes controls on the emissions from stationary sources like
those owned by IPC in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) adopts many of the standards and regulations under the
Clean Air Act while states have the primary responsibility for implementation
and administration of these air quality programs. IPC continues to actively monitor,
evaluate and work on air quality issues pertaining to the Clean Air Mercury
Rule (CAMR), possible legislative amendment of the Clean Air Act, emerging
greenhouse gas programs at the federal, regional and state levels, New Source
Review permitting, National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and Regional Haze -
Best Available Retrofit Technology (RH BART). Low nitrous oxide (NOx) burner
technology and mercury continuous emission monitor installation are progressing
at all three coal-fired power plants.
In December 2006, National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter adopted by EPA became
effective. This new standard has been challenged by a number of groups in the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. All of the
counties in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming where IPC's power plants operate
are currently designated as meeting attainment with federal air quality
standards, including the new particulate matter standard. Nevertheless, under
the new fine particulate standards, three years of data are being collected to
determine the attainment status of all U.S. counties. The impact of these new
standards will not be known until these data are collected, analyzed, and
released to the public and the associated regulatory programs are promulgated
and implemented.
The
CAMR, issued by the EPA on March 15, 2005, limits mercury emissions from new
and existing coal-fired power plants and creates a market-based cap-and-trade
program that will permanently cap utility mercury emissions. In response to
the CAMR, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) proposed two new
rules to the Idaho Environmental Quality Commission: a rule to opt out of the
federal mercury cap-and-trade program, and a rule to prohibit the construction
and operation of a coal-fired power plant in Idaho. In April 2006, the
governor of Idaho signed House Bill 791, which placed a two year moratorium on
applying for or issuance of permits, licenses or construction of certain coal-fired
power plants in Idaho. The moratorium expires on April 7, 2008. During the
2007 Idaho state legislative session, the state did not reject the proposal to
opt out of the cap-and-trade program, therefore accepting the opt out rule.
IPC has no current plans impacted by the moratorium or opting out of the CAMR
cap-and-trade program.
In accordance with new
federal regional haze rules, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
(WDEQ) and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) are conducting an
assessment of emission sources pursuant to a RH BART process. 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 North Valmy plant were
constructed after 1977 and are not subject to the federal regional haze rules.
PacifiCorp submitted the RH
BART application for the Jim Bridger plant in January 2007. The WDEQ is still
evaluating the application. The plant is already in the process of installing the
low NOx burners and scrubber upgrades that are proposed in the application.
Portland General Electric (PGE) is completing the RH BART analysis for the
Boardman plant. This analysis includes proposed emission control upgrades for
the Boardman plant to comply with RH BART requirements. PGE is planning on
submitting the report to the ODEQ by the end of 2007. Capital upgrade costs
required to meet RH BART standards could vary significantly depending on the
technology utilized. Because of the combined benefit of emission equipment
that reduces multiple pollutants simultaneously, upgrade plans under
consideration will also meet CAMR standards. Upgrade cost estimates to meet
both standards range from $30 million to $62 million (IPC share). No
commitments are in place at this time and the cost estimates are preliminary
and subject to change. More detailed information will be available after the completion
of the analysis for the Boardman plant and approval of the RH BART proposals by
state and federal environmental regulators.
Greenhouse Gases: IPC continues to monitor and evaluate the possible adoption of
national, regional, or state greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations that would affect
electric utilities. At the national level, numerous GHG bills have been
introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during 2006 and
2007. Debate continues in Congress on the direction and scope of U.S. policy
on regulation of GHGs.
In the western U.S., the
states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington, along
with the provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba, Canada, have formed the
Western Regional Climate Action Initiative (WCI). On August 22, 2007, the WCI
partners released their regional goal to collectively reduce GHGs 15 percent
below 2005 levels by 2020. The WCI partners have agreed to design a regional
market-based multi-sector mechanism, such as a load-based cap and trade
program, to help achieve the goal. The states of Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming
have not joined the WCI. It is possible that these and other states in which
IPC operates or sells electricity into could join the WCI in the future.
California's governor signed an executive order in 2005 to reduce
GHGs in that state to designated historical levels. On September 27, 2006,
California's governor signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
which established GHG reduction goals and a framework for achieving these
goals. On January 25, 2007, California enacted a GHG emission performance
standard applicable to all electricity generated within the state or delivered
from outside the state. Oregon passed the Global Warming Integration Act in
June 2007 which, among other things, established the Oregon Global Warming
Commission and state-wide GHG emission reduction goals. IPC will continue to monitor developments with respect
to the implementation of this legislation; however, until the Oregon Global
Warming Commission makes its recommendations and the associated regulatory
programs are promulgated and implemented, it is not possible to determine the
effect of this legislation on IPC's operations, particularly the Boardman
facility. The Washington state legislature passed a
bill in April 2007 setting climate pollution reduction and clean energy goals.
Emission performance standards affecting electric utility contracts and power
plant projects are included. Other regional and state GHG initiatives appear
likely, although the states of Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming have not
adopted GHG legislation. National, regional or state
GHG requirements, if enacted and applicable, could result in significant costs
to IPC to comply with restrictions on carbon dioxide or other GHG emissions.
Information about IDACORP's carbon dioxide emissions is included
in the report Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power
Producers in the United States - 2004. This report was released by the
Ceres Investor Coalition, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Public
Service Enterprise Group Inc. in April 2006. The report lists IDACORP's 2004
carbon dioxide emissions at 1,222.0 lbs/MWh, as compared to the reported
average for the 100 largest power producers of 1,341.8 lbs/MWh. IPC's carbon
dioxide emissions on a lbs/MWh basis fluctuate with the amount of hydroelectric
generation. Even during a low water year like 2004, IPC's emissions from
electricity generation were below the average of the 100 largest power
producers. During 2006, IPC's carbon dioxide emissions were approximately 917
lbs/MWh.
As part of IPC's resource planning protocol, the IRP process
considers potential GHG emissions regulation and other environmental factors
when evaluating potential portfolios. The
2006 IRP included a risk analysis of the costs associated with the regulation
of carbon dioxide emissions by analyzing low, expected and high cases of $0,
$14 and $50 respectively, per ton of carbon dioxide emitted. Environmental impacts have been and will continue to be
integral components of IPC's resource decisions.
