by Snake River Alliance | Apr 12, 2018 | Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
Hundreds Testified for Solar Power. Alliance members had to crowd in to support net metering, rooftop solar and distributed energy. The Idaho Public Utilities Commission held hearings on a proposal to change rate structures for people with rooftop solar energy, wind...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 11, 2018 | Idaho Nuclear Updates, Nuclear
The Department of Energy wants to bring 7,000 cubic meters of untested plutonium-contaminated waste to Idaho from the shutdown nuclear bomb plant in Hanford, WA. The waste would come in by truck or railroad, crossing the Columbia and Snake rivers and passing through...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 11, 2018 | Nuclear
The cluster of nuclear reactors are planned to be built in Idaho by 2026. But the plan including filling a $2.1 Billion financing gap with your money. A group called the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) wants to build 12 nuclear power reactors at the...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 2, 2018 | Nuclear
On March 28, the Idaho Cleanup Project Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) resisted attempts to rush through a statement of support for bringing substantial quantities of out-of-state waste to Idaho. The initial plan is to ship 7,000 cubic meters (and counting) of untreated...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 21, 2018 | Nuclear
The Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) wants to build 12 nuclear power reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory with a total capacity of 600 MW. UAMPS is a political subdivision of the State of Utah, and most of the reactors’ electricity would go out of...
