request_number:  DS-AC:002
firstname:  Thomas
lastname:  DeBoer
e-mail:  tdeboer@painehamblen.com
exhibit_wp-02-e-:  JCG-01 and JCG-02
page_numbers:
request_text:  Amended Request No.: DS-AC:002

Request: Witnesses: Pamela Lesh, Robert E. Orton, Marilyn G. Showalter and W. 
Scott Brattebo, David W. Hoff, Kevin P. O'Meara, Lon L. Peters, Geoffrey H. 
Carr, and Marc H. Hellman, respectively
  Exhibit: WP-02-E-JCG-01 and WP-02-JCG-02

 Please disclose and/or produce any and all communications from October 16, 
2001 to the present, between any the BPA representatives listed below and any 
representative of any other party concerning BPA's rates to be in effect for 
BPA's Fiscal Years 2002-2006, the interactions of such rates and customer 
contracts, or procedural aspects of these rate proceedings.

 Bob Proctor
 Tim McCoy
 Byrne Lovell
 Byron Keep
 Valerie Lefler
 Jon Wright
 Peter Berger

 For purposes of this Request, "disclose and/or produce" has the meanings 
described below.  With respect to oral communications, "disclose and/or 
produce" means to describe the time, date, approximate duration, and 
substantive content of the communication; the identity and organizational 
affiliation of the communicating individuals; whether the communication 
occurred in person or by telephone; the location of the communication if in 
person; the identity of any witnesses to the communications, including all 
individuals in the room if the communication occurred by speakerphone; and 
whether the communication was made in the presence of or after coordination 
with BPA counsel(if so, identify such counsel).  For purposes of this 
Request, you need not "disclose and/or produce" oral communications that 
occurred during meetings noticed in compliance with Rate Case Rule 1010.7(d).

 With respect to written communications, the Request includes communications 
in any recorded form, whether on paper, electronic (including, without 
limitation, e-mails), or whatever form.  For such communications, "disclose 
and/or produce" means to provide copies of all non-identical versions of any 
written communications and to describe with particularity the circumstances 
under  which they were generated or referred to; and to fully "disclose 
and/or produce" any oral communications made in connection with the written 
communications consistent with the preceding paragraph. For purposes of this 
Request, you need not produce papers served on all parties to the rate case 
and made part of the official file in the rate case.


response_text:  Avista Corporation (Avista) objects to this Data Request on 
the grounds that it:  (i) seeks information that is not relevant; and (ii) 
seeks information that is unduly burdensome to produce.  (Rules of Procedure 
Governing Rate Hearings, Section 1010.8(b)). Avista further objects to this 
Data Request on the grounds that it is in improper form as it does not cite 
to specific testimony or indicate the specific use to which the information 
sought will be put. (Special Rules of Practice, WP-02-01).  Without waiving 
the foregoing objections, Avista responds as follows:

 I am aware of no communications responsive to this Data Request other than 
those disclosed in response to DS-AC:001.

The following information is from the web server:
1.  Logon: IUSR_GRANITE
2.  Remote Host:  border.paine-hamblen.com
3.  Remote IP Address:  207.53.155.98
4.  Form URL:  
https://secure.bpa.gov/power/secure/psp/ratecase/discovery/wp_02_response.html
5.  Browser Client:  Mozilla/4.7 [en] (Win95; I)