Iindustrial Customers of Idaho Power v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission

SILAK, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission granting respondent Idaho Power Company’s application for approval and accelerated recovery of certain deferred demand side management expenditures. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

During the mid to late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Idaho Power Company (the Company) implemented a variety of demand side management (DSM) programs designed to help reduce energy consumption and thereby defer acquisition of new and higher cost resources. Such programs included: “Good Cents Homes;”…