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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
 
 
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
For the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2020
 
 
 
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
 
 
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
For the transition period from __________ to __________
 
 
Exact name of registrants as specified
I.R.S. Employer
Commission File
in their charters, address of principal
Identification
Number
executive offices, zip code and telephone number
Number
1-14465
IDACORP, Inc.
82-0505802
1-3198
Idaho Power Company
82-0130980
 
1221 W. Idaho Street
 
 
Boise,
Idaho
83702-5627
 
 
 
(208)
388-2200
 
 
State of Incorporation:
Idaho
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
IDA
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 
IDACORP, Inc.: Yes  X   No __    Idaho Power Company: Yes  X   No __
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit such files). 
IDACORP, Inc.: Yes X No __      Idaho Power Company: Yes X   No __

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers, smaller reporting companies, or emerging growth companies.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

IDACORP, Inc.:                                
Large accelerated filer X Accelerated filer __ Non-accelerated  filer __
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. __


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Idaho Power Company:                                
Large accelerated filer __ Accelerated filer __ Non-accelerated Filer X
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. __


Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
IDACORP, Inc.: Yes No X       Idaho Power Company: Yes No X

Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of July 24, 2020:     
IDACORP, Inc.:        50,461,132
Idaho Power Company:    39,150,812, all held by IDACORP, Inc.

This combined Form 10-Q represents separate filings by IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company.  Information contained herein relating to an individual registrant is filed by that registrant on its own behalf.  Idaho Power Company makes no representations as to the information relating to IDACORP, Inc.’s other operations.
 
Idaho Power Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (H)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this report on Form 10-Q with the reduced disclosure format.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
Commonly Used Terms
4
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
5
 
 
Part I. Financial Information
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
 
 
 
IDACORP, Inc.:
 
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
7
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
8
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
9
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
11
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
12
 
 
Idaho Power Company:
 
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
13
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
14
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
15
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
17
 
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
18
 
 
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
33
 
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
35
 
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
60
 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
61
 
 
 
 
 
Part II. Other Information
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
62
 
Item 1A. Risk Factors
62
 
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
62
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
63
 
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
63
 
Item 5. Other Information
63
 
Item 6. Exhibits
64
 
 
 
Signatures
65


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COMMONLY USED TERMS
 
The following select abbreviations, terms, or acronyms are commonly used or found in multiple locations in this report:
 
 
 
2019 Annual Report
-
IDACORP's and Idaho Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019
ADITC
-
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credits
AFUDC
-
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
AOCI
-
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
ASU
-
Accounting Standards Update
BCC
-
Bridger Coal Company, a joint venture of IERCo
BLM
-
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
CWA
-
Clean Water Act
FASB
-
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FCA
-
Fixed Cost Adjustment
FERC
-
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FPA
-
Federal Power Act
HCC
-
Hells Canyon Complex
IDACORP
-
IDACORP, Inc., an Idaho corporation
Idaho Power
-
Idaho Power Company, an Idaho corporation
Idaho ROE
-
Idaho-jurisdiction return on year-end equity
Ida-West
-
Ida-West Energy, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc.
IERCo
-
Idaho Energy Resources Co., a subsidiary of Idaho Power Company
IFS
-
IDACORP Financial Services, a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc.
IPUC
-
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
IRP
-
Integrated Resource Plan
Jim Bridger plant
-
Jim Bridger generating plant
MD&A
-
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
MW
-
Megawatt
MWh
-
Megawatt-hour
O&M
-
Operations and Maintenance
OATT
-
Open Access Transmission Tariff
OPUC
-
Public Utility Commission of Oregon
PCA
-
Idaho-Jurisdiction Power Cost Adjustment
PURPA
-
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
SEC
-
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SMSP
-
Security Plan for Senior Management Employees
Western EIM
-
Energy imbalance market implemented in the western United States
WPSC
-
Wyoming Public Service Commission

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

In addition to the historical information contained in this report, this report contains (and oral communications made by IDACORP, Inc. (IDACORP) and Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) may contain) statements that relate to future events and expectations, such as statements regarding projected or future financial performance, cash flows, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure or ratios, strategic goals, challenges, objectives, and plans for future operations. Such statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, or future events, or performance, often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as "anticipates," "believes," "continues," "could," "estimates," "expects," "guidance," "intends," "potential," "plans," "predicts," "projects," "may result," "may continue," or similar expressions, are not statements of historical facts and may be forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve estimates, assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Actual results, performance, or outcomes may differ materially from the results discussed in the statements. In addition to any assumptions and other factors and matters referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking statements, factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements include those factors set forth in this report, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, particularly Part I, Item 1A - "Risk Factors" and Part II, Item 7 - "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of that report, subsequent reports filed by IDACORP and Idaho Power with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the following important factors:

the effect of decisions by the Idaho and Oregon public utilities commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that impact Idaho Power's ability to recover costs and earn a return on investment;
changes to or the elimination of Idaho Power's regulatory cost recovery mechanisms;
the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on the global and regional economy and on Idaho Power's employees, customers, contractors, and suppliers, including on loads and revenues, uncollectible accounts, transmission revenues, and other aspects of the economy and the companies' business;
changes in residential, commercial, and industrial growth and demographic patterns within Idaho Power's service area, the loss or change in the business of significant customers, or the addition of new customers, and their associated impacts on loads and load growth, and the availability of regulatory mechanisms that allow for timely cost recovery through customer rates in the event of those changes;
abnormal or severe weather conditions, including conditions and events associated with climate change, wildfires, drought, earthquakes, and other natural phenomena and natural disasters, which affect customer sales, hydropower generation levels, repair costs, service interruptions, liability for damage caused by utility property, and the availability and cost of fuel for generation plants or purchased power to serve customers;
advancement of self-generation, energy storage, and energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, and other technologies that may reduce Idaho Power's sale or delivery of electric power or create power reliability challenges;
acts or threats of terrorist incidents, other malicious acts, social unrest, acts of war, cyber-attacks, the companies' failure to secure data or to comply with privacy laws or regulations, security breaches, and the disruption or damage to the companies' business, operations, or reputation resulting from such events and related litigation or penalties;
the expense and risks associated with capital expenditures for, and the permitting and construction of, utility infrastructure that Idaho Power may be unable or unwilling to complete or may not be deemed prudent by regulators for cost recovery;
variable hydrological conditions and over-appropriation of surface and groundwater in the Snake River Basin, which may impact the amount of power generated by Idaho Power's hydropower facilities;
the ability to acquire fuel, power, and transmission capacity under reasonable terms, particularly in the event of unanticipated power demands, lack of physical availability, transportation constraints, climate change, or a credit downgrade;
disruptions or outages of Idaho Power's generation or transmission systems or of any interconnected transmission systems may constrain resources or cause Idaho Power to incur repair costs and purchase replacement power at increased costs;
accidents, fires (either affecting or caused by Idaho Power facilities or infrastructure), explosions, and mechanical breakdowns that may occur while operating and maintaining Idaho Power assets, which can cause unplanned outages, reduce generating output, damage company assets, operations, or reputation, subject Idaho Power to third-party claims for property damage, personal injury, or loss of life, or result in the imposition of civil, criminal, and regulatory fines and penalties for which Idaho Power may have inadequate insurance coverage;

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the increased purchased power costs and operational challenges associated with purchasing and integrating intermittent renewable energy sources into Idaho Power's resource portfolio;
failure to comply with state and federal laws, regulations, and orders, including new interpretations and enforcement initiatives by regulatory and oversight bodies, which may result in penalties and fines and increase the cost of compliance, and the cost of remediation;
changes in tax laws or related regulations or new interpretations of applicable laws by federal, state, or local taxing jurisdictions, and the availability of tax credits, and the tax rates payable by IDACORP shareholders on common stock dividends;
adoption of, changes in, and costs of compliance with laws, regulations, and policies relating to the environment, natural resources, and threatened and endangered species, and the ability to recover associated increased costs through rates;
the inability to obtain or cost of obtaining and complying with required governmental permits and approvals, licenses, rights-of-way, and siting for transmission and generation projects and hydropower facilities;
failure to comply with mandatory reliability and security requirements, which may result in penalties, reputational harm, and operational changes;
the cost and outcome of litigation, dispute resolution, and regulatory proceedings, and the ability to recover those costs or the costs of resulting operational changes through insurance or rates, or from third parties;
the impacts of economic conditions, including inflation, interest rates, supply costs, population growth or decline in Idaho Power's service area, changes in customer demand for electricity, revenue from sales of excess power, credit quality of counterparties and suppliers, and the collection of receivables;
the ability to obtain debt and equity financing or refinance existing debt when necessary and on favorable terms, which can be affected by factors such as credit ratings, volatility or disruptions in the financial markets, interest rate fluctuations, decisions by the Idaho or Oregon public utility commissions, and the companies' past or projected financial performance;
changes in the method for determining LIBOR and the potential replacement of LIBOR and the impact on interest rates for IDACORP's and Idaho Power's credit facilities;
the ability to enter into financial and physical commodity hedges with creditworthy counterparties to manage price and commodity risk, and the failure of any such risk management and hedging strategies to work as intended;
changes in actuarial assumptions, changes in interest rates, and the return on plan assets for pension and other post-retirement plans, which can affect future pension and other postretirement plan funding obligations, costs, and liabilities and the companies' cash flows;
the assumptions underlying the coal mine reclamation obligations at Bridger Coal Company and related funding requirements, and the remediation costs associated with planned exits from participation in Idaho Power's co-owned coal plants;
the ability to continue to pay dividends based on financial performance and in light of credit rating considerations, contractual covenants and restrictions, and regulatory limitations;
Idaho Power's concentration in one industry and one region and the lack of diversification, and the resulting exposure to regional economic conditions and regional legislation and regulation;
employee workforce factors, including the operational and financial costs of unionization or the attempt to unionize all or part of the companies' workforce, the impact of an aging workforce and retirements, the cost and ability to attract and retain skilled workers and third-party vendors, and the ability to adjust the labor cost structure when necessary; and
adoption of or changes in accounting policies and principles, changes in accounting estimates, and new SEC or New York Stock Exchange requirements, or new interpretations of existing requirements.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors, nor can it assess the impact of any such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. IDACORP and Idaho Power disclaim any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information, whether in response to new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
 
 
Operating Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electric utility revenues
 
$
317,666

 
$
315,774

 
$
608,154

 
$
665,546

Other
 
1,100

 
1,121

 
1,620

 
1,668

Total operating revenues
 
318,766

 
316,895

 
609,774

 
667,214

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electric utility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchased power
 
61,774

 
58,063

 
122,975

 
120,894

Fuel expense
 
31,414

 
20,826

 
61,430

 
72,696

Power cost adjustment
 
(1,536
)
 
16,122

 
(4,927
)
 
42,347

Other operations and maintenance
 
83,144

 
87,007

 
172,951

 
175,913

Energy efficiency programs
 
11,953

 
11,458

 
21,428

 
21,570

Depreciation
 
42,914

 
41,172

 
85,440

 
83,406

Taxes other than income taxes
 
8,727

 
9,377

 
17,410

 
18,237

Total electric utility expenses
 
238,390

 
244,025

 
476,707

 
535,063

Other
 
936

 
1,090

 
2,058

 
2,252

Total operating expenses
 
239,326

 
245,115

 
478,765

 
537,315

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Income
 
79,440

 
71,780

 
131,009

 
129,899

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for Equity Funds Used During Construction
 
7,149

 
6,699

 
14,421

 
13,054

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings of Unconsolidated Equity-Method Investments
 
2,687

 
2,997

 
5,003

 
5,379

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Income, Net
 
1,043

 
1,060

 
1,976

 
3,173

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on long-term debt
 
22,056

 
21,156

 
41,718

 
42,310

Other interest
 
3,557

 
3,685

 
7,369

 
7,138

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
 
(2,886
)
 
(2,733
)
 
(5,616
)
 
(5,324
)
Total interest expense, net
 
22,727

 
22,108

 
43,471

 
44,124

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Before Income Taxes
 
67,592

 
60,428

 
108,938

 
107,381

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Tax Expense
 
6,933

 
7,028

 
10,821

 
11,344

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 
60,659

 
53,400

 
98,117

 
96,037

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(270
)
 
(244
)
 
(238
)
 
(195
)
Net Income Attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
$
60,389

 
$
53,156

 
$
97,879

 
$
95,842

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Basic
 
50,551

 
50,499

 
50,534

 
50,504

Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted
 
50,567

 
50,507

 
50,547

 
50,512

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings Attributable to IDACORP, Inc. - Basic
 
$
1.19

 
$
1.05

 
$
1.94

 
$
1.90

Earnings Attributable to IDACORP, Inc. - Diluted
 
$
1.19

 
$
1.05

 
$
1.94

 
$
1.90


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 
$
60,659

 
$
53,400

 
$
98,117

 
$
96,037

Other Comprehensive Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $259, $169, $518 and $338, respectively
 
747

 
488

 
1,494

 
976

Total Comprehensive Income
 
61,406

 
53,888

 
99,611

 
97,013

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(270
)
 
