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 June 30, 2008
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES |
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EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period from |
to |
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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 |
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Former name, former
address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X
No ___
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers, or smaller reporting companies. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):
IDACORP, Inc.: |
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Large accelerated filer |
X |
Accelerated filer |
Non-accelerated filer |
Smaller reporting company |
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Idaho Power Company: |
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Large accelerated filer |
Accelerated filer |
Non-accelerated filer |
X |
Smaller reporting company |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ___ No
X
Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2008:
IDACORP, Inc.: |
45,300,105 |
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
APCU |
- |
Annual Power Cost Update |
Cal ISO |
- |
California Independent System Operator |
CalPX |
- |
California Power Exchange |
CAMP |
- |
Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan |
DSM |
- |
Demand Side Management |
EIS |
- |
Environmental impact statement |
EPS |
- |
Earnings per share |
ESA |
- |
Endangered Species Act |
ESPA |
- |
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer |
FASB |
- |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
FERC |
- |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FIN |
- |
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation |
Fitch |
- |
Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
FPA |
- |
Federal Power Act |
GAAP |
- |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America |
Ida-West |
- |
Ida-West Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IDEQ |
- |
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
IDWR |
- |
Idaho Department of Water Resources |
IE |
- |
IDACORP Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IERCO |
- |
Idaho Energy Resources Co., a subsidiary of Idaho Power Company |
IFS |
- |
IDACORP Financial Services, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IPC |
- |
Idaho Power Company, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. |
IPUC |
- |
Idaho Public Utilities Commission |
IRP |
- |
Integrated Resource Plan |
IWRB |
- |
Idaho Water Resource Board |
LGAR |
- |
Load growth adjustment rate |
maf |
- |
Million acre feet |
MD&A |
- |
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
Moody's |
- |
Moody's Investors Service |
MW |
- |
Megawatt |
MWh |
- |
Megawatt-hour |
NEPA |
- |
National Environmental Policy Act of 1996 |
O & M |
- |
Operations and Maintenance |
OPUC |
- |
Oregon Public Utility Commission |
PCA |
- |
Power Cost Adjustment |
PCAM |
- |
Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism |
PURPA |
- |
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 |
RFP |
- |
Request for Proposal |
S&P |
- |
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services |
SFAS |
- |
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards |
SO2 |
- |
Sulfur Dioxide |
SRBA |
- |
Snake River Basin Adjudication |
Valmy |
- |
North Valmy Steam Electric Generating Plant |
VIEs |
- |
Variable Interest Entities |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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14-31 |
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32-33 |
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Condition and Results of Operations |
34-65 |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
65-66 |
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66 |
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Part II. Other Information: |
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66 |
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66 |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
66-67 |
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67 |
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68-74 |
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75 |
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76 |
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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial
Statements
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Three months ended |
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|
June 30, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
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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: |
||||
General business |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
162,212 |
Off-system sales |
25,641 |
37,177 |
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Other revenues |
14,556 |
13,137 |
||
Total electric utility revenues |
228,945 |
212,526 |
||
Other |
1,281 |
1,246 |
||
Total operating revenues |
230,226 |
213,772 |
||
Operating Expenses: |
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Electric utility: |
||||
Purchased power |
50,089 |
80,467 |
||
Fuel expense |
28,681 |
27,520 |
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Power cost adjustment |
(829) |
(42,172) |
||
Other operations and maintenance |
75,617 |
78,888 |
||
Demand-side management |
3,928 |
2,548 |
||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(346) |
(882) |
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Depreciation |
26,617 |
25,613 |
||
Taxes other than income taxes |
4,800 |
4,636 |
||
Total electric utility expenses |
188,557 |
176,618 |
||
Other expense |
1,140 |
582 |
||
Total operating expenses |
189,697 |
177,200 |
||
Operating Income: |
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Electric utility |
40,388 |
35,908 |
||
Other |
141 |
664 |
||
Total operating income |
40,529 |
36,572 |
||
Other Income |
6,082 |
3,862 |
||
Losses of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments |
(3,278) |
(1,551) |
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Other Expense |
1,820 |
1,571 |
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Interest Expense: |
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Interest on long-term debt |
15,744 |
13,896 |
||
Other interest |
1,313 |
1,514 |
||
Total interest expense |
17,057 |
15,410 |
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Income Before Income Taxes |
24,456 |
21,902 |
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Income Tax Expense |
6,941 |
3,437 |
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Net Income |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
18,465 |
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (000's) |
44,924 |
43,751 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted (000's) |
45,096 |
43,884 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock (basic and diluted): |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.42 |
Dividends Paid Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.30 |
$ |
0.30 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Six months ended |
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|
June 30, |
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2008 |
2007 |
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(thousands of dollars except |
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Operating Revenues: |
for per share amounts) |
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Electric utility: |
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General business |
$ |
356,060 |
$ |
299,463 |
Off-system sales |
59,004 |
95,016 |
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Other revenues |
26,676 |
23,976 |
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Total electric utility revenues |
441,740 |
418,455 |
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Other |
1,925 |
2,029 |
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Total operating revenues |
443,665 |
420,484 |
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Operating Expenses: |
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Electric utility: |
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Purchased power |
95,387 |
131,285 |
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Fuel expense |
65,918 |
58,432 |
||
Power cost adjustment |
(18,573) |
(63,708) |
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Other operations and maintenance |
144,543 |
146,715 |
||
Demand-side management |
7,293 |
4,663 |
||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(346) |
(882) |
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Depreciation |
52,367 |
50,903 |
||
Taxes other than income taxes |
9,603 |
9,554 |
||
Total electric utility expenses |
356,192 |
336,962 |
||
Other expense |
2,187 |
3,170 |
||
Total operating expenses |
358,379 |
340,132 |
||
Operating Income (Loss): |
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Electric utility |
85,548 |
81,493 |
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Other |
(262) |
(1,141) |
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Total operating income |
85,286 |
80,352 |
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Other Income |
10,499 |
9,251 |
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Losses of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments |
(7,314) |
(2,877) |
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Other Expense |
2,184 |
4,782 |
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Interest Expense: |
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Interest on long-term debt |
32,621 |
27,444 |
||
Other interest |
1,909 |
3,118 |
||
Total interest expense |
34,530 |
30,562 |
||
Income Before Income Taxes |
51,757 |
51,382 |
||
Income Tax Expense |
12,526 |
8,336 |
||
Income from Continuing Operations |
39,231 |
43,046 |
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Income from Discontinued Operations, net of tax |
- |
67 |
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Net Income |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,113 |
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic (000's) |
44,886 |
43,709 |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted (000's) |
45,050 |
43,845 |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock: |
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Earnings per share from Continuing Operations-Basic |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.99 |
Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations-Basic |
- |
- |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock-Basic |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.99 |
Earnings per share from Continuing Operations-Diluted |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.98 |
Earnings per share from Discontinued Operations-Diluted |
- |
- |
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Earnings Per Share of Common Stock-Diluted |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.98 |
Dividends Paid Per Share of Common Stock |
$ |
0.60 |
$ |
0.60 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
|
June 30, |
December 31, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
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|
(thousands of dollars) |
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Assets |
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Current Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
8,924 |
$ |
7,966 |
Receivables: |
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Customer |
66,214 |
69,160 |
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Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(941) |
(7,505) |
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Employee notes |
2,216 |
2,128 |
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Other |
7,163 |
10,957 |
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Accrued unbilled revenues |
48,735 |
36,314 |
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Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
49,732 |
43,270 |
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Fuel stock (at average cost) |
24,307 |
17,268 |
||
Prepayments |
8,789 |
9,371 |
||
Deferred income taxes |
9,863 |
25,672 |
||
Refundable income tax deposit |
24,903 |
46,083 |
||
Other |
9,107 |
6,023 |
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Total current assets |
259,012 |
266,707 |
||
Investments |
207,277 |
201,085 |
||
Property, Plant and Equipment: |
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Utility plant in service |
3,921,416 |
3,796,339 |
||
Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,480,087) |
(1,468,832) |
||
Utility plant in service - net |
2,441,329 |
2,327,507 |
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Construction work in progress |
212,306 |
257,590 |
||
Utility plant held for future use |
6,386 |
3,366 |
||
Other property, net of accumulated depreciation |
27,805 |
28,089 |
||
Property, plant and equipment - net |
2,687,826 |
2,616,552 |
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Other Assets: |
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American Falls and Milner water rights |
26,853 |
29,501 |
||
Company-owned life insurance |
30,302 |
30,842 |
||
Regulatory assets |
477,883 |
449,668 |
||
Long-term receivables (net of allowance of $2,478 and $1,878, respectively) |
4,263 |
3,583 |
||
Employee notes |
2,537 |
2,325 |
||
Other |
52,623 |
53,045 |
||
Total other assets |
594,461 |
568,964 |
||
Total |
$ |
3,748,576 |
$ |
3,653,308 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
|
June 30, |
December 31, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
||
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity |
(thousands of dollars) |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Current maturities of long-term debt |
$ |
8,643 |
$ |
11,456 |
Notes payable |
279,421 |
186,445 |
||
Accounts payable |
68,652 |
85,116 |
||
Taxes accrued |
3,473 |
8,492 |
||
Interest accrued |
18,671 |
18,913 |
||
Uncertain tax positions |
27,242 |
26,764 |
||
Other |
45,858 |
38,129 |
||
Total current liabilities |
451,960 |
375,315 |
||
Other Liabilities: |
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Deferred income taxes |
468,868 |
466,182 |
||
Regulatory liabilities |
279,423 |
274,204 |
||
Other |
170,223 |
173,412 |
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Total other liabilities |
918,514 |
913,798 |
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Long-Term Debt |
1,153,454 |
1,156,880 |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) |
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Shareholders' Equity: |
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Common stock, no par value (shares authorized 120,000,000; |
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45,304,058 and 45,063,107 shares issued, respectively) |
682,147 |
675,774 |
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Retained earnings |
549,849 |
537,699 |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(7,333) |
(6,156) |
||
Treasury stock (3,953 and 380 shares at cost, respectively) |
(15) |
(2) |
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Total shareholders' equity |
1,224,648 |
1,207,315 |
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Total |
$ |
3,748,576 |
$ |
3,653,308 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
|
Six months ended June 30, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
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Operating Activities: |
(thousands of dollars) |
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Net income |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,113 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by |
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operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
63,255 |
60,397 |
||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
16,777 |
18,760 |
||
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
(24,824) |
(65,257) |
||
Non-cash pension expense |
1,274 |
5,869 |
||
Undistributed losses (earnings) of subsidiaries |
1,110 |
(2,922) |
||
Gain on sale of assets |
(3,382) |
(2,687) |
||
Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
748 |
(1,305) |
||
Change in: |
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Accounts receivable and prepayments |
1,967 |
(3,001) |
||
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
(13,462) |
(3,548) |
||
Taxes accrued |
(5,255) |
(12,582) |
||
Other current assets |
(25,921) |
(15,402) |
||
Other current liabilities |
3,655 |
11,160 |
||
Other assets |
459 |
568 |
||
Other liabilities |
(2,133) |
8,300 |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
53,499 |
41,463 |
||
Investing Activities: |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment |
(125,373) |
(122,179) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of IDACOMM |
- |
7,283 |
||
Proceeds from the sale of non-utility assets |
5,690 |
- |
||
Investments in affordable housing |
(8,486) |
300 |
||
Proceeds from the sale of emission allowances |
833 |
2,685 |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
(8,725) |
(3,600) |
||
Purchase of available-for-sale securities |
- |
(24,349) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities |
- |
25,296 |
||
Purchase of held-to-maturity securities |
(965) |
(1,325) |
||
Maturity of held-to-maturity securities |
2,735 |
1,730 |
||
Tax deposit withdrawal |
20,000 |
- |
||
Other assets |
(1,524) |
1,377 |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(115,815) |
(112,782) |
||
Financing Activities: |
||||
Increase in term loans |
170,000 |
- |
||
Issuance of long-term debt |
- |
140,000 |
||
Retirement of long-term debt |
(6,317) |
(7,650) |
||
Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
(166,100) |
- |
||
Dividends on common stock |
(26,985) |
(26,286) |
||
Net change in short-term borrowings |
89,076 |
(42,100) |
||
Issuance of common stock |
4,295 |
12,451 |
||
Acquisition of treasury stock |
(281) |
(346) |
||
Other assets |
(414) |
(2,178) |
||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
63,274 |
73,891 |
||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
958 |
2,572 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |
7,966 |
9,892 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |
$ |
8,924 |
$ |
12,464 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
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Cash paid during the period for: |
||||
Income taxes |
$ |
5 |
$ |
3,314 |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
33,824 |
$ |
29,342 |
Non-cash investing activities |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment in accounts payable |
$ |
9,960 |
$ |
9,878 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
18,465 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of ($181) and $425 |
(281) |
662 |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $67 and $72 |
103 |
113 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
17,337 |
$ |
19,240 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,113 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized (losses) gains on securities: |
||||
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of ($888) and $304 |
(1,384) |
473 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
||||
in net income, net of tax of ($0) and ($561) |
- |
(874) |
||
Net unrealized losses |
(1,384) |
(401) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $133 and $145 |
207 |
225 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
38,054 |
$ |
42,937 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Operating Revenues: |
||||
General business |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
162,212 |
Off-system sales |
25,641 |
37,177 |
||
Other revenues |
14,556 |
13,137 |
||
Total operating revenues |
228,945 |
212,526 |
||
Operating Expenses: |
||||
Operation: |
||||
Purchased power |
50,089 |
80,467 |
||
Fuel expense |
28,681 |
27,520 |
||
Power cost adjustment |
(829) |
(42,172) |
||
Other |
55,478 |
55,242 |
||
Demand-side management |
3,928 |
2,548 |
||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(346) |
(882) |
||
Maintenance |
20,139 |
23,646 |
||
Depreciation |
26,617 |
25,613 |
||
Taxes other than income taxes |
4,800 |
4,636 |
||
Total operating expenses |
188,557 |
176,618 |
||
Income from Operations |
40,388 |
35,908 |
||
|
||||
Other Income (Expense): |
||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction |
232 |
1,374 |
||
(Losses) earnings of unconsolidated equity-method investments |
(1,070) |
544 |
||
Other income |
5,625 |
2,155 |
||
Other expense |
(1,786) |
(1,558) |
||
Total other income |
3,001 |
2,515 |
||
Interest Charges: |
||||
Interest on long-term debt |
15,409 |
13,387 |
||
Other interest |
2,252 |
2,484 |
||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction |
(1,479) |
(1,915) |
||
Total interest charges |
16,182 |
13,956 |
||
Income Before Income Taxes |
27,207 |
24,467 |
||
Income Tax Expense |
9,479 |
8,303 |
||
Net Income |
$ |
17,728 |
$ |
16,164 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Operating Revenues: |
||||
General business |
$ |
356,060 |
$ |
299,463 |
Off-system sales |
59,004 |
95,016 |
||
Other revenues |
26,676 |
23,976 |
||
Total operating revenues |
441,740 |
418,455 |
||
Operating Expenses: |
||||
Operation: |
||||
Purchased power |
95,387 |
131,285 |
||
Fuel expense |
65,918 |
58,432 |
||
Power cost adjustment |
(18,573) |
(63,708) |
||
Other |
110,131 |
107,447 |
||
Demand-side management |
7,293 |
4,663 |
||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
(346) |
(882) |
||
Maintenance |
34,412 |
39,268 |
||
Depreciation |
52,367 |
50,903 |
||
Taxes other than income taxes |
9,603 |
9,554 |
||
Total operating expenses |
356,192 |
336,962 |
||
Income from Operations |
85,548 |
81,493 |
||
Other Income (Expense): |
||||
Allowance for equity funds used during construction |
1,129 |
2,778 |
||
(Losses) earnings of unconsolidated equity-method investments |
(1,866) |
2,079 |
||
Other income |
9,073 |
5,858 |
||
Other expense |
(2,474) |
(4,432) |
||
Total other income |
5,862 |
6,283 |
||
Interest Charges: |
||||
Interest on long-term debt |
31,952 |
26,471 |
||
Other interest |
4,146 |
4,658 |
||
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction |
(3,417) |
(3,454) |
||
Total interest charges |
32,681 |
27,675 |
||
Income Before Income Taxes |
58,729 |
60,101 |
||
|
||||
Income Tax Expense |
19,730 |
20,606 |
||
Net Income |
$ |
38,999 |
$ |
39,495 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
|
June 30, |
December 31, |
||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
Assets |
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Electric Plant: |
||||
In service (at original cost) |
$ |
3,921,416 |
$ |
3,796,339 |
Accumulated provision for depreciation |
(1,480,087) |
(1,468,832) |
||
In service - net |
2,441,329 |
2,327,507 |
||
Construction work in progress |
212,306 |
257,590 |
||
Held for future use |
6,386 |
3,366 |
||
Electric plant - net |
2,660,021 |
2,588,463 |
||
Investments and Other Property |
110,747 |
105,074 |
||
Current Assets: |
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
6,764 |
5,347 |
||
Receivables: |
||||
Customer |
66,214 |
62,122 |
||
Allowance for uncollectible accounts |
(941) |
(1,305) |
||
Employee notes |
2,216 |
2,128 |
||
Other |
4,464 |
8,122 |
||
Accrued unbilled revenues |
48,735 |
36,314 |
||
Materials and supplies (at average cost) |
49,732 |
43,270 |
||
Fuel stock (at average cost) |
24,307 |
17,268 |
||
Prepayments |
8,495 |
9,120 |
||
Deferred income taxes |
3,865 |
4,074 |
||
Refundable income tax deposit |
23,927 |
44,316 |
||
Other |
5,297 |
1,067 |
||
Total current assets |
243,075 |
231,843 |
||
Deferred Debits: |
||||
American Falls and Milner water rights |
26,853 |
29,501 |
||
Company-owned life insurance |
30,302 |
30,842 |
||
Regulatory assets |
477,883 |
449,668 |
||
Employee notes |
2,537 |
2,325 |
||
Other |
51,292 |
51,800 |
||
Total deferred debits |
588,867 |
564,136 |
||
Total |
$ |
3,602,710 |
$ |
3,489,516 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
|
June 30, |
December 31, |
||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
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 |
581,758 |
581,758 |
||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
||
Retained earnings |
454,215 |
442,300 |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(7,333) |
(6,156) |
||
Total common stock equity |
1,124,420 |
1,113,682 |
||
Long-term debt |
1,140,568 |
1,141,508 |
||
Total capitalization |
2,264,988 |
2,255,190 |
||
Current Liabilities: |
||||
Long-term debt due within one year |
1,064 |
1,064 |
||
Notes payable |
214,249 |
136,585 |
||
Accounts payable |
68,106 |
84,457 |
||
Notes and accounts payable to related parties |
2,722 |
724 |
||
Taxes accrued |
12,343 |
2,403 |
||
Interest accrued |
18,514 |
18,761 |
||
Uncertain tax positions |
27,242 |
26,764 |
||
Other |
44,804 |
36,907 |
||
Total current liabilities |
389,044 |
307,665 |
||
Deferred Credits: |
||||
Deferred income taxes |
506,328 |
488,768 |
||
Regulatory liabilities |
279,423 |
274,204 |
||
Other |
162,927 |
163,689 |
||
Total deferred credits |
948,678 |
926,661 |
||
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) |
||||
|
||||
Total |
$ |
3,602,710 |
$ |
3,489,516 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capitalization
(unaudited)
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
||
|
2008 |
% |
2007 |
% |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||||
Common Stock Equity: |
||||||
Common stock |
$ |
97,877 |
$ |
97,877 |
||
Premium on capital stock |
581,758 |
581,758 |
||||
Capital stock expense |
(2,097) |
(2,097) |
||||
Retained earnings |
454,215 |
442,300 |
||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(7,333) |
(6,156) |
||||
Total common stock equity |
1,124,420 |
50 |
1,113,682 |
49 |
||
Long-Term Debt: |
||||||
First mortgage bonds: |
||||||
7.20% Series due 2009 |
80,000 |
80,000 |
||||
6.60% Series due 2011 |
120,000 |
120,000 |
||||
4.75% Series due 2012 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
||||
4.25% Series due 2013 |
70,000 |
70,000 |
||||
6 % Series due 2032 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
||||
5.50% Series due 2033 |
70,000 |
70,000 |
||||
5.50% Series due 2034 |
50,000 |
50,000 |
||||
5.875% Series due 2034 |
55,000 |
55,000 |
||||
5.30% Series due 2035 |
60,000 |
60,000 |
||||
6.30% Series due 2037 |
140,000 |
140,000 |
||||
6.25% Series due 2037 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
||||
Total first mortgage bonds |
945,000 |
945,000 |
||||
Amount due within one year |
- |
- |
||||
Net first mortgage bonds |
945,000 |
945,000 |
||||
Pollution control revenue bonds: |
||||||
Variable Rate Series 2003 due 2024 |
49,800 |
49,800 |
||||
Variable Rate Series 2006 due 2026 |
116,300 |
116,300 |
||||
Variable Rate Series 2000 due 2027 |
4,360 |
4,360 |
||||
Total pollution control revenue bonds |
170,460 |
170,460 |
||||
American Falls bond guarantee |
19,885 |
19,885 |
||||
Milner Dam note guarantee |
9,573 |
10,636 |
||||
Note guarantee due within one year |
(1,064) |
(1,064) |
||||
Unamortized premium/discount - net |
(3,286) |
(3,409) |
||||
Term Loan Credit Facility |
166,100 |
- |
||||
Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
(166,100) |
- |
||||
Total long-term debt |
1,140,568 |
50 |
1,141,508 |
51 |
||
Total Capitalization |
$ |
2,264,988 |
100 |
$ |
2,255,190 |
100 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Operating Activities: |
|
|
||
Net income |
$ |
38,999 |
$ |
39,495 |
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by |
|
|||
operating activities: |
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
56,650 |
54,487 |
||
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
16,050 |
16,671 |
||
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities |
(24,824) |
(65,257) |
||
Non-cash pension expense |
1,274 |
5,869 |
||
Undistributed losses (earnings) of subsidiary |
1,866 |
(2,079) |
||
Gain on sale of assets |
(3,381) |
(2,519) |
||
Other non-cash adjustments to net income |
(1,497) |
(2,861) |
||
Change in: |
||||
Accounts receivables and prepayments |
3,142 |
(4,843) |
||
Accounts payable |
(13,102) |
(2,239) |
||
Taxes accrued |
9,650 |
(1,094) |
||
Other current assets |
(25,921) |
(15,478) |
||
Other current liabilities |
3,650 |
11,141 |
||
Other assets |
456 |
524 |
||
Other liabilities |
(1,608) |
8,943 |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
61,404 |
40,760 |
||
Investing Activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant |
(125,373) |
(121,673) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of non-utility assets |
5,690 |
- |
||
Purchase of available-for-sale securities |
- |
(24,349) |
||
Proceeds from the sale of available-for-sale securities |
- |
25,296 |
||
Proceeds from sale of emission allowances |
833 |
2,685 |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliate |
(8,725) |
(3,600) |
||
Tax deposit withdrawal |
20,000 |
- |
||
Other assets |
(1,515) |
1,378 |
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(109,090) |
(120,263) |
||
Financing Activities: |
||||
Increase in term loans |
170,000 |
- |
||
Issuance of long-term debt |
- |
140,000 |
||
Retirement of long-term debt |
(1,064) |
(1,064) |
||
Purchase of pollution control revenue bonds |
(166,100) |
- |
||
Dividends on common stock |
(27,084) |
(26,212) |
||
Net change in short term borrowings |
73,764 |
(30,200) |
||
Other |
(413) |
(1,706) |
||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
49,103 |
80,818 |
||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
1,417 |
1,315 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period |
5,347 |
2,404 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period |
$ |
6,764 |
$ |
3,719 |
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: |
||||
Cash paid during the period for: |
||||
Income taxes received from parent |
$ |
6,996 |
$ |
6,236 |
Interest (net of amount capitalized) |
$ |
32,026 |
$ |
26,493 |
Non-cash investing activities: |
||||
Additions to utility plant in accounts payable |
$ |
9,960 |
$ |
9,878 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
|
Three Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
17,728 |
$ |
16,164 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of ($181) and $425 |
(281) |
662 |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $67 and $72 |
103 |
113 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
17,550 |
$ |
16,939 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. |
Idaho Power
Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
|
Six Months Ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
|
(thousands of dollars) |
|||
Net Income |
$ |
38,999 |
$ |
39,495 |
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss): |
||||
Unrealized (losses) gains on securities: |
||||
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during the period, |
||||
net of tax of ($888) and $304 |
(1,384) |
473 |
||
Reclassification adjustment for gains included |
||||
in net income, net of tax of ($0) and ($561) |
- |
(874) |
||
Net unrealized losses |
(1,384) |
(401) |
||
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax |
||||
of $133 and $145 |
207 |
225 |
||
Total Comprehensive Income |
$ |
37,822 |
$ |
39,319 |
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 the 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. (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:
IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments;
Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West), an operator of small hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA); and
IDACORP Energy (IE), a marketer of energy commodities, which wound down operations in 2003.
