electrical generation distribution founded october 1 1989 previously may 6 1915 headquarters boise idaho united states previously maine key people j. lamont keen president and chief executive officer idacorp inc. and idaho power 1 number of employees 2 028 full time employees 2007 2 parent idacorp inc website 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 eastern oregon and southern idaho . it is a subsidiary of idacorp inc. the company s 24 000 square mile 62 000 km2 service area generally follows the area around the snake river and its tributaries . idaho power owns and operates 17 hydroelectric dams 3 and 2 natural gas power plants . ipc also owns shares of three coal fired power plants . 4 in 2007 electricity sold by ipc was 33 % hydroelectric 39 % thermal and 28 % was purchased from other generation companies . 5 contents 1 history 2 hydroelectricity 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit idaho power company originally filed for incorporation in maine on may 6 1915 . it was reincorporated in idaho as a subsidiary of idacorp inc on october 1 1998 . 2 this was followed by the purchase of the assets of five small southern idaho power companies idaho oregon light & power ; great shoshone and twin falls water power ; idaho railway light & power ; idaho power & light ; and southern idaho water power company . 6 hydroelectricity edit ipc s 17 hydroelectric power plants have a generation nameplate capacity of 1 988 615 kilowatts 3 and it is one of the nation s few investor owned utilities with a significant hydroelectric generating base . four fifths of idaho s electricity generation is from hydroelectric . 7 idaho power built the majority of its hydroelectric facilities during the 1940s 1950s and 1960s culminating with completion of the three dam hells canyon complex brownlee dam oxbow dam then hells canyon dam in 1968 . 6 american falls dam power plant at river mile 714.7 . milner dam power plant at river mile 639.1 . twin falls power plant at river mile 617.4 . 8 shoshone falls power plant at river mile 614.7 . clear lake power plant at river mile 593.0 . 9 thousand springs power plant at river mile 584.7 . 9 mid snakes project in central idaho on the snake river consisting of the upper salmon falls power plant river mile 580.8 the lower salmon falls power plant river mile 573.0 and the bliss dam power plant at river mile 560.3 . 10 the malads upper malad and lower malad power plants at river mile 571.2 . 11 cascade dam power plant on the payette river . c. j. strike dam power plant at river mile 494.0 . swan falls dam power plant at river mile 457.7 . 12 hells canyon complex brownlee dam power plant at river mile 285.0 oxbow dam power plant at river mile 272 and the hells canyon dam power plant at river mile 251 . see also edit list of companies based in idaho references edit idaho power corporation . executive profiles . march 10 2011 . a b idaho power company . company information . march 10 2011 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name info defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b idaho power company . hydroelectric . march 10 2011 . idaho power company . thermal . march 10 2011 . idaho power company . facts . march 10 2011 . a b idaho power about us our company . retrieved december 2 2011 . idaho u.s. energy information administration eia . retrieved december 2 2011 . idaho power our environment recreation parks shoshone and twin falls . retrieved december 2 2011 . a b idaho power our environment recreation parks hagerman . retrieved december 2 2011 . idaho power about us our power plants relicensing mid snake projects . retrieved december 2 2011 . idaho power about us our power plants malad project . retrieved december 2 2011 . idaho power about us relicensing swan falls project . retrieved december 2 2011 . external links edit http www.idahopower.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title idaho power & oldid 735010460 categories companies based in boise idahopower companies of the united stateshydroelectric power companies of the united statesidaho powerhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 03 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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