(244
)
 
(238
)
 
(195
)
Comprehensive Income Attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
$
61,136

 
$
53,644

 
$
99,373

 
$
96,818


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
 
 

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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
 
 
 
June 30,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
460,365

 
$
217,254

Receivables:
 
 
 
 
Customer (net of allowance of $3,501 and $1,401, respectively)
 
78,516

 
72,675

Other (net of allowance of $318 and $343, respectively)
 
14,604

 
18,789

Income taxes receivable
 

 
3,106

Accrued unbilled revenues
 
85,277

 
64,545

Materials and supplies (at average cost)
 
62,987

 
56,660

Fuel stock (at average cost)
 
50,717

 
57,448

Prepayments
 
18,732

 
17,638

Current regulatory assets
 
56,683

 
56,626

Other
 
160

 
405

Total current assets
 
828,041

 
565,146

Investments
 
130,941

 
98,218

Property, Plant and Equipment:
 
 
 
 
Utility plant in service
 
6,211,610

 
6,113,567

Accumulated provision for depreciation
 
(2,213,715
)
 
(2,155,783
)
Utility plant in service - net
 
3,997,895

 
3,957,784

Construction work in progress
 
575,509

 
552,499

Utility plant held for future use
 
3,697

 
3,872

Other property, net of accumulated depreciation
 
17,308

 
17,299

Property, plant and equipment - net
 
4,594,409

 
4,531,454

Other Assets:
 
 
 
 
Company-owned life insurance
 
60,524

 
58,922

Regulatory assets
 
1,345,954

 
1,326,433

Other
 
60,663

 
61,028

Total other assets
 
1,467,141

 
1,446,383

Total
 
$
7,020,532

 
$
6,641,201


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
 
 
 
June 30,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Liabilities and Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Current portion of long-term debt
 
$
175,000

 
$
100,000

Accounts payable
 
81,906

 
110,745

Taxes accrued
 
28,574

 
11,501

Interest accrued
 
24,392

 
20,999

Accrued compensation
 
50,671

 
52,550

Current regulatory liabilities
 
33,001

 
33,987

Advances from customers
 
32,475

 
28,452

Other
 
21,149

 
16,625

Total current liabilities
 
447,168

 
374,859

Other Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Deferred income taxes
 
739,242

 
746,231

Regulatory liabilities
 
759,309

 
748,198

Pension and other postretirement benefits
 
522,223

 
519,570

Other
 
50,167

 
45,131

Total other liabilities
 
2,070,941

 
2,059,130

Long-Term Debt
 
2,000,455

 
1,736,659

Commitments and Contingencies
 

 

Equity:
 
 
 
 
IDACORP, Inc. shareholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, no par value (120,000 shares authorized; 50,460 and 50,420 shares issued, respectively)
 
866,127

 
868,307

Retained earnings
 
1,664,468

 
1,634,525

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(34,790
)
 
(36,284
)
Treasury stock (0 shares and 22 shares, respectively, at cost)
 

 
(1,920
)
Total IDACORP, Inc. shareholders’ equity
 
2,495,805

 
2,464,628

Noncontrolling interests
 
6,163

 
5,925

Total equity
 
2,501,968

 
2,470,553

Total
 
$
7,020,532

 
$
6,641,201

 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.


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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
 
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
98,117

 
$
96,037

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
 
87,764

 
85,655

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
 
(2,121
)
 
(6,177
)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities
 
(11,831
)
 
31,643

Pension and postretirement benefit plan expense
 
14,478

 
13,894

Contributions to pension and postretirement benefit plans
 
(13,219
)
 
(14,633
)
Earnings of equity-method investments
 
(5,003
)
 
(5,379
)
Distributions from equity-method investments
 

 
11,800

Allowance for equity funds used during construction
 
(14,421
)
 
(13,054
)
Other non-cash adjustments to net income, net
 
5,989

 
3,923

Change in:
 
 

 
 

Accounts receivable
 
(8,943
)
 
(9,333
)
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
 
(30,008
)
 
(44,286
)
Taxes accrued/receivable
 
20,179

 
23,530

Other current assets
 
(23,889
)
 
(16,454
)
Other current liabilities
 
13,076

 
9,350

Other assets
 
(1,420
)
 
(1,482
)
Other liabilities
 
(135
)
 
1,039

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
128,613

 
166,073

Investing Activities:
 
 

 
 

Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
(145,116
)
 
(129,860
)
Payments received from transmission project joint funding partners
 
1,728

 
1,016

Investments in affordable housing
 
(9,394
)
 
(2,687
)
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
 
(2,300
)
 

Purchases of equity securities
 
(3,326
)
 
(470
)
Proceeds from the sale of equity securities
 
2,630

 
2,546

Other
 
4,941

 
3,793

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(150,837
)
 
(125,662
)
Financing Activities:
 
 

 
 

Issuance of long-term debt
 
310,000

 

Premium on issuance of long-term debt
 
31,384

 

Dividends on common stock
 
(68,160
)
 
(64,077
)
Tax withholdings on net settlements of share-based awards
 
(4,630
)
 
(4,107
)
Debt issuance costs and other
 
(3,259
)
 
(55
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
265,335

 
(68,239
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
243,111

 
(27,828
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
 
217,254

 
267,492

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
 
$
460,365

 
$
239,664

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
 
 

 
 

Cash paid during the period for:
 
 

 
 
Income taxes
 
$
325

 
$

Interest (net of amount capitalized)
 
38,303

 
42,204

Non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment in accounts payable
 
$
22,072

 
$
26,700


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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IDACORP, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
864,850

 
$
863,425

 
$
868,307

 
$
863,593

Share-based compensation expense
 
1,701

 
1,830

 
4,325

 
4,667

Tax withholdings on net settlements of share-based awards
 
(447
)
 

 
(4,630
)
 

Treasury shares issued
 

 
(1,016
)
 
(1,920
)
 
(4,047
)
Other
 
23

 
27

 
45

 
53

Balance at end of period
 
866,127

 
864,266

 
866,127

 
864,266

Retained Earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
1,638,065

 
1,542,175

 
1,634,525

 
1,531,543

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
60,389

 
53,156

 
97,879

 
95,842

Common stock dividends ($0.67, $0.63, $1.34, and $1.26 per share, respectively)
 
(33,986
)
 
(31,932
)
 
(67,936
)
 
(63,986
)
Balance at end of period
 
1,664,468

 
1,563,399

 
1,664,468

 
1,563,399

Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
(35,537
)
 
(22,356
)
 
(36,284
)
 
(22,844
)
Unfunded pension liability adjustment (net of tax)
 
747

 
488

 
1,494

 
976

Balance at end of period
 
(34,790
)
 
(21,868
)
 
(34,790
)
 
(21,868
)
Treasury Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 

 
(3,008
)
 
(1,920
)
 
(1,932
)
Issued
 

 
1,016

 
1,920

 
4,047

Acquired for tax withholdings on net settlements of share-based awards
 

 

 

 
(4,107
)
Balance at end of period
 

 
(1,992
)
 

 
(1,992
)
Total IDACORP, Inc. shareholders’ equity at end of period
 
2,495,805

 
2,403,805

 
2,495,805

 
2,403,805

Noncontrolling Interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
 
5,893

 
5,402

 
5,925

 
5,451

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
270

 
244

 
238

 
195

Balance at end of period
 
6,163

 
5,646

 
6,163

 
5,646

Total equity at end of period
 
$
2,501,968

 
$
2,409,451

 
$
2,501,968

 
$
2,409,451


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Revenues
 
$
317,666

 
$
315,774

 
$
608,154

 
$
665,546

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchased power
 
61,774

 
58,063

 
122,975

 
120,894

Fuel expense
 
31,414

 
20,826

 
61,430

 
72,696

Power cost adjustment
 
(1,536
)
 
16,122

 
(4,927
)
 
42,347

Other operations and maintenance
 
83,144

 
87,007

 
172,951

 
175,913

Energy efficiency programs
 
11,953

 
11,458

 
21,428

 
21,570

Depreciation
 
42,914

 
41,172

 
85,440

 
83,406

Taxes other than income taxes
 
8,727

 
9,377

 
17,410

 
18,237

Total operating expenses
 
238,390

 
244,025

 
476,707

 
535,063

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from Operations
 
79,276

 
71,749

 
131,447

 
130,483

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
 
7,149

 
6,699

 
14,421

 
13,054

Earnings of unconsolidated equity-method investments
 
1,987

 
2,034

 
4,440

 
4,265

Other income, net
 
417

 
165

 
429

 
1,087

Total other income
 
9,553

 
8,898

 
19,290

 
18,406

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest Charges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest on long-term debt
 
22,056

 
21,156

 
41,718

 
42,310

Other interest
 
3,544

 
3,677

 
7,357

 
7,106

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
 
(2,886
)
 
(2,733
)
 
(5,616
)
 
(5,324
)
Total interest charges
 
22,714

 
22,100

 
43,459

 
44,092

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Before Income Taxes
 
66,115

 
58,547

 
107,278

 
104,797

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Tax Expense
 
7,192

 
7,371

 
11,578

 
12,037

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 
$
58,923

 
$
51,176

 
$
95,700

 
$
92,760


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(unaudited)
 
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
 
$
58,923

 
$
51,176

 
$
95,700

 
$
92,760

Other Comprehensive Income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unfunded pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $259, $169, $518 and $338, respectively
 
747

 
488

 
1,494

 
976

Total Comprehensive Income
 
$
59,670

 
$
51,664

 
$
97,194

 
$
93,736


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
 
 


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Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
 
 
 
June 30,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electric Plant:
 
 
 
 
In service (at original cost)
 
$
6,211,610

 
$
6,113,567

Accumulated provision for depreciation
 
(2,213,715
)
 
(2,155,783
)
In service - net
 
3,997,895

 
3,957,784

Construction work in progress
 
575,509

 
552,499

Held for future use
 
3,697

 
3,872

Electric plant - net
 
4,577,101

 
4,514,155

Investments and Other Property
 
94,772

 
87,104

Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
358,747

 
98,950

Receivables:
 
 
 
 
Customer (net of allowance of $3,501 and $1,401, respectively)
 
78,516

 
72,675

Other (net of allowance of $318 and $343, respectively)
 
14,382

 
17,107

Income taxes receivable
 

 
9,279

Accrued unbilled revenues
 
85,277

 
64,545

Materials and supplies (at average cost)
 
62,987

 
56,660

Fuel stock (at average cost)
 
50,717

 
57,448

Prepayments
 
18,603

 
17,520

Current regulatory assets
 
56,683

 
56,626

Other
 
160

 
405

Total current assets
 
726,072

 
451,215

Deferred Debits:
 
 
 
 
Company-owned life insurance
 
60,524

 
58,922

Regulatory assets
 
1,345,954

 
1,326,433

Other
 
56,054

 
56,330

Total deferred debits
 
1,462,532

 
1,441,685

Total
 
$
6,860,477

 
$
6,494,159



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited)
 
 
 
June 30,
2020
 
December 31,
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Capitalization and Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capitalization:
 
 
 
 
Common stock equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, $2.50 par value (50,000 shares authorized; 39,151 shares outstanding)
 
$
97,877

 
$
97,877

Premium on capital stock
 
712,257

 
712,258

Capital stock expense
 
(2,097
)
 
(2,097
)
Retained earnings
 
1,531,566

 
1,503,805

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(34,790
)
 
(36,284
)
Total common stock equity
 
2,304,813

 
2,275,559

Long-term debt
 
2,000,455

 
1,736,659

Total capitalization
 
4,305,268

 
4,012,218

Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Current portion of long-term debt
 
175,000

 
100,000

Accounts payable
 
81,803

 
110,581

Accounts payable to affiliates
 
9,604

 
2,053

Taxes accrued
 
24,383

 
11,481

Interest accrued
 
24,392

 
20,999

Accrued compensation
 
39,100

 
52,267

Current regulatory liabilities
 
33,001

 
33,987

Advances from customers
 
32,475

 
28,452

Other
 
20,421

 
15,629

Total current liabilities
 
440,179

 
375,449

Deferred Credits:
 
 
 
 
Deferred income taxes
 
789,995

 
794,402

Regulatory liabilities
 
759,309

 
748,198

Pension and other postretirement benefits
 
522,223

 
519,570

Other
 
43,503

 
44,322

Total deferred credits
 
2,115,030

 
2,106,492

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and Contingencies
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
6,860,477

 
$
6,494,159

 
 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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Idaho Power Company
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
 
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Operating Activities:
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
95,700

 
$
92,760

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
  

 
 

Depreciation and amortization
 
87,454

 
85,355

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits
 
(1,734
)
 
(5,919
)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities
 
(11,831
)
 
31,643

Pension and postretirement benefit plan expense
 
14,478

 
13,894

Contributions to pension and postretirement benefit plans
 
(13,219
)
 
(14,633
)
Earnings of equity-method investments
 
(4,440
)
 
(4,265
)
Distributions from equity-method investments
 

 
11,800

Allowance for equity funds used during construction
 
(14,421
)
 
