Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819-5626
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2015-11-03T05:00Z

Company Ownership Verification for Dept of Water and Power the City of Los Angeles
The Dept of Water and Power the City of Los Angeles (City of LA), requested information for the following two plants:
   * Haynes Generating Station
   * Intermountain Power Plant
ERG completed the CBI deducibility determination for the survey using the following majority owners for these two plants:
   * Haynes Generating Station (majority owner: Dept of Water and Power the City of Los Angeles)
   * Intermountain Power Plant (majority owner: Intermountain Power Agency)
Because the City of LA was the majority owner for the Haynes Generating Station for the CBI deducibility determination, there are no changes in ownership and the information for this plant can be provided to the City of LA.
For the Intermountain Power Plant, ERG found that the Intermountain Power Agency is a cooperative made up of a number of power consumers in Utah and California.  The plant is essentially owned by the power consumers who buy it's power.  The City of LA owns the largest share of the plant and therefore, we suppose could be considered the majority owner. While this may not technically be a change in ownership, the difference in the company name could have resulted in a change in the outcome of the CBI deducibility determination.  Therefore, there are risks associated with providing information for the Intermountain Power Plant to the City of LA.  However, the Intermountain Power Plant is a zero discharge plant that does not have a NPDES permit.  For this reason, the response that would be provided to the City of LA for this plant would only consist of a letter stating that there are no costs for the plant.  Because no data will be provided directly in response to the request, ERG does not believe that there are any CBI issues related to providing the information to the City of LA.