20260324News 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. COI-E-26-01
Order No. 36977
Contact:Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail Address: [e-mail]
NEWS RELEASE: Commission is accepting written comments on northern Idaho electric
utility's application seeking approval of wildfire mitigation plan.
BOISE (March 24, 2026) —The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting written
comments until early June on an application Clearwater Power Company submitted seeking
approval of the utility's 2026 wildfire mitigation plan (WMP). The plan offers information on
work the utility is doing to reduce the risk of wildfires.
Electric utilities file the plans with the Commission pursuant to the Wildfire Standard of Care
Act(WSCA). The WSCA requires the Commission to annually approve WMPs for investor-
owned utilities.Under the WSCA, if a wildfire results in a lawsuit against an electric utility,there
is the presumption the utility acted without negligence if it reasonably implemented a
Commission-approved WMP. Municipal and cooperative electric utilities, which are not
regulated by the Commission, may voluntarily submit plans for the Commission's review.
Each utility's WMP includes identifying areas where the utility has infrastructure or equipment
that it considers may be subject to heightened wildfire risk at the time the WMP 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 risks as well as efforts to notify the public of wildfire-related
outages, among other items.
Clearwater Power Company's WMP offers information on fuel and vegetation management,
workforce training, community outreach, government coordination and preventive actions and
programs designed to reduce wildfire risk, among other items.
The Commission is accepting written comments on the WMP until June 2, 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 page. Please use case number C O 1-E-26-01
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
COI-E-26-01. If computer access is not available, comments can be mailed to the Commission

and Clearwater Power Company at the addresses listed below. Commenters are required to
include their name, address and case number COI-E-26-01 in correspondence.
For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Commission Secretary
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83702-0074
[e-mail]
For Clearwater Power Company:
Susan P. Weeks
James,Vernon &Weeks, P.A.
1626 Lincoln Way
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
[e-mail]
Additional information on Clearwater Power's WMP is available at:
puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7693.