by Snake River Alliance | Mar 20, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Kristine (Sasser) Raper, a veteran attorney at the Public Utilities Commission, has assumed her role as the third member of the PUC, replacing Marsha Smith, who retired after four terms as commissioner and 35 years in state government. According to a PUC news release,...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 20, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
It’s one of the greatest shows in power planning: Idaho Power’s every-other-year Integrated Resource Plan. It’s not just for energy wonks, and it’s about to get really interesting. Idaho Power, like Idaho’s other two major electric utilities – Avista and Rocky...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 19, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Despite the conditions referenced above, there is a bright side: The PUC has approved five solar power contracts with Idaho Power that would total about $322.5 million over 20 years and deliver a total of 100 megawatts to Idaho Power, which is no small thing. “While...
by Snake River Alliance | Dec 19, 2014 | Alliance Publications, Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
Idaho continues to attract unusual proposals to build commercial nuclear reactors designed to send electricity to points unknown. There have now been three such proposals in the past nine years. One, by billionaire Warren Buffett and his MidAmerican Energy, was spiked...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 25, 2014 | Idaho Energy Updates, Nuclear
As if things couldn’t get any worse for the company that tried to sell a phantom nuclear reactor to Idahoans, the other shoe just dropped with a 14-count federal criminal indictment charging two executives of Eagle-based Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., of conspiracy...
by Snake River Alliance | Nov 25, 2014 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
The PUC approved energy sales agreements between Idaho Power and two solar farm developers, clearing the way for an eye-popping 120 megawatts to be installed in projects near Mountain Home and Boise. Aside from rooftop solar photovoltaic panels installed by a growing...
