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Support Fair Solar Policies for Idaho Farmers

September 10, 2020
Idaho Power is proposing changes to its solar net metering program for heavy use customers like irrigators that could make it harder for farmers and ranchers to go solar in the future and impact the financial investment of those who currently have...

Avista Customers: Great Job, Keep Speaking Up!

August 18, 2020
A couple of weeks ago I had to sit through a 3.5-hour evening conference call from 6:00-9:30pm.  And it was magnificent.  It was the public hearing for Avista’s 25-year Resource Plan (northern Idaho’s investor-owned utility),...

Ratepayers: You Have a Voice! NOW is the Time to Use It!

August 3, 2020
Every day, we turn on the lights and appliances in our homes.  We know that electricity is generated by power plants far away, carried by the power lines along our street.  We know that it’s there whenever we need it (except for the...

Spring Wildflower Scavenger Hunt

April 13, 2020
Have you found yourself getting outside more often than normal lately? Want to know more about the Great Basin Desert and Boise Foothills that lie outside our doorstep? The Idaho Chapter of the Sierra Club has got you covered. We've worked with...

Idaho Power spurns coal completely, goes all in on clean energy

February 24, 2020
Less than a year ago, we celebrated when the City of Boise and the state’s largest utility company, Idaho Power, announced goals to be powered by 100 percent clean electricity. But as many of you pointed out at the time, goals are only as good...

A transition, but not a goodbye

February 24, 2020
Dear Idaho Sierra Club members,  After nearly seven years on staff at the Idaho Chapter Sierra Club, I wanted to let our supporters and friends know that I will be transitioning to a new position working on conservation issues in the...