20120217certificate_no_486.pdf

BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF IDAHO POWER )
COMPANY’S APPLICATION FOR A )CASE NO.IPC-E-09-03
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE )
AND NECESSITY FOR THE LANGLEY )CERTIFICATE NO.486
GULCH POWER PLANT )
On March 6,2009,Idaho Power Company filed an Application for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a new 330 MW natural gas-fired generating plant
pursuant to Idaho Code §61-526.The plant is to be constructed on a 137-acre parcel of land on
the south side of Interstate 84 in Payette County approximately four miles south of the town of
New Plymouth,Idaho.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the future public convenience and necessity
requires and will require Idaho Power Company to construct and subsequently operate a
combined-cycle combustion turbine (CCCT)power plant and related interconnection facilities at
the Langley Gulch site four miles south of New Plymouth.The Langley Gulch generating plant
will be located in Payette County and will be interconnected to the natural gas transmission
system.Idaho Power shall operate and maintain the Langley Gulch power plant to furnish
electric energy to its customers.
THIS CERTIFICATE is predicated upon and issued pursuant to the findings of fact,
conclusions of law,and conditions contained in Order No.30892 service dated September 1,
2009,in the above-referenced case.
DATED at Boise,Idaho this I7 day of February 2012.
PAUL KJEL R,PRESIDENT
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MACK A.REDFORD,M SSIONER
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ARSHA H.SMITH,COMMISSIONER
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