
Idaho
As the latest energy and climate debates continue, Consumer Energy Alliance remains an advocate for distilling the challenges ahead to implement all of the various state and federal renewable energy policy proposals and carbon reduction requirements. We hope communities and policymakers not only work to ensure reliability and economic efficiency, but a cleaner, more diverse energy mix that is able to access large amounts of energy, such as hydropower, without putting downward pressure on the budgets of families and small businesses.
Idaho’s largest hydroelectric facility is the 1,167 MW Hells Canyon Complex (consisting of the Hells Canyon, Oxbow, and Brownlee dams).

Relatively inexpensive hydropower accounted for 56% of Idaho’s electricity generation in 2019.

Idaho has over 140 existing hydroelectric plants having a combined generating capacity of approximately 2,700 MW.

Hydroelectric facilities supply the bulk of Idaho’s power, contributing significantly to the state’s low electric rates.
