Idaho Power

Idaho Power Company
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectrical generation, transmission, distribution
FoundedMay 6, 1915
HeadquartersBoise, Idaho, United States
Key people
Lisa Grow, President and Chief Executive Officer, IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power[1]
Number of employees
2050 full time employees (2021)[2]
ParentIDACORP, Inc
Websitewww.idahopower.com

Idaho Power Company (IPC) is a regulated electrical power utility. Its business involves the purchase, sale, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho. It is a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. The company's 24,000-square-mile (62,000 km2) service area generally follows the area around the Snake River and its tributaries.

Idaho Power owns and operates 17 hydroelectric dams[3] and three natural gas power plants. IPC also owns shares of one coal-fired power plants.[4]

In 2023, electricity sold by IPC was 36.8% hydroelectric, 15.4% natural gas, 13.0% coal, 9.8% wind, 5.4% solar, and, 2.3% geothermal, biomass & other, and 17.3% purchased from other generation companies.[5]

  1. ^ Idaho Power Corporation. Executive Profiles. February 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Idaho Power Company. [1]. February 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Idaho Power Company. Hydroelectric Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. March 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Idaho Power Company. [2]. April 12, 2024.
  5. ^ Idaho Power Company. [3]. April 12, 2024.