On February 23, 2007, IDACORP
sold all of the outstanding common stock of IDACOMM, Inc. to American Fiber
Systems, Inc. The results of operations and the sale of IDACOMM, Inc. are
reported as discontinued operations. Discontinued operations are discussed in
Note 9.
Principles of Consolidation
IDACORP's and IPC's condensed
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of each company and
their consolidated subsidiaries. IDACORP also consolidates two variable
interest entities (VIEs) for which it is the primary beneficiary. All
significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Investments in 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 2008. IFS' maximum
exposure to loss in these developments was $80 million at June 30, 2008.
In the opinion of IDACORP and
IPC, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly their consolidated
financial positions as of June 30, 2008, and consolidated results of operations
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, and 2007, and consolidated
cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2008, and 2007. These adjustments
are of a normal and recurring nature. These financial statements do not
contain the complete detail or footnote disclosure concerning accounting
policies and other matters that would be included in full-year financial
statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated
financial statements included in IDACORP's and IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2007. The results of operations for the
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected
for the full year.
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.
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 six months
ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands, except for per share amounts):
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
|||||||||||
June 30, |
June 30, |
|||||||||||
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|||||||||
Numerator: |
||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
18,465 |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,046 |
||||
Denominator: |
||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic* |
44,924 |
43,751 |
44,886 |
43,709 |
||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: |
||||||||||||
Options |
47 |
38 |
48 |
44 |
||||||||
Restricted Stock |
125 |
95 |
116 |
92 |
||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding |
||||||||||||
- diluted |
45,096 |
43,884 |
45,050 |
43,845 |
||||||||
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.42 |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.99 |
||||
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.42 |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.98 |
||||
*Weighted average shares outstanding - basic excludes non-vested shares issued under stock compensation plans. |
||||||||||||
The diluted EPS computation
excluded 482,000 options for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
because the options' exercise prices were greater than the average market price
of the common stock during those periods. For the same periods in 2007, there
were 486,800 and 487,400 options excluded from the diluted EPS computation for
the same reason. In total, 817,075 options were outstanding at June 30, 2008,
with expiration dates between 2010 and 2015.
New Accounting Pronouncements
SFAS 141(R): In December
2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R), Business Combinations (Revised December
2007). SFAS 141(R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer
in a business combination: 1) recognizes and measures in its financial
statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; 2) recognizes and measures the
goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain
purchase; and 3) determines what information to disclose to enable users of the
financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. SFAS 141(R) applies prospectively to business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An
entity may not apply it before that date. IDACORP and IPC are currently
evaluating the impact of SFAS 141(R).
SFAS 160: In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS
160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements. Among
other things, SFAS 160 establishes a standard for the way noncontrolling
interests (also called minority interests) are presented in consolidated
financial statements and standards for accounting for changes in ownership
interests. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. An entity may not apply it before that date. IDACORP and
IPC are currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 160.
SFAS 161: In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, Disclosures
about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities-an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 133. SFAS 161 encourages, but does not require, comparative
disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. SFAS 161 changes the
disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities.
Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an
entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related
hedged items are accounted for under Statement 133 and its related
interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items
affect an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows.
SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and
interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application
encouraged. IDACORP and IPC are currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 161.
SFAS 162: In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 162, The
Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which identifies the
sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles
to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental
entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (GAAP) (the GAAP hierarchy). SFAS 162 is
effective 60 days following the SEC's approval of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in
Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. IDACORP and IPC do
not expect the adoption of SFAS 162 to have a material impact on their
financial statements.
SFAS 163: In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 163, Accounting
for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts-an interpretation of FASB Statement
No. 60. SFAS 163 is generally effective for financial statements issued for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. IDACORP and IPC do not expect
SFAS 163 to impact their financial statements.
FSP EITF 03-6-1: In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP
EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment
Transactions Are Participating Securities. Under the guidance in FSP EITF 03-6-1,
unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to
dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating
securities and shall be included in the computation of earnings per share
pursuant to the two-class method described in SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share.
FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2008. All prior-period earnings per share data
presented shall be adjusted retrospectively. Early application is not
permitted. IDACORP is currently evaluating the impact of FSP EITF 03-6-1.
FSP FAS 142-3: In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP
FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets. FSP FAS 142-3
removes the requirement of SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets for
an entity to consider, when determining the useful life of an acquired
intangible asset, whether the intangible asset can be renewed without
substantial cost or material modifications to the existing terms and conditions
associated with the intangible asset. FSP FAS 142-3 replaces the previous
useful-life assessment criteria with a requirement that an entity consider its
own experience in renewing similar arrangements. If the entity has no relevant
experience, it would consider market participant assumptions regarding
renewal. FSP FAS 142-3 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 2008. IDACORP and IPC are currently
evaluating the impact of FSP FAS 142-3.
2. INCOME
TAXES:
In accordance with interim reporting requirements, IDACORP
and IPC use an estimated annual effective tax rate for computing their
provisions for income taxes. IDACORP's effective rate on continuing operations
for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was 24.2 percent, compared to 16.2
percent for the six months ended June 30, 2007. IPC's effective tax rate for
the six months ended June 30, 2008, was 33.6 percent, compared to 34.3 percent
for the six months ended June 30, 2007. The differences in estimated annual
effective tax rates are primarily due to the amount of pre-tax earnings at
IDACORP and IPC, timing and amount of IPC's regulatory flow-through tax
adjustments, and lower tax credits from IFS.
3. COMMON
STOCK AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION:
During the six months ended June 30, 2008, IDACORP entered
into the following transactions involving its common stock:
85,430 original issue shares were used for awards granted under the 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan.
16,149 original issue shares and 26,359 treasury shares were used for awards granted under the Restricted Stock Plan.
15,100 treasury shares were used for the annual stock grant to directors under the Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan.
139,372 original issue shares were issued under the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and the Employee Savings Plan.
IDACORP has three share-based compensation plans. IDACORP's
employee plans are the 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan (LTICP)
and the Restricted Stock Plan (RSP). These plans are intended to align
employee and shareholder objectives related to IDACORP's long-term growth.
IDACORP also has one non-employee plan, the Non-Employee Directors Stock
Compensation Plan (DSP). The purpose of the DSP is to increase directors'
stock ownership through stock-based compensation.
The LTICP for officers, key employees and directors permits
the grant of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance
units, performance shares and other awards. The RSP permits only the grant of
restricted stock or performance-based restricted stock. At June 30, 2008, the
maximum number of shares available under the LTICP and RSP were 1,562,142 and
66,887, 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):
|
IDACORP |
IPC |
|
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|
Six months ended |
Six months ended |
|
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
|
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|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|
||||||
Compensation cost |
$ |
2,289 |
$ |
1,556 |
$ |
2,160 |
$ |
996 |
|||
Income tax benefit |
$ |
895 |
$ |
608 |
$ |
845 |
$ |
390 |
|||
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 six months of 2008 was $30.54.
Performance-based restricted stock awards have vesting
periods of three years. Performance awards entitle the recipients to voting
rights, and unvested shares are restricted as to disposition, subject to
forfeiture under certain circumstances, and subject to meeting specific
performance conditions. Based on the attainment of the performance conditions,
the ultimate award can range from zero to 150 percent of the target award.
Dividends are accrued during the vesting period and will be paid out only on
shares that eventually vest.
The performance goals for these awards are independent of
each other and equally weighted, and are based on two metrics, cumulative
earnings per share (CEPS) and total shareholder return (TSR) relative to a peer
group. The fair value of the CEPS portion is based on the market value at the
date of grant, reduced by the loss in time-value of the estimated future
dividend payments, using an expected quarterly dividend of $0.30. The fair
value of the TSR portion is estimated using a statistical model that
incorporates the probability of meeting performance targets based on historical
returns relative to the peer group. Both performance goals are measured over
the three-year vesting period and are charged to compensation expense over the
vesting period based on the number of shares expected to vest. The weighted
average fair value at date of grant for CEPS and TSR awards granted during the
first six months of 2008 was $22.76.
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. The fair value of each option is amortized into compensation expense
using graded-vesting. Stock options are not a significant component of share-based
compensation awards under the LTICP.
4. FINANCING:
Credit Facilities
IDACORP has a $100 million credit facility, and IPC has a
$300 million credit facility, both of which expire on April 25, 2012.
Commercial paper may be issued up to the amounts supported by the bank credit
facilities. Under these facilities the companies pay a facility fee on the
commitment, quarterly in arrears, based on its rating for senior unsecured long-term
debt securities without third-party credit enhancement as provided by Moody's
and S&P.
IPC entered into a $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2008, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative
agent and lender, and Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank of California, N.A. and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lenders. The Term Loan Credit
Agreement provided for the issuance of term loans by the lenders to IPC on
April 1, 2008, in an aggregate principal amount of $170 million. The Loans are
due on March 31, 2009. IPC used $166.1 million of the proceeds from the Loans
to effect the mandatory purchase on April 3, 2008, of the Pollution Control
Bonds (as discussed below under "Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds")
and $3.9 million to pay interest, fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the Pollution Control Bonds and the Term Loan Credit Agreement. The Loans may
be prepaid, but may not be reborrowed. The Term Loan Credit Agreement is a
short-term arrangement; however $166.1 million was classified as long-term debt
as allowed by SFAS No. 6 Classification of Short-Term Obligations Expected to
Be Refinanced. IPC has the ability to refinance the term loan on a long-term
basis by utilizing its credit facility which expires April 25, 2012, provided
that the aggregate of the commitments utilizing the credit facility and
commercial paper outstanding does not exceed $300 million. The remaining $3.9
million of the Loans is classified as short-term debt. At June 30, 2008, IPC
had regulatory authority to incur up to $450 million of short-term
indebtedness. Balances and interest rates of short-term borrowings were as
follows at June 30, 2008, and December 31, 2007 (in thousands of dollars):
|
June 30, 2008 |
December 31, 2007 |
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|
IPC |
IDACORP |
Total |
IPC |
IDACORP |
Total |
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Commercial paper outstanding |
$ |
210,349 |
$ |
65,172 |
$ |
275,521 |
$ |
136,585 |
$ |
49,860 |
$ |
186,445 |
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Other short-term borrowings |
3,900 |
- |
3,900 |
- |
- |
- |
|||||||||
Total |
$ |
214,249 |
$ |
65,172 |
$ |
279,421 |
$ |
136,585 |
$ |
49,860 |
$ |
186,445 |
|||
Weighted-avg. interest rate |
3.07% |
3.07% |
3.07% |
5.56% |
5.45% |
5.53% |
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Long-Term Financing
IDACORP has $629 million remaining on two shelf registration
statements that can be used for the issuance of unsecured debt (including medium-term
notes) and preferred or common stock.
On April 3, 2008, IPC entered into a Selling Agency
Agreement with each of Banc of America Securities LLC, BNY Capital Markets,
Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Lazard Capital
Markets LLC, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Wedbush Morgan
Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with the issuance
and sale by IPC from time to time of up to $350 million aggregate principal
amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series H. On July
10, 2008, IPC issued $120 million of its 6.025% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured
Medium-Term Notes, Series H, due July 15, 2018. IPC used the net proceeds to
pay down short-term debt. As of August 6, 2008, IPC has $230 million remaining
on a shelf registration statement that can be used for the issuance of first
mortgage bonds (including medium-term notes) and unsecured debt.
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds
On April 3, 2008, IPC made a mandatory purchase of the $49.8
million Humboldt County, Nevada Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds
(Idaho Power Company Project) Series 2003 and the $116.3 million Sweetwater
County, Wyoming Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Idaho Power Company
Project) Series 2006 (together, the Pollution Control Bonds). IPC initiated
this transaction in order to adjust the interest rate period of the Pollution
Control Bonds from an auction interest rate period to a weekly interest rate
period, effective April 3, 2008.
5.
REGULATORY MATTERS:
Idaho 2007 General Rate Case
On February 28, 2008, the IPUC approved a settlement of IPC's
general rate case filed June 8, 2007. The IPUC's order approved an average
increase of 5.2 percent in base rate, or approximately $32.1 million in
revenues, effective March 1, 2008.
Danskin CT1 Power Plant Rate Case
On March 7, 2008, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
requesting recovery of the costs associated with the construction of the
Danskin CT1 plant, a gas-fired combustion turbine located at the Evander
Andrews Power Complex near Mountain Home, Idaho. Danskin CT1 began commercial
operations on March 11, 2008. In the filing, IPC requested adding to rate base
approximately $65 million attributable to the cost of constructing the
generating facility and the necessary transmission and interconnection
facilities, which would have resulted in a base rate increase of 1.39 percent,
or $9 million in annual revenues.
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC authorized IPC to add to its rate
base $64.2 million for the Danskin CT1 plant and associated transmission and
interconnection system upgrades, effective June 1, 2008, resulting in a base
rate increase of 1.37 percent, or $8.9 million in annual revenues. Costs not
approved in this order will be included in future filings.
Deferred Net Power Supply Costs
IPC's deferred net power supply costs consisted of the
following (in thousands of dollars):
June 30, |
December 31, |
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2008 |
2007 |
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Idaho PCA current year |
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Deferral for the 2008-2009 rate year* |
$ |
- |
$ |
85,732 |
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Deferral for the 2009-2010 rate year |
10,162 |
- |
||||
Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery: |
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Authorized in May 2007 |
- |
6,591 |
||||
Authorized in May 2008 |
102,437 |
- |
||||
Oregon deferral: |
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2001 Costs |
2,794 |
2,993 |
||||
2006 Costs |
1,218 |
2,107 |
||||
2008 Power cost adjustment mechanism |
1,484 |
- |
||||
Total deferral |
$ |
118,095 |
$ |
97,423 |
||
*The 2008-2009 PCA deferral balance is reduced by $16.5 million of emission allowance sales in 2007. |
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Idaho: IPC has a PCA mechanism that provides for
annual adjustments to the rates charged to its Idaho retail customers. The PCA
tracks IPC's actual net power supply costs (fuel and purchased power less off-system
sales) and compares these amounts to net power supply costs currently being
recovered in retail rates.
The annual adjustments are based on two components:
A forecast component, based on a forecast of net power supply costs in the coming year as compared to net power supply costs in base rates; and
A true-up component, based on the difference between the previous
year's actual net power supply costs and the previous year's forecast. This
component also includes a balancing mechanism so that, over time, the actual
collection or refund of authorized true-up dollars matches the amounts
authorized. The true-up component is calculated monthly, and interest is
applied to the balance.
The PCA mechanism provides that 90 percent of deviations in
power supply costs are to be reflected in IPC's rates for both the forecast and
the true-up components.
2008-2009 PCA: On April 15, 2008, IPC filed its 2008-2009
PCA application with the IPUC with a requested effective date of June 1, 2008.
The filing requested an increase to existing revenues of approximately $87.2
million.
Subsequently, the IPUC issued an
order directing IPC to apply $16.5 million of gains from the sale of excess SO2
emission allowances, including interest, against the PCA. This order reduced
IPC's request to approximately $70.7 million. IPC and the IPUC Staff each
proposed deviations from standard IPUC approved PCA methodology. IPC proposed
to flow through to customers 100 percent of the deviation in net power supply
costs and PURPA project expenses for the 2008-2009 PCA year instead of a 90/10
sharing between customers and shareholders. This was denied by the IPUC. The
IPUC Staff proposed using a "normal" forecast for power supply costs and
equally dividing the net power supply expenses implemented in the rate change on
March 1, 2008 resulting from the 2007 general rate case. The IPUC approved the
IPUC Staff's recommendations on May 30, 2008. The adopted distribution
methodology results in an equal amount of power supply costs across all months
as compared to a more seasonal allocation that would have recognized
significantly more power supply costs in the third quarter and less in the
first and second quarters. The IPUC decision is not expected to have a
material impact on annual financial results.
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC adopted the IPUC Staff's proposal
to use a "normal" forecast for power supply costs and approved an increase to
existing revenues of $73.3 million, effective June 1, 2008, which results in an
average rate increase to IPC's customers of 10.7 percent.
In its order the IPUC also directed IPC to set up workshops
to address PCA-related issues such as sharing methodology, forecasting
methodology, distribution of power cost deferrals and load growth adjustment
rate. An informational workshop was held on July 30, 2008, and a second
workshop is scheduled for August 13, 2008.
2007-2008 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 was net of $69.1 million of proceeds from sales of excess SO2 emission
allowances. The new rates became effective June 1, 2007.
Idaho Load Growth Adjustment Rate (LGAR): On January
9, 2007, the IPUC issued an order resetting IPC's LGAR to $29.41 per MWh,
effective April 1, 2007. The LGAR subtracts the cost of serving additional
Idaho retail load from the net power supply costs IPC is allowed to include in
its PCA. The order revised the LGAR from the original rate of $16.84 per MWh
set when the PCA began in 1993. This amount was established as the projected
additional variable energy costs attributable to load growth and was subtracted
from each year's PCA expense. IPC had requested the use of the embedded cost
of serving new load and a rate of $6.81 per MWh, but the IPUC in its order
determined to use the projected marginal cost, which resulted in the higher
LGAR. The LGAR is reset during a general rate case.
The IPUC-approved settlement of the 2007 general rate case
(discussed above in "Idaho 2007 General Rate Case") reset the LGAR to $62.79
per MWh, but applies that rate to only 50 percent of the load growth beginning
in March 2008. In that general rate case, IPC filed normalized firm base load
of 15.6 million MWh as compared with 14.8 million MWh in the 2005 general rate
case.
Emission Allowances: During 2007, IPC sold 35,000 SO2
emission allowances for a total of $19.6 million. The sales proceeds allocated
to the Idaho jurisdiction are approximately $18.5 million. On April 14, 2008,
the IPUC ordered that $16.4 million of these proceeds, including interest, be
used to help offset the PCA true-up balances from the 2007-2008 PCA. The order
also provided that $0.5 million may be used to fund an energy education
program.
In 2005 and early 2006, IPC sold 78,000 SO2 emission
allowances for a total of $81.6 million. The sales proceeds allocated to the
Idaho jurisdiction were approximately $76.8 million. On May 12, 2006, the IPUC
approved a stipulation that allowed IPC to retain ten percent as a shareholder
benefit with the remaining 90 percent plus a carrying charge recorded as a
customer benefit. This customer benefit was used to partially offset the PCA
true-up balance and is reflected in PCA rates in effect from June 1, 2007, to
May 31, 2008.
Oregon: On April 30, 2007, IPC filed for an
accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the period
from May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher than "normal"
(which means above base power supply costs) power supply expenses. 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 awaiting an order from the OPUC.
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. A settlement agreement was reached on the deferral
application with the OPUC Staff and the Citizens' Utility Board in the amount
of $2 million. The parties also agreed that IPC would file an application for
an Oregon PCA mechanism. The settlement stipulation was approved by the OPUC
on December 13, 2007.
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 2000 and 2001, which is discussed further in Note 6 under "Western
Energy Proceedings at the FERC." 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 Costs
On August 17, 2007, IPC filed an application with the OPUC
requesting the approval of a power cost recovery mechanism similar to the Idaho
PCA. A joint stipulation was filed with the OPUC on March 14, 2008, and the
OPUC approved the stipulation on April 28, 2008.
The new mechanism will allow IPC to recover excess net power
supply costs in a more timely fashion than through the existing deferral
process. The mechanism differs from the Idaho PCA in that it reestablishes the
base net power supply costs annually. In Idaho, the base net power supply
costs are set by a general rate case.
The new regulatory mechanism has two parts: an annual power
cost update (APCU) and a power cost adjustment mechanism (PCAM). The APCU has
two components: the "October Update," where each October IPC will calculate
its estimated normalized net power supply expenses for the following April
through March test period, and the "March Forecast," where each March IPC will
file a forecast of its normalized net power supply expenses for the same test
period, updated for a number of variables including the most recent stream flow
data and future wholesale electric prices. On June 1 of each year, rates will be
adjusted to reflect costs calculated in the APCU.
The PCAM is a true-up to be filed in February of each year
beginning in 2009. The filing will calculate the deviation between actual net
power supply expenses incurred for the preceding January through December
period and the net power supply expenses recovered through the APCU for the
same period. Under the PCAM, IPC is subject to a portion of the business risk
or benefit associated with this deviation by application of an asymmetrical
deadband within which IPC absorbs cost increases or decreases. For deviations
in actual power supply costs outside of the deadband, the PCAM provides for
90/10 sharing of costs and benefits between customers and IPC. However, a
collection will occur only to the extent that it results in IPC's actual return
on equity (ROE) for the year being no greater than 100 basis points below IPC's
last authorized ROE. A refund will occur only to the extent that it results in
IPC's actual ROE for that year being no less than 100 basis points above IPC's
last authorized ROE. The PCAM rate is then added to or subtracted from the
APCU rate, with new combined rates effective each June 1.
On October 29, 2007, IPC filed its first October Update with
the OPUC reflecting the estimated net power supply expenses for the April 2008
through March 2009 test period. On March 24, 2008, IPC submitted testimony to
the OPUC revising its calculation of the October Update to conform to the
methodology agreed to by the parties in the stipulation. IPC also submitted
the March Forecast, reflecting expected hydroelectric generating conditions and
forward prices for the April 2008 through March 2009 test period. The expected
power supply costs of $150 million represented an increase of approximately $23
million over the October Update.