Due to escalating
construction costs, the transmission cost associated with a remotely located
resource, potential permitting issues, and continued uncertainty surrounding
future GHG laws and regulations, IPC has determined that coal-fired generation
is not the best technology to meet its resource needs in 2013. IPC has shifted
its focus to the development of a natural gas-fired combined cycle combustion
turbine located closer to its load center in southern Idaho. IPC will be adding
101 MW of wind generation in December, 2008 and 45.5 MW of geothermal
generation in phases between 2007 and 2011.
New Source Review: EPA Region 8 began reviewing PacifiCorp
operations, including the Jim Bridger plant, (of which IPC is a one-third
owner), for compliance with New Source Review (NSR) and New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) through a Clean Air Act Section 114 information request
sent in May 2003. PacifiCorp completed its phased response to the Section 114
request in February 2004 with the submission of a large volume of documents to the
EPA relating to historical activities at Bridger and other PacifiCorp power
plants. A number of utilities that have also been the subject of EPA NSR
information requests have engaged in settlement negotiations with the EPA to
resolve allegations of NSR and NSPS noncompliance. Prior settlements reached
between the EPA and utility companies around the country to resolve these
issues have resulted in commitments by the utility companies to install additional
pollution control equipment and to pay civil penalties. IPC cannot predict the
outcome of this matter at this time.
Climate Change: IPC's substantial hydroelectric generation resources
neither burn nor consume fossil fuels to produce electric energy to meet the
needs of its customers. Given the debate concerning climate change, consensus
is growing that broad steps should be taken in all sectors of the nation's
economy to carefully consider ways of limiting and/or reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and mitigating climate change impacts while still providing necessary
services in a cost-effective manner. IPC intends to continue to add renewable
resources to its resource portfolio and will continue to monitor the climate
change debate, current climate change research, and recently enacted as well as
proposed legislation to identify the potential impacts of global climate change
on all aspects of its business. Long-term climate change could significantly
affect IPC's business in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the
following: (a) changes in temperature, precipitation and snow pack conditions
could affect customer demand and the amount and timing of hydroelectric
generation; and (b) legislative and/or regulatory developments related to climate
change could affect plans and operations in various ways 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 global climate change on its
business at this time.
REGULATORY MATTERS:
General Rate Cases
Idaho: On June 8, 2007, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
requesting an average rate increase of approximately 10.35 percent for its
Idaho customers in order to begin recovery of its capital investments and
higher operating costs. IPC's proposal would increase its revenues $63.9
million annually. The application included a requested return on equity of
11.5 percent and an overall rate of return of 8.561 percent. IPC filed its
case based upon a 2007 forecast test year, a first for IPC in the Idaho
jurisdiction. Since IPC's last general rate case filing in 2005, IPC projects
that it will have placed in service an additional $300 million of investment in
its electrical system during 2006 and 2007. IPC also requested a $29.16 per
MWh Load Growth Adjustment Rate (LGAR), which adjusts the power supply costs
IPC is allowed to include in the PCA for differences between actual load and
the load used in calculating base rates. The existing LGAR is $29.41 per MWh.
The impact of the new LGAR on IPC will ultimately be determined by future load
changes. By IPUC order, the LGAR is reset in general rate case proceedings.
IPC had requested that the rate increase become effective by January 2008;
however, on October 19, the procedural schedule for the case was extended for six
weeks by mutual consent of the parties. The extension allows other parties to
the case to review IPC's third quarter results before filing their testimony. IPUC
Staff and intervenor testimony will be filed by December 10, 2007. Hearings
are scheduled in January. Any rate change is now expected to become effective
by February 2008. IPC is unable to predict what relief the IPUC will grant.
Deferred (Accrued) Net
Power Supply Costs
IPC's deferred (accrued) net power supply costs consisted of the following (in
thousands of dollars):
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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Idaho PCA current year: |
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Accrual for the 2007-2008 rate year 1 |
$ |
- |
$ |
(3,484) |
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Deferral for the 2008-2009 rate year 2 |
70,855 |
- |
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Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery (refund): |
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Authorized May 2006 |
- |
(11,689) |
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Authorized May 2007 |
8,135 |
- |
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Oregon deferral: |
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2001 costs |
3,498 |
6,670 |
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2005 costs |
- |
2,889 |
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Total deferral (accrual) |
$ |
82,488 |
$ |
(5,614) |
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1 Includes $69 million of emission allowance sales to be credited to the customers during the 2007-2008 PCA year. |
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2 Includes $17 million of emission allowance sales in 2007. |
Idaho: IPC has a PCA mechanism that provides for annual
adjustments to the rates charged to its Idaho retail customers. These
adjustments are based on forecasts of net power supply costs, which are fuel
and purchased power less off-system sales, and the true-up of the prior year's
forecast. During the year, 90 percent of the difference between the actual and
forecasted costs is deferred with interest. The ending balance of this
deferral, called the true-up for the current year's portion and the true-up of
the true-up for the prior years' unrecovered portion, is then included in the
calculation of the next year's PCA.
The true-up of the true-up
portion of the PCA provides a tracking of the collection or the refund of true-up
amounts. Each month, the collection or the refund of the true-up amount is
quantified based upon the true-up portion of the PCA rate and the consumption
of energy by customers. At the end of the PCA year, the total collection or
refund is compared to the previously determined amount to be collected or
refunded. Any difference between authorized amounts and amounts actually
collected or refunded are then reflected in the following PCA year, which
becomes the true-up of the true-up. Over time, the actual collection or refund
of authorized true-up dollars matches the amounts authorized.
On
May 31, 2007, the IPUC approved IPC's 2007-2008 PCA filing. The filing
increased the PCA component of customers' rates from the then existing level,
which was $46.8 million below base rates, to a level that is $30.7 million
above those base rates. This $77.5 million increase is net of $69.1 million of
proceeds from sales of excess SO2 emission allowances. The new
rates were effective June 1, 2007.
On
June 1, 2006, IPC implemented the 2006-2007 PCA, which reduced the PCA
component of customers' rates from the then-existing level, which was
recovering $76.7 million above then-existing base rates, to a level that was
$46.8 million below those base rates, a decrease of approximately $123.5
million.
