by Leigh Ford | Mar 30, 2023 | Idaho Energy Updates, Idaho Nuclear Updates
Last month House Bill 96 was passed by the Idaho State Legislature and signed by Governor Brad Little. The bill will take out “renewable” language from the Idaho Energy Resources Authority (IERA) Act and replace it with “clean” to embrace nuclear energy and other...
by Leigh Ford | Mar 1, 2023 | Clean Energy, Nuclear
Recently, House Bill 96 sailed through the Idaho House committee on Environment, Energy & Technology, and passage in the full House quickly followed. The Snake River Alliance testified before the Senate Committee on State Affairs and secured one vote, but it was...
by Snake River Alliance | Mar 18, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
The Idaho House of Representatives, which apparently can’t bring itself to admitting that it goofed last year when it arbitrarily whacked owners of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles with an extra $75 registration fee to penalize them for driving cleaner cars, are still...
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...
by Snake River Alliance | Feb 26, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program
Voting 31-4, the Senate on Thursday approved and sent to the House a controversial bill touted by pro-gas drilling supporters as “streamlining” the permit process for new oil and gas wells – but broadly opposed by non-drilling interests as a threat to private property...