On May 20, 2008, the OPUC approved IPC's APCU (comprising
both the October Update and the March Forecast) with the new rates effective
June 1, 2008. The approved APCU results in a $4.8 million, or 15.69 percent,
increase in Oregon revenues.
Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism (FCA)
On March 12, 2007, the IPUC approved the implementation of a
FCA mechanism pilot program for IPC's residential and small general service
customers. The FCA is a rate mechanism designed to remove IPC's disincentive
to invest in energy efficiency programs by separating (or decoupling) the
recovery of fixed costs from the variable kilowatt-hour charge and linking it
instead to a set amount per customer. In the FCA, for each customer class, the
number of customers is multiplied by a fixed cost per customer. The cost per
customer is based on IPC's revenue requirement as established in a general rate
case. This authorized fixed cost recovery amount is compared to the amount of
fixed costs actually recovered by IPC. The amount of over or under-recovery is
then returned to or collected from customers in a subsequent rate adjustment.
The pilot program began on January 1, 2007, and runs through 2009, with the
first rate adjustment occurring on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate
adjustments occurring on June 1 of each year during its term.
On March 14, 2008, IPC filed an application requesting a
$2.4 million rate reduction under the FCA pilot program for the net over-recovery
of fixed costs during 2007. On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved the rate
reduction of $2.4 million to be distributed to residential and small general
service customer classes equally on an energy used basis during the June 1,
2008 through May 31, 2009, FCA year. IPC accrued $0.4 million of FCA net over-recovery
of fixed costs in the first half of 2008.
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.
Effective June 1, 2006, the FERC accepted rates for IPC amounting to an annual
revenue increase of $11 million based upon 2004 test year data. The rates were
accepted subject to refund pending the outcome of the hearing and settlement
process.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC approved a settlement agreement
by the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission
service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates and that were in
existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). This
settlement reduced the estimated annual revenue increase to approximately $8.2
million based on 2004 test year data. Approximately $1.7 million collected in
excess of these new rates between June 1, 2006, and July 31, 2007, was refunded
with interest to customers in August 2007.
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. If the Initial Decision is implemented,
IPC estimates that it would reduce the estimated annual revenue increase (based
on 2004 test year data) to approximately $6.8 million.
IPC has appealed the Initial Decision to the FERC. However,
if the Initial Decision is implemented, IPC would make additional refunds,
including interest, of approximately $4.2 million for the June 1, 2006, through
June 30, 2008, period. IPC has reserved this entire amount. 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. IPC is awaiting a final FERC order.
On June 2, 2008, IPC posted on its Open Access Same-Time
Information System (OASIS) website its draft informational filing which
contains the annual update of the formula rate to the 2007 test year. The
draft informational filing includes a proposed rate of $18.88 per kW-year, a
decrease of $0.85 per kW-year, or 4.3 percent. A customer meeting to discuss
the informational filing was held on June 17, 2008. A final filing will be
submitted to the FERC by September 1, 2008 with new rates effective October 1,
2008.
In the 2003 Idaho general rate case, the IPUC disallowed
recovery of pension expense because there were no current cash contributions
being made to the pension plan. On March 20, 2007, IPC requested that the IPUC
clarify that IPC can consider future cash contributions made to the pension
plan a recoverable cost of service. On June 1, 2007, the IPUC issued an order
authorizing IPC to account for its defined benefit pension expense on a cash
basis, and to defer and account for pension expense under SFAS 87, Employers'
Accounting for Pensions, as a regulatory asset. The IPUC acknowledged that it
is appropriate for IPC to seek recovery in its revenue requirement of
reasonable and prudently incurred pension expense based on actual cash
contributions. The regulatory asset created by this order is expected to be
amortized to expense to match the revenues received when future pension contributions
are recovered through rates. 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 was
deferred to a regulatory asset beginning in the third quarter. In the first
half of 2008, $3.9 million of pension expense was deferred. IPC did not
request a carrying charge on the deferral balance.
6.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
Guarantees
IPC has agreed to guarantee the performance of one-third of
the reclamation activities at Bridger Coal Company, of which IERCO owns a one-third
interest. This guarantee, which is renewed each December, was $60 million at
June 30, 2008. Bridger Coal has a reclamation trust fund set aside
specifically for the purpose of paying the 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
From time to time IDACORP and IPC are parties to legal
claims, actions and complaints in addition to those discussed below. Although
they will vigorously defend against them, IDACORP and IPC are unable to predict
with certainty whether or not they will ultimately be successful. However,
based on the companies' evaluation, they believe that the resolution of these
matters, taking into account existing reserves, will not have a material
adverse effect on IDACORP's or IPC's consolidated financial positions, results
of operations or cash flows.
Reference is made to IDACORP's and IPC's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, for a discussion of all material pending
legal proceedings to which IDACORP and IPC and their subsidiaries are parties.
The following discussion provides a summary of material developments that
occurred in those proceedings during the period covered by this report and of
any new material proceedings instituted during the period covered by this
report.
Western Energy Proceedings at the FERC:
Throughout this report, the term "western energy situation"
is used to refer to the California energy crisis that occurred during 2000 and
2001, which resulted in energy shortages and blackouts in the western United
States. High prices for electricity in California and in western wholesale
markets during 2000 and 2001 caused numerous purchasers of electricity in those
markets to initiate proceedings seeking refunds. Some of these proceedings
(the western energy proceedings) remain pending before the FERC or on appeal to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit).
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. 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 February 3, 2004, the FERC directed the California
Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) to provide status reports with respect to
its progress in calculating refunds, fuel and emissions allowance offsets to
refunds and interest. The process of performing the calculations has engaged
the Cal ISO for more than four years. On March 18, 2008, the Cal ISO published
its Fortieth Status Report and on March 25, 2008, it released the interest
calculations it had completed as a result of revising market clearing prices as
directed by the FERC. In its Fortieth Status Report, the Cal ISO stated its
intention to consider interest and cost allocation questions for parties that
had FERC-approved settlements when it had completed the basic calculation of
interest for revised market clearing prices. A date has not yet been set for
this aspect of the Cal ISO's calculations. The Cal ISO has not released
another status report since March 18, 2008.
While the refund proceedings were pending before the FERC, the California
Attorney General filed a complaint with the FERC against sellers in the
wholesale power market, including IE and IPC, alleging that the FERC's market-based
rate requirements violate the Federal Power Act (FPA), and, even if the market-based
rate requirements were valid, that the quarterly transaction reports filed by
sellers did not contain the transaction-specific information mandated by the
FPA and the FERC. The complaint sought refunds for an expanded time when
compared to the basic refund proceeding. The FERC dismissed the complaint but
on September 9, 2004, the Ninth Circuit concluded that although market-based
tariffs are permissible under the FPA, the matter should be remanded to the
FERC to consider whether the FERC should exercise remedial power (including
some form of refunds) when a market participant failed to submit reports. On
December 28, 2006, a number of sellers filed a certiorari petition to the U.S.
Supreme Court. The Supreme Court declined to grant certiorari and the matter
has now been remanded to the FERC. The settlement IE and IPC reached with the
California Parties that was approved by the FERC on May 22, 2006, anticipated
the possibility of the outcome of the appeals discussed above and resolved the
settling parties' claims in the event of the expansion of all of the refund
proceedings as the Ninth Circuit ordered.
On March 21, 2008, the FERC
issued an order responding to the remand by Ninth Circuit. The FERC's order
established hearing procedures to permit wholesale purchasers that made short-term
market-based rate purchases through the Cal ISO and the California Power
Exchange (CalPX), as well as those making spot market purchases of energy
through the California Energy Resources Scheduling Division of the California
Department of Water Resources from January 1, 2000 to October 1, 2000, to (i)
present evidence that any seller that violated the quarterly reporting
requirement failed to disclose an increased market share sufficient to give it
the ability to exercise market power and thus caused its market-based rates to
be unjust and unreasonable and (ii) permit sellers to present evidence to the
contrary. Before formal hearing procedures commenced, the FERC directed that
the matter be presented to a settlement judge to attempt to settle individual
cases. The FERC's March 21, 2008 order expands the field of those who may
present evidence in the case from the original complaint of the California
Attorney General and also is more restrictive in terms of what must be proven
to establish a case. On April 7, 2008, IE and IPC joined with a number of
other parties that already had settled this proceeding with the California
Attorney General and the other California Parties requesting that they be
dismissed from the case. The California Attorney General and the other
California Parties indicated their agreement to the dismissal. On April 15, 2008,
the FERC issued an order dismissing parties that already had settled, including
IE and IPC, from these remanded proceedings. No party sought rehearing of the
FERC's dismissal order within the time allowed by statute and the dismissal is
now final.
On June 21, 2006, the Port of Seattle, Washington filed a
request for rehearing of the FERC order approving the IE and IPC/California
Parties settlement. On October 5, 2006, the FERC denied the Port of Seattle's
request for rehearing and on October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle petitioned
the Ninth Circuit for review of the FERC orders approving the settlement. On
October 25, 2007, the Ninth Circuit lifted the stay as to the Port of Seattle's
appeal along with two other cases with which the Port of Seattle's petition
remains consolidated and severed the three cases from the remainder of the
consolidated cases. Port of Seattle withdrew its petition for review in one of
the three consolidated cases and filed its initial brief on February 29, 2008.
The FERC filed its respondent brief on May 30, 2008. On June 30, 2008, IE and
IPC filed a joint brief with other companies supporting the FERC, and the
California Parties filed a joint brief supporting the FERC on the same day.
Final briefs are due by August 31, 2008. A date for argument has not been
set. IE and IPC are unable to predict when or how the Ninth Circuit might rule
on these consolidated petitions for review.
Market Manipulation: As part of the California and
Pacific Northwest Refund proceedings the FERC issued an order permitting
discovery and the submission of evidence regarding market manipulation by
sellers during the western energy situation. On June 25, 2003, the FERC
ordered 50 entities that participated in the western wholesale power markets
between January 1, 2000 and June 20, 2001, including IPC, to show cause why
certain trading practices did not constitute gaming or anomalous market
behavior ("partnership") in violation of the Cal ISO and CalPX Tariffs. On
October 16, 2003, IE and IPC reached agreement with the FERC Staff on two
orders commonly referred to as the "gaming" and "partnership" show cause
orders. The FERC staff submitted a motion to the FERC to dismiss the "partnership"
proceeding, which was approved by the FERC in an order issued on January 23,
2004. The "gaming" settlement was approved by the FERC on March 4, 2004.
Some parties have sought review of what they claim are the
excessively narrow or excessively broad scope of the show cause orders, and the
Ninth Circuit has consolidated those claims with the other matters and is
holding them in abeyance. The Port of Seattle is the only party to appeal the
orders of the FERC approving the gaming settlement. IPC is not able to predict
when the appeal will be considered or the outcome of the judicial determination
of these issues.
Pacific Northwest Refund: On
July 25, 2001, the FERC issued an order establishing another proceeding to
determine whether there may have been unjust and unreasonable charges for spot
market sales in the Pacific Northwest during the period December 25, 2000
through June 20, 2001. A FERC Administrative Law Judge submitted
recommendations and findings to the FERC on September 24, 2001 concluding that
prices should be governed by the Mobile-Sierra standard of the public interest
rather than the just and reasonable standard, that the Pacific Northwest spot
markets were competitive and the refunds should not be allowed. On December
19, 2002, the FERC reopened the proceeding to allow the submission of additional
evidence related to alleged manipulation of the power market by market
participants. Parties alleging market manipulation were to submit their claims
to the FERC and responses were due on March 20, 2003. On June 25, 2003, the
FERC terminated the proceeding and declined to order refunds. Multiple parties
filed petitions for review in the Ninth Circuit. On August 24, 2007, the Ninth
Circuit issued an opinion in the appeal, remanding to the FERC the orders that
declined to require refunds. The Ninth Circuit'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 proceeding. A number of
parties have sought rehearing of the Ninth Circuit's decision. Grays Harbor
terminated its participation in the case when Grays Harbor and IPC reached a
settlement. IE and IPC are unable to predict when the Ninth Circuit will rule
on the requests for rehearing or the outcome of these matters.
In separate western energy
proceedings, the Ninth Circuit issued two decisions on December 19, 2006,
regarding the FERC's decision not to require repricing of certain long-term
contracts. Those cases originated with individual complaints against specified
sellers which did not include IE or IPC. The Ninth Circuit remanded to the
FERC for additional consideration the agency's use of restrictive standards of
contract review. In its decisions, the Ninth Circuit also questioned the
validity of the FERC's administration of its market-based rate regime. On June
26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in one of these cases, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District
No. 1 of Snohomish County (No. 06-1457) (Snohomish), and revisited and
clarified the Mobile-Sierra doctrine in the context of fixed-rate, forward
power contracts. At issue was whether, and under what circumstances, the FERC
could modify the rates in such contracts on the grounds that there was a
dysfunctional market at the time the contracts were executed. In its decision,
the Supreme Court disagreed with many of the conclusions reached by the Ninth
Circuit and upheld the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine even in cases
in which it is alleged that the markets were dysfunctional. The Supreme
Court nonetheless directed the return of the case to the FERC to (i) consider
whether the challenged rates in the case constituted an excessive burden on
consumers either at the time the contracts were formed or during the term of
the contracts relative to the rates that could have been obtained after
elimination of the dysfunctional market and (ii) clarify whether it found the
evidence inadequate to support a claim that one of the parties to a contract
under consideration engaged in unlawful market manipulation that altered the
playing field for the particular contract negotiations - that is, whether there
was a causal connection between allegedly unlawful activity and the contract
rate.
This decision is expected to have general implications for
contracts in the wholesale electric markets regulated by the FERC, and
particular implications for forward power contracts in such markets. The Snohomish
decision upholds the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine to fixed-rate,
forward power contracts even in allegedly dysfunctional markets. IPC and IE
have asserted the Mobile-Sierra doctrine as a defense to the claims asserted in
the Pacific Northwest proceeding, involving spot market contracts in an
allegedly dysfunctional market. IDACORP, IPC and IE are unable to predict how
the FERC will rule on Snohomish on remand or how this decision will affect the
outcome of the Pacific Northwest proceeding.
There are pending in the Ninth Circuit approximately 200
petitions for review of numerous FERC orders regarding the western energy
situation, including the California refund proceeding, the structure and
content of the FERC's market-based rate regime, show cause orders with respect
to 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.
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 31, 2007, the U.S. District Court granted the
defendants' motion to dismiss stating that the plaintiffs' claims are barred by
the finality provision of the Indian Claims Commission Act. Plaintiffs filed a
motion for reconsideration which the District Court denied. On January 25,
2008, the District Court entered judgment in favor of IPC. Plaintiffs filed a
Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The parties have filed briefs on
appeal. Oral argument on the appeal has not yet been scheduled. IPC intends
to vigorously defend its position in this proceeding, but is unable to predict
the outcome of this matter or estimate the impact it may have on IPC's
consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Sierra Club Lawsuit-Bridger: In February 2007, the
Sierra Club and the Wyoming Outdoor Council filed a complaint against
PacifiCorp in the U.S. District Court for the District of 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.
Discovery in the matter was completed on October 15, 2007.
Also in October 2007, the plaintiffs and defendant filed cross-motions for
summary judgment on the alleged opacity compliance status of the Plant. The
court has not yet ruled on these motions. On March 13, 2008, the District
Court canceled the original trial date of April 21, 2008, but did not schedule
a new trial date. On July 7, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a motion requesting the
court to schedule a date for oral argument on the pending motions for summary
judgment. On July 17, 2008, PacifiCorp filed an opposition to plaintiffs'
motion based on the court's order on Initial Pretrial Conference, which stated
that "dispositive motions will be decided on the briefs without oral argument."
The court has yet to rule on plaintiffs' motion. IPC continues to monitor the
status of this matter but is unable to predict the outcome of this matter or
estimate the impact it may have on the consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
Sierra Club Notice of Intent to File Suit - Boardman:
On January 15, 2008, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Northwest
Environmental Defense Center, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Columbia
Riverkeeper, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council (collectively, Sierra Club)
provided a 60-day notice to Portland General Electric Company (PGE) of intent
to file suit. Sierra Club alleges violations of opacity standards at the
Boardman coal-fired power plant located in Morrow County, Oregon of which IPC
owns ten percent. PGE owns 65 percent and is the operator of the plant.
Sierra Club further alleges violations of the Clean Air Act, related federal
regulations and the Oregon State Implementation Plan relating to PGE's
construction and operation of the plant. The 60-day notice period expired on
March 15, 2008, but Sierra Club has not yet commenced litigation. Sierra Club
alleges thousands of opacity permit limit violations by PGE from and before
2003, and claims that it will seek a declaration that PGE has violated opacity
limits, a permanent injunction ordering PGE to comply with such limits, and
civil penalties of up to $32,500 per day per violation. IPC intends to monitor
the status of this matter but is unable to predict its outcome or what effect
this matter may have on the 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, 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 of Idaho, 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 Idaho Department of Water Resources (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 April 18, 2008, the court
issued a Memorandum Decision and order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment
upholding the Swan Falls Agreement. Under the Swan Falls Agreement, water
rights in excess of the minimum flows established by the agreement are held in
trust by the State of Idaho for the use and benefit of IPC and the people of the
State of Idaho. Water above these minimum flows is available for subsequent
consumptive beneficial uses that are approved in accordance with state law.
The court further held that to the extent that the state is not meeting the
minimum flows or it is anticipated that the minimum flows will not be met, IPC's
water rights that are held in trust are not available for subsequent
appropriations and that any appropriations already in place may be subject to
curtailment in order to meet the minimum flows. The court found that it was
not necessary to address the issue of mutual mistake of fact relating to the
over-appropriation of the basin because it found that it was water rights that
were the subject of the trust arrangement and not the water itself. The court
also stated that issues relating to water availability relate to the
administration of water rights and should be addressed, as necessary, in an
administrative action before the IDWR.
The court did not decide the
issue of whether the Swan Falls Agreement subordinated IPC's water rights to
groundwater recharge. The court scheduled a hearing for September 16, 2008,
for arguments on summary judgment motions on the recharge issue. The State of
Idaho and IPC are now in the process of completing discovery, and briefing and
filing summary judgment motions on recharge. IPC is unable to predict how the
court will rule on the issue of whether the Swan Falls Agreement subordinated
IPC's water rights to groundwater recharge. Based upon recent developments, however,
resolution of that issue is not expected to have a significant effect on the
availability of water to IPC's hydropower facilities. IPC is cooperating with
the State of Idaho and other water users through an advisory committee in the
development of a Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP) to protect and
enhance water levels in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) and the
connected Snake River. Many CAMP committee members had early expectations that
groundwater recharge would be a significant component of the plan. However,
further study and review has revealed that significant groundwater recharge is
not feasible due to the complex hydrology of the ESPA, the lack of
infrastructure, and the requirement of compliance with water quality and other
environmental standards.
IPC has also filed two actions in federal court against the
United States Bureau of Reclamation 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. IPC believes that 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 U.S. District 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 15, 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. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation filed
answers in each of these cases on February 15, 2008. On March 4, 2008, the
U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho entered a preliminary scheduling
order, setting that case for trial on December 15, 2009. The action in the
U.S. District Court of Federal Claims has not yet been set for trial but the
court has set a discovery schedule requiring that discovery be completed and
pre-trial motions filed by July 1, 2009. The court will then set the matter
for trial. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of these actions.
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. On March 28, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint and
Demand for Jury Trial. On July 23, 2008, the plaintiffs were permitted to file
a Second Amended Complaint and Demand for Jury Trail. The plaintiffs' assert
claims for negligence, negligence per se, nuisance, breach of contract, and
fraud. The claims are based on allegations that from 1972 until May 25, 2005,
IPC discharged "stray voltage" from its electrical facilities that caused
physical harm and injury to the plaintiffs' dairy herd. Plaintiffs seek
compensatory damages in excess of $10,000 to be proven at trial.
On June 9, 2008, IDACORP and IPC
filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, contending that the court lacks
jurisdiction over the matter because plaintiffs have failed to exhaust
administrative remedies before the IPUC. 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.
7. BENEFIT
PLANS:
The following table shows the components of net periodic
benefit costs for the three months ended June 30 (in thousands of dollars):
Deferred |
Postretirement |
||||||||||||
Pension Plan |
Compensation Plan |
Benefits |
|||||||||||
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||||||
Service cost |
$ |
3,730 |
$ |
3,803 |
$ |
319 |
$ |
352 |
$ |
224 |
$ |
379 |
|
Interest cost |
6,600 |
6,115 |
668 |
593 |
797 |
895 |
|||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
(8,562) |
(8,351) |
- |
- |
(685) |
(690) |
|||||||
Amortization of transition obligation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
510 |
510 |
|||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
162 |
162 |
48 |
44 |
(134) |
(134) |
|||||||
Amortization of net loss |
- |
- |
122 |
141 |
- |
132 |
|||||||
Net periodic benefit cost |
$ |
1,930 |
$ |
1,729 |
$ |
1,157 |
$ |
1,130 |
$ |
712 |
$ |
1,092 |
|
The following table shows the components of net periodic
benefit costs for the six months ended June 30 (in thousands of dollars):
|
|
Deferred |
Postretirement |
||||||||||
|
Pension Plan |
Compensation Plan |
Benefits |
||||||||||
|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|||||||
Service cost |
$ |
7,460 |
$ |
7,606 |
$ |
639 |
$ |
704 |
$ |
551 |
$ |
758 |
|
Interest cost |
13,196 |
12,229 |
1,335 |
1,186 |
1,677 |
1,790 |
|||||||
Expected return on plan assets |
(17,056) |
(16,693) |
- |
- |
(1,423) |
(1,380) |
|||||||
Amortization of transition obligation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,020 |
1,020 |
|||||||
Amortization of prior service cost |
325 |
325 |
96 |
87 |
(267) |
(268) |
|||||||
Amortization of net loss |
- |
- |
244 |
283 |
- |
264 |
|||||||
Net periodic benefit cost |
$ |
3,925 |
$ |
3,467 |
$ |
2,314 |
$ |
2,260 |
$ |
1,558 |
$ |
2,184 |
|
IDACORP and IPC have not contributed and do not expect to
contribute to their pension plan in 2008.
IDACORP's only reportable segment at June 30, 2008, is
utility operations, for which the primary source of revenue is the regulated
operations of IPC. IFS, which had previously been identified as a reportable
segment, is now included in the "All Other" column. IDACOMM, which had
previously been identified as a reportable segment, is now reported as
discontinued operations (See Note 9).
