Our secure energy future is built on responsible planning and development, responsible preservation of resources and responsible energy use.

Our energy future and the future of our communities is dependent on the understanding, input and actions of each of us.

The information below provides facts about our customers, generation resources, and our business.

2008 Customers by Type

Idaho Power provides low-cost, reliable energy to nearly a half-million people, powering the lives of residential, irrigation, and commercial and industrial customers since 1916.

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2008 Energy Sources

Idaho Power must balance competing considerations to ensure comfort and security for today’s customers, as well as tomorrow’s.

Balancing the elements of our three part strategy—responsible energy planning, responsible development and protection of resources, and responsible energy use—ensures we meet future challenges conscientiously.

In 2008, 79 percent of our energy resources came from Idaho Power-owned generation resources. In above average water years, our low-cost, renewable hydroelectric plants are the largest source of energy for our customers.

• Market Purchases are electric power purchases from other utilities in the wholesale electric market.
• Long Term Power Purchases are electric power contracts with small and utility scale energy producers and firm power purchase agreements with other utilities.

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  *Long Term Power Purchases by Resource Type

Please Note: This disclosure of the generation resource types supporting our long-term purchases does not claim or represent that any environmental green tags (Renewable Energy Credits or “RECS” ) or attributes benefit or otherwise accrue to Idaho Power or its customers.

Idaho Power is an electric utility engaged in the following activities regarding electric energy:

• Generation
• Transmission
• Distribution
• Sales
• Purchases

At the end of 2008, Idaho Power had 487,165 customers within a 24,000-square-mile area in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon.

With 17 low-cost hydroelectric projects as the core of our generation portfolio, our residential, business and agricultural customers pay some of the nation’s lowest prices for electricity.

The company is regulated by:

• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• The Idaho Public Utilities Commission
• The Oregon Public Utility Commission

Idaho Power is the chief operating subsidiary of holding company IDACORP, Inc., traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IDA.

 

As of Dec. 31, 2008

Service Area

Population of Service Area: 1,000,000

Square Miles of Service Area: 24,000

Customers

Residential Customers Added in the Past Year: 3,736

Number of Substations: 297

Transmission Line Pole Miles: 4,752

Distribution Line Pole Miles (Underground & Overhead): 26,576

Number of Full-Time Employees: 2,057

Sales and Load Facts (2008)

Total Annual MWh Sales: 16,591,948

Peak Load—MW (June 30, Summer 2008): 3,214

Peak Load—MW (Jan. 24, Winter 2008): 2,464