Oregon: On April 30, 2007, IPC filed for an accounting order
with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the period of May 1, 2007,
through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher than "normal" power supply
expenses. In the Oregon general rate case, "normal" power supply expenses were
set at a negative number (meaning that under normal water conditions IPC should
be able to sell enough surplus energy to pay for all fuel and purchased power
expenses and still have revenue left over to offset other costs). IPC
requested authorization to defer an estimated $5.7 million, which is Oregon's
jurisdictional share of the excess power supply costs. IPC also requested that
it earn its Oregon authorized rate of return on the deferred balance and
recover the amount through rates in future years, as approved by the OPUC. IPC
is currently responding to data requests generated by the filing.
On April 28, 2006, IPC filed
for an accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the
period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2007, in anticipation of higher than
"normal" power supply expenses. IPC requested authorization to defer an
estimated $3.3 million, which is Oregon's jurisdictional share of the excess
power supply costs. IPC also requested that it earn its Oregon authorized rate
of return on the deferred balance and recover the amount through rates in
future years, as approved by the OPUC. Settlement discussions were held on
April 25, 2007, and a tentative settlement agreement was reached on the
deferral application with the OPUC Staff and the Citizens' Utility Board in the
amount of $2 million. This amount is subject to approval by the OPUC. The
parties also agreed that IPC would file an application for an Oregon PCA mechanism.
On April 25, 2007, the parties agreed in principal to a settlement stipulation
which would resolve the 2006-2007 deferral case. The stipulation was filed
with the OPUC on October 24, 2007 for approval. Oregon PCA mechanism
discussions are continuing under a separate docket.
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 per
year. IPC is currently recovering through rates power supply costs associated
with the western energy situation of 2001. Full recovery of the 2001 deferral
is not expected until 2009. The 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 deferrals would
have to be amortized sequentially following the full recovery of the 2001
deferral.
Oregon Power Cost
Adjustment Mechanism (PCAM)
On August 17, 2007, IPC filed an application with the OPUC requesting the
approval of a power cost adjustment mechanism similar to the Idaho PCA. Oregon
has a statutory requirement that limits IPC's ability to recover deferred net
power supply costs to six percent per year. If the application is approved, it
will allow IPC to recover excess net power supply costs or distribute benefits
to customers in a more timely fashion than through the existing deferral
process. The proposed mechanism differs from the Idaho PCA in that is
reestablishes the base net power supply costs annually. In Idaho, the base net
power supply costs are set by a general rate case. A prehearing conference was
held on October 4, 2007, and the first workshop was held on October 23, 2007. Settlement
conferences are scheduled for November 5, 2007, and January 17, 2008, with a
hearing tentatively set for March 5, 2008. It is expected that the PCAM will become
effective in June 2008.
In connection with this
proceeding, on October 29, 2007, IPC made a filing with the OPUC requesting
that IPC's base net power supply costs be increased by $4.6 million for
Oregon. In isolation, this would be an average 15 percent increase in rates;
however, a yet to be filed forecast of net power supply costs would also be a
component of future PCAM rates. If the OPUC approves the power cost adjustment
mechanism, any changes in rates are not expected to be effective until June
2008.
Fixed Cost Adjustment
Mechanism (FCA)
On January 27, 2006, IPC filed with the IPUC for authority to implement a rate
adjustment mechanism that would adjust rates downward or upward to recover
fixed costs independent of the volume of IPC's energy sales. This filing was a
continuation of a 2004 case that was opened to investigate the financial
disincentives to investment in energy efficiency by IPC. This true-up
mechanism would be applicable only to residential and small general service
customers. The accounting for the FCA will be separate from the PCA. IPC
proposed a three percent cap on any rate increase to be applied at the
discretion of the IPUC.
IPC
and the IPUC Staff agreed in concept to a
three-year pilot beginning January 1, 2007, and a stipulation was filed on
December 18, 2006. The stipulation called for the implementation of a FCA
mechanism pilot program as proposed by IPC in its original application with
additional conditions and provisions related to customer count and weather
normalization methodology, recording of the FCA deferral amount in reports to
the IPUC and detailed reporting of DSM activities. The IPUC approved the
stipulation on March 12, 2007. The pilot program began retroactively on
January 1, 2007, and will run through 2009, with the first rate adjustment to
occur on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate adjustments to occur on June 1 of
each year thereafter during the term of the pilot program. IPC accrued $1.7
million of FCA expense through the third quarter of 2007.
Pension
Expense
In the 2003 Idaho general rate case,
the IPUC disallowed recovery of pension expense because there were no current
contributions being made to the plan. On March 20, 2007, IPC filed a request
with the IPUC to clarify that IPC can consider future contributions made to the
pension plan a recoverable cost of service. An order approving this
application would not determine the methodology of recovery but would permit
IPC to record a regulatory asset related to pension costs. On June 1, 2007, the IPUC issued its order authorizing
IPC to account for its defined benefit pension expense on a cash basis, and to
defer and account for accrued 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. IPC will begin deferring pension expense
to a regulatory asset account to be matched with revenue when future pension
contributions are recovered through rates. The deferral of pension expense did
not begin until $4.1 million of past contributions still recorded on the
balance sheet at December 31, 2006, were expensed. For 2007, approximately
$2.8 million will be deferred to a regulatory asset beginning in the third
quarter. IPC did not request a carrying charge to be applied to the deferral
of the accrued SFAS 87 expense.
Wind Integration Costs
Under the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), IPC is required to offer independent developers a
power purchase contract based on a standard avoided cost rate for a qualifying
facility with an output of 10 average megawatts (aMW) or less. Because a large
number of wind project developers came to IPC requesting PURPA contracts in
early 2005, IPC requested and the IPUC granted temporary relief from PURPA
requirements until the impact of wind integration could be more fully studied.
The IPUC granted this relief by temporarily reducing the PURPA cap of 10 aMW to
100 kW for PURPA wind projects.
On February 6, 2007, IPC
filed with the IPUC a wind integration study report along with a petition
requesting removal of the temporary restriction on the size of PURPA wind
projects and adjustment of avoided cost rates to compensate for the increase in
system costs due to wind variability. On March 15, 2007, and June 20, 2007, public
workshops were held to present the results of the study, which were contested
by wind developers and advocates of wind generation resources.
In an attempt to settle the
case, IPC entered into a settlement stipulation with Renewable Northwest
Project and the NW Energy Coalition on October 2, 2007. The settlement
stipulation prescribes, among other things, a methodology for calculating a
wind integration charge that will be applied to PURPA wind projects. The
integration charge will be calculated as a percentage of the current 20-year,
levelized, avoided cost rate, subject to a cap of $6.50/MWh. IPC is awaiting a
ruling from the IPUC on this case which will ultimately determine the amount to
be deducted from the avoided cost rate paid to PURPA wind projects.