IPC's regulated operations include the generation,
transmission, distribution, purchase and sale of electricity. This segment
also includes income from Bridger Coal Company, an unconsolidated joint venture
also subject to regulation. Other operating segments are below the
quantitative thresholds for reportable segments and are included in the "All
Other" category. This category is comprised of IFS's investments in affordable
housing developments and other tax-advantaged investments, 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 the total of all other segments, and
reconciles this information to total enterprise amounts (in thousands of
dollars):
Utility |
All |
Consolidated |
|||||||
Operations |
Other |
Eliminations |
Total |
||||||
Three months ended June 30, 2008: |
|||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
228,945 |
$ |
1,281 |
$ |
- |
$ |
230,226 |
|
Income from continuing operations |
17,728 |
(213) |
- |
17,515 |
|||||
Three months ended June 30, 2007: |
|||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
212,526 |
$ |
1,246 |
$ |
- |
$ |
213,772 |
|
Income from continuing operations |
16,164 |
2,301 |
- |
18,465 |
|||||
Total assets at June 30, 2008 |
$ |
3,602,710 |
$ |
196,839 |
$ |
(50,973) |
$ |
3,748,576 |
|
Six months ended June 30, 2008: |
|||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
441,740 |
$ |
1,925 |
$ |
- |
$ |
443,665 |
|
Income from continuing operations |
38,999 |
232 |
- |
39,231 |
|||||
Six months ended June 30, 2007: |
|||||||||
Revenues |
$ |
418,455 |
$ |
2,029 |
$ |
- |
$ |
420,484 |
|
Income from continuing operations |
39,495 |
3,551 |
- |
43,046 |
|||||
9.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:
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 IDACOMM have been separately classified and reported as
discontinued operations on IDACORP's condensed consolidated statements of
income. There were no discontinued operations activities in the three months
ended June 30, 2008 or 2007.
A summary of discontinued operations is as follows (in
thousands of dollars):
|
Six months ended |
|||
|
June 30, |
|||
|
2008 |
2007 |
||
Revenues |
$ |
- |
$ |
1,278 |
Operating expenses |
- |
(1,309) |
||
Other expense |
- |
(25) |
||
Loss on disposal |
- |
(2,877) |
||
Pre-tax losses |
- |
(2,933) |
||
Income tax benefit |
- |
3,000 |
||
Income from discontinued operations |
$ |
- |
$ |
67 |
10. FAIR
VALUE MEASUREMENTS
IDACORP and IPC partially adopted the provisions of SFAS 157
"Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157) on January 1, 2008. SFAS 157
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value,
establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the quality of inputs used to
measure fair value and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value
measurements.
FASB Staff Position 157-2 (FSP 157-2) delayed the
implementation of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial
liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in
the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The delay
is intended to allow additional time to consider the effect of implementation
issues that have arisen, or that may arise, from the application of SFAS 157.
In accordance with FSP 157-2, IPC did not apply the provisions of SFAS 157 to
asset retirement obligations.
In accordance with SFAS 157, IDACORP and IPC have
categorized their financial instruments, based on the priority of the inputs to
the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair
value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets
for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to
unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial
instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization
is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities recorded on
the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are categorized as follows:
Level 1: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are
based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an
active market that IDACORP and IPC have the ability to access.
Level 2: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets;
c) Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; or
d) Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
IDACORP's and IPC's Level 2 inputs are based on exchange
traded products adjusted for location using corroborated, observable market
data.
Level 3: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are
based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both
unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These
inputs reflect management's own assumptions about the assumptions a market
participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The following table presents information about IDACORP's and
IPC's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of
June 30, 2008 (in thousands of dollars). IDACORP's and IPC's assessment of the
significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires
judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and
their placement within the fair value hierarchy.
|
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
Significant |
|
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|
Active Markets |
Other |
Unobservable |
|
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|
for Identical |
Observable |
Inputs |
|
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|
Assets (Level 1) |
Inputs (Level 2) |
(Level 3) |
Total |
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IDACORP |
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Assets: |
|||||||||
Derivatives |
$ |
182 |
$ |
7,940 |
$ |
- |
$ |
8,122 |
|
Trading securities |
7,464 |
- |
- |
7,464 |
|||||
Available-for-sale securities |
20,919 |
- |
- |
20,919 |
|||||
Liabilities: |
|||||||||
Derivatives |
$ |
350 |
$ |
24 |
$ |
- |
$ |
374 |
|
IPC |
|||||||||
Assets: |
|||||||||
Derivatives |
$ |
182 |
$ |
7,940 |
$ |
- |
$ |
8,122 |
|
Trading securities |
5,935 |
- |
- |
5,935 |
|||||
Available-for-sale securities |
20,919 |
- |
- |
20,919 |
|||||
Liabilities: |
|||||||||
Derivatives |
$ |
350 |
$ |
24 |
$ |
- |
$ |
374 |
IDACORP and IPC adopted the provisions of SFAS 159, The Fair
Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an
Amendment of FASB Statement 115 (SFAS 159) on January 1, 2008. SFAS 159
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 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. IDACORP and IPC did not elect the fair value option for any
existing eligible items. However, IDACORP and IPC will continue to evaluate
new items on a case-by-case basis for consideration of the fair value option.
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of IDACORP, Inc.
Boise, Idaho
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet of IDACORP, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of June 30,
2008, and the related condensed consolidated statements of income and
comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30,
2008 and 2007, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2008
and 2007. 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,
2007, 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 27, 2008, we expressed an unqualified
opinion on those consolidated financial statements, which included an
explanatory paragraph related to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards
Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, and Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans - an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and
132(R). In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying
condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 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
August 6, 2008
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of Idaho Power
Company
Boise, Idaho
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated
balance sheet and statement of capitalization of Idaho Power Company and
subsidiary (the "Company") as of June 30, 2008, and the related condensed
consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, for the three-month
and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, and of cash flows for the
six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. 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, 2007, 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 27, 2008, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated
financial statements, which included an explanatory paragraph related to the
adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,
and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers' Accounting
for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans - an amendment of
FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). In our opinion, the information
set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet and
statement of capitalization as of December 31, 2007 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
August 6, 2008
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., 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:
IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments;
Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West), an operator of small hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA); and
IDACORP Energy (IE), a marketer of energy commodities, which wound down operations in 2003.
On February 23, 2007, IDACORP sold all of the outstanding
common stock of IDACOMM, Inc. to American Fiber Systems, Inc. The results of
operations of and the sale of IDACOMM, Inc. are reported as discontinued
operations. Discontinued operations are discussed in Note 9 to IDACORP's and
IPC's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
While reading the MD&A, please refer to the accompanying
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of IDACORP and IPC. This
discussion updates the MD&A included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2007, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008, 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:
Changes in and compliance with governmental policies, including new interpretations of existing policies, and regulatory actions and regulatory audits, including those of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, and the Oregon Public Utility Commission with respect to allowed rates of return, industry and rate structure, day-to-day business operations, acquisition and disposal of assets and facilities, operation and construction of plant facilities, provision of transmission services, including critical infrastructure protection and system reliability, relicensing of hydroelectric projects, recovery of power supply costs, recovery of capital investments, present or prospective wholesale and retail competition, including but not limited to retail wheeling and transmission costs, and other refund proceedings;
Changes arising from the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
Changes in tax laws or related regulations or new interpretations of applicable law by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing jurisdiction;
Litigation and regulatory proceedings, including those resulting from the energy situation in the western United States, and penalties and settlements that influence business and profitability;
Changes in and compliance with laws, regulations and policies including changes in law and compliance with environmental, natural resources, endangered species and safety laws, regulations and policies and the adoption of laws and regulations addressing greenhouse gas emissions or global climate change;
Global climate change and regional weather variations affecting customer demand and hydroelectric generation;
Over-appropriation of surface and groundwater in the Snake River Basin resulting in reduced generation at hydroelectric facilities;
Construction of power generation, transmission and distribution facilities, including an inability to obtain required governmental permits and approvals, rights-of-way and siting, and risks related to contracting, construction and start-up;
Operation of power generating facilities including performance below expected levels, breakdown or failure of equipment, availability of transmission and fuel supply;
Changes in operating expenses and capital expenditures, including costs and availability of materials, fuel and commodities;
Blackouts or other disruptions of Idaho Power Company's transmission system or the western interconnected transmission system;
Impacts from the formation of a regional transmission organization or the development of another transmission group;
Population growth rates and other demographic patterns;
Market prices and demand for energy, including structural market changes;
Fluctuations in sources and uses of cash;
Results of financing efforts, including the ability to obtain financing on favorable terms, which can be affected by factors such as credit ratings and general economic conditions;
Actions by credit rating agencies, including changes in rating criteria and new interpretations of existing criteria;
Changes in interest rates or rates of inflation;
Performance of the stock market and changes in interest rates, which affect the amount of required contributions to pension plans, and the reported costs of providing pension and other postretirement benefits;
Increases in health care costs and the resulting effect on medical benefits paid for employees;
Increasing costs of insurance, changes in coverage terms and the ability to obtain insurance;
Homeland security, acts of war or terrorism;
Natural disasters and other natural risks, such as earthquake, flood, drought, lightning, wind and fire;
Adoption of or changes in critical accounting policies or estimates; and
New accounting or Securities and Exchange Commission requirements, or new interpretation or application of existing requirements.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made. New factors emerge from time to time and it is
not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the
impact of any such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW:
Second Quarter and Year-to-date 2008 Financial Results
A summary of IDACORP's net income and earnings per diluted
share is as follows:
|
Three months ended |
Six months ended |
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
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Net income |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
18,465 |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,113 |
Average outstanding shares - diluted (000s) |
45,096 |
43,884 |
45,050 |
43,845 |
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Earnings per diluted share |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.42 |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.98 |
The key factors affecting the change in IDACORP's net income for the second quarter of 2008 include (amounts shown are net of income taxes):
IPC's net income, the primary component of IDACORP's net income, was $17.7 million for the quarter, an increase of $1.6 million. The key factors causing the change in IPC's net income include:
General business revenue increased $16.2 million due to an increase of $19.0 million from higher retail base rates and power cost adjustment (PCA) rates, partially offset by a $2.8 million decrease from reduced sales. Sales were reduced due to weather variations, primarily affecting irrigation customers, partially offset by customer growth.
Improved hydroelectric generating conditions decreased net power supply costs (fuel and purchased power less off-system sales) by $10.7 million.
The PCA deferral decreased $25.2 million primarily due to improved hydroelectric generating conditions, increases in PCA rates, and an increase in the monthly allocation of base net power supply costs, which decreased earnings $5.6 million. It is expected that the third quarter results will reflect a decrease in the monthly allocation of base net power supply costs of approximately $10 million.
Operation and maintenance expenses decreased $2.0 million primarily due to reduced maintenance costs at thermal facilities.
The sale of a portion of the Southwest Intertie Project (SWIP) rights-of-way increased net income $1.8 million.
Bridger Coal Company reduced net income $1.6 million due to increased costs to produce coal.
Higher interest charges, due to increases in long-term debt balances and increased rates on variable rate instruments, reduced earnings $1.4 million.
IFS earnings decreased $1.1 million due to lower tax benefits from aging investments.
Net loss at the holding company decreased earnings $1.5 million. This loss was primarily due to intra-period tax allocations recorded at the holding company.
The key factors affecting the change in IDACORP's net income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 include (amounts shown are net of income taxes):
IPC's net income, the primary component of IDACORP's net income, was $39 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008, a decrease of $0.5 million. The key factors causing the change in IPC's net income include:
General business revenue increased net income $34.5 million, due to an increase of $32.0 million from higher retail base rates and PCA rates and $2.5 million due to an increase in usage (weather-related and customer growth).
Increased fuel expense primarily in the first quarter, due to an increase in contracted coal price and an increase in generation volume at thermal facilities, raised net power supply costs by $4.6 million.
The PCA deferral decreased $27.5 million primarily due to the net effect of increases in PCA rates and an increase to the monthly allocation of base net power supply costs, which decreased earnings $5.6 million, partially offset by increased fuel expenses in the first quarter.
Operation and maintenance expenses decreased $1.3 million primarily due to reduced maintenance costs at thermal facilities.
The sale of a portion of the SWIP rights-of-way increased earnings $1.8 million.
Bridger Coal Company reduced net income $3.9 million due to increased costs to produce coal.
Higher interest charges, due to increases in long-term debt balances and increased rates on variable rate instruments, reduced net income $3.0 million.
IFS earnings decreased $2.1 million due to lower tax benefits from aging investments.
Net loss at the holding company decreased earnings $1.2 million. These losses were primarily due to intra-period tax allocations recorded at the holding company.
2008
Outlook
Actual
observed Brownlee Reservoir inflow for the April through July 2008 period is
4.4 million acre-feet (maf). The NWRFC's 30-year average measured inflow into
Brownlee is 6.3 maf during the period. In 2007, April-July inflows were 2.8
maf.
The
outlook for key operating and financial metrics is:
|
2008 Estimates |
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Key Operating & Financial Metrics |
Current |
Previous |
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Idaho Power Operation & |
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Maintenance Expense (Millions) |
No change |
$285-$295 |
|||
Idaho Power Capital Expenditures (Millions)(1) |
$255-$270 |
$270-$290 |
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Idaho Power Hydroelectric |
|||||
Generation (Million MWh) (2) |
6.5-7.5 |
6.0-8.0 |
|||
Non-regulated Subsidiary Earnings Per Share (3) |
No change |
$0.05-$0.10 |
|||
Effective Tax Rates: (4) |
|||||
Idaho Power |
No change |
32%-36% |
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Consolidated - IDACORP |
22%-26% |
20%-24% |
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(1) |
The decrease in capital expenditures is due to the estimated decline in new customer connections and |
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the deferral of capital expenditures. |
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(2) |
The range of estimated hydroelectric generation has been revised to reflect refinements related to |
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river flows. |
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(3) |
Estimates include contributions from Ida-West and IFS netted against holding company expenses. |
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(4) |
Increase is a result of greater estimated income before tax at IPC for the year as compared to |
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previous estimates. |
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General rate cases
2008: On June 27, 2008, IPC filed an application
with the IPUC requesting an average rate increase of approximately 9.9
percent. IPC's proposal would increase its revenues $67 million annually. The
application included a requested return on equity of 11.25 percent and an
overall rate of return of 8.55 percent. IPC filed its case based upon a 2008
forecast test year and expects that the new rates will go into effect by
February 1, 2009. IPC is unable to predict what relief the IPUC will grant.
2007: On February 28, 2008, the IPUC approved a
settlement of IPC's general rate case filed in 2007. New rates, effective
March 1, 2008, increase IPC's annual revenue by $32.1 million or 5.2 percent.
The base rates for residential customers increased 4.7 percent, and the base
rates for the other classes of customers increased 5.65 percent.
Power Cost Adjustment
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved a $73.3 million increase
to revenues, effective June 1, 2008, which resulted in an average rate increase
to IPC's customers of 10.7 percent. The increase is net of approximately $16.5
million of gains on sales of excess emission allowances, including interest.
In its order, the IPUC adopted the IPUC Staff's proposal to distribute base net
power supply costs equally across all months rather than in a method that
reflects moderate seasonal variation. While the distribution methodology
utilized does not affect the total amount of base net power supply costs used
to calculate the PCA deferral, it does affect the quarters in which they are
allocated. The impacts of this distribution methodology are discussed in more
detail in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Deferred Net Power Supply Costs - Idaho - Distribution of Base Net Power Supply Costs."
In its order, the IPUC also directed IPC to hold workshops
to address PCA-related issues, including the load growth adjustment rate
(LGAR), 90/10 customer/shareholder sharing, forecast methodology, distribution
of power cost deferrals and third party transmission expense. An informational
workshop was held on July 30, 2008 and a second workshop is scheduled for
August 13, 2008.
Danskin CT1 Power Plant Rate Case
On March 7, 2008, IPC filed an
application with the IPUC requesting recovery of the costs associated with the
construction of its new natural gas-fired plant as discussed in "Regulatory
Matters - Idaho General Rate Cases - Danskin CT1 Power Plant Rate Case." On
May 30, 2008, the IPUC authorized IPC to add to its rate base $64.2 million for
the Danskin CT1 plant and associated transmission and interconnection system
upgrades, effective June 1, 2008, resulting in a base rate increase of 1.37
percent or $8.9 million in annual revenues.
Water Management Issues
Power generation at the IPC hydroelectric power plants on
the Snake River is dependent upon the state water rights held by IPC and the
long-term sustainability of the Snake River, tributary spring flows and the
Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer that is connected to the Snake River. IPC
continues to participate in water management issues in Idaho that may affect
those water rights and resources with the goal of preserving, to the fullest
extent possible, the long-term availability of water for use at IPC's
hydroelectric projects on the Snake River. IPC's involvement includes active
participation in the Snake River Basin Adjudication, a judicial action
initiated in 1987 to determine the nature and extent of water use in the Snake
River basin, judicial and administrative proceedings relating to the
conjunctive management of ground and surface water rights, and management and
planning processes intended to reverse declining trends in river, spring, and
aquifer levels and address the long-term water resource needs of the state. On
occasion, resolution of these water management issues involves litigation. IPC
is involved in legal actions regarding not only its water rights but also the
water rights of others. One such action, initiated in the Snake River Basin
Adjudication, involves IPC's water rights at the Swan Falls project on the
Snake River and several other upstream hydroelectric projects that are the
subject of a 1984 agreement with the State of Idaho known as the Swan Falls
Agreement.
On April 18, 2008, the Idaho District Court for the Fifth
Judicial District issued a Memorandum Decision and Order on Cross-Motions for
Summary Judgment upholding the Swan Falls Agreement. Under the Swan Falls
Agreement, water rights in excess of the minimum flows established by the
agreement are held in trust by the State of Idaho for the use and benefit of
IPC and the people of the State of Idaho. Water above these minimum flows is
available for subsequent consumptive beneficial uses that are approved in
accordance with state law. The court further held that to the extent that the
state is not meeting the minimum flows or it is anticipated that the minimum
flows will not be met, IPC's water rights that are held in trust are not
available for subsequent appropriations and that any appropriations already in
place may be subject to curtailment in order to meet the minimum flows. The
court found that it was not necessary to address the issue of mutual mistake of
fact relating to the over-appropriation of the basin because it found that it
was water rights that were the subject of the trust arrangement and not the
water itself. The court also stated that issues relating to water availability
relate to the administration of water rights and should be addressed, as
necessary, in an administrative action before the Idaho Department of Water Resources.
The court did not decide the issue of whether the Swan Falls
Agreement subordinated IPC's water rights to groundwater recharge. The court
scheduled a hearing for September 16, 2008, for arguments on summary judgment
motions on the recharge issue. The state and IPC are now in the process of
completing discovery and briefing and filing summary judgment motions on
recharge. IPC is unable to predict how the court will rule on the issue of
whether the Swan Falls Agreement subordinated IPC's water rights to groundwater
recharge. Based upon recent developments, however, resolution of that issue is
not expected to have a significant effect on the availability of water to IPC's
hydropower facilities. IPC is cooperating with the state and other water users
through an advisory committee in the development of a Comprehensive Aquifer
Management Plan (CAMP) to protect and enhance water levels in the Eastern Snake
Plain Aquifer (ESPA) and the connected Snake River. Many CAMP committee
members had early expectations that groundwater recharge would be a significant
component of the plan. However, further study and review has revealed that
significant groundwater recharge is not feasible due to the complex hydrology
of the ESPA, the lack of infrastructure, and the requirement of compliance with
water quality and other environmental standards.
IPC also has initiated legal action against the U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation (USBR) over the interpretation and effect of a 1923 contract
with the USBR on the operation of the American Falls Reservoir and the release
of water from that reservoir to be used at IPC's downstream hydroelectric
projects. Although IPC intends to continue vigorously defending its water
rights and although none of the pending water management issues are expected to
impact IPC's hydroelectric generation in the near term, IPC cannot predict the
ultimate outcome of these matters or what effect they may have on its
consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows.
For a complete discussion of water management issues see "LEGAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Environmental Issues - Idaho Water Management
Issues."
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 six months ended June 30, 2008. In this analysis, the results for 2008 are
compared to the same period in 2007.
The following table presents the earnings (losses) for
IDACORP and its subsidiaries:
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2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||
IPC - Utility operations |
$ |
17,728 |
$ |
16,164 |
$ |
38,999 |
$ |
39,495 |
|
IDACORP Financial Services |
701 |
1,759 |
1,502 |
3,621 |
|||||
Ida-West Energy |
908 |
836 |
963 |
1,042 |
|||||
IDACORP Energy |
(11) |
(21) |
(23) |
(76) |
|||||
Holding company |
(1,811) |
(273) |
(2,210) |
(1,036) |
|||||
Discontinued operations |
- |
- |
- |
67 |
|||||
Total earnings |
$ |
17,515 |
$ |
18,465 |
$ |
39,231 |
$ |
43,113 |
|
Average common shares outstanding (diluted) |
45,096 |
43,884 |
45,050 |
43,845 |
|||||
Diluted earnings per share |
$ |
0.39 |
$ |
0.42 |
$ |
0.87 |
$ |
0.98 |
|
Utility
Operations
Operating environment / Hydroelectric conditions: 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, river base flows, spring flows, 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. 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 guide
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.
Hydroelectric generation increased 35 percent for the
quarter and 10 percent year-to-date as compared to the same periods in 2007.
However, hydroelectric generation is 11 percent and 19 percent below the 30-year
average for the quarter and the year-to-date, respectively. Delayed spring
runoff and recovery from below normal Snake River system reservoir carryover
from last year continued to affect stream flows into the second quarter of
2008.
Actual observed Brownlee Reservoir inflow for the April
through July 2008 period is 4.4 million acre-feet (maf), or 70 percent of
average, an improvement from the 2007 April through July inflow of 2.8 maf, or
44 percent of average. Storage in selected federal reservoirs upstream of
Brownlee, as of July 22, 2008, was 113 percent of average. With current and
forecasted stream flow conditions, IPC expects to generate between 6.5 and 7.5
million MWh from its hydroelectric facilities in 2008, compared to 6.2 million
MWh in 2007.
IPC is actively pursuing opportunities to lease water to
enhance river flows to produce additional generation at its hydroelectric
plants. Idaho is a semi-arid state and the annual availability of water to
lease is highly dependent on climate conditions. Water leases are also subject
to approval by the IDWR to ensure that other water rights are not impacted.
For 2008, IPC has entered into an agreement with the City of Pocatello, Idaho
to lease 20,000 acre-feet of water that is targeted to flow during late summer
2008. The IDWR held a hearing on July 31, 2008, and a decision is pending.
IPC has submitted an application and payment for the lease of approximately
49,000 acre-feet of water from the Idaho Water District #1 water rental pool
that is also targeted to flow during late summer 2008. Additional leases are
in negotiation.
IPC's system load is dual peaking, with the larger peak
demand occurring in the summer. IPC set a new record system peak demand of
3,214 MW on June 30, 2008. The previous system peak of 3,193 MW occurred on
July 13, 2007. The all-time winter peak demand is 2,464 MW set on January 24,
2008.
