20260407Cetificate_No_567.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
April 7,2026
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER ) CASE NO. IPC-E-25-29
COMPANY'S APPLICATION FOR A )
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE ) CERTIFICATE NO. 567
AND NECESSITY FOR THE BENNETT GAS )
EXPANSION PROJECT AND FOR AN )
ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTING ORDER )
On September 19, 2025, Idaho Power Company filed an Application for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity for the expansion of the existing Bennett Mountain Power Plant
to include the addition of a natural gas-fueled facility providing up to 167 megawatts of generation
(Bennett Gas Expansion Project") to meet an identified capacity deficit in 2028.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that public convenience and necessity requires Idaho Power
Company authorization to expand the existing Bennett Mountain Power Plant in Mountain Home,
Idaho,to include the addition of the Bennett Gas Expansion Project as described in the Company's
Application in this case;to exercise all rights and privileges which have been granted to said Idaho
Power Company, its successors and assigns by any franchise or permit conferred or hereafter
conferred upon said Idaho Power Company, its successors and assigns by any city or village or by
any county or by the State of Idaho or by any political subdivision thereof.
This certificate is predicated upon and issued pursuant to the findings and order of this
Commission, the same being Order No. 36958 in the above-entitled matter made and entered on
the 1 Oth day of March, 2026.
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DATED at Boise, Idaho this 71h day of April, 2026.
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