by Snake River Alliance | Jun 20, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Eyebrows were raised last week when the Idaho Statesman’s Rocky Barker reported some of the details of a huge proposed “pumped storage” electricity generation project that would include a large dam and reservoir above the existing Anderson Ranch Dam Reservoir on the...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 7, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
As we reported in our last Idaho Energy Update, a bold new partnership between Idaho’s first clean energy advocacy organization and two popular solar power installers continues to make it easier and more affordable than ever for residential and commercial customers...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 7, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Power’s president and chief executive officer told company shareholders and industry analysts last month in the most encouraging terms to date that he’s not inclined to commit huge amounts of customer dollars into dirty Wyoming coal plants – yet another sign...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 7, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Power electricity customers’ rates rose another 3.77 percent as a result of two annual utility adjustment filings recently approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. The first increase, of 1.57 percent, came from Idaho Power’s annual “power cost...
by Snake River Alliance | May 13, 2016 | Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
Just as clean energy advocates roll out our campaign to make it easier to install solar panels on Idaho rooftops, Idaho Power has advised state regulators it plans to hold some “stakeholder workshops” to try to find out if enough solar is enough. Idaho Power submitted...
by Snake River Alliance | Apr 3, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Things are heating up over the future of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rules to clamp down on the kinds of dirty coal-fired power plants that provide up to 40 percent of Idaho’s electricity, so it was great news to learn Friday that the city of Boise and...