(13,054
)
Other non-cash adjustments to net income, net
 
1,664

 
(744
)
Change in:
 
 

 
 

Accounts receivable
 
(10,759
)
 
(9,137
)
Accounts payable
 
(22,065
)
 
(44,180
)
Taxes accrued/receivable
 
22,181

 
25,632

Other current assets
 
(23,877
)
 
(16,447
)
Other current liabilities
 
13,159

 
9,432

Other assets
 
(1,442
)
 
(1,482
)
Other liabilities
 
(42
)
 
1,083

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
130,806

 
161,738

Investing Activities:
 
 

 
 

Additions to utility plant
 
(144,865
)
 
(129,860
)
Payments received from transmission project joint funding partners
 
1,728

 
1,016

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
 
(2,300
)
 

Purchases of equity securities
 
(3,326
)
 
(470
)
Proceeds from the sale of equity securities
 
2,630

 
2,546

Other
 
4,911

 
3,700

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(141,222
)
 
(123,068
)
Financing Activities:
 
 

 
 

Issuance of long-term debt
 
310,000

 

Premium on issuance of long-term debt
 
31,384

 

Dividends on common stock
 
(67,939
)
 
(63,986
)
Other
 
(3,232
)
 
(14
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
270,213

 
(64,000
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
259,797

 
(25,330
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
 
98,950

 
165,460

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
 
$
358,747

 
$
140,130

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
 
 

 
 

Cash (received from) paid to IDACORP related to income taxes
 
$
(9,189
)
 
$
2,244

Cash paid for interest (net of amount capitalized)
 
38,291

 
42,172

Non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment in accounts payable
 
$
22,072

 
$
26,700


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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IDACORP, INC. AND IDAHO POWER COMPANY
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)

1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is a combined report of IDACORP, Inc. (IDACORP) and Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power). Therefore, these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements apply to both IDACORP and Idaho Power.  However, Idaho Power makes no representation as to the information relating to IDACORP’s other operations.

Nature of Business
 
IDACORP is a holding company formed in 1998 whose principal operating subsidiary is Idaho Power. Idaho Power is an electric utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, sale, and purchase of electric energy and capacity with a service area covering approximately 24,000 square miles in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. Idaho Power is regulated primarily by the state utility regulatory commissions of Idaho and Oregon and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Idaho Power is the parent of Idaho Energy Resources Co. (IERCo), a joint venturer in Bridger Coal Company (BCC), which mines and supplies coal to the Jim Bridger generating plant (Jim Bridger plant) owned in part by Idaho Power.
 
IDACORP’s significant other wholly-owned subsidiaries include IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments, and Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West), an operator of small hydropower generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).

Regulation of Utility Operations
 
As a regulated utility, many of Idaho Power's fundamental business decisions are subject to the approval of governmental agencies, including the prices that Idaho Power is authorized to charge for its electric service. These approvals are a critical factor in determining IDACORP's and Idaho Power's results of operations and financial condition.

IDACORP's and Idaho Power's financial statements reflect the effects of the different ratemaking principles followed by the jurisdictions regulating Idaho Power. The application of accounting principles related to regulated operations sometimes results in Idaho Power recording expenses and revenues in a different period than when an unregulated enterprise would record such expenses and revenues. In these instances, the amounts are deferred or accrued as regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities on the balance sheet. Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because it is probable they will be recovered from customers through future rates. Regulatory liabilities represent obligations to make refunds to customers for previous collections, or represent amounts collected in advance of incurring an expense. The effects of applying these regulatory accounting principles to Idaho Power's operations are discussed in more detail in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters."

Financial Statements
 
In the opinion of management of IDACORP and Idaho Power, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly each company's consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2020, consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and consolidated cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. These adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. These financial statements do not contain the complete detail or note disclosures concerning accounting policies and other matters that would be included in full-year financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (2019 Annual Report). The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. A change in management's estimates or assumptions could have a material impact on IDACORP's or Idaho Power's respective financial condition and results of operations during the period in which such change occurred.
 
Management Estimates
 
Management makes estimates and assumptions when preparing financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These estimates and assumptions include those related to rate regulation, retirement benefits, contingencies, asset impairment, income taxes, unbilled revenues, and bad debt. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates involve judgments

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with respect to, among other things, future economic factors that are difficult to predict and are beyond management's control. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

New and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments to provide financial statement users with more information about expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments. The ASU revises the incurred loss impairment methodology to reflect current expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of information to estimate credit losses. IDACORP and Idaho Power adopted ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020. The adoption did not have a material impact on their respective financial statements but did result in the additional disclosure below.

The measurement of expected credit losses on Idaho Power accounts receivable is based upon historical experience, current conditions, and forecasted information that may affect collections on the outstanding balance. Generally, this includes adjustments based upon a combination of historical write-off experience, aging of accounts receivable, an analysis of specific customer accounts, and an evaluation of whether there are current or forecasted economic conditions that might cause variation in collection from the historical experience. In response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Idaho Power provided certain relief to customers including temporarily suspending disconnections for customers and temporarily waiving late fees. This relief as well as the economic conditions created by the response to the COVID-19 public health crisis have resulted in higher aged accounts receivable and an increase in the number of late payments. Idaho Power expects higher uncollectible account write-offs as a result of the COVID-19 public health crisis and, accordingly, increased its allowance for uncollectible accounts related to customer receivables at June 30, 2020. The allowance for uncollectible accounts increased to 4.3 percent of the total customer receivables balance at June 30, 2020, compared with 1.9 percent at December 31, 2019, and 1.7 percent at June 30, 2019.

The following table provides a rollforward of the allowance for uncollectible accounts related to customer receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
 
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
1,401

 
$
1,725

Additions to the allowance
 
2,786

 
1,011

Write-offs, net of recoveries
 
(686
)
 
(1,280
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
3,501

 
$
1,456

Allowance for uncollectible accounts as a percentage of customer receivables
 
4.3
%
 
1.7
%


In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract,
to provide guidance on implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. ASU 2018-15 aligns the recognition of such implementation costs with the accounting for costs incurred to implement an internal-use software solution. However, the balance sheet line item for presentation of capitalized implementation costs for a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract should be the same as that for the prepayment of fees related to the same arrangement, while capitalized implementation costs for internal-use software solutions are often included in property, plant, and equipment as an intangible asset. IDACORP and Idaho Power adopted ASU 2018-15 on January 1, 2020. The adoption did not have a material impact on their respective financial statements.

2.  INCOME TAXES
 
In accordance with interim reporting requirements, IDACORP and Idaho Power use an estimated annual effective tax rate for computing their provisions for income taxes. An estimate of annual income tax expense (or benefit) is made each interim period using estimates for annual pre-tax income, income tax adjustments, and tax credits. The estimated annual effective tax rates do not include discrete events such as tax law changes, examination settlements, accounting method changes, or adjustments to tax expense or benefits attributable to prior years. Discrete events are recorded in the interim period in which they occur or become known. The estimated annual effective tax rate is applied to year-to-date pre-tax income to determine income tax expense (or benefit) for the interim period consistent with the annual estimate. In subsequent interim periods, income tax expense (or

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benefit) for the period is computed as the difference between the year-to-date amount reported for the previous interim period and the current period's year-to-date amount.

Income Tax Expense

The following table provides a summary of income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands): 
 
 
IDACORP
 
Idaho Power
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Income tax at statutory rates (federal and state)
 
$
27,980

 
$
27,590

 
$
27,613

 
$
26,975

Excess deferred income tax reversal
 
(2,962
)
 
(3,262
)
 
(2,962
)
 
(3,262
)
Other(1)
 
(14,197
)
 
(12,984
)
 
(13,073
)
 
(11,676
)
Income tax expense
 
$
10,821

 
$
11,344

 
$
11,578

 
$
12,037

Effective tax rate
 
9.9
%
 
10.6
%
 
10.8
%
 
11.5
%
(1) "Other" is primarily comprised of the net tax effect of Idaho Power's regulatory flow-through tax adjustments.

Income tax expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020, was comparable with the same period in 2019. On a net basis, Idaho Power’s estimate of its annual 2020 regulatory flow-through tax adjustments is comparable to 2019.

3. REGULATORY MATTERS
 
Included below is a summary of Idaho Power's most recent general rate cases and base rate changes, as well as other recent or pending notable regulatory matters and proceedings.

Idaho and Oregon General Rate Cases

Idaho Power's current base rates result from orders from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) and Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC), as described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report.

Idaho Settlement Stipulations

In October 2014, the IPUC issued an order approving an extension, with modifications, of the terms of a December 2011 Idaho settlement stipulation for the period from 2015 through 2019, or until otherwise modified or terminated by order of the IPUC (October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation). A May 2018 Idaho settlement stipulation related to tax reform (May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation) provides for the extension of the October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation beyond the initial termination date of December 31, 2019, with modified terms that became effective beginning January 1, 2020, related to the accumulated deferred investment tax credits (ADITC) and revenue sharing mechanism. The October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation and the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation are described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report and include provisions for the accelerated amortization of ADITC to help achieve a minimum 9.4 percent (9.5 percent prior to 2020) return on year-end equity in the Idaho jurisdiction (Idaho ROE). In addition, under the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation, minimum Idaho ROE would revert back to 95 percent of the authorized return on equity in the next general rate case. The settlement stipulations also provide for the potential sharing between Idaho Power and Idaho customers of Idaho-jurisdictional earnings in excess of 10.0 percent of Idaho ROE.

Based on its estimate of full-year 2020 Idaho ROE, in both the second quarter and first six months of 2020, Idaho Power recorded no additional ADITC amortization or provision against current revenues for sharing of earnings with customers for 2020 under the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation. Accordingly, at June 30, 2020, the full $45 million of additional ADITC remains available for future use. Idaho Power recorded no additional ADITC amortization or provision against revenues for sharing of earnings with customers during the second quarter and first six months of 2019, based on its then-current estimate of full-year 2019 Idaho ROE.

Idaho Power Cost Adjustment Mechanisms

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mechanisms compare Idaho Power's actual net power supply costs (primarily fuel and purchased power less wholesale energy sales) against net power supply costs being recovered in Idaho Power's retail rates. Under the power cost adjustment mechanisms, certain differences between actual net power supply costs incurred by Idaho Power and costs being recovered in retail rates are recorded as a deferred charge or credit on the balance sheet for future recovery or refund. The power supply costs deferred primarily result from changes in contracted power purchase prices and volumes, changes in wholesale market prices and transaction volumes, fuel prices, and the levels of Idaho Power's own generation.

In May 2020, the IPUC approved a $58.7 million net increase in Idaho-jurisdiction power cost adjustment (PCA) revenues, effective for the 2020-2021 PCA collection period from June 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021. The net increase in PCA revenues reflects a return to a more normal level of power supply costs as wholesale market energy prices have come down from unusually high levels reflected in last year's PCA. The reduction in market energy prices results in Idaho Power forecasting lower wholesale energy sales, which serve as an offset to power supply costs. The net increase in PCA revenues also reflects a forecasted reduction in low-cost hydropower generation. The previous PCA for the 2019-2020 collection period also included $7.7 million in one-time customer benefits associated with revenue sharing and income tax reform benefits, which expired in May 2020.

Previously, in May 2019, the IPUC issued an order approving a $50.1 million net decrease in PCA rates, effective for the 2019-2020 PCA collection period from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2020. The net decrease in PCA revenues reflected reduced power supply costs due to higher-than-expected wholesale energy sales and positive results from natural gas hedging activities, which combined to reduce actual net power supply costs for the 2018-2019 PCA year (April 2018 through March 2019). The net decrease in PCA revenues for the 2019-2020 PCA collection period also included a $5.0 million credit to customers for sharing of 2018 earnings under the October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation and a $2.7 million credit for income tax reform benefits related to Idaho Power's open access transmission tariff (OATT) rate under the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation. 

Idaho Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism

The Idaho jurisdiction fixed cost adjustment (FCA) mechanism, applicable to Idaho residential and small general service customers, is designed to remove a portion of Idaho Power’s financial disincentive to invest in energy efficiency programs by separating (or decoupling) the recovery of fixed costs from the variable kilowatt-hour charge and linking it instead to a set amount per customer. Under Idaho Power's current rate design, Idaho Power recovers a portion of fixed costs through the variable kilowatt-hour charge, which may result in over-collection or under-collection of fixed costs. To return over-collection to customers or to collect under-collection from customers, the FCA mechanism allows Idaho Power to accrue, or defer, the difference between the authorized fixed-cost recovery amount per customer and the actual fixed costs per customer recovered by Idaho Power during the year. The IPUC has discretion to cap the annual increase in the FCA recovery at 3 percent of base revenue, with any excess deferred for collection in a subsequent year. In June 2020, the IPUC approved an increase of $0.7 million in recovery from the FCA from $34.8 million to $35.5 million, with new rates effective for the period from June 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021. Previously, in May 2019, the IPUC issued an order approving an increase of $19.2 million in the FCA from $15.6 million to $34.8 million, with rates effective for the period from June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2020.

