BOISE, Idaho – Idaho officials have reached a tentative agreement approving a utility company’s $216.5 million in relicensing expenses for a three-dam hydroelectric project on the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon border.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is taking public comments through Jan. 5 on the proposed agreement with Boise-based Idaho Power involving the Hells Canyon Complex.
The agreement doesn’t call for a rate increase. That would take a separate request from Idaho Power also requiring the commission’s approval.
Idaho Power’s 50-year license expired in 2005, and it has been operating the dams under annual licenses.