Cassia Wind Farm Complaint
On September 13, 2006, Cassia Gulch
Wind Park, LLC and Cassia Wind Farm, LLC (collectively Cassia) filed a
complaint against IPC with the IPUC requesting the IPUC to determine that the
cost responsibility for specified transmission system upgrades to meet
contingency planning conditions should not be assigned to PURPA qualifying
facilities connecting to the system, but rather should be rolled into IPC's
plant-in-service rate base and recovered through rates to retail and
transmission customers. The estimated costs of transmission system upgrades
included in this complaint that relate to connecting Cassia to IPC's system are
$60 million. Comments were filed in October and November 2006, and oral
arguments were held in November 2006. On June 13, 2007, IPC and Cassia filed a
Joint Motion to Dismiss the underlying complaint and to approve a related settlement
stipulation. The IPUC approved the Joint Motion on August 29, 2007.
The key component of the
stipulation is the concept of "redispatch." IPC's estimated cost of
approximately $60 million to complete necessary transmission network upgrades
was based on the assumption that the requesting projects in the transmission
queue would not be dispatchable. Under the stipulation, Cassia agrees to
install, at its expense, equipment and communication facilities necessary to
reduce its energy output to a predetermined set-point within ten minutes of
when IPC requests the reduction. Based on these provisions, the original
estimate of $60 million decreases to approximately $11 million. Under the
stipulation, IPC would fund 25 percent of any upgrade investment, which would
be recoverable through rates, while the developer would fund 25 percent that is
non-recoverable and 50 percent that is recoverable over time. The stipulation
also addresses responsibility for network upgrade costs, sharing of network
upgrade costs, refunds and interests on refunds and security for payment.
On October 15, 2007, the IPUC
approved the application of this same cost allocation methodology to two PURPA
qualifying projects that were not parties to the Cassia dispute and are in a different
geographic region than the one impacted by the Cassia transmission upgrades. Although
the IPUC did not in the Cassia proceeding approve broad application of the
settlement to other projects, it did, in this case, determine that the
circumstances were similar enough to warrant using the same cost allocation
methodology.
PURPA Avoided Cost Rate
Computation
On September 10, 2007, IPC filed an
application with the IPUC requesting modification to the method of computing
avoided cost rates. These rates are used to set the price IPC pays to new
PURPA projects over the lives of the purchase agreements. Specifically, IPC
requested that the fuel cost component of the computation be revised from a
three-year average natural gas price with a prescribed escalation factor to an
average of the 20-year forecast of median natural gas prices as published by
the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC) for 2007. IPC believes
that failing to recognize the non-linear shape of the NWPCC's 2007 forecast
will cause the published rates to be much higher than they otherwise would be.
IPC did not propose to adjust any of the non-fuel assumptions in the avoided
cost rate computation.
AMI Report
IPC filed its Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) Status Report with the IPUC on May 1, 2007, in compliance
with an IPUC order. The report details IPC's resolution of the AMI-related
issues identified in the December 2005 AMI Status Report. On August 31, 2007,
IPC filed a supplemental report detailing its assessment of how it will proceed
with AMI deployment. In the report IPC provided a summary of the financial
analysis, a three-year AMI implementation plan beginning in late 2008, a
discussion of cost recovery and identification of remaining issues.
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, provides
access to the benefits of low-cost federal hydroelectric power to residential
and small farm customers of the region's investor-owned utilities. The program
is administered by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). IPC entered into
settlement agreements with the BPA which settled IPC's rights under the
Residential Exchange Program for the fiscal year 2002-2006 rate period and for
the fiscal year 2007-2011 rate period. Pursuant to these agreements between
the BPA and IPC, benefits from the BPA were passed through to IPC's Idaho and
Oregon residential and small-farm customers in the form of electricity bill
credits.
Several of the BPA's publicly
owned and the direct-service industry customers filed lawsuits against the BPA
with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging
certain aspects of the BPA's agreements with IPC, as well as those with other
investor-owned utilities, and challenging the level of benefits previously paid
to investor-owned utility customers. On May 3, 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled that the settlement agreements entered into between the BPA
and the investor-owned utilities (including IPC) are inconsistent with the
Northwest Power Act. On May 21, 2007, the BPA notified IPC and six other
investor-owned utilities 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' bill to zero, effective June 1, 2007.
Since these benefits were
passed through to IPC's customers, the outcome of this matter is not expected
to have a significant effect on IPC's financial condition or results of
operations. IPC is working, along with the other northwest investor-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.
FERC Investigation: On March 28, 2007, the FERC advised IPC that the FERC
was commencing a preliminary, non-public investigation into the pricing and
availability of transmission capacity into and out of IPC's IPCO point of
delivery and transactions related to that transmission capacity during the
period January 1, 2003, to present. Subsequently, the FERC made two data
requests in connection with this investigation. IPC responded to those data
requests between June and August 2007, and supplemented its response on July
27, 2007. At IPC's request, IPC representatives met with FERC personnel on
October 18, 2007, to discuss several data responses that IPC had previously
provided. IPC is now preparing responses to several additional questions asked
by FERC personnel at that meeting. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of
this investigation.
FERC
Proceedings:
Open Access Transmission Tariff
(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 FERC Form 1 data. The formula rate request included a rate of return on
equity of 11.25 percent. The proposed rates would have produced an annual
revenue increase for the FERC jurisdiction of approximately $13 million based
on 2004 test year data. The FERC accepted IPC's rates, effective June 1, 2006,
subject to adjustment to conform to SFAS 109 tax accounting requirements, which
lowered the estimated annual revenues to approximately $11 million.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC
approved a settlement agreement (Settlement Agreement) filed in June 2007 by
the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission
service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates and that were in
existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). The
effect of this settlement approval was to reduce the estimated FERC jurisdictional
annual revenue increase from $11 million to approximately $8.2 million based on
2004 test year data. The Settlement Agreement requires that amounts collected
in excess of the new rates for the June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 period be
refunded with interest to customers. These refunds totaled approximately $1.7
million and were paid in August 2007.