Deferred Costs for COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

Idaho Power has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, including information technology expenditures for remote work, higher than average levels of bad debt expense related to uncollectible accounts associated in part with its suspension of disconnects, and suspension of late payment fees. Accordingly, in March and April 2020, Idaho Power submitted applications to the OPUC and IPUC, respectively, requesting authorization to defer incremental costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Idaho Power requested authorization to establish a new regulatory asset to record the deferral of incremental costs and, in the Idaho jurisdiction, unrecovered costs associated with the COVID-19 response. Both applications requested only the authority to defer these costs and to determine ratemaking treatment at a later date. Subsequent to Idaho Power's application, the IPUC opened a general docket to address the issue. On July 8, 2020, the IPUC issued an order authorizing Idaho Power and other utilities to account for unanticipated, emergency-related expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 public health crisis by recording the expenses as regulatory assets for possible recovery through future rates. The order also requires utilities to account for the decreases in expenses resulting from the COVID-19 public health crisis, such as reduced employee travel and training, and apply these reductions in expenses to offset the deferral account balance. Additionally, the order addressed potential reductions in revenue due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, allowing utilities to track reduced revenues from customer classes not included in an FCA-type mechanism for possible movement to the regulatory asset account at a later date. Idaho Power plans to resume disconnections and accruing late fees beginning in early August 2020. In the second quarter of 2020, Idaho Power recorded a $0.6 million regulatory asset for its estimate of unanticipated, emergency-related expenses, including higher bad

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debt expense, net of estimated savings. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power has not received authorization in the Oregon jurisdiction to defer any such costs.

4. REVENUES
 
The following table provides a summary of electric utility operating revenues for IDACORP and Idaho Power for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Electric utility operating revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue from contracts with customers
 
$
310,971

 
$
307,779

 
$
581,155

 
$
643,180

Alternative revenue programs and other revenues
 
6,695

 
7,995

 
26,999

 
22,366

Total electric utility operating revenues
 
$
317,666

 
$
315,774

 
$
608,154

 
$
665,546



Revenues from Contracts with Customers

The following table presents revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by revenue source for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Revenues from contracts with customers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Residential (includes $4,135, $7,232, $19,844 and $18,543, respectively, related to the FCA)(1)
 
$
109,471

 
$
104,797

 
$
254,357

 
$
255,016

 Commercial (includes $397, $350, $881, and $691, respectively, related to the FCA)(1)
 
67,214

 
70,973

 
136,728

 
144,079

Industrial
 
43,087

 
45,602

 
85,847

 
91,100

Irrigation
 
60,149

 
48,954

 
61,523

 
49,953

Deferred revenue related to HCC relicensing AFUDC(2)
 
(1,927
)
 
(1,927
)
 
(4,046
)
 
(4,046
)
Total retail revenues
 
277,994

 
268,399

 
534,409

 
536,102

Less: FCA mechanism revenues(1)
 
(4,532
)
 
(7,582
)
 
(20,725
)
 
(19,234
)
Wholesale energy sales
 
6,866

 
16,158

 
10,775

 
63,373

Transmission wheeling-related revenues
 
11,491

 
12,518

 
21,854

 
28,246

Energy efficiency program revenues
 
11,953

 
11,458

 
21,428

 
21,570

Other revenues from contracts with customers
 
7,199

 
6,828

 
13,414

 
13,123

Total revenues from contracts with customers
 
$
310,971

 
$
307,779

 
$
581,155

 
$
643,180

(1) The FCA mechanism is an alternative revenue program in the Idaho jurisdiction and does not represent revenue from contracts with customers.
(2) As part of its January 30, 2009, general rate case order, the IPUC is allowing Idaho Power to recover a portion of the allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) on construction work in progress related to the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC) relicensing process, even though the relicensing process is not yet complete and the costs have not been moved to electric plant in service. Idaho Power is collecting $8.8 million annually in the Idaho jurisdiction but is deferring revenue recognition of the amounts collected until the license is issued and the accumulated license costs approved for recovery are placed in service.

Alternative Revenue Programs and Other Revenues

While revenues from contracts with customers make up most of Idaho Power’s revenues, the IPUC has authorized the use of an additional regulatory mechanism, the Idaho FCA mechanism, which may increase or decrease tariff-based customer rates. The Idaho FCA mechanism is described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters." The FCA mechanism revenues include only the initial recognition of FCA revenues when they meet the regulator-specified conditions for recognition. Revenue from contracts with customers excludes the portion of the tariff price representing FCA revenues that Idaho Power initially recorded in prior periods when revenues met regulator-specified conditions. When Idaho Power includes those amounts in the price of utility service billed to customers, Idaho Power records such amounts as recovery of the associated regulatory asset or liability and not as revenues.

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Derivative revenues include gains from settled electricity swaps and sales of electricity under forward sales contracts that are bundled with renewable energy credits. Related to these forward sales, Idaho Power simultaneously enters into forward purchases of electricity for the same quantity at the same location, which are recorded in purchased power on the condensed consolidated statements of income. For more information on settled electricity swaps, see Note 11 - "Derivative Financial Instruments."

The table below presents the FCA mechanism revenues and other revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Alternative revenue programs and other revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FCA mechanism revenues
 
$
4,532

 
7,582

 
$
20,725

 
$
19,234

Derivative revenues
 
2,163

 
413

 
6,274

 
3,132

Total alternative revenue programs and other revenues
 
$
6,695

 
$
7,995

 
$
26,999

 
$
22,366



5. LONG-TERM DEBT

On April 3, 2020, Idaho Power issued $230 million in principal amount of its 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series K, maturing March 1, 2048. The bonds were issued at a reoffer yield of 3.422 percent, which resulted in a net premium of 13.0 percent and net proceeds to Idaho Power of $259.9 million. After this offering the aggregate principal amount of the 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds is $450 million.

On June 5, 2020, Idaho Power entered into a selling agency agreement with six banks named in the agreement in
connection with the potential issuance and sale from time to time of up to $500 million aggregate principal amount of first
mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series L (Series L Notes), under Idaho Power’s Indenture of Mortgage and Deed
of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, as amended and supplemented (Indenture). Also on June 5, 2020, Idaho Power
entered into the Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated effective as of June 5, 2020, to the Indenture (Forty-ninth
Supplemental Indenture). The Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture provides for, among other items, the issuance of up to
$500 million in aggregate principal amount of Series L Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

On June 22, 2020, Idaho Power issued $80 million in principal amount of its 1.90 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series L, maturing July 15, 2030. On July 29, 2020, Idaho Power redeemed, prior to maturity, $75 million in principal amount of 2.95 percent first mortgage bonds, medium-term notes, Series H due in April 2022. In accordance with the redemption provisions of the notes, the redemption included Idaho Power's payment of a make-whole premium to the holders of the redeemed notes in the aggregate amount of $3.3 million.

On or around August 3, 2020, Idaho Power plans to use a portion of the net proceeds of the April 2020 sale of first mortgage bonds to redeem $100 million in principal amount of 3.40 percent first mortgage bonds due in November 2020. As a result, the $100 million in principal amount of 3.40 percent first mortgage bonds due in November 2020 and the $75 million in principal amount of 2.95 percent first mortgage bonds due in April 2022 are reported as current portion of long-term debt in the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2020.

As of the date of this report, Idaho Power has $420 million in principal amount of first mortgage bonds available for issuance, including Series L Notes under the selling agency agreement, but only $190 million in principal amount of long-term debt securities remained available for issuance pursuant to state regulatory authority.

6. COMMON STOCK
 
IDACORP Common Stock
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, IDACORP granted 75,030 restricted stock unit awards to employees and issued 40,381 shares of common stock using market purchases pursuant to the IDACORP, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive and Compensation Plan, including 7,746 shares of common stock issued to directors. As directed by IDACORP, plan administrators of the IDACORP, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan used market purchases of IDACORP common stock to acquire shares of IDACORP common stock for the plans.

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Restrictions on Dividends
 
Idaho Power’s ability to pay dividends on its common stock held by IDACORP and IDACORP’s ability to pay dividends on its common stock are limited to the extent payment of such dividends would violate the covenants in their respective credit facilities or Idaho Power’s Revised Code of Conduct. A covenant under IDACORP’s credit facility and Idaho Power’s credit facility requires IDACORP and Idaho Power to maintain leverage ratios of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization, as defined therein, of no more than 65 percent at the end of each fiscal quarter. At June 30, 2020, the leverage ratios for IDACORP and Idaho Power were 47 percent and 49 percent, respectively. Based on these restrictions, IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s dividends were limited to $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, at June 30, 2020. There are additional facility covenants, subject to exceptions, that prohibit or restrict the sale or disposition of property without consent and any agreements restricting dividend payments to IDACORP and Idaho Power from any material subsidiary. At June 30, 2020, IDACORP and Idaho Power were in compliance with those financial covenants.
 
Idaho Power’s Revised Code of Conduct relating to transactions between and among Idaho Power, IDACORP, and other affiliates, which was approved by the IPUC in April 2008, provides that Idaho Power will not pay any dividends to IDACORP that will reduce Idaho Power’s common equity capital below 35 percent of its total adjusted capital without IPUC approval. At June 30, 2020, Idaho Power's common equity capital was 51 percent of its total adjusted capital. Further, Idaho Power must obtain approval from the OPUC before it can directly or indirectly loan funds or issue notes or give credit on its books to IDACORP.
 
Idaho Power’s articles of incorporation contain restrictions on the payment of dividends on its common stock if preferred stock dividends are in arrears. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power has no preferred stock outstanding.

In addition to contractual restrictions on the amount and payment of dividends, the Federal Power Act (FPA) prohibits the payment of dividends from "capital accounts." The term "capital account" is undefined in the FPA or its regulations, but Idaho Power does not believe the restriction would limit Idaho Power's ability to pay dividends out of current year earnings or retained earnings.
 
7. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The table below presents the computation of IDACORP’s basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except for per share amounts).
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Numerator:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
$
60,389

 
$
53,156

 
$
97,879

 
$
95,842

Denominator:
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic
 
50,551

 
50,499

 
50,534

 
50,504

Effect of dilutive securities
 
16

 
8

 
13

 
8

Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted
 
50,567

 
50,507

 
50,547

 
50,512

Basic earnings per share
 
$
1.19

 
$
1.05

 
$
1.94

 
$
1.90

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
1.19

 
$
1.05

 
$
1.94

 
$
1.90



8. COMMITMENTS
 
Purchase Obligations
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's contractual obligations, outside the ordinary course of business, did not change materially from the amounts disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the 2019 Annual Report, except that Idaho Power entered into one new contract with a hydropower PURPA-qualifying facility and nine new replacement contracts for expiring power purchase agreements with hydropower and cogeneration PURPA-qualifying facilities, which increased Idaho Power's contractual purchase obligations by approximately $28 million over the 20-year terms of the contracts.


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Guarantees
 
Through a self-bonding mechanism, Idaho Power guarantees its portion of reclamation activities and obligations at BCC, of which IERCo owns a one-third interest. This guarantee, which is renewed annually with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, was $58.3 million at June 30, 2020, representing IERCo's one-third share of BCC's total reclamation obligation of $175.0 million. BCC has a reclamation trust fund set aside specifically for the purpose of paying these reclamation costs. At June 30, 2020, the value of BCC's reclamation trust fund was $144.4 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the reclamation trust fund made $1.1 million of distributions for reclamation activity costs associated with the BCC surface mine. BCC periodically assesses the adequacy of the reclamation trust fund and its estimate of future reclamation costs. To ensure that the reclamation trust fund maintains adequate reserves, BCC has the ability to, and does, add a per-ton surcharge to coal sales, all of which are made to the Jim Bridger plant. Because of the existence of the fund and the ability to apply a per-ton surcharge, the estimated fair value of this guarantee is minimal.

In May 2019, the state of Wyoming enacted legislation that limits a mine operator's maximum amount of self-bonding. Idaho Power and the co-owners of BCC have until December 2020 to comply with the new regulations, which would reduce the portion of Idaho Power's guarantee of reclamation activities and obligations at BCC that Idaho Power is allowed to self-bond. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power believes the cost of any insurance, third-party assurance, or additional collateral that might be required for this guarantee due to the new law would be immaterial to the companies' consolidated financial statements.
 
IDACORP and Idaho Power enter into financial agreements and power purchase and sale agreements that include indemnification provisions relating to various forms of claims or liabilities that may arise from the transactions contemplated by these agreements. Generally, a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the indemnification provisions and, therefore, the overall maximum amount of the obligation under such indemnification provisions cannot be reasonably estimated. IDACORP and Idaho Power periodically evaluate the likelihood of incurring costs under such indemnities based on their historical experience and the evaluation of the specific indemnities. As of June 30, 2020, the companies believe the likelihood is remote that IDACORP or Idaho Power would be required to perform under such indemnification provisions or otherwise incur any significant losses with respect to such indemnification obligations. Neither IDACORP nor Idaho Power has recorded any liability on their respective condensed consolidated balance sheets with respect to these indemnification obligations.

