20210810Idaho Power Valmy Unit 2 Press Release.pdf

Case No. IPC-E-21-12
Order No. 35109
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

NEWS RELEASE: Commission schedules telephonic public hearing to take testimony on Idaho
Power application to exit North Valmy Power Plant Unit 2 in 2025

BOISE (Aug. 10, 2021) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will host a telephonic public
hearing on Aug. 24 to take testimony on an Idaho Power application asking that the commission
find that a date of Dec. 31, 2025, to exit the North Valmy Power Plant is appropriate based on
currently available information.

Valmy is a coal-fired power plant that consists of two units, and is located near Battle Mountain,
Nev. Unit 1 went into service in 1981 and Unit 2 followed in 1985. Idaho Power owns 50
percent, or 284 megawatts, of Valmy. The power plant is jointly owned by Idaho Power and NV
Energy. Idaho Power, in a settlement stipulation approved by the commission, agreed to use
prudent and commercially reasonable efforts to end its participation in the operation of Unit 1 by
the end of 2019, and Unit 2 by the end of 2025. On Dec. 31, 2019, the company’s participation in
coal-fired operations at Unit 1 concluded.

Idaho Power identified those dates after doing a series of economic analyses of the units. The
company determined in this application that Unit 2 would still be economically viable until the
end of 2025.

The hearing is on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 7:00 p.m. (MDT). To participate, please call 1-415-655-
0001, and enter passcode 177 246 6391 when prompted.

Written comments on Idaho Power’s application are being accepted until Aug. 17, 2021.
Comments are required to be filed by e-mail unless e-mail is unavailable. To submit comments
via e-mail, please visit the commission’s webpage at puc.idaho.gov. Click on the “Consumers”
tab toward the top of the page, then click on the “Case Comment Form.” Please use case number
IPC-E-21-12 when filling out the form. Any comments should also be e-mailed to Idaho Power
at the e-mail addresses listed below.

If e-mail is unavailable, comments may be mailed to the commission and Idaho Power at these
addresses:

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
[e-mail]
Street Address for Express Mail:
11331 W. Chinden Blvd.
Building 8, Suite 201-A
Boise, ID 83714
For Idaho Power:
Lisa D. Nordstrom
Matt Larkin
Idaho Power Company
1221 West Idaho Street
P.O. Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
For additional information on Idaho Power’s application, please visit: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/6693.