Wet weather and spring runoff are increasing water levels in many places across our service area. Some customers are seeing signs of localized flooding. Idaho Power has an important warning: Stay away from flooded or submerged electrical equipment. When transformers […]
The 2019 Spring/Summer Energy Efficiency Guide, featuring Joulie the Idaho Power Energy Advisor and her trusty sidekick Wattson, hit daily and weekly newspapers this week. It’s also available online. This season’s guide focuses on several helpful topics, including understanding your […]
On Thursday, April 11, Idaho Power will host the seventh in a series of public meetings as it develops its 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) — a 20-year plan for supplying electricity to its customers. The meeting is from 9 […]
Nearly 5,000 entries were received for Idaho Power’s 2019 student art contest, which challenged area students to participate in energy education around safety, ways to save energy and environmental stewardship. Of the entries, 60 winners and runners-up were selected from […]
Idaho Power customers helped save 183,378 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy by participating in energy efficiency activities last year. That’s enough energy to power more than 16,000 average homes in Idaho Power’s service area for a year, according to the […]
Attention campers: Most of Idaho Power’s campgrounds in Hells Canyon and at C.J. Strike Reservoir are already booked for the Memorial Day weekend. It’s a good reminder to make summer camping plans now, and go online to reserve a spot! […]
Idaho Power has set a goal to provide 100-percent clean energy by 2045. In addition to its hydropower facilities, which typically meet almost half its customers’ energy demands, Idaho Power plans additional investments in wind, solar and other clean sources. […]
Treefort Music Fest has purchased enough green energy to make the five-day music festival 100 percent green powered. The purchase was made possible by Idaho Power’s Green Power Program, which buys Northwest wind and solar energy to power participants’ homes, businesses, […]
The Idaho Society of Professional Land Surveyors (ISPLS) recently named Idaho Power employee Travis Hanks the Idaho Land Surveyor of the Year for 2018. Travis has worked as a surveyor with the company’s Pocatello Operations Center since September 2007. He […]
On March 8, Idaho Power made a filing with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) requesting approvals of actions related to the company ceasing operations at the coal-fired North Valmy power plant (Valmy). In cooperation with NV Energy, Idaho Power […]