Clean Today. Cleaner Tomorrow.®
At Idaho Power, our commitment to safely serving customers and communities with reliable, affordable energy has been the hallmark of our 100-year history. As we continue the next century of service, we are building on that foundation with an exciting goal:
100% clean energy by 2045*
Set in 2019, this long-term goal remains an aspirational target as we look toward increasingly cost-effective clean energy solutions and up-and-coming technological advances. The goal is to achieve 100% clean company-owned generation. We are investing in clean energy sources today while ensuring safe, reliable, affordable service. Additionally, our investments in battery storage and transmission lines capable of importing clean energy further this goal. We will continue to evaluate how emerging technologies can help us reach this goal. Energy from some of our clean energy sources comes with renewable energy credits (REC), which we are required to sell to keep customer prices low, so our long-term goal is subject to those REC sales. Learn how we’re moving forward — today, tomorrow, and together — in the sections below.
*We define clean as non-carbon emitting at the point of electricity generation.
Today.
Idaho Power’s largest energy source is clean hydropower. Our energy mix also includes wind, solar, and geothermal long-term purchases.
In 2010, we set an ambitious carbon-reduction goal. We met and exceeded it. See our progress as we’ve continued to challenge ourselves with additional carbon-reduction goals.
Through our energy-efficiency programs, customers saved 143,559 MWh of energy in 2024. That’s enough energy to power about 12,600 average-sized homes for a year.
Energy Mix Comparison
Idaho Power 2024 Energy Mix*
*This energy mix shows the energy we generate from company-owned resources and energy we buy through long-term contracts with wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and small-scale hydro generators. The overall mix does not represent the energy delivered to customers for two reasons. First, we participate in wholesale energy markets and sell energy both to other utilities and to retail customers. Second, power from some renewable sources comes with a renewable energy credit (REC), which we sell to keep customer prices low.
National Energy Mix Average
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Tomorrow.
We exited one coal-fired generator in 2019 and another in 2020. Two units were converted from coal to natural gas in 2024. We continue to strategically move away from our remaining coal-fired generation.
The Boardman to Hemingway transmission line will give us access to affordable surplus energy, much of it from clean hydropower. We are procuring materials for this project.
We’re investing in solar power. A large array right here in Idaho is sending us energy at some of the lowest rates in the nation.
Together.
See how we partner with businesses like Bigelow Tea to help them achieve their clean energy goals.