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 | Oct 20, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has accepted Rocky Mountain Power’s long-term Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which serves as a roadmap for how the utility plans to meet future electricity needs. Rocky Mountain Power, a subsidiary of the utility giant...
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...
by Snake River Alliance | May 15, 2015 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Idaho Energy Updates
PacifiCorp, which does business in southeastern Idaho as Rocky Mountain Power, has filed its every-other-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Idaho PUC. Idaho’s three regulated electric utilities submit IRPs as non-binding roadmaps showing how they expect to...
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...
