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Utah intervenors press for limited access to confidential Rocky Mountain Power LLSC materials; utility cites competitive harm
Summary
At a Utah Public Service Commission hearing, Utah Association of Energy Users asked to see regulator-only explanatory material (not price terms) for Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed large-load contract; the utility opposed, citing SB132-era competitive sensitivity. Commissioners proceeded with testimony and left the access motion under advisement.
Phil Russell, representing the Utah Association of Energy Users (UAE), asked the Utah Public Service Commission for limited, regulator-access-only review of portions of Rocky Mountain Power’s large-load service contract filing that the company had redacted as commercially sensitive. Russell said UAE is not seeking price or credit terms but needs the explanatory methodology behind the energy and reservation charges to evaluate whether the company’s accounting treatment would prevent costs from shifting to other customers.
"We are not seeking access to the price terms or the credit terms," Russell said, "what I do need to see is the explanation for how the charges ... prevent the shift of cost to other customers." Russell proposed that only he and UAE witness Justin Bieber — both of whom have…
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