July 2 ID Energy Update

Idaho Energy Update July 2, 2012 Idaho Power customers just got socked with one of the larger rate hikes in many months after the PUC approved the company’s request to place most of the $400 million cost of its new natural gas power plant into customer rates. The average rate hike works out to about [...]

May 7 ID Energy Update

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission lost another round at the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which ruled recently that the PUC was “inconsistent” in implementing rules under a federal law to promote small renewable energy development like wind farms. In a related item, Idaho Power is pulling out the stops in its high-profile campaign against [...]

April 27 ID Energy Update

A huge proposed wind project south of Twin Falls was derailed after its primary utility developer pulled out due to new delays caused by more thorough reviews into the project’s impact on sage grouse. Meanwhile, the PUC will take your comments on a rate hike request by Idaho Power to offset higher-than-expected power costs. And [...]

April 23 ID Energy Update

With two of the Northwest’s dirty coal plants now scheduled for early retirement, clean energy advocates are turning their sites to eastern Montana’s mammoth Colstrip power plant, which generates a big chunk of electricity for the region, including the largest utility serving northern Idaho. Meanwhile, the Idaho PUC is taking comments on Idaho Power’s bid [...]