The following table presents IPC's power supply for the
three and six months ended June 30:
|
MWh |
|||||
|
Hydroelectric |
Thermal |
Total System |
Purchased |
|
|
|
Generation |
Generation |
Generation |
Power |
Total |
|
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June 30, 2008 |
2,077 |
1,393 |
3,470 |
968 |
4,438 |
|
June 30, 2007 |
1,539 |
1,461 |
3,000 |
1,527 |
4,527 |
|
Six months ended: |
||||||
June 30, 2008 |
3,740 |
3,372 |
7,112 |
1,655 |
8,767 |
|
June 30, 2007 |
3,385 |
3,208 |
6,593 |
2,502 |
9,095 |
|
IPC's modeled median annual hydroelectric generation is 8.5
million MWh, based on hydrologic conditions for the period 1928 through 2006
and adjusted to reflect the current level of water resource development.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The following discussion includes financial information prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as well as
one additional financial measure, electric utility margin, that is considered a
"non-GAAP financial measure" under SEC rules. Generally, a non-GAAP financial
measure is a numerical measure of a company's financial performance, financial
position or cash flows that excludes (or includes) amounts that are included in
(or excluded from) the most directly comparable measure calculated in
accordance with GAAP. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to
electric utility margin is operating income.
The presentation of electric utility margin is intended to
supplement the information available to investors for evaluating IPC's
operating performance. When viewed in conjunction with IPC's operating income,
electric utility margin provides a more complete understanding of the factors
and trends affecting IPC's business, and users can assess which information
best suits their needs. However, this measure is not intended to replace
operating income, or any other measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, as
an indicator of operating performance.
IPC's management uses electric utility margin, in addition
to GAAP measures, to determine whether IPC is collecting the appropriate amount
of energy costs from its customers to allow recovery of operating costs.
Electric utility margin also provides both management and investors with a
better understanding of the effects of regulatory mechanisms on IPC's operating
income. The primary limitation associated with this measure is that IPC's
electric utility margin may not be comparable to other companies' electric
utility margins. However, management uses electric utility margin as an
internal tool for evaluating and conducting the business, and is therefore
unburdened by this limitation.
The calculations of IPC's electric utility margin are as
follows:
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|
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June 30, |
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|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||||
General business revenue |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
162,212 |
$ |
356,060 |
$ |
299,463 |
||
PCA water deferral * |
(3,662) |
2,615 |
(9,627) |
10,389 |
||||||
PCA amortization |
(4,140) |
2,539 |
(6,596) |
5,742 |
||||||
Total |
180,946 |
167,366 |
339,837 |
315,594 |
||||||
Power supply costs: |
||||||||||
Off-system sales |
(25,641) |
(37,177) |
(59,004) |
(95,016) |
||||||
Purchased power |
50,089 |
80,467 |
95,387 |
131,285 |
||||||
Fuel |
28,681 |
27,520 |
65,918 |
58,432 |
||||||
PCA deferral excluding PCA water deferral |
(8,631) |
(37,018) |
(34,796) |
(47,577) |
||||||
Total |
44,498 |
33,792 |
67,505 |
47,124 |
||||||
Third party transmission expense |
1,903 |
3,733 |
2,399 |
4,532 |
||||||
Other revenues (excluding Demand Side |
||||||||||
Management (DSM)) |
10,628 |
10,589 |
19,383 |
19,313 |
||||||
Electric utility margin |
$ |
145,173 |
$ |
140,430 |
$ |
289,316 |
$ |
283,251 |
||
Electric utility margin as a percentage of total |
||||||||||
general business revenue, PCA water deferral, |
||||||||||
and PCA amortization |
80% |
84% |
85% |
90% |
||||||
* The PCA water deferral is the reversal of the forecasted difference between power supply costs embedded in base rates and expected |
||||||||||
power supply costs established for the one-year time period of April through March that is included in general business revenue. |
The decline in electric utility margin as a percentage of
total general business revenue, PCA water deferral, and PCA amortization is the
result of the change in the PCA methodology (discussed below in "REGULATORY
MATTERS - Deferred Net Power Supply Costs - Idaho - Distribution of Base Net
Power Supply Costs"), and net power supply costs, including the PCA deferral,
increasing at a greater rate than general business revenue, primarily due to
changes in PCA rates.
The following table reconciles electric utility margin to
electric utility operating income (GAAP):
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|
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June 30, |
|||||||
|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|||||
Electric utility margin |
$ |
145,173 |
$ |
140,430 |
$ |
289,316 |
$ |
283,251 |
|
Other operations and maintenance |
|||||||||
(excluding third party transmission expense) |
(73,714) |
(75,155) |
(142,144) |
(142,183) |
|||||
Gain on sale of emission allowances |
346 |
882 |
346 |
882 |
|||||
Depreciation |
(26,617) |
(25,613) |
(52,367) |
(50,903) |
|||||
Taxes other than income taxes |
(4,800) |
(4,636) |
(9,603) |
(9,554) |
|||||
Operating income - electric utility (GAAP) |
$ |
40,388 |
$ |
35,908 |
$ |
85,548 |
$ |
81,493 |
|
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 six
months ended June 30:
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|
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June 30, |
||||||||
|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||||
Revenue |
||||||||||
Residential |
$ |
74,067 |
$ |
62,886 |
$ |
169,309 |
$ |
141,468 |
||
Commercial |
47,333 |
39,983 |
92,008 |
76,191 |
||||||
Industrial |
29,280 |
23,294 |
55,937 |
45,393 |
||||||
Irrigation |
38,068 |
36,049 |
38,806 |
36,411 |
||||||
Total |
$ |
188,748 |
$ |
162,212 |
$ |
356,060 |
$ |
299,463 |
||
MWh |
||||||||||
Residential |
1,097 |
1,067 |
2,686 |
2,531 |
||||||
Commercial |
926 |
939 |
1,924 |
1,882 |
||||||
Industrial |
827 |
835 |
1,678 |
1,707 |
||||||
Irrigation |
686 |
815 |
697 |
820 |
||||||
Total |
3,536 |
3,656 |
6,985 |
6,940 |
||||||
Customers (average) |
||||||||||
Residential |
401,934 |
396,282 |
401,545 |
395,373 |
||||||
Commercial |
63,297 |
61,279 |
63,124 |
61,014 |
||||||
Industrial |
122 |
127 |
122 |
126 |
||||||
Irrigation |
18,388 |
18,050 |
18,264 |
17,957 |
||||||
Total |
483,741 |
475,738 |
483,055 |
474,470 |
||||||
Heating degree-days |
821 |
573 |
3,501 |
2,909 |
||||||
Cooling degree-days |
213 |
288 |
213 |
288 |
||||||
Precipitation (inches) |
1.44 |
2.24 |
4.14 |
4.02 |
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 $26.5 million and $56.6 million for the quarter and year-to-date,
respectively, as compared to the same period in 2007. This increase is
primarily attributable to three factors: 1) the effects of rate changes for
the current year, 2) increased customer usage, and 3) continued customer
growth.
Rates: Rate changes had a positive impact on general business revenue of $31.2 million for the quarter and $52.5 million year-to-date due primarily to a general rate increase of 5.2 percent effective March 1, 2008 and PCA rate increases of 14.5 percent on June 1, 2007, and 10.7 percent on June 1, 2008.
Usage: General business revenue from usage decreased $6.9 million for the quarter and was unchanged for the year-to-date. In the second quarter, a decrease in irrigation usage decreased revenues by $6.4 million. For the year-to-date, the decline in irrigation usage decreased revenue $6.1 million; however, this decrease was offset by increases in usage by other customer classes.
Customers: Moderate growth in customer count in IPC's service territory increased revenue $2.2 million for the quarter and $4.2 million year-to-date as compared to the same periods in 2007.
Off-system sales: Off-system sales consist primarily
of long-term sales contracts and opportunity sales of surplus system energy.
|
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||||
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
|
2007 |
||||
Revenue |
$ |
25,641 |
$ |
37,177 |
$ |
59,004 |
$ |
95,016 |
||
MWh sold |
504 |
526 |
1,022 |
1,490 |
||||||
Revenue per MWh |
$ |
50.88 |
$ |
70.70 |
$ |
57.73 |
$ |
63.77 |
Off-system sales revenue in 2007 was impacted by revenues
associated with financial hedge activity, which made up all of the variance for
the quarter and 34 percent of the variance year-to-date. The remaining
variance is primarily due to a decrease in sales volumes.
Other revenues: The following table presents the
components of other revenues for the three and six months ended June 30:
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|
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June 30, |
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|
2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||||
Transmission services and property rental |
$ |
11,549 |
$ |
11,016 |
$ |
21,060 |
$ |
20,284 |
|||
DSM |
3,928 |
2,548 |
7,293 |
4,663 |
|||||||
Provision for rate refund |
(921) |
(427) |
(1,677) |
(971) |
|||||||
Total |
$ |
14,556 |
$ |
13,137 |
$ |
26,676 |
$ |
23,976 |
|||
An IPUC order allows IPC to record DSM program expenditures
as an operating expense with an offsetting amount recorded in other revenues,
resulting in no net effect on earnings. IPC recorded $3.9 million for the
quarter and $7.3 million for the year-to-date related to DSM activities in
other revenues, an increase of $1.4 million and $2.6 million for the quarter
and year-to-date, respectively, which reflects increased program expenditures.
The provision for rate refund is related to the Open Access
Transmission Tariff discussed in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Open Access Transmission
Tariff (OATT)."
Purchased power: The following table presents IPC's
purchased power expenses and volumes for the three and six months ended June
30:
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||||
|
2008 |
|
|
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
||||
Purchased power expense |
$ |
50,089 |
$ |
80,467 |
$ |
95,387 |
$ |
131,285 |
||
MWh purchased |
968 |
1,527 |
1,655 |
2,502 |
||||||
Cost per MWh purchased |
$ |
51.74 |
$ |
52.70 |
$ |
57.64 |
$ |
52.47 |
||
Purchased power expense in 2007 was impacted by costs
associated with financial hedge activity, which made up 33 percent of the
variance for the quarter and 28 percent of the variance year-to-date. The
remaining variance is due to an increase in available water which allowed IPC
to better utilize its own generation resources and make fewer market purchases
to serve load.
Fuel expense: The following table presents IPC's
fuel expenses and generation at its thermal generating plants for the three and
six months ended June 30:
|
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|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
2008 |
2007 |
|
2008 |
2007 |
|||
Fuel expense |
$ |
28,681 |
$ |
27,520 |
$ |
65,918 |
$ |
58,432 |
Thermal MWh generated |
1,394 |
1,462 |
3,372 |
3,208 |
||||
Cost per MWh |
$ |
20.57 |
$ |
18.83 |
$ |
19.55 |
$ |
18.21 |
For the quarter, the increase in fuel expense was due to an
increase in contracted coal prices, which was partially offset by a decrease in
volume generated. For the year-to-date, both the contracted coal prices and
the volume generated increased.
PCA: PCA expense represents the effects of IPC's PCA
regulatory mechanism and Oregon deferrals of net power supply costs, which are
discussed in more detail below in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Deferred Net Power
Supply Costs."
The change in PCA expenses is due to a combination of an
increase in the base cost deferral, an increase in the levels forecasted above
the base costs and the intra-period allocation of base costs discussed in "REGULATORY
MATTERS - Deferred Net Power Supply Costs - Idaho - Distribution of Base Net
Power Supply Costs." The quarter was also impacted by increased net power
supply costs, while the net power supply costs for the year-to-date decreased.
The following table presents the components of PCA expense for the three and
six months ended June 30:
|
|
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|
|
June 30, |
June 30, |
||||||
|
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|||
Current year power supply cost deferral |
$ |
(4,969) |
$ |
(39,633) |
$ |
(25,169) |
$ |
(57,966) |
|
Amortization of prior year authorized balances |
4,140 |
(2,539) |
6,596 |
(5,742) |
|||||
Total power cost adjustment |
$ |
(829) |
$ |
(42,172) |
$ |
(18,573) |
$ |
(63,708) |
|
Other operations and maintenance expenses: Other
operations and maintenance expenses decreased four percent for the quarter and
one percent for the year-to-date. The decreases were primarily attributable to
lower thermal O&M due to lower outage costs.
Non-utility
operations
IFS: IFS earnings decreased $1.1 million for the
quarter and $2.1 million year-to-date as compared to the same periods of 2007.
The reduction is primarily due to lower tax benefits and higher investment
amortization expense caused by a reduction in the amount of new investments
combined with the continued aging of existing investments. 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 made $8.5 million in new
investments and generated tax credits of $5.5 million for the six months ended
June 30, 2008.
Discontinued Operations: On February 23, 2007,
IDACORP sold all of the outstanding common stock of IDACOMM to American Fiber
Systems, Inc. In the second quarter of 2006, IDACORP management designated the
operations of IDACOMM as assets held for sale, as defined by SFAS 144. The
operations of this entity are presented as discontinued operations in IDACORP's
financial statements. Discontinued operations had no impact on earnings in
2008.
Interest
Expense
Interest charges increased $1.6 million for the quarter and
$3.9 million for the year-to-date. The increases were primarily due to
increases in long-term debt balances and increases in variable interest rates.
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 six months ended June 30, 2008, was 24.2 percent, compared to 16.2
percent for the six months ended June 30, 2007. IPC's effective tax rate for
the six months ended June 30, 2008, was 33.6 percent, compared to 34.3 percent
for the six months ended June 30, 2007. The differences in estimated annual
effective tax rates are primarily due to the amount of 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 inflows for the six
months ended June 30, 2008 were $53 million and $61 million, respectively.
Compared to 2007, IDACORP's operating cash inflows increased $12 million and
IPC's operating cash inflows increased $21 million.
The increases in IDACORP's and IPC's operating cash inflows
is primarily the result of a $40 million decrease in the amount of net power
supply costs deferred in 2008 as compared to 2007. This decrease was partially
offset by $26 million and $21 million in changes to working capital items and
other liabilities for IDACORP and IPC, respectively.
Investing cash flows
IDACORP's and IPC's investing cash outflows for the six
months ended June 30, 2008 were $116 million and $109 million, respectively,
compared to $113 million and $120 million, respectively, for the six months
ended June 30, 2007. Investing cash outflows are primarily the result of IPC's
utility construction, partially offset by IDACORP's withdrawal of $20 million
from its $45 million refundable income tax deposit made in 2006. Additionally,
IPC had a cash inflow of $5.7 million from the sale of SWIP rights-of-way and
made an $8.7 million contribution to its joint venture, Bridger Coal Company.
IDACORP made an $8.5 million investment in affordable housing through its
subsidiary, IFS.
Financing cash flows
IDACORP's and IPC's financing cash inflows for the six
months ended June 30, 2008 were $63 million and $49 million, respectively. These
inflows result primarily from increases in short-term borrowing of $89 million
and $74 million at IDACORP and IPC, respectively, partially offset by dividends
paid of $27 million. Additionally, IPC had a cash inflow of $170 million from
its Term Loan Credit Agreement, of which $166.1 million was used to purchase
pollution control revenue refunding bonds.
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 from
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. The absence of cash flows
from these discontinued operations has positively impacted liquidity and
capital resources in periods subsequent to the sale.
Financing Programs
Consolidated capitalization ratios were as follows:
IPC |
IDACORP |
|||
June 30, |
December 31, |
June 30, |
December 31, |
|
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
|
Common shareholders' equity |
45.4% |
46.5% |
45.9% |
47.1% |
Long-term debt* |
46.0% |
47.8% |
43.6% |
45.6% |
Short-term debt |
8.6% |
5.7% |
10.5% |
7.3% |
*Includes the current portion of long-term debt |
Shelf Registrations: IDACORP
currently has $629 million remaining on two shelf registration statements that
can be used for the issuance of unsecured debt (including medium-term notes)
and preferred or common stock. As of August 6, 2008, IDACORP has 1,082,145
shares of common stock available to be issued pursuant to its Sales Agency
Agreement with BNY capital markets, Inc., dated December 15, 2005, as amended.
On April 3, 2008, IPC entered into a Selling Agency
Agreement with each of Banc of America Securities LLC, BNY Capital Markets,
Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Lazard Capital
Markets LLC, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Wedbush Morgan
Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with the issuance
and sale by IPC from time to time of up to $350 million aggregate principal
amount of First Mortgage Bonds, Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series H. On July
10, 2008, IPC issued $120 million of its 6.025% First Mortgage Bonds, Secured
Medium-Term Notes, Series H, due July 15, 2018. IPC used the net proceeds to
pay down short-term debt. As of August 6, 2008, IPC has $230 million remaining
on the shelf registration statement.
Credit facilities: IDACORP's credit facility is a
$100 million five-year credit agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012.
IDACORP's credit facility, which is 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 credit facility to $150
million and to request one-year extensions of the then existing termination
date. At June 30, 2008, no loans were outstanding on IDACORP's facility and
$65 million of commercial paper was outstanding. At August 6, 2008, $65
million of commercial paper was outstanding.
IPC's credit facility is a $300 million five-year credit
agreement that terminates on April 25, 2012. IPC's credit facility, which is
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
credit facility to $450 million and to request one-year extensions of the then
existing termination date. At June 30, 2008, no loans were outstanding on IPC's
facility and $210 million of commercial paper was outstanding. At August 6,
2008, $87 million of commercial paper was outstanding.
IDACORP's and IPC's credit facilities both contain covenants
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 June 30, 2008, the leverage ratios for
IDACORP and IPC were 54 percent and 55 percent, respectively. At June 30,
2008, IDACORP and IPC were each in compliance with all other covenants in their
respective credit facilities.
Term Loan Credit Agreement: IPC
entered into a $170 million Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1,
2008, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and
Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank of California, National Association and
Wachovia Bank, N.A., as lenders. The Term Loan Credit Agreement provided for
the issuance of term loans by the lenders to IPC on April 1, 2008, in an
aggregate principal amount of $170 million. The loans are due on March 31,
2009. The loans may be prepaid but may not be reborrowed. IPC used the
proceeds to effect a mandatory purchase on April 3, 2008, of the pollution
control bonds (as discussed below in "Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds"),
and to pay interest, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
Pollution Control Bonds and the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
IPC has regulatory authority to incur up to $450 million of
short-term indebtedness.
Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds: On April
3, 2008, IPC made a mandatory purchase of the $49.8 million Humboldt County,
Nevada Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Idaho Power Company Project)
Series 2003 and the $116.3 million Sweetwater County, Wyoming Pollution Control
Revenue Refunding Bonds (Idaho Power Company Project) Series 2006 (together,
the Pollution Control Bonds). IPC initiated this transaction in order to
adjust the interest rate period of the pollution control bonds from an auction
interest rate period to a weekly interest rate period, effective April 3,
2008. This change was made to mitigate the higher-than-anticipated interest
costs in the auction mode. IPC is the current holder of the bonds, but
ultimately expects to remarket the bonds to investors.
Contractual obligations
There have been no material changes in contractual
obligations outside of the ordinary course of business since December 31, 2007 with
the exception of the following: On April 1, 2008, IPC entered into a Term Loan
Credit Agreement in the amount of $170 million. The Term Loan is due March 31,
2009. Additional details relating to the Term Loan are discussed above under "Financing
Programs - Term Loan Credit Agreement." On June 2, 2008, IPC entered into a
purchased power contract with PPL EnergyPlus, LLC that is expected to total
$19.1 million during 2010-2011. IPC has also entered into contracts with four
companies in connection with the deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure
(AMI). IPC estimates it will spend up to $71 million from 2009 through 2011
for AMI. The AMI contracts are further discussed in "REGULATORY MATTERS - Advanced
Metering Infrastructure."
Credit ratings
Moody's: On June 3, 2008, Moody's Investors Service
(Moody's) announced that it had revised its rating outlook to negative from
stable for IDACORP and IPC, while affirming the existing ratings for both
companies. Moody's affirmed its Baa2 Issuer Rating on IDACORP and Baa1 senior
unsecured rating on IPC, and its P-2 commercial paper rating on both companies.
Moody's stated that the outlook revision primarily reflects
its concern about weakness in IPC's credit metrics in recent periods,
reflecting the effects of poor hydro conditions and the adverse impact of the
load growth adjustment rate on IPC's earnings and cash flow. Moody's also
stated that IPC faces a higher than historical average capital program over the
next several years, which will require significant external financing to fund
the expected negative free cash flow.
Fitch: On March 24, 2008, Fitch Ratings, Inc.
(Fitch) announced that it revised its rating outlook to negative from stable
for IDACORP and IPC, while affirming the existing ratings for both companies.
Fitch affirmed its BBB Issuer Default Rating (IDR) on IDACORP and IPC, its F2
short-term IDR rating on IDACORP and IPC, its A- rating on IPC's senior secured
debt, its BBB+ rating on IPC's senior unsecured debt and its F2 ratings on
IDACORP's and IPC's commercial paper.
Fitch stated that the outlook
revision primarily reflects weakening underlying credit metrics due to IPC's
inability under its power cost adjustment mechanism to fully recover higher
thermal generation production and purchased power costs in rates. Fitch also
cited below normal water conditions in six of the last seven years and the
appearance that 2008 could extend that trend. Fitch stated that this dynamic
in concert with a relatively large capital investment program and timing
differences between when those costs are incurred and reflected in rates appear
likely to result in earnings, cash flow and credit metrics more consistent with
low "BBB" creditworthiness.
Access to capital markets at a reasonable cost is determined
in large part by credit quality. The following table outlines the current
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P), Moody's and Fitch ratings of
IDACORP's and IPC's securities:
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S&P |
Moody's |
Fitch |
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|
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) |
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Short-Term Tax-Exempt Debt |
BBB-/A-2 |
None |
Baa 1/ |
None |
None |
None |
VMIG-2 |
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Commercial Paper |
A-2 |
A-2 |
P-2 |
P-2 |
F2 |
F2 |
Credit Facility |
None |
None |
Baa 1 |
Baa 2 |
None |
None |
Rating Outlook |
Stable |
Stable |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
These security ratings reflect
the views of the rating agencies. An explanation of the significance of these
ratings may be obtained from each rating agency. Such ratings are not a
recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Any rating can be revised
upward or downward or withdrawn at any time by a rating agency if it decides
that the circumstances warrant the change. Each rating should be evaluated
independently of any other rating.
Capital requirements
IDACORP's internal cash generation after dividends is
expected to provide less than the full amount of total capital requirements for
2008 through 2010, where capital requirements are defined as utility
construction expenditures, excluding Allowance for Funds Used During
Construction, plus other regulated and non-regulated investments. This
excludes mandatory or optional principal payments on debt obligations. As
discussed in IDACORP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2007, 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.
REGULATORY MATTERS:
Idaho General Rate Cases
2008 General Rate Case: On June 27, 2008, IPC filed an application with
the IPUC requesting an average rate increase of approximately 9.9 percent. IPC's
proposal would increase its revenues $67 million annually. The application
included a requested return on equity of 11.25 percent and an overall rate of
return of 8.55 percent. IPC filed its case based upon a 2008 forecast test
year and expects that the new rates will go into effect by February 1, 2009.
IPC is unable to predict what relief the IPUC will grant.
2007 General Rate Case: On June 8, 2007, IPC filed
an application with the IPUC requesting an average rate increase of 10.35
percent ($63.9 million annually). On February 28, 2008, the IPUC approved a
settlement stipulation that included an average increase of 5.2 percent (approximately
$32.1 million annually). New rates were effective March 1, 2008. Neither an
overall rate of return nor a return on equity was specified in the settlement.
