by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Energy Update March 25, 2011 Idaho’s Wind Wars continued to rage this week, with a House committee killing a bill that would have slapped a two-year moratorium on new wind farms and another House panel struggling with whether to extend the state’s renewable...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Energy Update Jan. 24, 2011 Idaho Power sold $540,000 worth of surplus pollution credits last year, and last week the PUC ordered most of the money should be returned to utility customers rather than spending some of it on energy efficiency programs as proposed...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
Idaho Energy Update Feb. 4, 2011 A federal judge on Thursday lifted a freeze on the assets of troubled would-be nuclear reactor developer AEHI, but the decision does little to ease the massive legal problems facing the company in the wake of securities fraud charges...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Energy Update Feb. 11, 2011 Energy Efficiency advocates wowed a House energy committee this week with presentations on how utilities, businesses, and the government can save energy in homes, business, and government buildings across Idaho. On the geothermal...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
Idaho Energy Update Feb. 21, 2011 Idaho wind developers received a boost last week in the form of a new study by consulting firm Idaho Economics that reports far greater than projected economic benefits from wind development in the state. The report comes at a...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 13, 2012 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
Idaho Energy Update March 4, 2011 Idahoans have a chance to speak out on 17 different wind projects that are before the Public Utilities Commission – but that are also caught in the regulatory tangle created when Idaho’s big electric utilities sought PUC approval to...