Hearings were held before the
FERC in June 2007 regarding the treatment of the Legacy Agreements. IPC's
position was that the revenue IPC receives under the Legacy Agreements should
be credited against the total transmission revenue requirement attributed to
OATT customers and that the contract demands of the Legacy Agreements should
not be included in the load divisor of the rate formula. The intervenors in
the proceeding took the position that such contract demands should be included
in the load divisor, rather than being revenue credited.
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 is on
file and publicly available at FERC Docket No. ER06-787. In the Initial
Decision, the ALJ concluded that (i) the Legacy Agreements should be included
in the load divisor of the rate formula and (ii) the revenue IPC receives under
the Legacy Agreements should not be credited against the total transmission
revenue requirement attributed to OATT customers. The ALJ further concluded
that the amounts used in the rate formula should be the monthly coincident peak
usages under the Legacy Agreements rather than the contract demands under the
Legacy Agreements proposed by the FERC Staff and intervenors. IPC had argued
that if the Legacy Agreements were to be reflected in the load divisor, rather
than as a revenue credit, it should be at the level of monthly coincident peak
usage, not at the level of the contract demands.
If the Initial Decision is
implemented, IPC estimates that this ruling will reduce the estimated FERC
jurisdictional annual revenue increase (based on 2004 test year data) by
approximately $1.4 million (from approximately $8.2 million to $6.8 million).
The
Initial Decision is subject to appeal to the FERC by all parties to the
proceeding. On October 1, 2007, IPC along with other parties filed its Brief
on Exceptions. Briefs were required to be submitted by October 1, 2007, with
reply briefs due by October 21, 2007. If the Initial Decision is implemented,
IPC would make additional refunds, including interest, of approximately $1.7
million for the June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2007 period. IPC has reserved this
entire amount. Amounts collected from August 1, 2007, through December 31,
2007 have been and will continue to be collected at the proposed rates, and
amounts collected in excess of the final rates will be refunded with interest.
IPC expects to pursue recovery of amounts not received pursuant to a final
order in this proceeding through additional proceedings at the FERC or through
the state ratemaking process.
FERC
Order 890: In February 2007, the
FERC issued Order No. 890 adopting a final rule designed to strengthen the pro
forma OATT by providing greater consistency and increasing transparency. The
FERC had stated in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking leading to the final rule
that "as a general matter, the purpose of this rulemaking is to strengthen the
pro forma OATT to ensure that it achieves its original purpose - remedying
undue discrimination - not to create new market structures." The most
significant revisions to the pro forma OATT relate to the development of more
consistent methodologies for calculating available transfer capability, changes
to the transmission planning process, changes to the pricing of certain
generator and energy imbalances to encourage efficient scheduling behavior and
to exempt intermittent generators, and changes regarding long-term point-to-point
transmission service, including the addition of conditional firm long-term
point-to-point transmission service, and generation re-dispatch.
As a transmission provider
with an OATT on file with the FERC, IPC is required to comply with the
requirements of the new rule. A major requirement of the new rule was to file
a revised pro forma OATT on July 13, 2007. IPC also was required to
file a revised Attachment C specifying the methodology to assess available
transfer capability on September 11, 2007. IPC made the required FERC filings
and is currently operating under the new tariff. IPC is also required to file
an Attachment K to its tariff on December 7, 2007, which sets forth its
coordinated, open and transparent planning process.
Certain
details related to the rule remain to be determined prospectively, and thus it
is difficult to make a precise determination of the overall effect of this new
rule on IPC's transmission operations or wholesale marketing function.
However, at least on a preliminary basis, the rule is not anticipated to have a
significant impact on IPC's financial results. Nonetheless, the final rule
includes a wide range of provisions addressing the provision of transmission
services, and as the new tariff is implemented there is likely to be a
significant impact on IPC's transmission operations, planning and wholesale
marketing functions.
FERC Order 693: Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), on March 16, 2007, the FERC issued Order No. 693 in which it approved 83
of the 107 reliability standards proposed by the North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC). Previously, the FERC certified the NERC as the
electric reliability organization responsible for developing and enforcing
mandatory reliability standards. Collectively, the reliability standards
define overall acceptable performance with regard to operation, planning and
design of the North American Bulk-Power System. As the FERC recognized in
Order No. 693, most of these reliability standards were already being adhered
to on a voluntary basis. Compliance with these standards became mandatory and
subject to the FERC's penalty authority in June 2007. Since then, additional
reliability standards have been submitted, and will continue to be submitted,
by the NERC to the FERC for approval. In July 2007, the FERC denied requests
for rehearing of Order No. 693. IPC has reviewed all requirements, procedures
and documentation to ensure compliance with these standards and submitted all
necessary information by the effective date of June 18, 2007. IPC will also be
required to certify its compliance with a subset of these standards (the WECC
Actively Monitored Standards) by December 31, 2007, and be subject to
compliance spot-checks beginning in 2008. The FERC's action is not expected to
have a material impact on IPC's operations.
Northern Tier Transmission
Group
IPC, along with four other transmission-owning
entities covering all or parts of the transmission system in six western
states, has formed the Northern Tier Transmission Group (NTTG). The goal of
the group is to improve overall operation and expansion of the high-voltage
transmission network. The group continues to make progress on four major
initiatives: improving generation control performance (the first generation
control became operational in March 2007); compliance with FERC Order 890
through cooperative efforts in developing process and information exchange;
providing improved information on available transmission capacity; and
conducting open, participatory transmission planning processes which will
result in identifying specific transmission projects in 2007 and beyond.
Several projects have been identified for the "fast-track" planning process and
work has begun on engineering analysis. One of these projects is IPC's joint
project with PacifiCorp (MidAmerican) to evaluate building two high voltage
transmission lines as discussed below. Additionally, the NTTG is working on
the process and documentation for its own compliance with FERC Order 890 for
regional planning. Each utility will individually submit the resulting plan as
a required attachment to its OATT filing due December 7, 2007.
IPC/PacifiCorp
(MidAmerican) Memorandum of Understanding
IPC and PacifiCorp are jointly
exploring a project, called the Gateway West Project, to build two 500-kV lines
between the Jim Bridger plant and Boise. The lines would be designed to
increase electrical transmission capacity across southern Idaho in response to
increasing customer demand and growth. This project has been submitted to the
Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) for the first phase of the
ratings process. A review team has been established from members of the WECC
to analyze the impact of the project to the existing system. When the study is
complete, necessary modifications will be made to the engineering design and
the final rating will be obtained prior to the beginning of construction.
