20260102News Release.pdf

Idaho Public Utilities Commission Brad Littte,Governor
P.O. Box 83720. Boise. ID 83720-0074 Edward Lodge, Resident
John R.Hamnwnd, Jr.,Commissioner
Dayn Hardie,Commissioner
Case No. IPC-E-25-32
Order No. 36895
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
NEWS RELEASE: Commission is accepting written comments on electric utility's application
seeking approval of wildfire mitigation plan.
BOISE (Jan. 2, 2026)—The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting written comments
until mid-February on an application submitted by Idaho Power seeking approval of the utility's
wildfire mitigation plan.
The utility's 2026 plan includes information on the use of software to identify wildfire risk,
efforts to enhance the utility's wildfire situational awareness and how design methods for new
transmission lines and upgrades of existing lines will reduce wildfire ignition potential in
heightened risk areas, among other items.
Idaho Power previously filed five mitigation plans. The sixth plan is the first being filed for
approval pursuant to the Wildfire Standard of Care Act (WSCA). The passage of Senate Bill
1183 in 2025 created the WSCA, which requires the Commission to annually approve wildfire
mitigation plans for investor-owned electric utilities. Under the WSCA, if a wildfire results in a
lawsuit against an electric utility, there is a presumption the utility acted without negligence if it
reasonably implemented a Commission-approved wildfire mitigation plan.
Each electric utility's mitigation plan includes identifying areas where the utility has
infrastructure or equipment that it considers may be subject to heightened risk of wildfire at the
time the mitigation plan is finalized by the utility, actions and programs the utility will take to
reduce wildfire risk, community outreach and public awareness efforts the utility will use before,
during and after wildfire season to inform the public of relevant wildfire risk as well as efforts to
notify the public of wildfire-related outages, among other items.
The Commission is accepting written comments on Idaho Power's plan until Feb. 12, 2026.
Comments are required to be filed through the Commission's website or by e-mail unless
computer access is not available. To submit comments through the website, visit puc.idaho.gov
and click on the "Case Comment Form" link on the upper left side of the homepage. Please use
case number IPC-E-25-32 when filling out the form. Comments submitted through e-mail should

be sent to the e-mail addresses listed below. Commenters are required to include their name,
address and case number IPC-E-25-32. If computer access is not available, comments can be
mailed to the commission secretary and Idaho Power at the addresses listed below. Commenters
are required to include their name, address and case number IPC-E-25-32 in correspondence.
For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Commission Secretary
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83702
[e-mail]
For Idaho Power:
Megan Goicoechea Allen
Lisa Lance
Tim Tatum
Connie Aschenbrenner
Riley Maloney
1221 West Idaho Street
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
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Additional information on Idaho Power's application is available at:
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7640.