Idaho Power: Company needs to explain coal decision
Idaho Statesman | May 14, 2013 – BOISE, Idaho By Ken Miller Rocky Barker got it right in his April 30 column: Idaho Power faces profound changes in how it does business. Burning coal to make electricity, for instance. As Idacorp shareholders convene Thursday for the company’s annual meeting, they face an urgent question not [...]
Idaho Energy Update | May 10, 2013
Big proposed transmission lines remained in the news this week as the BLM began its public open houses for the proposed Gateway West project from Wyoming to southwest Idaho, while the federal land management agency also rolled out a preliminary route and map for the proposed Boardman to Hemingway line from southwest Idaho to the [...]
Idaho Energy Update | May 1, 2013
The Oregon PUC had some harsh words for Idaho Power, saying the utility’s “lack of management oversight put ratepayers at risk” in the case of Idaho Power’s request to recover its share of the costs to upgrade a Wyoming coal plant. Meanwhile, PacifiCorp, which does business in Idaho as Rocky Mountain Power, has submitted its [...]
Idaho Energy Update | April 26, 2013
The Bureau of Land Management has come out with its long-awaited final environmental impact statement for what would be the nation’s largest transmission project – from central Wyoming to southwest Idaho, continuing what has been a long and contentious process over the proposed power line. At the PUC, Idaho utility regulators have set public hearings [...]
