Idaho Power Company

The hearing concerns Idaho Power’s petition to evaluate its Class Cost-of-Service methodology, consider alternative Class Cost-of-Service studies, and determine cost-of-service considerations for new large-load customers. Parties may present proposals, witnesses, testimony, and exhibits, with questions following presentations and witness testimony. The public may listen to or watch the proceedings.

The program covers utility grid modernization, distribution planning, ADMS and DERMS deployment, distributed energy resource management, advanced metering, battery storage, microgrids, and data-center load growth. Sessions address grid reliability and resilience, wildfire risk, cybersecurity and OT security, AI applications in planning and operations, utility communications, affordability, workforce development, and policy and regulation. Named program items include “How Are Utility CEOs Driving the Age of Acceleration?”, “How Will the Data Center Boom Define the Evolution of the Grid?”, and “US DOE Grid Modernization Investment Framework – An Effective Cost Justification for Building the Grid of the Future.”