9. CONTINGENCIES
 
IDACORP and Idaho Power have in the past and expect in the future to become involved in various claims, controversies, disputes, and other contingent matters, some of which involve litigation and regulatory or other contested proceedings. The ultimate resolution and outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings is inherently difficult to determine, particularly where (a) the remedies or penalties sought are indeterminate, (b) the proceedings are in the early stages or the substantive issues have not been well developed, or (c) the matters involve complex or novel legal theories or a large number of parties. In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, IDACORP and Idaho Power, as applicable, establish an accrual for legal proceedings when those matters proceed to a stage where they present loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable. If the loss contingency at issue is not both probable and reasonably estimable, IDACORP and Idaho Power do not establish an accrual and the matter will continue to be monitored for any developments that would make the loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. As of the date of this report, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's accruals for loss contingencies are not material to their financial statements as a whole; however, future accruals could be material in a given period. IDACORP's and Idaho Power's determination is based on currently available information, and estimates presented in financial statements and other financial disclosures involve significant judgment and may be subject to significant uncertainty.

IDACORP and Idaho Power are parties to legal claims and legal, tax, and regulatory actions and proceedings in the ordinary course of business and, as noted above, record an accrual for associated loss contingencies when they are probable and reasonably estimable. In connection with its utility operations, Idaho Power is subject to claims by individuals, entities, and governmental agencies for damages for alleged personal injury, property damage, and economic losses relating to Idaho Power’s provision of electric service and the operation of its generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. Some of those claims relate to electrical contacts, service quality, property damage, and wildfires. In recent years, utilities in the western United States have been subject to significant liability for personal injury, loss of life, property damage, trespass, and economic losses, and in some cases, punitive damages and criminal charges, associated with wildfires that originated from utility property, most commonly transmission and distribution lines. In recent years, Idaho Power has regularly received claims by both governmental agencies and private landowners for damages for fires allegedly originating from Idaho Power’s transmission and distribution system. As of the date of this report, the companies believe that resolution of existing claims will not have a material adverse effect on their respective consolidated financial statements. Idaho Power is also actively monitoring various pending environmental regulations and executive orders related to environmental matters that may have a significant

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impact on its future operations. Given uncertainties regarding the outcome, timing, and compliance plans for these environmental matters, Idaho Power is unable to estimate the financial impact of these regulations.

10. BENEFIT PLANS

Idaho Power has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (pension plan) and two nonqualified defined benefit plans for certain senior management employees called the Security Plan for Senior Management Employees I and Security Plan for Senior Management Employees II (together, SMSP). Idaho Power also has a nonqualified defined benefit pension plan for directors that was frozen in 2002. Remaining vested benefits from that plan are included with the SMSP in the disclosures below. The benefits under the pension plan are based on years of service and the employee’s final average earnings. Idaho Power also maintains a defined benefit postretirement benefit plan (consisting of health care and death benefits) that covers all employees who were enrolled in the active-employee group plan at the time of retirement as well as their spouses and qualifying dependents. The table below shows the components of net periodic benefit costs for the pension, SMSP, and postretirement benefits plans for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
Pension Plan
 
SMSP
 
Postretirement
Benefits
 
Total
 

2020

2019

2020

2019

2020

2019
 
2020
 
2019
Service cost

$
10,578


$
8,316


$
53


$
(45
)

$
240


$
196

 
$
10,871

 
$
8,467

Interest cost

9,988


10,560


1,087


1,145


633


762

 
11,708

 
12,467

Expected return on plan assets

(14,089
)

(12,187
)





(597
)

(557
)
 
(14,686
)
 
(12,744
)
Amortization of prior service cost

1


2


73


24


12


12

 
86

 
38

Amortization of net loss

4,296


3,302


933


633





 
5,229

 
3,935

Net periodic benefit cost

10,774


9,993


2,146


1,757


288


413

 
13,208

 
12,163

Regulatory deferral of net periodic benefit cost(1)

(10,279
)

(9,523
)


 

 

 

 
(10,279
)
 
(9,523
)
Previously deferred pension costs recognized(1)
 
4,289

 
4,289

 

 

 

 

 
4,289

 
4,289

Net periodic benefit cost recognized for financial reporting(1)(2)

$
4,784


$
4,759


$
2,146


$
1,757


$
288


$
413

 
$
7,218

 
$
6,929

 (1) Net periodic benefit costs for the pension plan are recognized for financial reporting based upon the authorization of each regulatory jurisdiction in which Idaho Power operates. Under IPUC order, the Idaho portion of net periodic benefit cost is recorded as a regulatory asset and is recognized in the income statement as those costs are recovered through rates.
 (2) Of total net periodic benefit cost recognized for financial reporting, $4.3 million and $4.2 million, respectively, were recognized in "Other operations and maintenance" and $3.0 million and $2.7 million, respectively, were recognized in "Other expense, net" on the condensed consolidated statements of income of the companies for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

The table below shows the components of net periodic benefit costs for the pension, SMSP, and postretirement benefits plans for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
Pension Plan
 
SMSP
 
Postretirement
Benefits
 
Total
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Service cost
 
$
21,493

 
$
17,030

 
$
106

 
$
(90
)
 
$
514

 
$
427

 
$
22,113

 
$
17,367

Interest cost
 
20,006

 
21,156

 
2,175

 
2,288

 
1,247

 
1,494

 
23,428

 
24,938

Expected return on plan assets
 
(28,119
)
 
(24,311
)
 

 

 
(1,202
)
 
(1,110
)
 
(29,321
)
 
(25,421
)
Amortization of prior service cost
 
3

 
3

 
145

 
48

 
24

 
24

 
172

 
75

Amortization of net loss
 
8,663

 
6,782

 
1,867

 
1,266

 

 

 
10,530

 
8,048

Net periodic benefit cost
 
22,046

 
20,660

 
4,293

 
3,512

 
583

 
835

 
26,922

 
25,007

Regulatory deferral of net periodic benefit cost(1)
 
(21,021
)
 
(19,690
)
 

 

 

 

 
(21,021
)
 
(19,690
)
Previously deferred pension costs recognized(1)
 
8,577

 
8,577

 

 

 

 

 
8,577

 
8,577

Net periodic benefit cost recognized for financial reporting(1)(2)
 
$
9,602

 
$
9,547

 
$
4,293

 
$
3,512

 
$
583

 
$
835

 
$
14,478

 
$
13,894

 (1) Net periodic benefit costs for the pension plan are recognized for financial reporting based upon the authorization of each regulatory jurisdiction in which Idaho Power operates. Under IPUC order, the Idaho portion of net periodic benefit cost is recorded as a regulatory asset and is recognized in the income statement as those costs are recovered through rates.
 (2) Of total net periodic benefit cost recognized for financial reporting, $8.5 million and $8.4 million, respectively, were recognized in "Other operations and maintenance" and $5.9 million and $5.5 million, respectively, were recognized in "Other expense, net" on the condensed consolidated statements of income of the companies for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, Idaho Power made $10 million of contributions to its defined benefit pension plan. In July 2020, Idaho Power contributed an additional $10 million to the plan in a continued effort to balance the regulatory

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collection of these expenditures with the amount and timing of contributions and to mitigate the cost of being in an underfunded position. Idaho Power has no further minimum contribution requirement to its defined benefit pension plan in 2020. The primary impact of pension contributions is on the timing of cash flows, as the timing of cost recovery lags behind contributions.

Idaho Power also has an Employee Savings Plan that complies with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code and covers substantially all employees. Idaho Power matches specified percentages of employee contributions to the Employee Savings Plan.

11. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
Commodity Price Risk
 
Idaho Power is exposed to market risk relating to electricity, natural gas, and other fuel commodity prices, all of which are heavily influenced by supply and demand. Market risk may be influenced by market participants’ nonperformance of their contractual obligations and commitments, which affects the supply of or demand for the commodity. Idaho Power uses derivative instruments, such as physical and financial forward contracts, for both electricity and fuel to manage the risks relating to these commodity price exposures. The primary objectives of Idaho Power’s energy purchase and sale activity are to meet the demand of retail electric customers, maintain appropriate physical reserves to ensure reliability, and make economic use of temporary surpluses that may develop.
 
All of Idaho Power's derivative instruments have been entered into for the purpose of economically hedging forecasted purchases and sales, though none of these instruments have been designated as cash flow hedges. Idaho Power offsets fair value amounts recognized on its balance sheet and applies collateral related to derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under the same master netting agreement. Idaho Power does not offset a counterparty's current derivative contracts with the counterparty's long-term derivative contracts, although Idaho Power's master netting arrangements would allow current and long-term positions to be offset in the event of default. Also, in the event of default, Idaho Power's master netting arrangements would allow for the offsetting of all transactions executed under the master netting arrangement. These types of transactions may include non-derivative instruments, derivatives qualifying for scope exceptions, receivables and payables arising from settled positions, and other forms of non-cash collateral (such as letters of credit). These types of transactions are excluded from the offsetting presented in the derivative fair value and offsetting table that follows.

The table below presents the gains and losses on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
 
 
Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income(1)
 
 
Location of Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Financial swaps
 
Operating revenues
 
$
308

 
$
414

 
$
1,134

 
$
(2,789
)
Financial swaps
 
Purchased power
 
(1,125
)
 
(56
)
 
(1,315
)
 
687

Financial swaps
 
Fuel expense
 
(69
)
 
7

 
(2,917
)
 
12,402

Forward contracts
 
Operating revenues
 
41

 

 
120

 
64

Forward contracts
 
Purchased power
 
(39
)
 

 
(115
)
 
(64
)
Forward contracts
 
Fuel expense
 
(1
)
 

 
(20
)
 
416


(1) Excludes unrealized gains or losses on derivatives, which are recorded on the balance sheet as regulatory assets or regulatory liabilities.

Settlement gains and losses on electricity swap contracts are recorded on the income statement in operating revenues or purchased power depending on the forecasted position being economically hedged by the derivative contract. Settlement gains and losses on contracts for natural gas are reflected in fuel expense. Settlement gains and losses on diesel derivatives are recorded in other operations and maintenance expense. See Note 12 - "Fair Value Measurements" for additional information concerning the determination of fair value for Idaho Power’s assets and liabilities from price risk management activities.

Credit Risk
 
At June 30, 2020, Idaho Power did not have material credit risk exposure from financial instruments, including derivatives. Idaho Power monitors credit risk exposure through reviews of counterparty credit quality, corporate-wide counterparty credit exposure, and corporate-wide counterparty concentration levels. Idaho Power manages these risks by establishing credit and

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concentration limits on transactions with counterparties and requiring contractual guarantees, cash deposits, or letters of credit from counterparties or their affiliates, as deemed necessary. Idaho Power’s physical power, physical gas, and financial transactions are generally under standardized industry contracts. These contracts contain adequate assurance clauses requiring collateralization if a counterparty has debt that is downgraded below investment grade by at least one rating agency.

Credit-Contingent Features
 
Certain Idaho Power derivative instruments contain provisions that require Idaho Power's unsecured debt to maintain an investment grade credit rating from Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. If Idaho Power's unsecured debt were to fall below investment grade, it would be in violation of these provisions, and the counterparties to the derivative instruments could request immediate payment or demand immediate and ongoing full overnight collateralization on derivative instruments in net liability positions. The aggregate fair value of all derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that were in a liability position at June 30, 2020, was $6.7 million. Idaho Power posted $3.6 million of cash collateral related to this amount. If the credit-risk-related contingent features underlying these agreements were triggered on June 30, 2020, Idaho Power would have been required to pay or post collateral to its counterparties up to an additional $3.3 million to cover the open liability positions as well as completed transactions that have not yet been paid.

Derivative Instrument Summary

The table below presents the fair values and locations of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments recorded on the balance sheets and reconciles the gross amounts of derivatives recognized as assets and as liabilities to the net amounts presented in the balance sheets at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
 
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Gross Fair Value
 
Amounts Offset
 
Net Assets
 
Gross Fair Value
 
Amounts Offset
 
Net Liabilities
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Financial swaps
 
Other current assets
 
$
160

 
$

 
$
160

 
$

 
$

 
$

Financial swaps
 
Other current liabilities
 
1,531

 
(1,531
)
 

 
6,658

 
(4,546
)
(1) 
2,112

Forward contracts
 
Other current liabilities
 

 

 

 
3

 

 
3

Long-term:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial swaps
 
Other assets
 
870

 

 
870

 

 

 

Financial swaps
 
Other liabilities
 
10

 
(10
)
 

 
47

 
(47
)
(2) 

Total
 
 
 
$
2,571

 
$
(1,541
)
 
$
1,030

 
$
6,708

 
$
(4,593
)
 
$
2,115

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Financial swaps
 
Other current assets
 
$
2,426

 
$
(2,034
)
 
$
392

 
$
2,034

 
$
(2,034
)
 
$

Financial swaps
 
Other current liabilities
 
134

 
(134
)
 

 
924

 
(134
)
 
790

Forward contracts
 
Other current assets
 
13

 

 
13

 

 

 

Forward contracts
 
Other current liabilities
 

 

 

 
32

 

 
32

Long-term:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Financial swaps
 
Other assets
 
3

 
(3
)
 

 
27

 
(3
)
 
24

Total
 
 
 
$
2,576

 
$
(2,171
)
 
$
405

 
$
3,017

 
$
(2,171
)
 
$
846


(1) Current liability derivative amounts offset include $3.0 million of collateral receivable for the period ended June 30, 2020.
(2) Long-term liability derivative amounts offset include $37 thousand of collateral receivable for the period ended June 30, 2020.


