by Snake River Alliance | Oct 11, 2016 | Clean Energy Program
The dedication of Idaho’s first utility-sized solar power farm south of Boise near Kuna on Sept. 16 marked an energy milestone for Idaho: At 40 megawatts, the solar plant built by DEPCOM Power off of South Cloverdale Road produces enough power for 9,000 homes a year...
by Snake River Alliance | Jun 20, 2016 | Alliance Publications, Clean Energy Program, Electric Utilities & PUC, Idaho Energy Updates
As mentioned above, Idaho Power CEO Darrel Anderson spent the lunch hour with the City Club of Boise June 16 to give a bird’s-eye view of how his company is enjoying its Centennial Year, and he also shed some light on how Idaho’s largest utility is approaching some of...
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 | 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 | 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...
