11.12.20 Public Notice 3

PUBLIC NOTICE 
 
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s (Commission) Rules, the Commission hereby gives notice of Powder River Energy Corporation’s (PRECorp or the Cooperative) Application for authority to revise its Small Power Production (SPP) rate tariff, effective January 1, 2021.
PRECorp is a public utility as defined in W.S. § 37-1-101(a)(vi)(C), subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under W.S. § 37-2-112.
On October 22, 2020, PRECorp submitted its Application to revise its SPP tariff, effective for billings or credits issued on or after January 1, 2021. PRECorp is a Class A member of Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin), from whom it secures its power requirements via agreements and contracts. PRECorp’s avoided cost is equal to Basin’s published avoided cost for its Common Use System/PacifiCorp System (CUS/PAC), adjusted for losses, as approved in Docket No. 10014-178-CT-17. The Cooperative’s SPP tariff applies to residential and commercial customers who install facilities for generating electric power. The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 requires PRECorp to purchase all the kWhs generated by Qualifying Facilities at its avoided cost, which it does through its SPP tariff.
 Basin’s published avoided cost of delivery to its Class A members located in CUS/PAC system for 2021 is $0.0144 per kWh. PRECorp’s rate adjusted for losses is $0.014694. The Cooperative is therefore requesting authority to increase the rate currently available under its SPP rate, from $0.01337 to $0.014694 per kWh, to reflect Basin’s published avoided cost for 2021 adjusted for losses.   
This is not a complete description of the Application. Interested persons may inspect the Application at the Cooperative’s business office located in Sundance, Wyoming and at the Commission’s offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during regular business hours, or online at: http://psc.state.wy.us/. 
Anyone desiring to file a statement, public comment, protest, intervention petition, or request for a public hearing in this matter must file in writing with the Commission on or before November 25, 2020. Any intervention request filed with the Commission shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this proceeding. Please mention Docket No. 10014-216-CT-20 (Record No. 15633) in your communications.
If you wish to intervene in this matter or request a public hearing that you will attend, or if you wish to file a statement, public comment, or protest, and you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications-impaired persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming Relay at 711.
 
Dated: October 28, 2020
 
(Publish November 5 and 12, 2020)