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The table below presents the volumes of derivative commodity forward contracts and swaps outstanding at June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands of units).
 
 
 
 
June 30,
Commodity
 
Units
 
2020
 
2019
Electricity purchases
 
MWh
 
115

 
216

Electricity sales
 
MWh
 
40

 
106

Natural gas purchases
 
MMBtu
 
12,930

 
13,980

Natural gas sales
 
MMBtu
 
388

 
308



12. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
IDACORP and Idaho Power have categorized their financial instruments into a three-level fair value hierarchy, based on the priority of the inputs to the valuation technique. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets are categorized based on the inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:
 
• Level 1: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that IDACORP and Idaho Power have the ability to access.
 
•   Level 2: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
b) quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets;
c) pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
d) pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
 
IDACORP and Idaho Power Level 2 inputs are based on quoted market prices adjusted for location using corroborated, observable market data.
 
•      Level 3: Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs reflect management’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.
 
IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s assessment of a particular input's significance to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. An item recorded at fair value is reclassified among levels when changes in the nature of valuation inputs cause the item to no longer meet the criteria for the level in which it was previously categorized. There were no transfers between levels or material changes in valuation techniques or inputs during the six months ended June 30, 2020.


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The table below presents information about IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
June 30, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Money market funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IDACORP(1)
 
$
67,980

 
$

 
$

 
$
67,980

 
$
64,173

 
$

 
$

 
$
64,173

Idaho Power
 
156,064

 

 

 
156,064

 
26,510

 

 

 
26,510

Derivatives
 
1,030

 

 

 
1,030

 
392

 
13

 

 
405

Equity securities
 
43,666

 

 

 
43,666

 
42,738

 

 

 
42,738

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives
 
2,112

 
3

 

 
2,115

 
814

 
32

 

 
846


 (1) Holding company only. Does not include amounts held by Idaho Power.

Idaho Power’s derivatives are contracts entered into as part of its management of loads and resources. Electricity derivatives are valued on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) with quoted prices in an active market. Natural gas and diesel derivatives are valued using New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and ICE pricing, adjusted for location basis, which are also quoted under NYMEX and ICE pricing. Equity securities consist of employee-directed investments related to an executive deferred compensation plan and actively traded money market and exchange traded funds related to the SMSP. The investments are measured using quoted prices in active markets and are held in a Rabbi trust.

The table below presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of financial instruments that are not reported at fair value, as of June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies (in thousands).
 
 
June 30, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
 
Carrying Amount
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
Carrying Amount
 
Estimated Fair Value
IDACORP
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Assets:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Notes receivable(1)
 
$
3,804

 
$
3,804

 
$
3,804

 
$
3,804

Liabilities:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Long-term debt, including current portion(1)
 
2,175,455

 
2,553,338

 
1,836,659

 
2,083,931

Idaho Power
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Liabilities:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Long-term debt, including current portion(1)
 
2,175,455

 
2,553,338

 
1,836,659

 
2,083,931


(1) Notes receivable and long-term debt are categorized as Level 3 and Level 2, respectively, of the fair value hierarchy, as defined earlier in this Note 12 - "Fair Value Measurements."

Notes receivable are related to Ida-West and are valued based on unobservable inputs, including discounted cash flows, which are partially based on forecasted hydropower conditions. Long-term debt is not traded on an exchange and is valued using quoted rates for similar debt in active markets. Carrying values for cash and cash equivalents, deposits, customer and other receivables, notes payable, accounts payable, interest accrued, and taxes accrued approximate fair value.

13. SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
IDACORP’s only reportable segment is utility operations. The utility operations segment’s primary source of revenue is the regulated operations of Idaho Power. Idaho Power’s regulated operations include the generation, transmission, distribution, purchase, and sale of electricity. This segment also includes income from IERCo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Idaho Power that is also subject to regulation and is a one-third owner of BCC, an unconsolidated joint venture.
 
IDACORP’s other operating segments are below the quantitative and qualitative thresholds for reportable segments and are included in the "All Other" category in the table below. This category is comprised of IFS’s investments in affordable housing developments and historic rehabilitation projects, Ida-West’s joint venture investments in small hydropower generation projects, and IDACORP’s holding company expenses.

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The table below summarizes the segment information for IDACORP’s utility operations and the total of all other segments, and reconciles this information to total enterprise amounts (in thousands). 
 
 
Utility
Operations
 
All
Other
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Total
Three months ended June 30, 2020:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
317,666

 
$
1,100

 
$

 
$
318,766

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
58,923

 
1,466

 

 
60,389

Total assets as of June 30, 2020
 
6,860,477

 
234,378

 
(74,323
)
 
7,020,532

Three months ended June 30, 2019:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
315,774

 
$
1,121

 
$

 
$
316,895

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
51,176

 
1,980

 

 
53,156

Six months ended June 30, 2020:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
608,154

 
$
1,620

 
$

 
$
609,774

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
95,700

 
2,179

 

 
97,879

Six months ended June 30, 2019:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
665,546

 
$
1,668

 
$

 
$
667,214

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
92,760

 
3,082

 

 
95,842



14. CHANGES IN ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The table below presents changes in components of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI), net of tax, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands). Items in parentheses indicate charges to AOCI.
 
 
Defined Benefit Pension Items
 
Defined Benefit Pension Items
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
(35,537
)
 
$
(22,356
)
 
$
(36,284
)
 
$
(22,844
)
Amounts reclassified out of AOCI
 
747

 
488

 
1,494

 
976

Balance at end of period
 
$
(34,790
)
 
$
(21,868
)
 
$
(34,790
)
 
$
(21,868
)

The table below presents amounts reclassified out of components of AOCI and the income statement location of those amounts reclassified during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands). Items in parentheses indicate increases to net income.
 
 
Amount Reclassified from AOCI
Details About AOCI
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Amortization of defined benefit pension items(1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost
 
$
73

 
$
24

 
$
145

 
$
48

Net loss
 
933

 
633

 
1,867

 
1,266

Total before tax
 
1,006

 
657

 
2,012

 
1,314

Tax benefit(2)
 
(259
)
 
(169
)
 
(518
)
 
(338
)
Total reclassification for the period, net of tax
 
$
747

 
$
488

 
$
1,494

 
$
976

(1) Amortization of these items is included in IDACORP's condensed consolidated income statements in other operating expenses and in Idaho Power's condensed consolidated statements of income in other expense, net.
(2) The tax benefit is included in income tax expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income of both IDACORP and Idaho Power.


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15. CHANGES IN IDAHO POWER RETAINED EARNINGS

The table below presents changes in Idaho Power retained earnings during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Balance at beginning of period
 
$
1,506,629

 
$
1,418,775

 
$
1,503,805

 
$
1,409,245

Net income
 
58,923

 
51,176

 
95,700

 
92,760

Dividends to parent
 
(33,986
)
 
(31,932
)
 
(67,939
)
 
(63,986
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
1,531,566

 
$
1,438,019

 
$
1,531,566

 
$
1,438,019




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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of IDACORP, Inc.
 
Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of IDACORP, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2020, the related condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, and equity for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 20, 2020, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
 
 
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Boise, Idaho
July 30, 2020
 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the shareholder and the Board of Directors of Idaho Power Company

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information
 
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Idaho Power Company and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2020, the related condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, retained earnings, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 20, 2020, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

 
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Boise, Idaho
July 30, 2020
 
 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
In Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) in this report, the general financial condition and results of operations for IDACORP, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, IDACORP) and Idaho Power Company and its subsidiary (collectively, Idaho Power) are discussed. While reading the MD&A, please refer to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of IDACORP and Idaho Power. Also refer to "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in this report for important information regarding forward-looking statements made in this MD&A and elsewhere in this report. This discussion updates the MD&A included in IDACORP's and Idaho Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (2019 Annual Report) and should also be read in conjunction with the information in that report. The results of operations for an interim period generally will not be indicative of results for the full year, particularly in light of the seasonality of Idaho Power's sales volumes, as discussed below.

INTRODUCTION
 
IDACORP is a holding company formed in 1998 whose principal operating subsidiary is Idaho Power. IDACORP’s common stock is listed and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "IDA". Idaho Power is an electric utility whose rates and other matters are regulated by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC), Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC), and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Idaho Power generates revenues and cash flows primarily from the sale and distribution of electricity to customers in its Idaho and Oregon service areas, as well as from the wholesale sale and transmission of electricity. Idaho Power experiences its highest retail energy sales during the summer irrigation and cooling season, with a lower peak in the winter that generally results from heating demand.

Idaho Power is the parent of Idaho Energy Resources Co. (IERCo), a joint venturer in Bridger Coal Company (BCC), which mines and supplies coal to the Jim Bridger generating plant (Jim Bridger plant) owned in part by Idaho Power. IDACORP’s other significant subsidiaries include IDACORP Financial Services, Inc., an investor in affordable housing and other real estate investments, and Ida-West Energy Company, an operator of small hydropower generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Management's Outlook and Company Initiatives

In the 2019 Annual Report, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's management included a brief overview of their business strategies for the companies for 2020 and beyond, under the heading "Executive Overview" in the MD&A. As of the date of this report, management's outlook and strategy remain consistent with that discussion. Most notably:

Idaho Power continues to expect positive customer growth in its service area and continues to participate in and support state and local economic development initiatives aimed at responsible and sustainable growth. During the first six months of 2020, Idaho Power's customer count grew by nearly 7,200 customers, and for the twelve months ended June 30, 2020, the customer growth rate was 2.6 percent.
Idaho Power anticipates substantial capital investments, with expected total capital expenditures of approximately $1.6 billion over the five-year period from 2020 (including the expenditures incurred so far in 2020) through 2024.
Idaho Power continues to execute on its four strategic areas: growing financial strength, improving Idaho Power's core business, enhancing Idaho Power's brand, and focusing on safety and employee engagement.
Idaho Power continues to focus on timely recovery of costs and earning a reasonable return on investment, including working to evaluate and ensure that its rate design and regulatory mechanisms more closely reflect the cost to provide electric service.
In April and June 2020, respectively, Idaho Power issued $230 million in principal amount of 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2048, and $80 million in principal amount of 1.90 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2030. Idaho Power intends to use a portion of the bond proceeds to redeem outstanding debt. Idaho Power believes the issuances help maintain its strong liquidity position enabling it to fund its ongoing operations, capital expenditures, and dividend payments.


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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response and Impacts

In response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, in March 2020 Idaho Power implemented its emergency management, business continuity, and enterprise pandemic plans. Idaho Power's internal emergency management team responded in accordance with the plans in an effort to ensure Idaho Power continues to provide reliable service to its customers during the pandemic. Idaho Power's provision of electricity to customers through its power supply, transmission, and distribution operations, as of the date of this report, continues largely uninterrupted.

Idaho Power has taken proactive steps during the crisis to protect employees, customers, the general public, and Idaho Power's electrical system. In March 2020, Idaho Power closed all of its operating facilities to the public, closed most Idaho Power recreation sites, upgraded information technology capabilities to facilitate remote working for over half of its workforce, eliminated substantially all in-person meetings and non-essential work travel, reviewed its supply chain for critical items, continued monitoring of cyber and physical security threats, tested critical information technology systems for business continuity purposes, enhanced cleaning procedures at all facilities, and encouraged employees to practice responsible social distancing and other effective prevention and safety measures. Idaho Power has a small number of highly specialized employees who are trained to operate the power grid and critical generation facilities. Idaho Power has taken actions to help ensure the health and availability of those essential employees, including performing health screenings, alternating schedules, segregating employees into separate facilities, and limiting interaction. If the COVID-19 pandemic were to worsen, Idaho Power is prepared for the potential sequestration of those employees as a further measure for ensuring their health and safety and ability to perform their specialized functions. As of the date of this report, most of Idaho Power's office workforce continues to work remotely.

In March 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) that provides numerous economic assistance and stimulus measures for individuals and businesses. Idaho Power does not expect the CARES Act to have a material effect on its financial results or liquidity.