The currently authorized rate of return remains at 8.1 percent.
The parties to the proceeding also agreed in the settlement
to make a good faith effort to develop a mechanism to adjust or replace the
current LGAR of $29.41 per MWh. As an interim solution, the parties agreed to
use the LGAR of $62.79 per MWh recommended by the IPUC Staff on December 10,
2007, but to apply it to only 50 percent of the load growth beginning in March
2008.
The parties also agreed to participate in a good faith
discussion regarding a forecast test year methodology that balances the
auditing concerns of the IPUC Staff and intervenors with IPC's need for timely
rate relief.
On March 12, 2008, IPC, the IPUC Staff, and other parties to
this general rate case conducted a workshop to discuss the appropriate approach
to the development of a forecast test year. IPC described a method that would
start with historical, regulatory-adjusted financial information that could be
audited by the IPUC Staff and others. That information would be escalated
under prescribed methods into the forecast test year for revenues, expenses and
rate base. IPC would support the historical information, the adjustments, and
the escalation methods as part of its general rate case filing. The parties to
the workshop expressed general agreement to this approach and also agreed that
no further workshops would be necessary. IPC developed the 2008 test year
using this method in its 2008 general rate case filing made on June 27, 2008.
Danskin CT1 Power Plant Rate Case: On March 7, 2008,
IPC filed an application with the IPUC requesting recovery of the costs
associated with the construction of the Danskin CT1 plant, a gas-fired
combustion turbine located at the Evander Andrews Power Complex near Mountain
Home, Idaho. Danskin CT1 began commercial operations on March 11, 2008. In
the filing, IPC requested adding to rate base approximately $65 million
attributable to the cost of constructing the generating facility and the
necessary transmission and interconnection facilities, which would have
resulted in a base rate increase of 1.39 percent, or $9 million in annual
revenues.
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC authorized IPC to add to its rate
base $64.2 million for the Danskin CT1 plant and associated transmission and
interconnection system upgrades, effective June 1, 2008, resulting in a base
rate increase of 1.37 percent, or $8.9 million in annual revenues. Costs not
approved in this order will be included in future filings.
Deferred Net Power Supply Costs
The following table presents the balances of deferred net
power supply costs:
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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|
2008 |
|
2007 |
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Idaho PCA current year: |
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Deferral for the 2008-2009 rate year * |
$ |
- |
$ |
85,732 |
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Deferral for the 2009-2010 rate year |
10,162 |
- |
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Idaho PCA true-up awaiting recovery: |
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Authorized in May 2007 |
- |
6,591 |
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Authorized in May 2008 |
102,437 |
- |
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Oregon deferral: |
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2001 costs |
2,794 |
2,993 |
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2006 costs |
1,218 |
2,107 |
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2008 Power cost adjustment mechanism |
1,484 |
- |
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Total deferral |
$ |
118,095 |
$ |
97,423 |
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*The 2008-2009 PCA deferral balance is reduced by $16.5 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. The PCA tracks IPC's actual net power supply costs
(fuel and purchased power less off-system sales) and compares these amounts to
net power supply costs currently being recovered in retail rates.
The annual adjustments are based on two components:
A forecast component, based on a forecast of net power supply costs in the coming year as compared to net power supply costs in base rates; and
A true-up component, based on the difference between the previous
year's actual net power supply costs and the previous year's forecast. This
component also includes a balancing mechanism so that, over time, the actual
collection or refund of authorized true-up dollars matches the amounts
authorized. The true-up component is calculated monthly, and interest is
applied to the balance.
The PCA mechanism provides that 90 percent of deviations in
power supply costs are to be reflected in IPC's rates for both the forecast and
the true-up components.
2008-2009 PCA: On April 15, 2008, IPC filed its 2008-2009
PCA application with the IPUC with a requested effective date of June 1, 2008.
The filing requested an increase to existing revenues of approximately $87.2
million.
Subsequently, the IPUC issued an order directing IPC to
apply $16.5 million of gains from the sale of excess SO2 emission allowances,
including interest, against the PCA. This order reduced IPC's request to approximately
$70.7 million. IPC and the IPUC Staff each proposed deviations from standard
IPUC approved PCA methodology. IPC proposed to flow through to customers 100
percent of the deviation in net power supply costs and PURPA project expenses
for the 2008-2009 PCA year instead of a 90/10 sharing between customers and
shareholders. This was denied by the IPUC. The IPUC Staff proposed using a "normal"
forecast for power supply costs and equally dividing the net power supply
expenses implemented in the rate change on March 1, 2008 resulting from the
2007 general rate case. The IPUC approved the IPUC Staff's recommendations on
May 30, 2008. As discussed below in "Distribution of Base Net Power Supply
Costs," the adopted distribution methodology results in an equal amount of
power supply costs across all months as compared to a more seasonal allocation
that would have recognized significantly more power supply costs in the third
quarter and less in the first and second quarters. The IPUC decision is not expected
to have a material impact on annual financial results.
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC adopted the IPUC Staff's proposal
to use a "normal" forecast for power supply costs and approved an increase to
existing revenues of $73.3 million, effective June 1, 2008, which results in an
average rate increase to IPC's customers of 10.7 percent.
In its order the IPUC also directed IPC to set up workshops
to address PCA-related issues such as sharing methodology, forecasting
methodology, distribution of power cost deferrals and load growth adjustment
rate. An informational workshop was held on July 30, 2008 and a second
workshop is scheduled for August 13, 2008.
Distribution of Base Net Power Supply Costs: On May 30,
2008, the IPUC approved the IPUC Staff's recommendation for monthly allocation
of the base net power supply costs included in the 2007 general rate case. The
adopted allocation was effective March 1, 2008, and results in an equal monthly
distribution of base net power supply costs used in the calculation of the
Idaho PCA deferral. IPC had requested a moderate seasonal distribution for
base net power supply costs.
While the distribution methodology utilized does not affect
the total amount of base net power supply costs used to calculate the PCA
deferral, it does affect the quarters in which they are allocated.
As a result of the 2007 general rate case, $127.5 million of
net power supply costs have been included in base rates beginning March 1,
2008. After adjusting for the Idaho jurisdictional split and recognizing the
90/10 sharing between customers and shareholders, base net power supply costs
used in the PCA deferral calculation are approximately $117.5 million.
The following table compares the quarterly estimated pre-tax
impact of the two methodologies:
|
Base Net Power Supply Costs |
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|
March 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009 |
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($ amounts in millions) |
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|
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2009 |
|
|
First |
Second |
Third |
Fourth |
First |
|
|
Quarter |
Quarter |
Quarter |
Quarter |
Quarter |
Total |
PCA Base (seasonal distribution) |
$ |
3.3 |
$ |
26.6 |
$ |
46.4 |
$ |
29.6 |
$ |
11.6 |
$ |
117.5 |
|
PCA Base (even distribution) |
9.7 |
29.4 |
29.4 |
29.4 |
19.6 |
117.5 |
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PCA Expense increase/(decrease) |
$ |
6.4(1) |
$ |
2.8 |
$ |
(17.0) |
$ |
(0.2) |
$ |
8.0 |
$ |
0.0 |
|
(1) Due to the IPUC's approval of the even monthly distribution of base net power supply costs on May 30, 2008 with an effective date of |
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March 1, 2008, IPC recognized an additional $6.4 million of PCA expense related to the March 2008 time period in the second quarter |
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2008. |
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On July 30 and August 13, 2008, IPC is participating in PCA
workshops that will address the future distribution of base net power supply
costs along with other PCA matters. IPC expects the distribution issue to be
resolved as a result of the workshop proceedings. Until such time as a final
PCA base distribution methodology is implemented, the quarterly results will be
subject to variability and may experience significant shifts from one quarter
to another as compared to historical results; however, the total impact from
any distribution methodology should be zero within a twelve month period that
base net power supply expenses are collected.
2007-2008 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 was net of $69.1 million of proceeds from sales of
excess SO2 emission allowances. The new rates became effective June 1, 2007.
Idaho Load Growth Adjustment Rate (LGAR): On January 9,
2007, the IPUC issued an order resetting IPC's LGAR to $29.41 per MWh,
effective April 1, 2007. The LGAR subtracts the cost of serving additional
Idaho retail load from the net power supply costs IPC is allowed to include in
its PCA. The order revised the LGAR from the original rate of $16.84 per MWh
set when the PCA began in 1993. This amount was established as the projected
additional variable energy costs attributable to load growth and was subtracted
from each year's PCA expense. IPC had requested the use of the embedded cost
of serving new load and a rate of $6.81 per MWh, but the IPUC in its order
determined to use the projected marginal cost, which resulted in the higher
LGAR. The LGAR is reset during a general rate case.
The IPUC-approved settlement of the 2007 general rate case
reset the LGAR to $62.79 per MWh, but applies that rate to only 50 percent of
the load growth beginning in March 2008. In that general rate case, IPC filed
normalized firm base load of 15.6 million MWh as compared with 14.8 million MWh
in the 2005 general rate case. IPC's 2008 general rate case filing includes
normalized firm base load of 15.9 million MWh. IPC expects to update the LGAR
in its 2008 general rate case pending the results of the PCA workshops.
Emission Allowances: During 2007, IPC sold 35,000 SO2
emission allowances for a total of $19.6 million. The sales proceeds allocated
to the Idaho jurisdiction are approximately $18.5 million. On April 14, 2008,
the IPUC ordered that $16.4 million of these proceeds, including interest, be
used to help offset the PCA true-up balances from the 2007-2008 PCA. The order
also provided that $0.5 million may be used to fund an energy education
program.
In 2005 and early 2006, IPC sold 78,000 SO2 emission
allowances for a total of $81.6 million. The sales proceeds allocated to the
Idaho jurisdiction were approximately $76.8 million. On May 12, 2006, the IPUC
approved a stipulation that allowed IPC to retain ten percent as a shareholder
benefit with the remaining 90 percent plus a carrying charge recorded as a
customer benefit. This customer benefit was used to partially offset the PCA
true-up balance and is reflected in PCA rates in effect from June 1, 2007, to
May 31, 2008.
The bulk of IPC's accumulated excess emission allowances
were sold during the 2005-2007 period. IPC has approximately 22,000 excess SO2
emission allowances currently and anticipates realizing approximately 14,500
excess SO2 emission allowances annually into the near future. Tighter emission
restrictions are expected in the long term which may cause IPC to use more
emission allowances for its own requirements and reduce the annual amount of
excess emission allowances.
Oregon: On April 30, 2007, IPC filed for an
accounting order with the OPUC to defer net power supply costs for the period
from May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, in anticipation of higher than "normal"
(which means above base power supply costs) power supply expenses. 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 awaiting an order from the OPUC.
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. A settlement agreement was reached on the deferral
application with the OPUC Staff and the Citizens' Utility Board in the amount
of $2 million. The parties also agreed that IPC would file an application for
an Oregon PCA mechanism. The settlement stipulation was approved by the OPUC
on December 13, 2007.
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 2000 and 2001, which is discussed further under "LEGAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Western Energy Proceeding at the FERC." Full recovery
of the 2001 deferral is 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 Costs
On August 17, 2007, IPC filed an application with the OPUC
requesting the approval of a power cost recovery mechanism similar to the Idaho
PCA. A joint stipulation was filed with the OPUC on March 14, 2008, and the
OPUC approved the stipulation on April 28, 2008.
The new mechanism will allow IPC to recover excess net power
supply costs in a more timely fashion than through the existing deferral
process. The mechanism differs from the Idaho PCA in that it reestablishes the
base net power supply costs annually. In Idaho, the base net power supply
costs are set by a general rate case.
The new regulatory mechanism has two parts: an annual power
cost update (APCU) and a power cost adjustment mechanism (PCAM). The APCU has
two components: the "October Update," where each October IPC will calculate
its estimated normalized net power supply expenses for the following April
through March test period, and the "March Forecast," where each March IPC will
file a forecast of its normalized net power supply expenses for the same test
period, updated for a number of variables including the most recent stream flow
data and future wholesale electric prices. On June 1 of each year, rates will
be adjusted to reflect costs calculated in the APCU.
The PCAM is a true-up to be filed each February beginning in
February 2009. The filing will calculate the deviation between actual net
power supply expenses incurred for the preceding January through December
period and the net power supply expenses recovered through the APCU for the
same period. Under the PCAM, IPC is subject to a portion of the business risk
or benefit associated with this deviation by application of an asymmetrical
deadband within which IPC absorbs cost increases or decreases. For deviations
in actual power supply costs outside of the deadband, the PCAM provides for
90/10 sharing of costs and benefits between customers and IPC. However, a
collection will occur only to the extent that it results in IPC's actual return
on equity (ROE) for the year being no greater than 100 basis points below IPC's
last authorized ROE. A refund will occur only to the extent that it results in
IPC's actual ROE for that year being no less than 100 basis points above IPC's
last authorized ROE. The PCAM rate is then added to or subtracted from the
APCU rate, with new combined rates effective each June 1.
On October 29, 2007, IPC filed its first October Update with
the OPUC reflecting the estimated net power supply expenses for the April 2008
through March 2009 test period. On March 24, 2008, IPC submitted testimony to
the OPUC revising its calculation of the October Update to conform to the
methodology agreed to by the parties in the stipulation. IPC also submitted
the March Forecast, reflecting expected hydroelectric generating conditions and
forward prices for the April 2008 through March 2009 test period. The expected
power supply costs of $150 million represented an increase of approximately $23
million over the October Update.
On May 20, 2008, the OPUC approved IPC's APCU (comprising
both the October Update and the March Forecast) with the new rates effective
June 1, 2008. The approved APCU results in a $4.8 million, or 15.69 percent,
increase in Oregon revenues.
On March 12, 2007, the IPUC approved the implementation of a
FCA mechanism pilot program for IPC's residential and small general service
customers. The FCA is a rate mechanism designed to remove IPC's disincentive
to invest in energy efficiency programs by separating (or decoupling) the
recovery of fixed costs from the variable kilowatt-hour charge and linking it
instead to a set amount per customer. In the FCA, for each customer class, the
number of customers is multiplied by a fixed cost per customer. The cost per
customer is based on IPC's revenue requirement as established in a general rate
case. This authorized fixed cost recovery amount is compared to the amount of
fixed costs actually recovered by IPC. The amount of over- or under-recovery
is then returned to or collected from customers in a subsequent rate
adjustment. The pilot program began on January 1, 2007, and runs through 2009,
with the first rate adjustment occurring on June 1, 2008, and subsequent rate
adjustments occurring on June 1 of each year during its term.
On March 14, 2008, IPC filed an application requesting a
$2.4 million rate reduction under the FCA pilot program for the net over-recovery
of fixed costs during 2007. On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved the rate
reduction of $2.4 million to be distributed to residential and small general
service customer classes equally on an energy used basis during the June 1,
2008 through May 31, 2009 FCA year. IPC accrued $0.4 million of FCA net over-recovery
of fixed costs in the first half of 2008.
Idaho Energy Efficiency Rider
On March 14, 2008, IPC filed an application with the IPUC
requesting an increase to its Energy Efficiency Rider (Rider), which is the
chief funding mechanism for IPC's investment in conservation, energy efficiency
and demand response programs. IPC proposed an increase from 1.5 percent to 2.5
percent of base revenues, or to approximately $17 million annually, effective
June 1, 2008. The application also sought authorization to eliminate the
current funding caps for residential and irrigation customers, which is
expected to result in more equitable cost recovery between customer classes,
and authorization to utilize Rider funding to support customer programs aimed
at the installation of small-scale renewable energy projects.
On May 30, 2008, the IPUC approved IPC's application to
increase the Rider from 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent of base revenues, effective
June 1, 2008, and approved IPC's request to eliminate the caps on the Rider for
residential and irrigation customers. The IPUC denied IPC's request to utilize
Rider funding to support customer programs aimed at the installation of small-scale
renewable energy projects, but directed IPC to work with the IPUC Staff and
other interested parties to develop a renewable energy program and submit it to
the IPUC for approval.
Idaho Depreciation Filing
On April 1, 2008, IPC filed an application with the IPUC for
revised depreciation rates to be applied prospectively to depreciable plant in
service. IPC requested an effective date of August 1, 2008. If approved, the
requested rates would result in an annual reduction of depreciation expense of
$6.7 million ($6.2 million allocated to Idaho) based upon December 31, 2006,
depreciable plant in service. A workshop on the matter was held on June 24, 2008
and another is expected in August 2008.
Idaho Pension Expense Order
In the 2003 Idaho general rate case, the IPUC disallowed
recovery of pension expense because there were no current cash contributions
being made to the pension plan. On March 20, 2007, IPC requested that the IPUC
clarify that IPC can consider future cash contributions made to the pension
plan a recoverable cost of service. On June 1, 2007, the IPUC issued an order
authorizing IPC to account for its defined benefit pension expense on a cash
basis, and to defer and account for pension expense under SFAS 87, Employers'
Accounting for Pensions, as a regulatory asset. The IPUC acknowledged that it
is appropriate for IPC to seek recovery in its revenue requirement of
reasonable and prudently incurred pension expense based on actual cash
contributions. The regulatory asset created by this order is expected to be
amortized to expense to match the revenues received when future pension
contributions are recovered through rates. 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 was deferred to a regulatory asset beginning in the third
quarter. In the first half of 2008, $3.9 million of pension expense was
deferred. IPC did not request a carrying charge on the deferral balance.
Revised Statement of Policy and Code of Conduct
On April 21, 2008, the IPUC approved IPC's Revised Statement
of Policy and Code of Conduct covering transactions between IPC and
subsidiaries of IDACORP. The Code of Conduct is designed to prescribe conduct
between IPC and an affiliate, avoid issues of self-dealing and provide a
framework to determine if cost recovery for affiliate transactions should be
included in rates.
IPC filed AMI evaluation and
deployment reports with the IPUC on May 1 and August 31, 2007, in compliance
with an IPUC order. Consistent with the implementation plan contained in those
reports, IPC has entered into a number of contracts for materials and resources
to allow for the AMI implementation to commence in late 2008. IPC intends to
install this technology for approximately 99 percent of all customers in its
service territory by the end of 2011. The executed contracts do not obligate
IPC for any level of purchases and specifically allow IPC to cancel the
contracts in the event that appropriate regulatory treatment regarding cost
recovery is not granted.
On August 4, 2008, IPC filed an
application with the IPUC requesting a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity for the deployment of AMI technology and approval of accelerated
depreciation for the existing metering equipment. In its application, IPC
estimated the three year investment in AMI to be $71 million. The 2009 revenue
requirement impact of the AMI deployment is estimated to be $12.2 million. The
effect on rates will be addressed in subsequent proceedings after a deployment
plan is approved by the IPUC.
The AMI project provides the means to automatically retrieve
energy consumption information, eliminating manual meter reading expense. In
the future, the system may be enhanced to allow for the collection of data in
support of time-variant rates, perform remote connects and disconnects, and
collect system operations data enhancing outage management, reliability efforts
and demand-side management options.
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.
Effective June 1, 2006, the FERC accepted rates for IPC amounting to an annual
revenue increase of $11 million based upon 2004 test year data. The rates were
accepted subject to refund pending the outcome of the hearing and settlement
process.
On August 8, 2007, the FERC approved a settlement agreement
by the parties on all issues except the treatment of contracts for transmission
service that contain their own terms, conditions and rates and that were in
existence before the implementation of OATT in 1996 (Legacy Agreements). This
settlement reduced the estimated annual revenue increase to approximately $8.2
million based on 2004 test year data. Approximately $1.7 million collected in
excess of these new rates between June 1, 2006, and July 31, 2007, was refunded
with interest to customers in August 2007.
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. If the Initial Decision is implemented,
IPC estimates that it would reduce the estimated annual revenue increase (based
on 2004 test year data) to approximately $6.8 million.
IPC has appealed the Initial Decision to the FERC. However,
if the Initial Decision is implemented, IPC would make additional refunds,
including interest, of approximately $4.2 million for the June 1, 2006, through
June 30, 2008, period. IPC has reserved this entire amount. 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. IPC is awaiting a final FERC order.
On June 2, 2008, IPC posted on its Open Access Same-Time
Information System (OASIS) website its draft informational filing which
contains the annual update of the formula rate to the 2007 test year. The
draft informational filing includes a proposed rate of $18.88 per kW-year, a
decrease of $0.85 per kW-year, or 4.3 percent. The impact of this rate
decrease on IPC's revenues will be dependent on transmission volume sold, which
can be highly variable. In 2007, IPC had revenues from sales of transmission
to others of $16 million. A customer meeting to discuss the informational filing
was held on June 17, 2008. A final filing will be submitted to the FERC by
September 1, 2008 with new rates effective October 1, 2008.
Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) costs: On
April 30, 2008, the FERC issued an order amending the OATT formula rate to
allow IPC to include RTO formation costs previously deferred. The new rates
were effective May 1, 2008. The FERC-jurisdictional amount deferred was $0.4
million and will be added to rate base and amortized over five years. The
impact on the OATT rate was an increase from $19.31 per kW-year to $19.73 per
kW-year, or 2.2 percent.
On July 17, 2008, the FERC issued an order accepting IPC's
compliance filing, subject to modifications and directing further compliance
filings within 90 days, regarding the Attachment K transmission planning
requirements of Order No. 890. The Attachment K planning processes incorporate
local, subregional, and regional transmission planning into IPC's OATT, under
which IPC has been operating since the December 7, 2007 initial filing date.
The order and pending compliance filings do not constitute a material change in
planning obligations and are not expected to have a significant impact on IPC's
financial results.
Transmission Projects
The transmission projects discussed below will be used both
by wholesale transmission customers and to serve native load consistent with
IPC's OATT. These facilities will be subject to both the FERC and state public
utility commission regulation and ratemaking policies.
Gateway West Project: IPC and PacifiCorp are jointly
exploring the Gateway West Project to build two 500-kV lines between the Jim
Bridger plant in Wyoming and Boise. The lines would be designed to increase
electrical transmission capacity across southern Idaho in response to
increasing customer demand and growth, along with other transmission service
requests. The regional planning report has been submitted to the Western
Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) for review as part of the ratings
process. A review team has been established from members of the WECC to
analyze the impact of the project on 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.
Planning and project management personnel for both companies have begun the
initial phases of this project. IPC and PacifiCorp have 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.
Hemingway-Boardman Line: Consistent with the 2006
IRP and requirements and requests of other transmission customers, IPC is
exploring alternatives for the construction of a 500-kV line between
southwestern Idaho and the Northwest. If built, this line could be in service
as early as 2012. Several electric utilities, including IPC, have proposed
development of a transmission station near Boardman, Oregon which would serve
as the northwest terminal of the project. The Idaho terminal would be the
proposed Hemingway Station located in the vicinity of Melba and Murphy, Idaho
on the south side of the Snake River near Boise. IPC and a number of other
utilities with proposed regional transmission projects in the Northwest have
signed a letter agreeing to coordinate technical studies, which have begun.
The regional planning report has been submitted to the WECC for review as part
of the ratings process. Other planning and project management activities are
underway. IPC has received inquiries about participating in this project from
other parties.
