太阳能技术成本的下降, along with tax incentives and other factors, has made solar power more popular in recent years. hg8868皇冠下载’s long-term planning process has also identified a need for more utility-scale solar resources to serve our customers’ growing energy needs.

爱达荷州太阳能合同

hg8868皇冠下载 has contracts to buy energy from 24 commercial solar-energy projects in Idaho and Oregon. The 21 projects currently online* represent a combined capacity of 476 megawatts (MW).

Projects still under development are scheduled to add 428 MW. 我们的20年 综合资源计划 calls for significant additions of solar capacity in the coming years.

hg8868皇冠下载 does not own or operate these projects.

*截至2024年3月1日

客户代

Some of our customers have installed solar systems on their homes or businesses to offset some of their energy costs. 这里有一些 重要的信息 to keep in mind if you are thinking about installing a solar system or other customer generation.

太阳能 in hg8868皇冠下载’s Daily Operations

hg8868皇冠下载 uses small PV panels in its daily operations to power equipment used for checking water quality, measuring stream flows and operating cloud-seeding equipment.

In addition to these PV installations, hg8868皇冠下载:

• Installed a rooftop solar system on our Twin Falls Operations Center in 2016.
• 参加 太阳能4R学校 程序.
• 捐赠了2个.7-kilowatt array (36 75-watt PV modules) to the Foothills Learning Center.
• 安装了一个18.5-kilowatt array to boost voltage on a remote distribution line near Shoshone, Idaho (video).
• Operates a 太阳能-Enhanced 照明™ system in one of its downtown Boise parking lots. The system was installed in July 2013 and is designed to produce as much energy during the day as the lights consume at night while illuminating the parking lot.
• Participated in installing solar panels at Celebration Park, near Melba, Idaho. The panels supply electricity to the park’s outdoor lighting and visitor center, with any additional power going back to the electrical grid.