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This
is
in
the
matter
of
the
capital
plan,
compliance
docket
for
kansas
city
power
and
light
company
and
west
star
energy
inc.
Pursuant
to
the
commission's
order
in
docket
number
18
kcpe
dash
095-mer
before
us
this
morning
is
an
order
on
a
petition
for
reconsideration,
and
our
presenter
is
our
general
counsel.
Brian
fadon
good
morning,
general
good.
E
On
may
12th,
the
commission
issued
its
order
on
joint
filing
regarding
proposed
resolution,
to
concerns
raised
in
the
2021
irp
and
agreed
with
evergy
that
the
issues
identified
by
the
sierra
club
were
beyond
the
scope
of
the
docket
on
may
26.
The
sierra
club
filed
a
petition
for
reconsideration
claiming
commission
aired
and
that
its
concerns
that
the
ppas
should
be
modeled
as
discrete
resource
options
are
within
the
scope
of
the
irp
framework.
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Yes,
thank
you,
commissioners.
On
april
22nd
staff
curb
ever
g
and
kepco
filed
a
joint
motion
to
approve
a
non-unanimous
stipulation
and
agreement.
Among
some
of
the
terms
are
energy
kansas,
central's
method
of
calculating
the
costs
related
to
winter
storm
uri
would
be
deferred
as
a
regulatory
asset
and
an
agreement
that
that
was
a
deferral
was
appropriate.
E
First,
the
opponents
of
the
un
non-unanimous
settlement
were
provided
an
opportunity
to
file
testimony
opposing
the
settlement
present
witnesses
at
the
hearing
advocating
against
the
settlement
cross-examine
witnesses
at
the
hearing
who
advocated
for
the
settlement
and
filed
post-hearing
briefs.
Furthermore,
they
they
do
not
allege
you
or
denied
an
opportunity
to
be
heard
on
their
reasons
for
opposing
the
settlement.
So
for
all
of
these
reasons,
the
first
factor
is
satisfied.
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The
opponent's
argument
is
premised
on
calls
for
energy
conservation
were
met
by
some
rate
classes.
However,
at
the
hearing,
the
opponent's
expert
acknowledged
that
within
each
customer
class,
some
individuals
made
efforts
to
conserve,
while
other
individuals
did
not.
Similarly,
their
expert
admitted
that
his
analysis
looked
at
usage
on
a
class-wide
basis,
not
on
a
customer-specific
basis.
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The
the
opponents
expert
proposed
a
five-day
time
frame
from
february
12th
to
february
16
of
2021
to
sign
cost
based
on
customer
consumption.
Ever
g
staff
and
curb
testified
that
time
frame
is
too
limited
to
accurately
reflect
the
impact
or
duration
of
yuri
and
the
cost
from
yuri.
The
commission
agrees
with
those
observations
of
of
staff,
energy
and
curb
and,
and
the
order
goes
into
more
detail
than
that,
but
in
the
interest
of
time
I'll
skip
over
those.
The
the
order
finds
that
the
non-unanimous
settlement
is
supported
by
substantial
competent
evidence.
E
The
opponents
also
argue
the
non-unanimous
settlement
is
inconsistent
with
applicable
law,
claiming
it's
contrary
to
jones
versus
kansas
gas
and
electric
case
from
1977..
This.
This
order
concludes
that
jones
is
easily
distinguishable
from
the
the
present
facts.
Unlike
jones,
where
the
costs
were
attributable
to
delinquent
bills,
some
of
which
were
so
late
to
be
to
need
to
be
referred
to
collections
here.
All
the
costs
are
attributable
to
winter
storm
yuri,
unlike
jones,
which
involved
penalties
for
delinquent
bills.
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Thanks,
no
questions
I'll
just
make
a
brief
comment
that
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
went
into
this
docket.
This
is
a
conclusion
of
an
investigation
that
took
a
lot
of
time
and
and
staff
resources,
so
a
lot
of
credit
to
our
staff
for
the
time
they
spent
on
this,
but
also
credit
to
evergy,
and
then
all
the
parties
to
the
docket.
I
think
this
was
given
a
lot
of
scrutiny
through
this
proceeding
and
that's
how
we
end
up
with
a
good
result.
B
I
will
admit
that
there
were
some
competing
proposals
here
and,
and
there
was
some
allure
to
some
of
them
in
some
senses
they
made
some
sense.
I
thought
we
had
a
great
hearing
in
this
proceeding
that
really
drew
out
some
some
differences
between
the
party's
positions.
It
it
drew
out
some
maybe
unintended
consequences
or
some
challenges
associated
with
some
of
the
competing
proposals
and,
and
that
helped
me
make
my
decision
in
this
case,
that
the
most
just
and
reasonable
outcome
would
be
approving
the
the
proposal
and
the
settlement
agreement.
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I
believe
commissioner,
french,
has
stated
my
comments
so
very
well.
I
would
agree.
The
hearing
was
an
important
step
in
this
process
to
share
and
describe
exactly
where
the
party
stood
and
what
would
be
the
result
of
certain
actions,
and
I
appreciated
the
testimony
and
the
actual
zoom
hearing
that
we
had.
It
was
very
beneficial.
C
This
has
been
a
long,
long,
difficult
process,
especially
for
this
particular
docket.
I
would
add
that
the
attorney
general's
investigation
is
ongoing.
