by Snake River Alliance | Mar 18, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
The state’s largest electric utility told the Idaho PUC this week it saw a 12 percent increase in energy savings by customers participating in its efficiency and conservation programs in 2015 over 2014. Idaho Power filed its DSM Annual Report to the PUC to report on...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 18, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
From the international polling giant Gallup, Inc.: For the first time since Gallup first asked the question in 1994, a majority of Americans say they oppose nuclear energy. The 54 percent opposing it is up significantly from 43 percent a year ago, while the 44 percent...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 10, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
If you’ve taken a drive south of Boise on Cloverdale Road in Ada County recently, you may have happened upon what seems to be a desert mirage. But sure enough, that squat, sprawling, shiny, and one-of-a-kind project popping up on the east side of South Cloverdale Road...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 10, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
These continue to be good times for a renewable energy sector on an unstoppable upward glide path – and the remarkable growth we’re seeing in the green energy sector is coming right out of the pockets of dirty energy, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S....
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 26, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Yet another public policy survey shows most Idahoans believe climate change is real, underscoring one of the most glaring disconnects of any issue between Idahoans and the politicians they elect to represent them. Climate...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 26, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho legislators, who last year singled out fuel-efficient hybrid owners by zapping them with an arbitrary $75 fee to register their cars because, well, they save gasoline, seem to be having a change of heart, starting with the Senate’s lopsided vote to rescind last...