Additionally, the planning and project management personnel for both companies
have met to begin organizing the initial phases of this project. IPC and
PacifiCorp are finalizing a cost sharing agreement for expenses associated with
the analysis work of the initial phases. It is expected that the majority of
the project would be completed between 2012 and 2014 depending on the timing of
rights of way acquisition, siting and permitting, and construction sequencing.
If the project is constructed, IPC estimates that its share of project costs
would be between $800 million and $1.2 billion.
Idaho-Northwest Line
Consistent with the 2006 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), IPC is exploring
alternatives for the construction of a 500-kV line between southwestern Idaho
and the Northwest. The location of this proposed line has not yet been
determined. If built, this line could be in service as early as 2012.
Integrated Resource Plan
IPC filed its 2006 IRP with the IPUC
in September 2006 and with the OPUC in October 2006. The 2006 IRP previewed
IPC's load and resource situation for the next twenty years, analyzed potential
supply-side and demand-side options and identified near-term and long-term
actions.
The IPUC accepted the 2006
IRP in March 2007. The OPUC acknowledged the 2006 IRP in September 2007 with
the stipulation that IPC not commit to the construction of a 250-MW pulverized
coal resource, identified to come on-line in 2013, until IPC presents an update
of the 2006 IRP to the OPUC no later than June 2008. With its acceptance of
the 2006 IRP, the IPUC requested that IPC align the submittal of its next IRP
with those submitted by other utilities. To comply with this request IPC
intends to provide an update on the status of the 2006 IRP to both the IPUC and
OPUC no later than June 2008 and file a new IRP in June 2009.
The near-term action plan in
the 2006 IRP indicates initial commitments to the construction of a coal-fired base
load resource would be necessary before the end of 2007 in order for a project
to be on-line in 2013. In order to meet this schedule, IPC began screening and
evaluating coal-fired resources in 2006. The results of this evaluation
indicate construction costs have escalated substantially since resource cost
estimates were prepared for the 2006 IRP. Due to escalating construction costs,
the transmission cost associated with a remotely located resource, potential
permitting issues, and continued uncertainty surrounding future GHG laws and regulations,
IPC has determined that coal-fired generation is not the best technology to
meet its resource needs in 2013. IPC has shifted its focus to the development
of a natural gas-fired combined cycle combustion turbine located closer to its
load center in southern Idaho. IPC continues to evaluate coal-fired resource
opportunities, including expansion of its jointly-owned facilities, clean coal
technologies and potential power purchase agreements for future energy needs.
Wind Agreement: In February 2007, the IPUC approved a Power Purchase
Agreement with Telocaset Wind Power Partners, LLC, a subsidiary of Horizon Wind
Energy, for 101 MW (nameplate) of wind generation from the Elkhorn Valley Wind
Project located in eastern Oregon. The project is expected to be commercially
operational in December 2007.
Geothermal
Agreement: An RFP for geothermal-powered
generation was released on June 2, 2006. IPC identified US Geothermal as the
successful bidder in March 2007 based on a proposal to supply 45.5 MW of
geothermal energy. IPC and US Geothermal have signed and submitted a Power
Purchase Agreement for IPUC approval for 13 MW (nameplate generation) from the
Raft River Geothermal Power Plant Unit #1 located in southern Idaho. This
project began operating in October 2007. Contract negotiations for the
remaining 32.5 MW will take place over the next several months and will include
an additional unit at the Raft River site (on-line 2009) and two units at the
Neal Hot Springs site located in eastern Oregon (on-line 2010 and 2011).
Relicensing of
Hydroelectric Projects
The section below summarizes and
provides an update of relicensing projects as discussed in IDACORP's and IPC's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007.
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 and Swan Falls
projects.
Hells Canyon Complex: The most significant ongoing relicensing effort is
the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC), which provides approximately two-thirds of IPC's
hydroelectric generating capacity and 40 percent of its total generating
capacity. The current license for the HCC expired at the end of July 2005.
Until the new multi-year license is issued, IPC operates the project under an
annual license issued by the FERC. The license application was filed in July
2003 and accepted by the FERC for filing in December 2003. The FERC is now
processing the application consistent with the requirements of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended
(NEPA), the Energy Policy Act and other applicable federal laws.
Consistent with the
requirements of NEPA, the FERC Staff has prepared an environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the Hells Canyon project, which the FERC will use to
determine whether, and under what conditions, to issue a new license for the
project. On August 31, 2007, the FERC issued
the final EIS for the HCC relicensing. The purpose of the final EIS is to
inform the FERC, the federal and state agencies, Native American tribes and the
public about the environmental effects of IPC's proposed operation of the HCC.
The final EIS also considers reasonable alternatives to that proposed operation.
In this latter context, the FERC Staff reviewed the comments and alternative
proposals submitted by the agencies, tribes and the private interests and
evaluated those alternatives as compared to measures proposed by IPC. The
final EIS also contains a "Staff Alternative," reflecting those instances where
some modification to IPC's proposal is deemed advisable by the Staff to address
environmental impacts or concerns. The FERC will consider the findings and
proposals contained in the final EIS, together with the other information and
material filed in the relicensing proceeding, in the development of a license
order for the HCC. IPC's initial review of the final EIS indicates that, in
large measure, the findings and recommendations (the Staff Alternative) in the
final EIS are consistent with the draft EIS issued by the FERC in July 2006 and
that the final EIS generally accepts the science, analysis and the proposed
measures contained in IPC's license application and supporting documents. IPC
is continuing to review the final EIS and expects to file comments to the final
EIS with the FERC by the end of 2007.
In conjunction with the
issuance of the final EIS, on September 13, 2007, the FERC requested formal
consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) with regard to the effect of relicensing the HCC on several aquatic
and terrestrial species listed as threatened under the ESA. IPC is cooperating
with the USFWS, the NMFS and the FERC in an effort to address ESA concerns
associated with the relicensing of the HCC. The FERC is not expected to issue
a license order for the HCC until ESA consultation is completed.
On January 31, 2007, IPC
filed Water Quality Certification Applications, under section 401 of the Clean
Water Act (CWA), with the States of Oregon and Idaho. Because the HCC is
located on the Snake River where it forms the border between Idaho and Oregon,
section 401 of the CWA requires as a prerequisite to the licensing of the
project by the FERC that each state certify that any discharge from the project
complies with applicable state water quality standards. IPC is working with
the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality to ensure that state water quality standards are met so that the
project can be appropriately certified.