Also in March 2020, in consideration of the COVID-19 public health crisis, Idaho Power temporarily suspended disconnections and late fees for late payment or non-payment. As approved by the IPUC in July 2020, Idaho Power plans to resume disconnections and accruing late fees for customers in its Idaho service area beginning in early August 2020. Commercial customers have been particularly affected by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health crisis, as the response disrupted operations of many of those customers. As many of Idaho Power's larger commercial and industrial customers are in the agriculture and food-processing industry, COVID-19 has had a smaller impact on those customers given the importance of the food that they produce, and thus mitigated in part the overall energy usage decline from those customers. Irrigation customers have also been impacted to a lesser extent. While the COVID-19 crisis does not appear to have significantly affected wheeling revenues to date, to the extent economies of other states continue to be negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis, transmission wheeling revenues could decrease due to overall decreases in energy loads in the western region of the U.S., impacting energy prices and overall market activity regionally. Overall, Idaho Power anticipates that the disruption of economic activities in its service area and global economic conditions created by the response to the COVID-19 public health crisis will continue to negatively affect energy usage and associated revenues from commercial and industrial customers, and will continue to increase late payments and uncollectible account write-offs. In recognition of the economic impact, Idaho Power increased its allowance for uncollectible receivables from $1.4 million at December 31, 2019, to $3.5 million at June 30, 2020, based on Idaho Power's estimate of the impact of the crisis.

In July 2020, the IPUC issued an order granting Idaho Power the authority to defer unanticipated, emergency-related expenses due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, net of any cost savings, for possible recovery through future rates. In the second quarter of 2020, Idaho Power recorded a $0.6 million regulatory asset for its estimate of unanticipated, emergency-related expenses, including higher bad debt expense, net of estimated savings. For additional information, see Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

As noted above, in April 2020 Idaho Power issued $230 million in principal amount of 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds due in 2048. The bonds were issued at a reoffer yield of 3.422 percent, which resulted in a net premium of 13.0 percent and net proceeds to Idaho Power of approximately $260 million. In June 2020, Idaho Power issued $80 million in principal amount of first mortgage bonds due in 2030. While Idaho Power expected to issue debt securities during 2020 unrelated and prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis, and has used or will use some of the proceeds of the issuances for early retirement of debt, the net proceeds from the issuances provide Idaho Power with additional liquidity should the financial impacts of the COVID-19 public health crisis worsen in the coming months or be prolonged.

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resources. For a discussion of certain risks IDACORP and Idaho Power are confronting as a result of the public health crisis, see Part II - Item 1A - "Risk Factors" in this report.

Summary of Financial Results

The following is a summary of Idaho Power's net income, net income attributable to IDACORP, and IDACORP's earnings per diluted share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except earnings per share amounts):
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Idaho Power net income
 
$
58,923

 
$
51,176

 
$
95,700

 
$
92,760

Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.
 
$
60,389

 
$
53,156

 
$
97,879

 
$
95,842

Average outstanding shares – diluted
 
50,567

 
50,507

 
50,547

 
50,512

IDACORP, Inc. earnings per diluted share
 
$
1.19

 
$
1.05

 
$
1.94

 
$
1.90


The table below provides a reconciliation of net income attributable to IDACORP for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, from the same period in 2019 (items are in millions and are before related income tax impact unless otherwise noted).
 
 
Three months ended
 
Six months ended
Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. - June 30, 2019
 
 
 
$
53.2

 
 
 
$
95.8

 Increase (decrease) in Idaho Power net income:
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Customer growth, net of associated power supply costs and power cost adjustment mechanisms
 
3.4

 
 

 
7.0

 
 
Usage per retail customer, net of associated power supply costs and power cost adjustment mechanisms
 
6.6

 
 
 
(0.1
)
 
 
Idaho fixed cost adjustment (FCA) revenues
 
(3.1
)
 
 
 
1.5

 
 
Retail revenues per megawatt-hour (MWh), net of associated power supply costs and power cost adjustment mechanisms
 
(1.5
)
 
 
 
(3.0
)
 
 
Transmission wheeling-related revenues
 
(1.0
)
 
 
 
(6.4
)
 
 
Other operations and maintenance (O&M) expenses
 
3.9

 
 
 
3.0

 
 
Other changes in operating revenues and expenses, net
 
(0.8
)
 
 
 
(1.0
)
 
 
Increase in Idaho Power operating income
 
7.5

 
 
 
1.0

 
 
 Non-operating income and expenses
 

 
 
 
1.4

 
 
Income tax expense
 
0.2

 
 
 
0.5

 
 
Total increase in Idaho Power net income
 

 
7.7

 
 
 
2.9

 Other IDACORP changes (net of tax)
 

 
(0.5
)
 
 
 
(0.8
)
Net income attributable to IDACORP, Inc. - June 30, 2020
 
 
 
$
60.4

 
 
 
$
97.9


Net Income - Second Quarter 2020
IDACORP's net income increased $7.2 million for the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019, primarily due to higher net income at Idaho Power. Customer growth increased operating income by $3.4 million in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019, as the number of Idaho Power customers grew by approximately 14,500, or 2.6 percent, during the twelve months ended June 30, 2020. Higher sales volumes on a per-customer basis increased operating income by $6.6 million in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019, as higher usage per irrigation and residential customer was partially offset by decreased usage per commercial and industrial customer. Less precipitation in April and May 2020 compared with the same months in 2019 led to a 24 percent increase in usage per irrigation customer during the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019. Also, residential customers used more energy for heating and cooling due to weather variations and residential customers spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, which increased usage per residential customer by 6 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019. Decreases of 7 percent and 4 percent in usage per commercial and industrial customer, respectively, were largely due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. The increase in sales volumes per residential customer was partially offset by the FCA mechanism (applicable to residential and small general service customers), which decreased revenues in the second quarter of 2020 by $3.1 million as compared with the second quarter of 2019.

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During the second quarter of 2020, transmission wheeling-related revenues decreased $1.0 million compared with the second quarter of 2019. Idaho Power's open access transmission tariff (OATT) rates decreased approximately 13 percent in October 2019.
Other O&M expenses were $3.9 million lower in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019, primarily due to the temporary deferral of certain maintenance projects at Idaho Power's jointly-owned thermal generation plants. The timing of these projects is discretionary and Idaho Power expects these projects to be completed later in 2020 or in 2021. As noted above, in July 2020, the IPUC issued an order granting Idaho Power the authority to defer unanticipated, emergency-related expenses due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, net of any cost savings, for possible recovery through future rates. In the second quarter of 2020, Idaho Power recorded a $0.6 million regulatory asset for its estimate of such costs, including higher bad debt expense, net of estimated savings in vehicle fuel, employee travel, and training. For additional information, see Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Net Income - Year-to-Date 2020
IDACORP's net income increased $2.1 million for the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019, primarily due to higher net income at Idaho Power. Customer growth increased operating income by $7.0 million in the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019. Sales volumes on a per-customer basis were relatively flat during those periods as higher usage per irrigation customer was offset by lower usage per commercial and industrial customer largely due to COVID-19. Less precipitation in April and May 2020 compared with the same months in 2019 led to a 24 percent increase in usage per irrigation customer during the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019. Usage per residential customer decreased by 1 percent during the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019, as the increase caused by weather and COVID-19 in the second quarter of 2020 described above did not fully offset the lower usage from the first quarter of 2020 caused by more moderate weather, which resulted in residential customers using less energy for heating. The decrease in sales volumes per residential customer was partially offset by the FCA mechanism (applicable to residential and small general service customers), which increased revenues by $1.5 million.
The net decrease in retail revenues per MWh decreased operating income by $3.0 million in the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019. The Idaho-jurisdiction PCA mechanism includes a cost or benefit ratio that allocates the deviations in certain net power supply expenses between customers (95 percent) and Idaho Power (5 percent). In the first half of 2019, net power supply expenses were reduced due to significant amount of wholesale energy sales resulting from regional wholesale energy market conditions. Regional wholesale energy prices were elevated due to below normal regional temperatures, lack of energy imports to the region due to equipment maintenance, and natural gas pipeline disruptions. The higher wholesale energy prices during the first half of 2019 led to greater wholesale energy sales by Idaho Power, of which 5 percent benefited Idaho Power.

During the first half of 2020, transmission wheeling-related revenues decreased $6.4 million compared with the first half of 2019, due to Idaho Power's open access transmission tariff rates decreasing approximately 13 percent in October 2019 and less regional wholesale market activity in the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019, resulting from the market conditions noted above.

Other O&M expenses were $3.0 million lower in the first half of 2020 compared with the first half of 2019, primarily due to lower thermal operating and maintenance expenses as explained above.

Based on its estimate of full-year 2020 return on year-end equity in the Idaho jurisdiction (Idaho ROE), in the first half of 2020 Idaho Power recorded no additional accumulated deferred investment tax credits (ADITC) amortization or any provision against revenues for sharing of earnings with customers under the Idaho regulatory settlement stipulation approved in May 2018.

Overview of General Factors and Trends Affecting Results of Operations and Financial Condition

IDACORP's and Idaho Power's results of operations and financial condition are affected by a number of factors, and the impact of those factors is discussed in more detail below in this MD&A. To provide context for the discussion elsewhere in this report, some of the more notable factors are as follows:

Regulation of Rates and Cost Recovery: The prices that Idaho Power is authorized to charge for its electric and transmission service is a critical factor in determining IDACORP's and Idaho Power's results of operations and financial condition. Those rates are established by state regulatory commissions and the FERC and are intended to allow Idaho Power an opportunity to recover its expenses and earn a reasonable return on investment. Idaho Power

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focuses on timely recovery of its costs through filings with its regulators, working to put in place innovative regulatory mechanisms, and on the prudent management of expenses and investments. Idaho Power has a regulatory settlement stipulation in Idaho that includes provisions for the accelerated amortization of certain tax credits to help achieve a minimum 9.4 percent Idaho ROE. The settlement stipulation also provides for the potential sharing between Idaho Power and its Idaho customers of Idaho-jurisdictional earnings in excess of 10.0 percent of Idaho ROE. The settlement stipulation has no expiration date but the minimum Idaho ROE would revert back to 95 percent of the allowed return on equity in the next rate case. The specific terms of the settlement stipulation are described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report. Idaho Power will continue to assess the need to file a general rate case to reset base rates but does not anticipate filing a rate case in the next twelve months.

Economic Conditions and Loads: Economic conditions impact consumer demand for energy, revenues, collectability of accounts, the volume of wholesale energy sales, and the need to construct and improve infrastructure, purchase power, and implement programs to meet customer load demands. In recent years, Idaho Power has seen growth in the number of customers in its service area. Over the twelve months ended June 30, 2020, Idaho Power's customer count grew by 2.6 percent. Idaho Power expects its number of customers to continue to increase in the foreseeable future. As noted above, Idaho Power's provision of electricity to customers through its power supply, transmission, and distribution operations continues largely uninterrupted despite the COVID-19 crisis, other than lower usage by commercial and industrial customers during the first half of 2020.
    
In June 2019, Idaho Power released its 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which was amended in January 2020, and as of the date of this report, remains subject to further amendment as described in "Regulatory Matters" in this MD&A. The load forecast assumptions Idaho Power used in the 2019 IRP are included in the table below. For comparison purposes, the analogous average annual growth rates used in the prior two IRPs are included.
 
 
5-Year Forecasted Annual Growth Rate
 
20-Year Forecasted Annual Growth Rate
 
 
Retail Sales
(Billed MWh)
 
Annual Peak
(Peak Demand)
 
Retail Sales
(Billed MWh)
 
Annual Peak
(Peak Demand)
2019 IRP
 
1.3%
 
1.4%
 
1.0%
 
1.2%
2017 IRP
 
1.1%
 
1.6%
 
0.9%
 
1.4%
2015 IRP
 
1.5%
 
1.8%
 
1.2%
 
1.5%

Weather Conditions: Weather and agricultural growing conditions have a significant impact on Idaho Power's energy sales. Relatively low and high temperatures result in greater energy use for heating and cooling, respectively. During the agricultural growing season, which in large part occurs during the second and third quarters, irrigation customers use electricity to operate irrigation pumps, and weather conditions can impact the timing and extent of use of those pumps. Idaho Power also has tiered rates and seasonal rates, which contribute to increased revenues during higher-load periods, most notably during the third quarter of each year when overall customer demand is highest. Much of the adverse or favorable impact of weather on sales of energy to residential and small commercial customers is mitigated through the Idaho FCA mechanism, which is described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Further, as Idaho Power's hydropower facilities comprise nearly one-half of Idaho Power's nameplate generation capacity, precipitation levels impact the mix of Idaho Power's generation resources. When hydropower generation is reduced, Idaho Power must rely on more expensive generation sources and purchased power. When favorable hydropower generating conditions exist for Idaho Power, they also may exist for other Pacific Northwest hydropower facility operators, lowering regional wholesale market prices and impacting the revenue Idaho Power receives from wholesale energy sales. Much of the adverse or favorable impact of this volatility is addressed through the Idaho and Oregon power cost adjustment mechanisms. For 2020, Idaho Power expects generation from its hydropower resources to be in the range of 6.5 to 7.5 million MWh, compared with 20-year average annual hydropower generation of 7.3 million MWh.