The
federal
investigation
is
ongoing
and
I
would
hope
that
both
entities
would
report
in
to
us
to.
Let
us
know
that
beyond
what
we're
doing
at
the
state
level
here
in
eight
other
states
what
is
going
on
at
that
other
level
in
investigation.
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Good
morning,
mr
chairman
commissioners,
may
it
please
the
commission,
I
agree.
The
caption
in
this
particular
docket
is
quite
lengthy,
but
it
is
about
the
atmos
hedging
program.
The
commission
approved
the
atlas
hedging
program
in
2005
to
mitigate
the
volatility
of
first
of
the
month,
baseload
natural
gas
prices.
A
As
part
of
that
program,
the
staff
and
curb
meet
with
atmos
to
discuss
the
program
design
for
various
parameters,
including
the
amount
of
gas
hedged,
the
applicable
months,
the
types
of
instruments
to
be
used
and
the
various
timing
intervals
for
making
option
purchases
originally
staff
and
curb
met
with
atmos.
On
november
16,
2021
and
staff
recommended
the
program
be
kept
at
the
budget
established
in
2005.
A
as
a
consequence
of
winter
storm,
yuri
and
international
events.
The
price
of
natural
gas
has
increased
rather
significantly
and
trades
in
a
volatile
market.
This
has
caused
option
prices
to
increase
based
on
the
price
volatility.
Atmos
announced
a
suspension
of
the
program
on
april
28
2022
on
may
6,
2022
staff
and
curb
met
with
atmos
to
discuss
ways.
The
program
could
continue.
One
of
the
factors
leading
to
suspension
was
the
ability
to
cover
baseload
gas
purchases
in
their
entirety
under
the
current
budget.
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A
in
the
wake
of
rising
prices
and
a
desire
to
reduce
the
volatility
of
gas
purchases
purchases
during
the
winter
heating
season.
A
consensus
built
around
increasing
the
hedging
budget
from
2.5
million
to
3.7
million
to
match
inflation
that
occurred
since
the
time
the
commission
established
the
program
with
an
increased
budget
to
match
the
purchasing
authority
originally
granted,
it
was
concluded
that
the
goals
of
the
program
could
be
achieved
to
a
greater
extent
and
atmos
would
be,
would
have
greater
flexibility
in
purchasing
call
options
for
the
benefit
of
customers.
A
A
staff
report
and
recommendation
calling
for
an
increased
budget
was
filed
with
the
commission
on
june
16
2022,
based
on
the
consensus
reached.
I
present
for
your
consideration,
an
order
that
increases
the
atmos
hedging
budget
from
2.5
million
to
3.7
million,
curb
supports
this
increase
based
on
market
conditions
and
the
less
attractive
alternative
of
not
securing
coverage
for
a
larger
proportion
of
the
baseload
gas
being
acquired
for
the
winter
season.
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Duffy
in
this
respect,
I
think
it
it
is
kind
of
amazing.
We
have
this
time
lag
involved,
but
it
is
what
it
is.
I
couldn't
understand
all
the
reasons
for
it.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
hearing
none.
I
would
call
a
question
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye,
aye
aye
motion
carries
the
order
is
approved.
Thank
you
very
much.
Walker.
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B
Good
morning
on
june,
16
2022
northern
natural
gas
company
held
a
virtual
customer
meeting
where
the
company
explained
that
they
planned
to
file
a
section
4
rate
case
of
ferc
on
july
1
2022,
both
black
hills
and
kansas
gas
service
utilized
northern
naturals
interstate
gas
pipeline
to
transport
gas
to
their
local
systems.
Here
in
kansas,
these
interstate
transport
costs
are
ordinarily
passed
through
to
customers
through
purchase
gas
adjustment
clauses
at
the
state
level.
B
Therefore,
northern
naturals
rate
increases
have
an
impact
on
kansas
customer
bills.
Our
dc
council,
jason
gray,
recommended
that
the
kcc
intervene
in
the
matter
and
file
a
protest
as
needed.
The
reason
I'm
asking
for
authority
before
the
docket
is
open
is
that
we
would
only
have
12
days
to
intervene
and
get
a
protest
on
file
and
jason
has
already
identified
several
areas
of
possible
concern.
B
Some
of
those
would
include
a
1.1
billion
dollar
rate
increase,
I'm
sorry
rate
based
increase
in
the
last
three
years,
a
14.31
roe
and
an
over
100
percent
increase
in
depreciation
expense
and
negative
net
salvage
over
the
last
three
years.
There
are
also
substantial
rate
design
and
cost
allocation
changes
that
were
of
concern.
B
B
If
there's
a
proposed
settlement
or
there's
some
other
pleading
that
requires
full
commission
approval,
we
will
come
back
to
you
to
present
those
preliminarily.
We
plan
to
submit
a
protest
within
the
12
days
of
the
application
regarding
those
items
identified
by
jason
and
any
others
that
would
adversely
impact
kansas
customers.
B
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All
right,
thank
you
very
much,
michael.
I
would
move
that
the
commission
authorized
our
dc
council
to
file
for
intervention
in
the
upcoming
northern
natural
section
4
rate
case
and
fully
participate
in
the
matter
by
way
of
conducting
discovery
filing
testimony
filing
protests
and
making
any
other
filings
as
necessary
to
protect
the
interests
of
kansas
rate
payers.