At September 30, 2007, $93
million of HCC relicensing costs were included in construction work in
progress. The relicensing costs are recorded and will be held in construction
work in progress until a new multi-year license is issued by the FERC, at which
time the charges will be transferred to electric plant in service. Relicensing
costs and costs related to a new license will be submitted to regulators for
recovery through the ratemaking process.
Swan Falls Project: The license for the Swan Falls hydroelectric project
expires in June 2010. On March 10, 2005, IPC issued a Formal Consultation
Package (FCP) to natural resource agencies, Native American tribes and the
public relating to environmental studies designed to determine project effects
for the relicensing of the Swan Falls project. Based upon the results of those
studies and the consultation with the agencies, tribes and the public, on
September 21, 2007, IPC submitted its draft license application to the FERC for
public review and comment. The draft contains project specific information and
the results of the studies developed in the FCP. After the public review
period ends in December 2007, IPC will review any comments received, and file a
final license application with the FERC in June 2008.
At September 30, 2007, $3
million of Swan Falls project relicensing costs were included in construction
work in progress. The relicensing costs are recorded and will be held in
construction work in progress until a new multi-year license is issued by the
FERC, at which time the charges will be transferred to electric plant in
service. Relicensing costs and costs related to a new license will be
submitted to regulators for recovery through the ratemaking process.
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. In March 2007, IPC
received from the FERC a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Notice of
Ready for Environmental Analysis, which provided for a 60-day comment period
for interested entities. The FERC has advised IPC that it will reissue the
draft EA before the end of 2007. The license amendment could be issued in
early 2008.
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.
OTHER MATTERS:
Adopted
Accounting Pronouncements
FIN 48: As discussed in Note 2 to
IDACORP's and IPC's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, both companies
adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48) on January 1,
2007, as required. IDACORP and IPC recorded an increase of $15.1 million to
opening retained earnings for the cumulative effect of adopting FIN 48.
New Accounting
Pronouncements
See Note 1 to IDACORP's and IPC's
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 September 30, 2007.
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 September 30, 2007, IDACORP and IPC had $324
million and $333 million, respectively, in floating rate debt, net of temporary
investments. Assuming no change in either company's financial structure, if
variable interest rates were to average one percentage point higher than the
average rate on September 30, 2007, interest expense for the year ending
December 31, 2007, would increase and pre-tax earnings would decrease by
approximately $3.2 million for IDACORP and $3.3 million for IPC.
Fixed Rate Debt: As of September 30, 2007, IDACORP and IPC had
outstanding fixed rate debt of $967 million and $936 million, respectively.
The fair market value of this debt was $943 million and $911 million,
respectively. These instruments are fixed rate, and therefore do not expose
IDACORP or IPC to a loss in earnings due to changes in market interest rates.
However, the fair value of these instruments would increase by approximately
$80 million for IDACORP and $79 million for IPC if interest rates were to
decline by one percentage point from their September 30, 2007 levels.
Commodity Price Risk
Utility: IPC's commodity price risk
has not changed materially from that reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006. In a limited manner starting in 2007,
IPC began utilizing 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
IPC's Energy Risk Management Policy. This practice falls within the parameters
of IPC's Energy 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 IDACORP's and IPC's 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.
Credit Risk
Utility: IPC's credit risk has not changed materially from that reported
in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Equity Price Risk
IDACORP's and IPC's equity price risk
has not changed materially from that reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006.
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 IDACORP's
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e))
as of September 30, 2007, have concluded that IDACORP's disclosure controls and
procedures are effective.
IPC:
The Chief Executive Officer and the
Chief Financial Officer of IPC, based on their evaluation of IPC's disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of
September 30, 2007, have concluded that IPC's disclosure controls and procedures
are effective.
Changes in internal
control over financial reporting:
There have been no changes in
IDACORP's or IPC's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter
ended September 30, 2007, that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, IDACORP's or IPC's internal control over financial
reporting.
PART II - OTHER
INFORMATION
Reference is made to Note 5
to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q.
The Risk Factors included in
IDACORP's and IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2006 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 have
not changed materially.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
As part of her compensation,
Judith Johansen, a non-employee director of IDACORP and IPC, received a grant
of 916 shares of common stock, equal to $30,000, on September 20, 2007. The
stock was issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in
reliance upon Section 4(2) of the Act.
Restrictions on Dividends:
A covenant under the IDACORP and IPC
Credit Facilities requires IDACORP and IPC to maintain leverage ratios of consolidated
indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization of no more than 65 percent at
the end of each fiscal quarter. See "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
- Financing Programs - Credit Facilities." IPC's ability to pay dividends on
its common stock held by IDACORP and IDACORP's ability to pay dividends on its
common stock are limited to the extent payment of such dividends would cause
their leverage ratios to exceed 65 percent. At September 30, 2007, the
leverage ratios for IDACORP and IPC were 52 percent and 54 percent,
respectively.
IPC's 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.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
On October 31, 2007, IDACORP
entered into Amendment No. 1 to its Sales Agency Agreement with BNY Capital
Markets, Inc. (BNYCMI), dated as of December 15, 2005, relating to the issuance
and sale of up to 2,500,000 shares of IDACORP common stock from time to time in
at the market offerings through BNYCMI as IDACORP's agent for such offer and
sale. Under the terms of Amendment No. 1, IDACORP and BNYCMI extended the term of the Sales Agency Agreement's
commitment period to terminate on the earliest of (1) the date on which BNYCMI
shall have sold all the shares of IDACORP's common stock subject to the Sales
Agency Agreement; (2) termination of the Sales Agency Agreement by either
IDACORP or BNYCMI and (3) December 1, 2008. As of October 31, 2007, 1,082,145
shares of common stock remained available for offer and sale under the Sales
Agency Agreement, as amended.
A copy of Amendment No. 1 to the Sales Agency Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1 hereto.
