Idaho Bills
3 bills · 2025 Regular Session
Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding public utility regulation.
This legislation represents an effort by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to go through relevant code sections to streamline and simplify Idaho Code in Title 61 and 62.
Joe Palmer · HD-020A
34 – 0
Adds to existing law to prohibit public utilities from using customer funds for certain lobbying expenses.
This legislation adds a new section to Idaho Code that prohibits public utilities from using customer funds for political or lobbying activities. It ensures that costs related to influencing elections, supporting political candidates, or engaging in government policy advocacy cannot be passed on to ratepayers. If a utility is found to have violated this rule, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission will require a refund to customers and may impose fines.
Heather Scott · HD-002A
Adds to existing law to provide for competitive procurement of electric services and electric ratepayer protection.
This legislation provides that entities which need more than 10 megawatts of power from a service provider such as a utility must pay the full cost of the energy generated. If an entity chooses it may directly contract or otherwise obtain energy from a third party. The intent of this legislation is to ensure that those entities that cause additional energy to be required, pay for that energy. Thus, customers of the service provider are not burdened with rate increases or expense since the cost of the new generation is allocated solely to the entity which caused the need for the new generation.
Dan Garner · HD-028B
62 – 8