Prevalon Energy has energized an 80 MW, four-hour storage project at Idaho Power’s Hemingway substation, part of a broader buildout to support the utility’s 2045 clean energy target. (Utility Dive)
Idaho Power now owns 230 MW of storage and has contracts for another 330 MW, with plans to add 705 MW more by decade’s end, according to its draft IRP. The utility also expects to add 745 MW of solar and 700 MW of wind as it transitions its remaining coal units to gas.