Integrated Resource Plan
IPC' s 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. In June 2008, IPC
provided an update on the status of the IRP to both the IPUC and OPUC. IPC has
also begun preparing the 2009 IRP, which is expected to be filed with the IPUC
and OPUC in June 2009. IPC continually evaluates the resource plan and adjusts
it to reflect changes in technology, economic conditions, anticipated resource
development and regulatory requirements. Several items from the 2006 IRP have
been updated, including:
Geothermal Agreement: The
Raft River Geothermal Power Plant Unit #1, which is owned and operated by U.S.
Geothermal and located in southern Idaho, began delivering energy to IPC in
October 2007 under a PURPA contract which was limited to 10 MW on a monthly
basis. On January 9, 2008, the IPUC approved a power purchase agreement for 13
MW from the project which was bid into IPC's 2006 Geothermal RFP. Concurrent
with the approval of the new contract, the existing PURPA contract was terminated.
In response to IPC's 2006 RFP, U.S.
Geothermal also proposed an additional 6.5 MW at the Raft River site and 26 MW
from two units at the Neal Hot Springs site located in eastern Oregon. U.S.
Geothermal is continuing exploration and development work on these additional
sites; however, there have been delays in the development process and those
resources are not expected to meet the 2009 on-line date identified in the 2006
IRP. Contract discussions between IPC and U.S. Geothermal are on-going but IPC
is not able to predict the outcome.
Geothermal RFP: On January
22, 2008, IPC released an RFP for 50 to 100 MW of geothermal energy. While
additional geothermal resources were not included in the 2006 IRP for this time
frame, the development of PURPA wind and combined heat and power projects has
been slower than anticipated. If competitively priced geothermal resources are
available, they may help to meet future resource needs. Proposals were
received on March 14, 2008, and are currently being evaluated.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
RFP: The 2006 IRP included 50 MW of CHP coming on-line in 2010. CHP
development at customers' facilities has not progressed as anticipated in the
2006 IRP. Since CHP development has been less than anticipated, IPC may
release an RFP in late 2008.
2012 Baseload RFP: In light
of the decision to no longer pursue a conventional coal resource in 2013 as
identified in the 2006 IRP, on April 1, 2008, IPC issued an RFP for between
approximately 250 and 600 MW of dispatchable, physically delivered firm or unit
contingent energy to be acquired under power purchase or tolling agreements. A
tolling agreement is an arrangement where one party owns, operates and
maintains the generating facility and the other party provides fuel, pays
capacity charges and receives the contracted output from the project including
energy, capacity and ancillary services. The timing of this addition was also
accelerated to 2012 to meet forecast deficits resulting from changes in the
resource portfolio not anticipated in the 2006 IRP. In June 2008, IPC notified
bidders that the RFP quantity had been revised to approximately 300 MW. IPC
intends to submit a self-build proposal for a combined-cycle combustion turbine
which will serve as a benchmark in the evaluation process. Proposals are due
by October 17, 2008.
Relicensing of Hydroelectric Projects
This section summarizes and updates the discussion of
relicensing projects in IDACORP's and IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2008.
IPC, like other utilities that operate non-federal
hydroelectric projects on qualified waterways, obtains licenses for its
hydroelectric projects from the FERC. These licenses last for 30 to 50 years
depending on the size, complexity, and cost of the project. IPC is actively
pursuing the relicensing of the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC) and Swan Falls
projects.
The relicensing costs are recorded and held in construction
work in progress until new multi-year licenses are issued by the FERC, at which
time the charges will be transferred to electric plant in service. Relicensing
costs and costs related to new licenses will be submitted to regulators for
recovery through the ratemaking process. Relicensing costs of $100 million and
$4 million for HCC and Swan Falls, respectively, were included in construction
work in progress at June 30, 2008.
Hells Canyon Complex: The most significant ongoing
relicensing effort is the HCC, which provides approximately two-thirds of IPC's
hydroelectric generating capacity and 40 percent of its total generating
capacity. In July 2003, IPC filed an application for a new license in
anticipation of the July 2005 expiration of the then existing license. IPC is
currently operating under an annual license issued by the FERC and expects to
continue operating under annual licenses until the new license is issued.
Consistent with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), the FERC Staff prepared and issued on August 31, 2007,
a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the HCC, which the FERC will
use to determine whether, and under what conditions, to issue a new license for
the project. The purpose of the final EIS is to inform the FERC, the federal
and state agencies, Native American tribes and the public about the
environmental effects of IPC's proposed operation of the HCC. IPC is
continuing to review the final EIS and expects to file comments with the FERC
in 2008.
In conjunction with the issuance of the final EIS, on
September 13, 2007, the FERC requested formal consultation under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the effect of HCC relicensing
on several aquatic and terrestrial species listed as threatened under the ESA.
However, formal consultation has not yet been initiated and NMFS and USFWS
continue to gather and consider information relative to the effect of
relicensing on relevant species. IPC continues to cooperate with the USFWS,
the NMFS, and the FERC in an effort to address ESA concerns.
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 that
each state certify that any discharge from the project complies with applicable
state water quality standards. IPC filed supplemental information to the
applications on February 1 and June 30, 2008. IPC continues to work with the
ODEQ and the IDEQ to ensure that state water quality standards will be met at
the HCC so that the project can be appropriately certified.
The FERC is expected to issue a license order for the HCC
once the ESA consultation and the section 401 certification processes are
completed.
Swan Falls Project: The license for the Swan Falls
hydroelectric project expires in June 2010. 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
environmental studies designed to determine project effects. Comments were
received from the agencies and one Native American tribe and on February 19,
2008, a joint meeting was held to address the comments and attempt to resolve
areas of disagreement over study results and proposed mitigation measures. On
June 26, 2008, IPC filed a final license application with the FERC. On July 9,
2008, in conformance with applicable regulations, the FERC issued a Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission, Soliciting Additional
Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a
Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments. Pursuant to that notice, state
and federal resource agencies, Native American tribes or other interested
parties are to file additional study requests with the FERC by August 26, 2008.
Shoshone Falls Expansion: On August 17, 2006, IPC
filed a license amendment application with the FERC, which would allow IPC to
upgrade the Shoshone Falls project from 12.5 MW to 62.5 MW. The license
amendment is expected to be issued in 2008.
In conjunction with the license amendment application, IPC
has filed a water rights application which is currently being reviewed by the
IDWR.
LEGAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES:
Legal and Other Proceedings
From time to time IDACORP and IPC are parties to legal
claims, actions and complaints in addition to those discussed below. Although
they will vigorously defend against them, IDACORP and IPC are unable to predict
with certainty whether or not they will ultimately be successful. However,
based on the companies' evaluation, they believe that the resolution of these
matters, taking into account existing reserves, will not have a material
adverse effect on IDACORP's or IPC's consolidated financial positions, results
of operations or cash flows.
Reference is made to IDACORP's
and IPC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, for a
discussion of all material pending legal proceedings to which IDACORP and IPC
and their subsidiaries are parties. The following discussion provides a
summary of material developments that occurred in those proceedings during the
period covered by this report and of any new material proceedings instituted during
the period covered by this report.
Western Energy Proceedings at the FERC:
Throughout this report, the term "western energy situation"
is used to refer to the California energy crisis that occurred during 2000 and
2001, which resulted in energy shortages and blackouts in the western United
States. High prices for electricity in California and in western wholesale
markets during 2000 and 2001 caused numerous purchasers of electricity in those
markets to initiate proceedings seeking refunds. Some of these proceedings
(the western energy proceedings) remain pending before the FERC or on appeal to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit).
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. 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 February 3, 2004, the FERC directed the California
Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) to provide status reports with respect to
its progress in calculating refunds, fuel and emissions allowance offsets to
refunds and interest. The process of performing the calculations has engaged
the Cal ISO for more than four years. On March 18, 2008, the Cal ISO published
its Fortieth Status Report and on March 25, 2008, it released the interest
calculations it had completed as a result of revising market clearing prices as
directed by the FERC. In its Fortieth Status Report, the Cal ISO stated its
intention to consider interest and cost allocation questions for parties that
had FERC-approved settlements when it had completed the basic calculation of
interest for revised market clearing prices. A date has not yet been set for
this aspect of the Cal ISO's calculations. The Cal ISO has not released
another status report since March 18, 2008.
While the refund proceedings were pending before the FERC,
the California Attorney General filed a complaint with the FERC against sellers
in the wholesale power market, including IE and IPC, alleging that the FERC's
market-based rate requirements violate the Federal Power Act (FPA), and, even
if the market-based rate requirements were valid, that the quarterly
transaction reports filed by sellers did not contain the transaction-specific
information mandated by the FPA and the FERC. The complaint sought refunds for
an expanded time when compared to the basic refund proceeding. The FERC
dismissed the complaint but on September 9, 2004, the Ninth Circuit concluded
that although market-based tariffs are permissible under the FPA, the matter
should be remanded to the FERC to consider whether the FERC should exercise
remedial power (including some form of refunds) when a market participant
failed to submit reports. On December 28, 2006, a number of sellers filed a
certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court declined to
grant certiorari and the matter has now been remanded to the FERC. The
settlement IE and IPC reached with the California Parties that was approved by
the FERC on May 22, 2006 anticipated the possibility of the outcome of the
appeals discussed above and resolved the settling parties' claims in the event
of the expansion of all of the refund proceedings as the Ninth Circuit ordered.
On March 21, 2008, the FERC
issued an order responding to the remand by Ninth Circuit. The FERC's order
established hearing procedures to permit wholesale purchasers that made short-term
market-based rate purchases through the Cal ISO and the California Power
Exchange (CalPX), as well as those making spot market purchases of energy
through the California Energy Resources Scheduling Division of the California
Department of Water Resources from January 1, 2000 to October 1, 2000, to (i)
present evidence that any seller that violated the quarterly reporting
requirement failed to disclose an increased market share sufficient to give it
the ability to exercise market power and thus caused its market-based rates to
be unjust and unreasonable and (ii) permit sellers to present evidence to the
contrary. Before formal hearing procedures commenced, the FERC directed that
the matter be presented to a settlement judge to attempt to settle individual
cases. The FERC's March 21, 2008 order expands the field of those who may
present evidence in the case from the original complaint of the California
Attorney General and also is more restrictive in terms of what must be proven
to establish a case. On April 7, 2008, IE and IPC joined with a number of
other parties that already had settled this proceeding with the California
Attorney General and the other California Parties requesting that they be
dismissed from the case. The California Attorney General and the other
California Parties indicated their agreement to the dismissal. On April 15,
2008, the FERC issued an order dismissing parties that already had settled,
including IE and IPC, from these remanded proceedings. No party sought
rehearing of the FERC's dismissal order within the time allowed by statute and
the dismissal is now final.
On June 21, 2006, the Port of Seattle, Washington filed a
request for rehearing of the FERC order approving the IE and IPC/California
Parties settlement. On October 5, 2006, the FERC denied the Port of Seattle's
request for rehearing and on October 24, 2006, the Port of Seattle petitioned
the Ninth Circuit for review of the FERC orders approving the settlement. On
October 25, 2007, the Ninth Circuit lifted the stay as to the Port of Seattle's
appeal along with two other cases with which the Port of Seattle's petition
remains consolidated and severed the three cases from the remainder of the
consolidated cases. Port of Seattle withdrew its petition for review in one of
the three consolidated cases and filed its initial brief on February 29, 2008.
The FERC filed its respondent brief on May 30, 2008. On June 30, 2008, IE and
IPC filed a joint brief with other companies supporting the FERC, and the
California Parties filed a joint brief supporting the FERC on the same day.
Final briefs are due at the end of August 2008. A date for argument has not
been set. IE and IPC are unable to predict when or how the Ninth Circuit might
rule on these consolidated petitions for review.
Market Manipulation: As part of the California and
Pacific Northwest Refund proceedings the FERC issued an order permitting
discovery and the submission of evidence regarding market manipulation by
sellers during the western energy situation. On June 25, 2003, the FERC
ordered 50 entities that participated in the western wholesale power markets
between January 1, 2000 and June 20, 2001, including IPC, to show cause why
certain trading practices did not constitute gaming or anomalous market
behavior ("partnership") in violation of the Cal ISO and CalPX Tariffs. On
October 16, 2003, IE and IPC reached agreement with the FERC Staff on two
orders commonly referred to as the "gaming" and "partnership" show cause
orders. The FERC staff submitted a motion to the FERC to dismiss the "partnership"
proceeding, which was approved by the FERC in an order issued on January 23,
2004. The "gaming" settlement was approved by the FERC on March 4, 2004.
Some parties have sought review of what they claim are the
excessively narrow or excessively broad scope of the show cause orders, and the
Ninth Circuit has consolidated those claims with the other matters and is
holding them in abeyance. The Port of Seattle is the only party to appeal the
orders of the FERC approving the gaming settlement. IPC is not able to predict
when the appeal will be considered or the outcome of the judicial determination
of these issues.
Pacific Northwest Refund: On
July 25, 2001, the FERC issued an order establishing another proceeding to
determine whether there may have been unjust and unreasonable charges for spot
market sales in the Pacific Northwest during the period December 25, 2000,
through June 20, 2001. A FERC Administrative Law Judge submitted
recommendations and findings to the FERC on September 24, 2001, concluding that
prices should be governed by the Mobile-Sierra standard of the public interest
rather than the just and reasonable standard, that the Pacific Northwest spot
markets were competitive and the refunds should not be allowed. On December
19, 2002, the FERC reopened the proceeding to allow the submission of
additional evidence related to alleged manipulation of the power market by
market participants. Parties alleging market manipulation were to submit their
claims to the FERC and responses were due on March 20, 2003. On June 25, 2003,
the FERC terminated the proceeding and declined to order refunds. Multiple
parties filed petitions for review in the Ninth Circuit. On August 24, 2007,
the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in the appeal, remanding to the FERC the
orders that declined to require refunds. The Ninth Circuit'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 proceeding. A
number of parties have sought rehearing of the Ninth Circuit's decision. Grays
Harbor terminated its participation in the case when Grays Harbor and IPC
reached a settlement. IE and IPC are unable to predict when the Ninth Circuit
will rule on the requests for rehearing or the outcome of these matters.
In separate western energy proceedings, the Ninth Circuit
issued two decisions on December 19, 2006, regarding the FERC's decision not to
require repricing of certain long-term contracts. Those cases originated with
individual complaints against specified sellers which did not include IE or
IPC. The Ninth Circuit remanded to the FERC for additional consideration the
agency's use of restrictive standards of contract review. In its decisions,
the Ninth Circuit also questioned the validity of the FERC's administration of
its market-based rate regime. On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued
a decision in one of these cases, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public
Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (No. 06-1457) (Snohomish), and
revisited and clarified the Mobile-Sierra doctrine in the context of fixed-rate,
forward power contracts. At issue was whether, and under what circumstances,
the FERC could modify the rates in such contracts on the grounds that there was
a dysfunctional market at the time the contracts were executed. In its
decision, the Supreme Court disagreed with many of the conclusions reached by
the Ninth Circuit and upheld the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine even
in cases in which it is alleged that the markets were dysfunctional. The
Supreme Court nonetheless directed the return of the case to the FERC to (i)
consider whether the challenged rates in the case constituted an excessive
burden on consumers either at the time the contracts were formed or during the
term of the contracts relative to the rates that could have been obtained after
elimination of the dysfunctional market and (ii) clarify whether it found the
evidence inadequate to support a claim that one of the parties to a contract
under consideration engaged in unlawful market manipulation that altered the
playing field for the particular contract negotiations-that is, whether there
was a causal connection between allegedly unlawful activity and the contract
rate.
This decision is expected to have general implications for
contracts in the wholesale electric markets regulated by the FERC, and
particular implications for forward power contracts in such markets. The Snohomish
decision upholds the application of the Mobile-Sierra doctrine to fixed-rate,
forward power contracts even in allegedly dysfunctional markets. IPC and IE
have asserted the Mobile-Sierra doctrine as a defense to the claims asserted in
the Pacific Northwest proceeding, involving spot market contracts in an
allegedly dysfunctional market. IDACORP, IPC and IE are unable to predict how
the FERC will rule on Snohomish on remand or how this decision will affect the
outcome of the Pacific Northwest proceeding.
There are pending in the Ninth Circuit approximately 200
petitions for review of numerous FERC orders regarding the western energy
situation, including the California refund proceeding, the structure and
content of the FERC's market-based rate regime, show cause orders with respect
to 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 U.S. District Court for the District of 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.
Discovery in the matter was completed on October 15, 2007.
Also in October 2007, the plaintiffs and defendant filed cross-motions for
summary judgment on the alleged opacity compliance status of the Plant. The
court has still not yet ruled on these motions. On March 13, 2008, the Court
canceled the original trial date of April 21, 2008, but did not schedule a new
trial date. On July 7, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a motion requesting the
court to schedule a date for oral argument on the pending motions for summary
judgment. On July 17, 2008, PacifiCorp filed an opposition to plaintiffs'
motion based on the court's order on Initial Pretrial Conference, which stated
that "dispositive motions will be decided on the briefs without oral argument."
The court has yet to rule on plaintiffs' motion. IPC continues to monitor the
status of this matter but is unable to predict the outcome of this matter or
estimate the impact it may have on the consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
Sierra Club Notice of Intent to File Suit - Boardman: On
January 15, 2008, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Northwest
Environmental Defense Center, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Columbia
Riverkeeper, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council (collectively, Sierra Club)
provided a 60-day notice to Portland General Electric Company (PGE) of intent
to file suit. Sierra Club alleges violations of opacity standards at the
Boardman coal-fired power plant located in Morrow County, Oregon of which IPC
owns ten percent. PGE owns 65 percent and is the operator of the plant.
Sierra Club further alleges violations of the Clean Air Act, related federal
regulations and the Oregon State Implementation Plan relating to PGE's
construction and operation of the plant. The 60-day notice period expired on
March 15, 2008, but the Sierra Club has not yet commenced litigation. Sierra
Club alleges thousands of opacity permit limit violations by PGE from and
before 2003, and claims that it will seek a declaration that PGE has violated
opacity limits, a permanent injunction ordering PGE to comply with such limits,
and civil penalties of up to $32,500 per day per violation. IPC intends to
monitor the status of this matter but is unable to predict its outcome or what
effect this matter may have on the consolidated financial position, results of
operations or cash flows.
Other Legal Proceedings: IDACORP, IPC and/or IE are
involved in lawsuits and legal proceedings in addition to those discussed above
and in Note 6 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.
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, 2007 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Idaho Water Management Issues: From 2000 through
2005, and throughout 2007 and the first half of 2008, 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
million acre feet (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 monitor and 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. Through House
Concurrent Resolution 28 and House Bill 320, the 2007 Idaho Legislature
appropriated funds and directed the IWRB to proceed with the development of the
CAMP. Pursuant to 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. The advisory committee
expects to submit recommendations on the CAMP to the IWRB in the fourth quarter
of 2008.
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 Idaho District Court for the Fifth Judicial District, which has
jurisdiction over SRBA matters, 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 of Idaho, 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 April 18, 2008, the court issued a Memorandum Decision
and Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment upholding the Swan Falls
Agreement. Under the Swan Falls Agreement, water rights in excess of the
minimum flows established by the agreement are held in trust by the State of
Idaho for the use and benefit of IPC and the people of the State of Idaho.
Water above these minimum flows is available for subsequent consumptive
beneficial uses that are approved in accordance with state law. The court
further held that to the extent that the state is not meeting the minimum flows
or it is anticipated that the minimum flows will not be met, IPC's water rights
that are held in trust are not available for subsequent appropriations and that
any appropriations already in place may be subject to curtailment in order to
meet the minimum flows. The court found that it was not necessary to address
the issue of mutual mistake of fact relating to the over-appropriation of the
basin because it found that it was water rights that were the subject of the
trust arrangement and not the water itself. The court also stated that issues
relating to water availability relate to the administration of water rights and
should be addressed, as necessary, in an administrative action before the IDWR.
The court did not decide the issue of whether the Swan Falls
Agreement subordinated IPC's water rights to groundwater recharge. The court
scheduled a hearing for September 16, 2008, for arguments on summary judgment
motions on the recharge issue. The State and IPC are now in the process of
completing discovery, and briefing and filing summary judgment motions on
recharge. IPC is unable to predict how the court will rule on the issue of
whether the Swan Falls Agreement subordinated IPC's water rights to groundwater
recharge. Based upon recent developments, however, resolution of that issue is
not expected to have a significant effect on the availability of water to IPC's
hydropower facilities. IPC is cooperating with the State and other water users
through an advisory committee in the development of a CAMP to protect and
enhance water levels in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) and the
connected Snake River. Many CAMP committee members had early expectations that
groundwater recharge would be a significant component of the plan. However,
further study and review has revealed that significant groundwater recharge is
not feasible due to the complex hydrology of the ESPA, the lack of infrastructure,
and the requirement of compliance with water quality and other environmental
standards.
IPC has also filed two actions in federal court against the
United States Bureau of Reclamation 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. IPC believes that 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 U.S. District 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 15, 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. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation filed
answers in each of these cases on February 15, 2008. On March 4, 2008, the U.S.
District Court for the District of Idaho entered a preliminary scheduling
order, setting that case for trial on December 15, 2009. The action in the
U.S. District Court of Federal Claims has not yet been set for trial but the
court has set a discovery schedule requiring that discovery be completed and
pre-trial motions filed by July 1, 2009. The court will then set the matter
for trial. IPC is unable to predict the outcome of these actions.
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. 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 (NSR) permitting,
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and Regional Haze - Best
Available Retrofit Technology (RH BART). Low nitrogen oxide (NOx) burner
technology and mercury continuous emission monitoring systems (mercury CEMS)
installations are progressing at all three coal-fired power plants.
National
Ambient Air Quality Standards: In March 2008,
the EPA promulgated a final regulation which revised the 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
For the primary (health-based) standard, the EPA lowered the standard from 0.08
parts per million (ppm) to 0.075 ppm. Under the EPA's final rule, states must
make recommendations to the EPA by March 2009 for areas to be designated
attainment, nonattainment and unclassifiable. Several states, environmental
organizations and private parties have challenged the EPA's regulations. The
impact of the new standard will not be known until data is collected, analyzed,
and released to the public, the judicial appeals are completed and the
associated regulatory programs are promulgated and implemented. On May 8,
2008, the EPA issued a final rule implementing the NSR program for emissions of
particulate matter of less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5). This rule
establishes the framework for requiring preconstruction permit review of PM2.5
emissions from new or modified major stationary sources such as the power
plants owned by IPC. The impacts of the PM2.5 NSR standards on IPC will not be
known until individual states adopt revised plans and regulations to implement
these federal requirements and they become applicable to IPC due to activities
at its power plants.
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR): The CAIR, issued
by the EPA on March 10, 2005, establishes a permanent cap on emissions of NOx
and SO2 primarily from power plants in 28 eastern states and the District of
Columbia. While the CAIR does not apply to any of the power plants owned by
IPC, it is an important rule for the electric utility industry because of its
broad applicability and its close relation to the CAMR. The CAIR was subjected
to legal challenges by a number of states, industry, and environmental groups.