*Previously
Filed and Incorporated Herein by Reference
1 |
Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 31, 2007, to Sales Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2005, between IDACORP, Inc. and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. |
*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. |
*3(a) |
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). |
*3(a)(i) |
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). |
*3(a)(ii) |
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). |
*3(a)(iii) |
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). |
*3(a)(iv) |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC, as amended, 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 3.3. |
*3(b) |
Amended Bylaws of IPC, amended on January 20, 2005, and presently in effect. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 1/26/05, as Exhibit 3.2. |
*3(c) |
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). |
*3(d) |
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. |
*3(d)(i) |
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. |
*3(d)(ii) |
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). |
*3(e) |
Amended Bylaws of IDACORP, Inc., amended on January 20, 2005, and presently in effect. File number 1-14456, Form 8-K, filed on 1/26/05, as Exhibit 3.1. |
*4(a)(i) |
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. |
*4(a)(ii) |
IPC Supplemental Indentures to Mortgage and Deed of Trust: |
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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*4(b) |
Instruments relating to IPC American Falls bond guarantee (see Exhibit 10(c)). File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 4(b). |
*4(c)(i) |
Agreement of IPC to furnish certain debt instruments. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(f). |
*4(c)(ii) |
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). |
*4(d) |
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). |
*4(e) |
Rights Agreement, dated as of September 10, 1998, between IDACORP, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent. File number 1-14465, Form 8-K, filed on 9/15/98, as Exhibit 4. |
*4(f) |
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 14, 2007, between IDACORP, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent. File number 333-143404, Form S-8, filed on 5/31/07, as Exhibit 4(g). |
*4(g) |
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. |
*4(h) |
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. |
*4(i) |
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. |
*10(a) |
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). |
*10(a)(i) |
Amendment, dated February 1, 1974, relating to operation agreement filed as Exhibit 10(a). File number 2-51762, as Exhibit 5(c). |
*10(b) |
Agreement, dated as of October 11, 1973, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company. File number 2-49584, as Exhibit 5(c). |
*10(c) |
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). |
*10(d) |
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). |
*10(e) |
Letter Agreement, dated January 23, 1976, between IPC and Portland General Electric Company. File number 2-56513, as Exhibit 5(i). |
*10(e)(i) |
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). |
*10(e)(ii) |
Amendment, dated September 30, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10(e). File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(t). |
*10(e)(iii) |
Amendment, dated October 31, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10(e). File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(u). |
*10(e)(iv) |
Amendment, dated January 23, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10(e). File number 2-62034, Form S-7 filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(v). |
*10(e)(v) |
Amendment, dated February 15, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10(e). File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(w). |
*10(e)(vi) |
Amendment, dated September 1, 1979, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10(e). File number 2-68574, Form S-7, filed on 7/23/80, as Exhibit 5(x). |
*10(f) |
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). |
*10(g) |
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). |
*10(h)(i) 1 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Senior Management Employees I - a non-qualified, deferred compensation plan, amended and restated effective December 31, 2004. 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)(i). |
*10(h)(ii)1 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Senior Management Employees II, a non-qualified, deferred compensation plan, effective January 1, 2005, 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)(xxxv). |
10(h)(iii) 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. |
*10(h)(iv) 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). |
*10(h)(v) 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan - Form of Performance Stock Agreement (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on November 2, 2006, as Exhibit 10(h)(vii). |
*10(h)(vi) 1 |
The Revised 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). |
10(h)(vii) 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on September 20, 2007. |
*10(h)(viii)1 |
Form of Officer Indemnification Agreement for 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). |
*10(h)(ix)1 |
Form of Director Indemnification Agreement for 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). |
*10(h)(x)1 |
Form of Change in Control Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP and IPC (senior vice president and higher), 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)(x). |
*10(h)(xi) 1 |
Form of Change in Control Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP and IPC (below senior vice president), 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)(xi). |
10(h)(xii) 1 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. |
*10(h)(xiii)1 |
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). |
*10(h)(xiv)1 |
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). |
*10(h)(xv)1 |
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). |
*10(h)(xvi)1 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Performance Share Award Agreement (performance with two goals) (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)(xxxiii). |
*10(h)(xvii)1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan. File Number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 2/27/07, as Exhibit 10.1. |
*10(h)(xviii)1 |
Idaho Power Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, 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)(xxxvi). |
*10(h)(xix)1 |
IDACORP, Inc. and IPC 2007 Compensation for Non-Employee Directors of the Board of Directors. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on 5/9/07, as Exhibit 10(h)(xix). |
*10(i) |
Framework Agreement, dated October 1, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to IPC's Swan Falls and Snake River water rights. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h). |
*10(i)(i) |
Agreement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i). File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(i). |
*10(i)(ii) |
Contract to Implement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10(i). File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(ii). |
*10(j) |
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). |
*10(j)(i) |
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). |
*10(k) |
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). |
*10(l) |
$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). |
*10(m) |
$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). |
*10(n) |
Loan Agreement, dated October 1, 2006, between Sweetwater County, Wyoming and IPC. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 10/10/2006, as Exhibit 10.1. |
12 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12(a) |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12(b) |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12(c) |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12(d) |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
12 (e) |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
15 |
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information |
*21 |
Subsidiaries of IDACORP, Inc. File Number 1-14465, 1-3198 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed on 3/1/07 as Exhibit 21. |
31(a) |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
31(b) |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
31(c) |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
31(d) |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
32(a) |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 certification. |
32(b) |
IPC Section 1350 certification. |
99 |
Earnings press release for third quarter 2007. |
1 Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement |
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 |
October 31, 2007 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
J. LaMont Keen |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date |
October 31, 2007 |
By: |
/s/ Darrel T. Anderson |
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 |
October 31, 2007 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
J. LaMont Keen |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date |
October 31, 2007 |
By: |
/s/ Darrel T. Anderson |
Darrel T. Anderson |
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Senior Vice President - Administrative Services |
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and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit Number |
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1 |
Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 31, 2007, to Sales Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2005, between IDACORP, Inc. and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. |
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10(h)(iii) |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. |
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10(h)(vii) |
IDACORP, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. |
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10(h)(xii) |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. |
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12 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12(a) |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12(b) |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12(c) |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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12(d) |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
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12(e) |
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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31(a) |
Rule 13a-14(a) certification. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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31(b) |
Rule 13a-14(a) certification. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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31(c) |
Rule 13a-14(a) certification. (IPC) |
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31(d) |
Rule 13a-14(a) certification. (IPC) |
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32(a) |
Section 1350 certification. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
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32(b) |
Section 1350 certification. (IPC) |
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99 |
Earnings press release for third quarter 2007. |
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