The future of electricity in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon will begin coming into focus Thursday when Idaho Power hosts the first full meeting of its Integrated Resource Plan Advisory Council (IRPAC).

The IRPAC is a volunteer panel representing customer groups and regulators that meet with Idaho Power staff several times over a period of months to discuss the utility’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which will lay out the company’s preferred portfolio of energy resources to serve customers over the next 20 years.

Idaho Power develops a new plan every two years. The company enlists the help of its customers to create the IRP through the IRPAC, which includes representatives from public-interest groups, industry, and agriculture, as well as state and local lawmakers, public utility commission staff, and other interested parties.

IRPAC meetings are open to the public. Thursday’s meeting will review the 2023 IRP, provide an overview of the 2025 IRP process, and look at resource options to be considered. Background information and a link for attending via Webex are available at idahopower.com/irp. Meetings begin at 9 a.m. Mountain Time.

Brad Bowlin 
Communications Specialist 
bbowlin@idahopower.com
208-388-2803