On July 11, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the
CAIR. The potential impacts of this court ruling will not be fully understood
until any future appeals are resolved or until such time as the EPA and/or
individual states respond to the court's ruling.
Clean Air Mercury Rule: 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. On February 8, 2008, the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the CAMR and remanded it back to the
EPA for reconsideration consistent with the court's interpretation of the Clean
Air Act. On March 24, 2008, the EPA petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its decision to overturn the CAMR, which was
rejected by the court on May 20, 2008. The impact of the court's decision will
not be known until the judicial appeals process has been completed or until
such time as the EPA develops a new regulation in response. It is possible
that the D.C. Circuit's decision to remand the CAMR back to the EPA for
reconsideration could result in changes to mercury rules or regulations adopted
by the states in which IPC has partial ownership interests in coal-fired power
plants. At this time, however, it is uncertain how state mercury rules or
requirements might be affected and if there will be any resulting impacts to
IPC.
Regional Haze - Best Available Retrofit Technology: In
accordance with federal regional haze rules, the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 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 rule. IPC continues to monitor RH BART processes at the Jim Bridger and
Boardman plants.
Greenhouse Gases: IPC continues to monitor and
evaluate the possible adoption of national, regional, or state greenhouse gas
(GHG) regulations and judicial decisions that would affect electric utilities.
Such regulations could increase IPC's capital expenditures and operating costs
and reduce earnings and cash flows. At the national level, numerous GHG bills
were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives during 2007 and
2008, including the Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 3036), which was debated
on the Senate floor but not voted on in June 2008.
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. Montana joined the WCI in
2008. The WCI partners have agreed to design a regional market-based multi-sector
mechanism, such as a load-based or deliverer-based cap and trade program
applicable to the electricity generation industry, to help achieve the goal.
The type of regulatory program that the WCI plans to use to achieve reductions
from the electricity generation industry is expected to be released in August 2008.
The states of Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming have not joined the WCI. It is
possible that these and other states in which IPC owns fossil fuel-fired
electricity generation facilities or sells electricity into could join the WCI
in the future.
In April 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in
Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case involving the EPA's
authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles under the
Clean Air Act. The decision, combined with stimulus from state, regional and
federal legislative and regulatory initiatives, judicial decisions and other
factors may lead to a determination by the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide
emissions from stationary sources, including electricity generators. On March 27,
2008, the EPA announced that it would issue an advanced notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input on whether GHG emissions should be
regulated from stationary sources. On April 2, 2008, Attorneys General from 17
states filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit requesting
the court to require the EPA to rule within 60 days on whether carbon dioxide
is a danger to public health or welfare and, therefore, subject to regulation
under the Clean Air Act. On June 26, 2008, the court denied the request. On
July 11, 2008, the EPA released its ANPR inviting public comment on the
benefits and ramifications of regulating GHGs under the Clean Air Act. While
the majority of current national, regional and state initiatives regarding GHG
emissions contemplate market-based compliance programs, a determination by the
EPA to regulate GHG emissions under the Clean Air Act could result in GHG
emission limits on stationary sources that do not provide market-based
compliance options such as cap-and-trade programs or emission offsets. IPC
will continue to monitor developments with respect to the possible regulation
of GHG emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.
In 2007, IPC's carbon dioxide emissions from IPC's electric
power generation facilities were approximately 7.8 million tons, or 1,153
lbs/MWh (adjusted to reflect IPC's partial ownership in the Jim Bridger,
Boardman and North Valmy facilities). At this time, IPC is unable to estimate
the costs of compliance with potential national, regional or state GHG
emissions reductions legislation or initiatives because these proposals are in
the early stages of development and any final regulation, if adopted, could
vary from current proposals. The actual impact of future regulation of GHG
emissions on IPC's financial performance will depend on a number of factors,
including but not limited to: (1) the geographic scope of any legislation or
regulation (e.g., federal, regional, state); (2) the enactment date of the
legislation or regulation and the compliance deadlines; (3) the type of any
legislation or regulation (e.g., cap-and-trade, carbon tax, GHG emission
limits); (4) the level of GHG reductions required and the year selected as a
baseline for determining the amount or percentage of mandated GHG reductions;
(5) the extent to which market-based compliance options are available; (6) the
extent to which a facility would be entitled to receive GHG emissions
allowances without having to purchase them in an auction or on the open market
and the price and availability of offsets in the secondary market and (7) the
availability and cost of carbon control technology.
Climate Change: IPC intends to continue to add non-carbon-producing
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) extreme weather events and changes in temperature, precipitation
and snow pack conditions could affect customer demand and the amount and timing
of hydroelectric generation and increase service interruptions, outages and
operations and maintenance costs; 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.
Renewable Portfolio Standards: Legislation to adopt
a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS) has been introduced but not yet
adopted by Congress. IPC expects debate to continue on a national RPS. IPC is
not currently subject to state RPS. It is possible that Idaho and other states
in which IPC operates or sells power into could adopt RPS initiatives that
would impact IPC. IPC will continue to monitor RPS developments but cannot, at
this time, predict the impacts of state and federal RPS legislation on its
business.
Southwest Intertie Project
IPC began developing the SWIP in
1988. IPC's investment consists predominantly of a federal permit for a
specific transmission corridor in Nevada and Idaho and also private rights-of-way
in Idaho. The SWIP rights-of-way extend from Midpoint substation in south-central
Idaho through eastern Nevada to the Dry Lake area northeast of Las Vegas,
Nevada. In 2004 the Bureau of Land Management granted a five-year extension to
begin construction of a proposed 500kV transmission line within the rights-of-way
before December 2009. On March 31, 2005, IPC entered into an agreement with
White Pine Energy Associates, LLC (White Pine), an affiliate of LS Power
Development, LLC, that gave White Pine a three-year exclusive option to
purchase the SWIP rights-of-way from IPC. The option could be exercised in
part or as a whole.
On March 28, 2008, Great Basin Transmission, LLC (Great
Basin), as successor in interest to White Pine, exercised its option to
purchase the southern portion of the SWIP rights-of-way from IPC. This sale
closed during the second quarter of 2008, and resulted in a net pre-tax gain to
IPC of approximately $3 million. IPC and Great Basin also extended the term
for exercise of the option on the northern portion of the SWIP rights-of-way
from March 31, 2008, to December 31, 2008.
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
generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial
statements requires IDACORP and IPC to make estimates and judgments that affect
the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, IDACORP
and IPC evaluate these estimates including those estimates related to rate
regulation, benefit costs, contingencies, litigation, impairment of assets,
income taxes, unbilled revenue and bad debt. These estimates are based on
historical experience and on other assumptions and factors that are believed to
be reasonable under the circumstances, and are the basis for making judgments
about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily
apparent from other sources. IDACORP and IPC, based on their ongoing reviews,
make adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate.
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, 2007, and have not changed materially from that discussion.
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
SFAS 157: IDACORP and IPC partially adopted the provisions
of SFAS 157 Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157) on January 1, 2008. SFAS 157
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value,
establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the quality of inputs used to
measure fair value and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value
measurements. FASB Staff Position 157-2 (FSP 157-2) delayed the implementation
of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for
items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial
statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The delay is intended to
allow the FASB and constituents additional time to consider the effect of various
implementation issues that have arisen, or that may arise, from the application
of SFAS 157. In accordance with FSP 157-2, IPC did not apply the provisions of
SFAS 157 to asset retirement obligations. The adoption of SFAS 157 did not
have a material effect on IDACORP's or IPC's financial statements.
SFAS 159: IDACORP and IPC adopted the provisions of
SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities -
Including an Amendment of FASB Statement 115 (SFAS 159) on January 1, 2008.
SFAS 159 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 115, Accounting for Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities with
available-for-sale and trading securities. IDACORP and IPC did not elect the
fair value option for any existing eligible items, thus the adoption of SFAS
159 did not have a material effect on IDACORP's or IPC's financial statements.
FSP FIN 39-1: IDACORP and IPC adopted FASB Staff
Position FIN 39-1 (FSP FIN 39-1), Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39 (FIN
39) on January 1, 2008. 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. IDACORP and IPC have elected to
offset these positions, which resulted in an immaterial net decrease to total
assets and liabilities at June 30, 2008.
EITF Issue No. 06-11: IDACORP and IPC adopted
Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 06-11, Accounting for Income Tax Benefits
of Dividends on Share-Based Payment Awards (EITF 06-11) on January 1, 2008.
EITF 06-11 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. The adoption of EITF 06-11 did not have a material impact on
IDACORP's or IPC's financial statements.
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 June 30, 2008.
Interest Rate Risk
IDACORP and IPC manage interest expense and short- and long-term liquidity
through a combination of fixed rate and variable rate debt. Generally, the
amount of each type of debt is managed through market issuance, but interest
rate swap and cap agreements with highly rated financial institutions may be
used to achieve the desired combination.
Variable Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2008, IDACORP and
IPC had $466 million and $401 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 June 30, 2008, interest expense for the year
ending December 31, 2008, would increase and pre-tax earnings would decrease by
approximately $4.7 million for IDACORP and $4.0 million for IPC.
IDACORP's and IPC's floating rate debt includes a $170
million term loan credit agreement used to effect a mandatory purchase of
$166.1 million of IPC's pollution control bonds. Additional information
concerning both the term loan credit agreement and the pollution control bonds
can be found in "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Financing
Programs."
Fixed Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2008, IDACORP and
IPC had outstanding fixed rate debt of $975 million and $955 million,
respectively. The fair market value of this debt was $915 million and $894
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 $84 million for IDACORP and $83 million for IPC if interest rates
were to decline by one percentage point from their June 30, 2008 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,
2007. In a limited manner, IPC also utilizes financial energy instruments in
addition to physical forward power transactions for the purpose of mitigating
price risk related to securing adequate energy to meet utility load
requirements in accordance with IPC's Risk Management Policy. This practice
falls within the parameters of IPC's 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, 2007.
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,
2007.
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 June 30, 2008, 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 June 30, 2008, 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 June 30, 2008, 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
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Reference is made to Note 6 to the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The Risk Factors included in IDACORP's and IPC's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 have not changed
materially.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE
OF PROCEEDS
Restrictions on Dividends:
Covenants under IDACORP's credit facility, IPC's credit facility and IPC's
term loan credit agreement require 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. These agreements are
discussed further in "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES -
Financing Programs."
IPC's Revised Code of Conduct approved by the IPUC on April
21, 2008 states that IPC will not make any dividends to IDACORP that will
reduce IPC's common equity capital below 35 percent of its total adjusted
capital without IPUC approval.
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 or violate IPC's Code of Conduct. At June 30, 2008, the
leverage ratios for IDACORP and IPC were 54 percent and 55 percent,
respectively and IPC's common equity capital was 45 percent of its total
adjusted capital.
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.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities:
IDACORP, Inc. Common Stock
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(d) Maximum Number |
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(c) Total Number of |
(or Approximate |
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(a) Total |
(b) |
Shares Purchased |
Dollar Value) of |
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Number of |
Average |
as Part of Publicly |
Shares that May Yet |
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Shares |
Price Paid |
Announced Plans or |
Be Purchased Under |
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Period |
Purchased 1 |
per Share |
Programs |
the Plans or Programs |
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April 1 - April 30, 2008 |
- |
$ |
- |
- |
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May 1 - May 31, 2008 |
214 |
31.40 |
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June 1 - June 30, 2008 |
- |
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Total |
214 |
$ |
31.40 |
- |
- |
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1 These shares were withheld for taxes upon vesting of restricted stock |
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS
TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
IDACORP, Inc.:
(a) |
Regular annual meeting of IDACORP, Inc.'s shareholders, held May 15, 2008, in Boise, Idaho. |
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(b) |
Directors elected at the meeting for a three-year term: |
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Richard G. Reiten |
Thomas J. Wilford |
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Joan H. Smith |
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Continuing Directors: |
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Judith A. Johansen |
Gary G. Michael |
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J. LaMont Keen |
Peter S. O'Neill |
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Christine King |
Jan B. Packwood |
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Jon H. Miller |
Robert A. Tinstman |
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(c) |
1) |
To elect three Director Nominees: |
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Name |
For |
Withheld |
Total Voted |
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Richard G. Reiten |
38,305,205 |
1,289,864 |
39,595,069 |
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Joan H. Smith |
38,623,249 |
971,819 |
39,595,068 |
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Thomas J. Wilford |
38,626,647 |
968,422 |
39,595,069 |
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2) |
To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public |
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accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008: |
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Class of Stock |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Total Voted |
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Common |
38,925,041 |
398,224 |
271,797 |
39,595,062 |
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
*Previously Filed and Incorporated Herein by Reference
*2 |
Agreement and Plan of Exchange between IDACORP, Inc., and IPC dated as of February 2, 1998. File number 333-48031, Form S-4, filed on 3/16/98, as Exhibit 2. |
*3.1 |
Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 30, 1989. File number 33-00440, Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3, filed on 6/30/89, as Exhibit 4(a)(xiii). |
*3.2 |
Statement of Resolution Establishing Terms of Flexible Auction Series A, Serial Preferred Stock, Without Par Value (cumulative stated value of $100,000 per share) of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on November 5, 1991. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(a)(ii). |
*3.3 |
Statement of Resolution Establishing Terms of 7.07% Serial Preferred Stock, Without Par Value (cumulative stated value of $100 per share) of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 30, 1993. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(a)(iii). |
*3.4 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on June 15, 2000. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 3(a)(iii). |
*3.5 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of Idaho Power Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on January 21, 2005. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 1/26/05, as Exhibit 4.5. |
*3.6 |
Articles of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of IPC, as amended, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on November 19, 2007. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.3. |
*3.7 |
Articles of Share Exchange, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on September 29, 1998. File number 33-56071-99, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8, filed on 10/1/98, as Exhibit 3(d). |
*3.8 |
Amended Bylaws of IPC, amended on November 15, 2007, and presently in effect. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.2. |
*3.9 |
Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. File number 333-64737, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 11/4/98, as Exhibit 3.1. |
*3.10 |
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on March 9, 1998. File number 333-64737, Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 11/4/98, as Exhibit 3.2. |
*3.11 |
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of IDACORP, Inc. creating A Series Preferred Stock, without par value, as filed with the Secretary of State of Idaho on September 17, 1998. File number 333-00139-99, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, filed on 9/22/98, as Exhibit 3(b). |
*3.12 |
Amended Bylaws of IDACORP, Inc., amended on November 15, 2007 and presently in effect. File number 1-14456, Form 8-K, filed on 11/19/07, as Exhibit 3.1. |
*4.1 |
Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, between IPC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (formerly known as Bankers Trust Company) and R. G. Page, as Trustees. File number 2-3413, as Exhibit B-2. |
*4.2 |
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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File number 1-3198, Form 8-K filed on 4/3/08, as Exhibit 4, Forty-fourth, April 1, 2008. |
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*4.3 |
Instruments relating to IPC American Falls bond guarantee (see Exhibit 10.4). File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 4(b). |
*4.4 |
Agreement of IPC to furnish certain debt instruments. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 4(f). |
*4.5 |
Agreement of IDACORP, Inc. to furnish certain debt instruments. File number 1-14465, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, filed on 11/6/03, as Exhibit 4(c)(ii). |
*4.6 |
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 10, 1989, between Idaho Power Company, a Maine Corporation, and Idaho Power Migrating Corporation. File number 33-00440, Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3, filed on 6/30/89, as Exhibit 2(a)(iii). |
*4.7 |
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. |
*4.8 |
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). |
*4.9 |
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. |
*4.10 |
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. |
*4.11 |
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. |
*10.1 |
Agreements, dated September 22, 1969, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company relating to the operation, construction and ownership of the Jim Bridger Project. File number 2-49584, as Exhibit 5(b). |
*10.2 |
Amendment, dated February 1, 1974, relating to operation agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1. File number 2-51762, as Exhibit 5(c). |
*10.3 |
Agreement, dated as of October 11, 1973, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company. File number 2-49584, as Exhibit 5(c). |
*10.4 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated April 11, 2000, between IPC and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to $19,885,000 American Falls Replacement Dam Refinancing Bonds of the American Falls Reservoir District, Idaho. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on 8/4/00, as Exhibit 10(c). |
*10.5 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 30, 1974, between IPC and Pacific Power & Light Company. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(r). |
*10.6 |
Letter Agreement, dated January 23, 1976, between IPC and Portland General Electric Company. File number 2-56513, as Exhibit 5(i). |
*10.7 |
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). |
*10.8 |
Amendment, dated September 30, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(t). |
*10.9 |
Amendment, dated October 31, 1977, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(u). |
*10.10 |
Amendment, dated January 23, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7 filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(v). |
*10.11 |
Amendment, dated February 15, 1978, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-62034, Form S-7, filed on 6/30/78, as Exhibit 5(w). |
*10.12 |
Amendment, dated September 1, 1979, relating to agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6. File number 2-68574, Form S-7, filed on 7/23/80, as Exhibit 5(x). |
*10.13 |
Participation Agreement, dated September 1, 1979, relating to the sale and leaseback of coal handling facilities at the Number One Boardman Station on Carty Reservoir. File number 2-68574, Form S-7, filed on 7/23/80, as Exhibit 5(z). |
*10.14 |
Agreements for the Operation, Construction and Ownership of the North Valmy Power Plant Project, dated December 12, 1978, between Sierra Pacific Power Company and IPC. File number 2-64910, Form S-7, filed on 6/29/79, as Exhibit 5(y). |
*10.151 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Senior Management Employees I - a non-qualified, deferred compensation plan, amended and restated effective December 31, 2004, and as further amended March 14, 2007. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 28, 2008, as Exhibit 10.15. |
*10.161 |
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). |
*10.171 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, filed on 10/31/07, as Exhibit 10(h)(iii). |
*10.181 |
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). |
*10.191 |
IDACORP, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan - Form of Performance Stock Agreement (performance vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on November 2, 2006, as Exhibit 10(h)(vii). |
*10.201 |
Idaho Power Company Security Plan for Board of Directors - a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, as amended and restated effective July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(viii). |
*10.211 |
IDACORP, Inc. Non-Employee Directors Stock Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on November 15, 2007. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 28, 2008, as Exhibit 10.21. |
*10.221 |
Form of Officer Indemnification Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Officers of IDACORP, Inc. and IPC, as amended July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xix). |
*10.231 |
Form of Director Indemnification Agreement between IDACORP, Inc. and Directors of IDACORP, Inc., as amended July 20, 2006. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xx). |
*10.241 |
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). |
*10.251 |
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). |
*10.261 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan, as amended and restated September 20, 2007. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, filed on 10/31/07, as Exhibit 10(h)(xii). |
*10.271 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Stock Option Award Agreement (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xvi). |
*10.281 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (time vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xvii). |
*10.291 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement (performance vesting) (July 20, 2006). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on 11/2/06, as Exhibit 10(h)(xviii). |
*10.301 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan - Form of Performance Share Award Agreement (performance with two goals) (March 20, 2008). File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 3/26/08, as Exhibit 10.1. |
*10.311 |
IDACORP, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan. File Number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K/A, filed on 2/27/08, as Exhibit 10.1. |
*10.321 |
Idaho Power Company Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, effective November 15, 2000, 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). |
*10.331 |
IDACORP, Inc. and IPC 2008 Compensation for Non-Employee Directors of the Board of Directors. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 28, 2008, as Exhibit 10.33. |
*10.34 |
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). |
*10.35 |
Agreement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.34. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(i). |
*10.36 |
Contract to Implement, dated October 25, 1984, between the State of Idaho and IPC relating to the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.34. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(h)(ii). |
*10.37 |
Agreement Regarding the Ownership, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of the Milner Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2899), dated January 22, 1990, between IPC and the Twin Falls Canal Company and the Northside Canal Company Limited. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(m). |
*10.38 |
Guaranty Agreement, dated February 10, 1992, between IPC and New York Life Insurance Company, as Note Purchaser, relating to $11,700,000 Guaranteed Notes due 2017 of Milner Dam Inc. File number 33-65720, Form S-3, filed on 7/7/93, as Exhibit 10(m)(i). |
*10.39 |
Power Purchase Agreement between IPC and PPL Montana, LLC, dated March 1, 2003 and Revised Confirmation Agreement dated May 9, 2003. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, filed on 8/7/03, as Exhibit 10(k). |
*10.40 |
$100 Million Five-Year Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2007, among IDACORP, Inc., various lenders, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and KeyBank National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agents, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. File number 1-14465, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on 5/9/07, as Exhibit 10(l). |
*10.41 |
$300 Million Five-Year Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2007, among Idaho Power Company, various lenders, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, swingline lender and LC issuer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and KeyBank National Association, US Bank National Association and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agents, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners. File number 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on 5/9/07, as Exhibit 10(m). |
*10.42 |
$170 Million Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2008, among Idaho Power Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Bank of America, N.A., Union Bank of California, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as lenders. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed on 5/8/08, as Exhibit 10.42. |
*10.43 |
Loan Agreement, dated October 1, 2006, between Sweetwater County, Wyoming and IPC. File number 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 10/10/06, as Exhibit 10.1. |
*10.441 |
IDACORP, Inc. Executive Incentive Plan NEO 2008 Award Opportunity Chart. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K/A, filed on 2/27/08, as Exhibit 10.2. |
*10.451 |
IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan Performance Share Award Agreement (performance with two goals) NEO 2008 Award Opportunity Chart. File number 1-14465, 1-3198, Form 8-K, filed on 3/26/08, as Exhibit 10.2. |
10.46 |
Power Purchase Agreement between IPC and PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, dated June 2, 2008. |
12.1 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12.2 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12.3 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12.4 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
12.5 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
12.6 |
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, 2007, filed on February 28, 2008, as Exhibit 21. |
31.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
31.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
31.3 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CEO certification. |
31.4 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) CFO certification. |
32.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CEO certification. |
32.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 CFO certification. |
32.3 |
IPC Section 1350 CEO certification. |
32.4 |
IPC Section 1350 CFO certification. |
99 |
Earnings press release for second quarter 2008. |
1 Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
IDACORP, Inc. |
(Registrant) |
Date |
August 7, 2008 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
J. LaMont Keen |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date |
August 7, 2008 |
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 |
August 7, 2008 |
By: |
/s/ J. LaMont Keen |
J. LaMont Keen |
|||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
|||
Date |
August 7, 2008 |
By: |
/s/ Darrel T. Anderson |
Darrel T. Anderson |
|||
Senior Vice President - Administrative Services |
|||
and Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Number |
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10.46 |
Power Purchase Agreement between IPC and PPL EnergyPlus, LLC, dated June 2, 2008. |
|
12.1 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
|
12.2 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
|
12.3 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
|
12.4 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirements. (IDACORP, Inc.) |
|
12.5 |
Statement Re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
|
12.6 |
Statement Re: Computation of Supplemental Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (IPC) |
|
15 |
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information. |
|
31.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
|
31.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
|
31.3 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
|
31.4 |
IPC Rule 13a-14(a) certification. |
|
32.1 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 certification. |
|
32.2 |
IDACORP, Inc. Section 1350 certification. |
|
32.3 |
IPC Section 1350 certification. |
|
32.4 |
IPC Section 1350 certification. |
|
99 |
Earnings press release for second quarter 2008. |
|