ConnectionsFebruaryMAY • 2020 2019
Countdown to 100% Clean
In March 2019, Idaho Power announced In 2019, we gained approval of key move energy between eastern Oregon the ambitious goal of providing 100% water-quality measures as part of our and southern Idaho, connecting two clean energy by 2045. Just a year later, efforts to renew the federal license for regions whose energy supply and needs the company has made big strides while the Hells Canyon Complex — the complement each other. reaffirming our commitment to reliable, cornerstone of our hydro operations. In the summer, Idaho Power will use affordable electricity. The new license is pending federal B2H to import up to 500 megawatts — environmental review and could be much of it from hydro and other clean Our Coal Generation is the finalized as soon as 2022. Lowest it’s Been in Decades resources — to meet peaking demand. Plans to Buy Low-Priced, The line will help our neighbors in the In our most recent energy mix, coal Pacific Northwest meet their winter peak. made up just 16.3% of our generation. Local Solar This is the sixth consecutive year of Within weeks of announcing our Partnering with Customers declining coal generation; as recently as 100% clean energy goal, Idaho Power Many of Idaho Power’s customers have 2013, it was our largest energy source at signed a 20-year contract to buy stepped forward as clean-energy leaders. 38.8%. At the end of 2019, we ended 120 megawatts of solar power from the We’re working with homeowners, our participation in one unit of a coal Jackpot Solar array planned south of businesses like Bigelow Tea and plant, which will decrease our coal gen- Twin Falls. The price is among the lowest Tamarack, and nonprofits like Bogus eration even further. for solar energy anywhere in the nation. Basin to help them reach their own We plan to follow our path away from Idaho Power could start receiving energy 100% clean energy goals. In 2019, coal over the next several years, starting from Jackpot Solar as early as 2022. 562 customers enrolled in our Green with an exit this year from a plant in Transmission: Securing Power Program, which pays for renewable energy and energy education Boardman, Oregon. We expect to end Clean-Energy Pipelines participation in all coal resources by 2030. in schools. With wind and solar energy growing, Hydropower Continues as the new transmission lines are needed to Energy efficiency remains an important part of our clean energy efforts. Using Backbone of our Energy Mix move the energy when and where it’s needed. Idaho Power’s energy efficiency pro- Reliable, affordable, clean hydropower grams, customers set energy-savings remains the backbone of Idaho Power’s Our planned Boardman to Hemingway records in 2019 — saving enough to energy mix, accounting for almost half (B2H) project is a great example. This power almost 18,000 average-sized of the energy we generate. 300-mile “clean-energy pipeline” will homes for a year.
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Idaho Power works every minute of every day to ensure we produce the same amount of power as our customers use. Too much or too little power could let the lights go out or keep an electric motor from running 2019 correctly. Energy Mix This balance is becoming more complex. Did you know nearly half of Idaho Power’s energy comes from clean Wind and solar energy are helping hydroelectricity? The national average is just 7%, making it easy to see move Idaho Power toward our goal of why Idaho Power is proud of its energy mix — and its a ordable prices. 100% clean energy by 2045, but they are unpredictable. We don’t store their * b u e a e re e ab e e er y re energy because large batteries are still a er e e e e ab e er y re * a a e ur re e ab e e er y ur a e too expensive. 11.4% 44.8% er ur a e a a a r ur y r e era e er u y a ee u er r e a a b e e buyer e a e So, when customers use more energy, re e ab e a r bu e a e er y ere re a er we instantly meet their needs with e re re e a re ur e re re e e e er y e ere ur u er additional output from hydro plants rea er ur a e or other resources. When demand er 0 16.3% a 0 99 falls, we reduce supply. e er a 1 2 y r 2 2 How can we maintain this balance ar as more clean, intermittent energy 10 comes on to the grid? * Idaho Power recently produced a 8.3% 19.3% video that explores this question and explains the role transmission lines like our Boardman to Hemingway a a era e project can play. Check it out at youtube.com/idahopower. $139.77 $101.80 20
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