Project Description

Malad Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2726 ) is composed of two diversions creating two power flume canals that generate a combined 21.7 MW.  Both the upper and lower generating units are supplied primarily by springs which originate within the 1.7-mile river reach.

Application Timeline

Idaho Power applied for a new license for the Malad Project in July 2002. On March 24, 2005, the FERC granted Idaho Power a new 30-year license, which included Protection, Mitigation and Enhancement (PM&E) measures in the form of license articles which will be conducted by the company over the term of the new license.

Protection, Mitigation and Enhancement (PM&E) Measures

Improvements to be made include recreational use enhancements, water quality/minimum flow increases and ESA snail habitat monitoring measures. The lower diversion has been retrofitted with a fish ladder to allow upstream and downstream passage of resident fish species.