Idaho Power is among the latest utilities to accelerate plans to phase out coal generation, but its newly proposed IRP does not have the company on a path to meet its 2045 100% clean energy goal, according to Otto.
The latest IRP proposes to exit the utility’s last source of coal-fired energy two years ahead of the 2030 target established in 2019. To replace it and keep pace with demand, Idaho Power proposes to deploy more than 3,000 MW of new renewable energy resources, and will participate with PacifiCorp in the conversion of the Bridger coal plant to natural gas by 2024. Idaho Power proposes to exit the Bridger plant entirely by 2034.
