Idaho Power Company

Idaho Power Company

Infobox_Company
company_name = Idaho Power Company
company_
company_type = Subsidiary
company_slogan =
parent = IDACORP, Inc
foundation = October 1, 1989, previously 1916
location = Boise, Idaho, USA, previously Maine
key_people = J. LaMont Keen, President and Chief Executive Officer, IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho PowerIdaho Power Corporation. [http://www.idahopower.com/aboutus/company/profiles/default.htm Executive Profiles] . October 4, 2008.]
num_employees = 2,028 full time employees (2007)Idaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/aboutus/company/default.htm Company Information] . October 4, 2008.]
industry = Electrical Generation, distribution
products =
revenue =
net_income =
homepage = http://www.idahopower.com/

Idaho Power Company (IPC) is a regulated electrical power utility. its business involves the purchase, sale, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Oregon and Idaho. It is a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. The company service area generally follows the area around the Snake River and its tributaries.

Idaho Power owns and operates 17 hydroelectric damsIdaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/energycenter/electricitybasics/generation/hydroelectric.htm Hydroelectric] . October 4, 2008.] and 2 natural gas power plants. IPC also owns shares of three coal power plants.Idaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/energycenter/electricitybasics/generation/thermal.htm Thermal] . October 4, 2008.]

In 2007, electricity sold by IPC was 33% Hydroelectric, 39% Thermal and 28% was purchased from other generation companies.Idaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/aboutus/company/facts/default.htm Facts] . October 4, 2008.]

History

Idaho Power Company was originally incorporated in Maine in 1916. It was reincorporated in Idaho as a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc October 1, 1989.Idaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/aboutus/company/default.htm Company Information] . October 4, 2008.]

Hydroelectricity

IPC owns and operates 17 hydroelectric power plants with a generation nameplate capacity of 1,988,615 kilowatts.Idaho Power Company. [http://www.idahopower.com/energycenter/electricitybasics/generation/hydroelectric.htm Hydroelectric] . October 4, 2008.]
*American Falls Dam power plant
*Bliss Dam power plant
*Brownlee Dam power plant
*C. J. Strike Dam power plant
*Hells Canyon Dam power plant
*Milner Dam power plant
*Oxbow Dam power plant
*Shoshone Falls power plant

References

External links

*http://www.idahopower.com/


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Idaho Power Company — L’Idaho Power Company (IPC) est une compagnie d électricité dont l activité consiste en l achat, la vente, la production et la redistribution de l électricité dans les États de l Idaho et de l Oregon. La compagnie est une filiale de IDACORP.Inc.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Montana Power Company — Former type Public (NYSE: MTP later TAA)[1] Industry Electric utility Fate Bankrupt Founded 1912 …   Wikipedia

  • Nevada-California Power Company Substation and Auxiliary Power Building — U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location: Corner of Knapp and Cutting Sts., Tonopah, Nevada …   Wikipedia

  • Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Idaho — • Probably from an Arapahoe Indian word, Gem of the Mountains , the name first suggested for the territory of Colorado Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Idaho     Idaho      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Idaho Falls, Idaho — Idaho Falls   City   Idaho Falls Greenbelt …   Wikipedia

  • Idaho — This article is about the U.S. state of Idaho. For other uses, see Idaho (disambiguation). Idaho …   Wikipedia

  • Idaho (sidewheeler) — The sidewheeler Idaho was a steamboat that ran on the Columbia River and Puget Sound from 1860 to 1898. It is said that the State of Idaho was named after this steamboat. [Schwantes, Carlos A., The Pacific Northwest An Interpretive History , at… …   Wikipedia

  • Idaho — Idahoan /uy deuh hoh euhn, uy deuh hoh /, adj., n. /uy deuh hoh /, n. a state in the NW United States. 943,935; 83,557 sq. mi. (216,415 sq. km). Cap.: Boise. Abbr.: ID (for use with zip code), Id., Ida. * * * State (pop., 2000: 1,293,953),… …   Universalium

  • Idaho Transportation Department — Infobox Company company name=Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) company logo= company type=Idaho Government agency foundation= 1913 location=Boise, Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is the State of Idaho governmental organization …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”