by Snake River Alliance | Sep 4, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
You’d need to drive a high-tech Tesla to use them, but in another sign that popularity of electric vehicles is soaring, Idaho Power joined Tesla Motors representatives, Mayor Dave Bieter and other dignitaries in cutting the ribbon on a bank of EV superchargers near...
by Snake River Alliance | Aug 28, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission on August 20 issued an order that solar power developers warned for months will end most utility-sized solar developments in Idaho. This case has been watched nationwide as utilities like Idaho Power and then Rocky Mountain Power...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 7, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
Just as Idaho’s solar power battles are at a peak, leaders in the Idaho Legislature have quietly created a “Solar Energy Task Force” that is charged “To study the effects of solar energy” in Idaho. The Legislature routinely creates interim committees and task forces...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 7, 2015 | Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
After nearly a year in the works, Idaho’s largest electric utility has filed its “integrated resource plan” to the state Public Utilities Commission, forecasting how it thinks it will meet customer electricity demand for the coming 20 years. This every-other-year IRP...
by Snake River Alliance | Jul 7, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
After a nightlong public hearing, a day and a half technical hearing, nearly 200 written comments and a 1,118-signature petition, the fate of solar power development in Idaho is now in the hands of two Public Utilities Commission members. The PUC was told repeatedly...