Rate Base Growth and Infrastructure Investment: As noted above, the rates established by the IPUC and OPUC are determined with the intent to provide an opportunity for Idaho Power to recover authorized operating expenses and depreciation and earn a reasonable return on “rate base.” Rate base is generally determined by reference to the original cost (net of accumulated depreciation) of utility plant in service and certain other assets, subject to various adjustments for deferred taxes and other items. Over time, rate base is increased by additions to utility plant in service and reduced by depreciation and retirement of utility plant and write-offs as authorized by the IPUC and OPUC. In recent years,

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Idaho Power has been pursuing significant enhancements to its utility infrastructure in an effort to maintain system reliability, ensure an adequate supply of electricity, and to provide service to new customers, including major ongoing transmission projects such as the Boardman-to-Hemingway and Gateway West projects. Idaho Power's existing hydropower and thermal generation facilities also require continuing upgrades and equipment replacement, and the company is undertaking a significant relicensing effort for the Hells Canyon Complex (HCC), its largest hydropower generation resource. Idaho Power intends to pursue timely inclusion of any significant completed capital projects into rate base as part of a future general rate case or other appropriate regulatory proceeding.

Mitigation of Impact of Fuel and Purchased Power Expense: In addition to hydropower generation, Idaho Power relies significantly on natural gas and coal to fuel its generation facilities and on power purchases in the wholesale markets. Fuel costs are impacted by electricity sales volumes, the terms and conditions of contracts for fuel, Idaho Power's generation capacity, the availability of hydropower generation resources, transmission capacity, energy market prices, and Idaho Power's hedging program for managing fuel costs. Purchased power costs are impacted by the terms and conditions of contracts for purchased power, the rate of expansion of alternative energy generation sources such as wind or solar energy, and wholesale energy market prices. The Idaho and Oregon power cost adjustment mechanisms mitigate in large part the potential adverse impacts to Idaho Power of fluctuations in power supply costs.

Regulatory and Environmental Compliance Costs: Idaho Power is subject to extensive federal and state laws, policies, and regulations, as well as regulatory actions and audits by agencies and quasi-governmental agencies, including the FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. Compliance with these requirements directly influences Idaho Power's operating environment and affects Idaho Power's operating costs. Recently, energy industry regulators have issued substantial penalties for utilities alleged to have violated reliability and critical infrastructure protection requirements. Moreover, environmental laws and regulations, in particular, may increase the cost of constructing new facilities, may increase the cost of operating generation plants, including Idaho Power's jointly-owned coal-fired generating plants, may require that Idaho Power install additional pollution control devices at existing generating plants, or may require that Idaho Power cease operating certain generation plants. Idaho Power expects to spend significant amounts on environmental compliance and controls in the next decade, and due to economic factors in part associated with the costs of compliance with environmental regulation, has accelerated the retirement dates of two of its jointly-owned coal-fired generating plants.
 
Water Management and Relicensing of Hydropower Projects: Because of Idaho Power's reliance on stream flow in the Snake River and its tributaries, Idaho Power participates in numerous proceedings and venues that may affect its water rights, seeking to preserve the long-term availability of its rights for its hydropower projects. Also, Idaho Power is involved in renewing its long-term federal licenses for the HCC, its largest hydropower generation source, and for American Falls, its second largest hydropower generation source. Given the number of parties involved, Idaho Power's relicensing costs have been and are expected to continue to be substantial. Idaho Power cannot currently determine the ultimate terms of, and costs associated with, any resulting long-term licenses.

Wildfire Mitigation Plan: In recent years, the Western United States, particularly California, has experienced an increased frequency of destructive wildland fires (wildfires). A variety of factors have contributed in varying degrees to this trend including such things as climate change, increased human encroachment in wildland-urban interfaces, historical land management practices, and overall wildland and forest health. While Idaho Power has not experienced the type of catastrophic wildfires within its service area that have occurred in California, Idaho Power is taking a proactive approach to wildfire threat relative to its service area. Idaho Power has drafted a Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) that outlines actions Idaho Power is taking or is working to implement in the future to reduce wildfire risk and to strengthen the resiliency of its transmission and distribution system to wildfires. Idaho Power's approach to achieve these objectives includes identifying areas subject to elevated risk, creating specific targeted actions in O&M practices, system hardening programs, vegetation management, and field personnel practices to mitigate wildfire risk, incorporating current and forecasted weather and field conditions into operational practices, evaluating whether public safety shutoffs are currently a reasonable mitigation approach, and evaluating the performance and effectiveness of the strategies identified in the WMP through metrics and monitoring.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
This section of MD&A takes a closer look at the significant factors that affected IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s earnings during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. In this analysis, the results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, are compared with the same period in 2019.


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The table below presents Idaho Power’s energy sales and supply (in thousands of MWh) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Retail energy sales
 
3,594

 
3,409

 
6,913

 
6,780

Wholesale energy sales
 
489

 
1,042

 
671

 
1,902

Bundled energy sales
 
110

 

 
272

 
146

Total energy sales
 
4,193

 
4,451

 
7,856

 
8,828

Hydropower generation
 
2,275

 
3,032

 
3,881

 
5,132

Coal generation
 
810

 
422

 
1,272

 
1,554

Natural gas and other generation
 
89

 
137

 
727

 
564

Total system generation
 
3,174

 
3,591

 
5,880

 
7,250

Purchased power
 
1,305

 
1,195

 
2,526

 
2,256

Line losses
 
(286
)
 
(335
)
 
(550
)
 
(678
)
Total energy supply
 
4,193

 
4,451

 
7,856

 
8,828


Weather-related information for Boise, Idaho for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, is presented in the table below. While Boise, Idaho weather conditions are not necessarily representative of weather conditions throughout Idaho Power's service area, the greater Boise area has the majority of Idaho Power's customers and is included for illustrative purposes.
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
Normal (2)
 
2020
 
2019
 
Normal (2)
Heating degree-days(1)
 
664

 
583

 
719

 
2,902

 
3,020

 
3,199

Cooling degree-days(1)
 
195

 
159

 
183

 
195

 
159

 
183

Precipitation (inches)
 
6.4

 
6.0

 
3.3

 
11.6

 
12.1

 
6.9

(1) Heating and cooling degree-days are common measures used in the utility industry to analyze the demand for electricity and indicate when a customer would use electricity for heating and cooling. A degree-day measures how much the average daily temperature varies from 65 degrees. Each degree of temperature above 65 degrees is counted as one cooling degree-day, and each degree of temperature below 65 degrees is counted as one heating degree-day.
(2) Normal heating degree-days and cooling degree-days elements are, by convention, the arithmetic mean of the elements computed over 30 consecutive years. The normal amounts are the sum of the monthly normal amounts. These normal amounts are computed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Sales Volume and Generation: Retail sales volumes increased 5 percent and 2 percent in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019. During the second quarter and first six months of 2020, usage per irrigation customer was approximately 24 percent higher compared with the same periods in 2019. During the second quarter of 2020, usage per residential customer was approximately 6 percent higher than the second quarter of 2019, primarily due to residential customers spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 public health crisis combined with weather variations that caused residential customers to use more energy at home for heating and cooling. Cooling degree-days in Boise, Idaho were 23 percent higher during the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2019, and 7 percent above normal. Also, heating degree-days were 14 percent higher during the three months ended June 30 2020, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2019. For the second quarter of 2020, the increases in sales volumes per irrigation and residential customer were only partially offset by decreases of 7 percent and 4 percent in usage per commercial and industrial customer, respectively, compared with the second quarter of 2019. For the first six months of 2020, the increase in sales volumes per irrigation customer was entirely offset by decreases of 5 percent and 3 percent in usage per commercial and industrial customer, respectively. The decreases in usage per commercial and industrial customer during the second quarter and first six months of 2020 were largely due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. Customer growth increased sales volumes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, with the number of Idaho Power's customers growing by 2.6 percent over the prior twelve months.

Total system generation decreased 12 percent and 19 percent in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the second quarter and first six months of 2019. Hydropower and natural gas generation during the second quarter of 2020 decreased 25 percent and 35 percent, respectively, compared with the second quarter of 2019, due primarily to

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decreased wholesale energy sales, higher purchased power, and economic-, operations-, and reliability-based decisions to use more coal generation. During the second quarter of 2020, coal generation increased 92 percent compared with the second quarter of 2019. Purchased power increased 9 percent and 12 percent in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019, due to the lower regional wholesale energy market prices. During the first half of 2019, regional wholesale energy prices were elevated due to below-normal temperatures in the northwest region, lack of energy imports due to equipment maintenance, limited production from the federal hydropower system due to freezing temperatures and low water flow, and reduced capacity of Pacific Northwest and Western Canada region natural gas pipelines due to a natural gas pipeline that ruptured in British Columbia, Canada, during the fourth quarter of 2018. The higher regional wholesale energy prices during the first six months of 2019 led to higher Idaho Power opportunistic wholesale energy sales during those periods.

The financial impacts of fluctuations in wholesale energy sales, purchased power, fuel expense, and other power supply-related expenses are addressed in Idaho Power's Idaho and Oregon power cost adjustment mechanisms, which are described later in this MD&A.

Operating Revenues
 
Retail Revenues: The table below presents Idaho Power’s retail revenues (in thousands) and MWh sales volumes (in thousands) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the number of customers as of June 30, 2020 and 2019.
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Retail revenues:
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 Residential (includes $4,135, $7,232, $19,844 and $18,543, respectively, related to the FCA)(1)
 
$
109,471

 
$
104,797

 
$
254,357

 
$
255,016

 Commercial (includes $397, $350, $881, and $691, respectively, related to the FCA)(1)
 
67,214

 
70,973

 
136,728

 
144,079

 Industrial
 
43,087

 
45,602

 
85,847

 
91,100

 Irrigation
 
60,149

 
48,954

 
61,523

 
49,953

 Deferred revenue related to HCC relicensing AFUDC(2)
 
(1,927
)
 
(1,927
)
 
(4,046
)
 
(4,046
)
Total retail revenues
 
$
277,994

 
$
268,399

 
$
534,409

 
$
536,102

Volume of retail sales (MWh)
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 Residential
 
1,127

 
1,032

 
2,575

 
2,522

 Commercial
 
894

 
945

 
1,899

 
1,964

 Industrial
 
801

 
830

 
1,653

 
1,682

 Irrigation
 
772

 
602

 
786

 
612

Total retail MWh sales
 
3,594

 
3,409

 
6,913

 
6,780

Number of retail customers at period end
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 Residential
 
483,609

 
470,609

 
 
 
 
 Commercial
 
73,620

 
72,318

 
 
 
 
 Industrial
 
127

 
128

 
 
 
 
 Irrigation
 
21,583

 
21,370

 
 
 
 
Total customers
 
578,939

 
564,425

 
 
 
 
(1) The FCA mechanism is an alternative revenue program and does not represent revenue from contracts with customers.
(2) As part of its January 30, 2009, general rate case order, the IPUC is allowing Idaho Power to recover a portion of the allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC) on construction work in progress related to the HCC relicensing process, even though the relicensing process is not yet complete and the costs have not been moved to electric plant in service. Idaho Power is collecting approximately $8.8 million annually in the Idaho jurisdiction but is deferring revenue recognition of the amounts collected until the license is issued and the accumulated license costs approved for recovery are placed in service.

Changes in rates, changes in customer demand, and changes in FCA mechanism revenues are the primary reasons for fluctuations in retail revenues from period to period. The primary influences on customer demand for electricity are weather, economic conditions, and energy efficiency. Extreme temperatures increase sales to customers who use electricity for cooling and heating, while moderate temperatures decrease sales. Precipitation levels and the timing of precipitation during the

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agricultural growing season also affect sales to customers who use electricity to operate irrigation pumps. Rates are also seasonally adjusted, providing for higher rates during peak load periods, and residential customer rates are tiered, providing for higher rates based on higher levels of usage. The seasonal and tiered rate structures contribute to seasonal fluctuations in revenues and earnings.

Retail revenues increased $9.6 million during the second quarter of 2020, and decreased $1.7 million during first six months of 2020, compared with the same periods in 2019. The factors affecting retail revenues during the period are discussed below.

Rates: Customer rates, excluding collections of amounts related to the power cost adjustment mechanism, decreased revenues by approximately $0.6 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, compared with the same periods in 2019. Customer rates also include the return to customers of amounts related to the power cost adjustment mechanism, which decreased revenues by $2.2 million and $13.3 in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019. The amount returned to customers in rates under the power cost adjustment mechanism has relatively little effect on operating income as a corresponding amount is recorded as a reduction of expense in the same period it is returned through rates.
Customers: Customer growth of 2.6 percent during the twelve months ended June 30, 2020, increased retail revenues by $4.4 million and $9.5 million in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019.
Usage: Higher usage (on a per customer basis), primarily by irrigation customers, increased retail revenues by $11.1 million and $1.3 million in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019. During the second quarter of 2020, usage per residential customer was approximately 6 percent higher than the second quarter of 2019, primarily due to residential customers spending more time at home due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, combined with weather variations that caused residential customers to use more energy at home for heating and cooling. Cooling degree-days in Boise, Idaho were 23 percent higher during the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 7 percent above normal. Also, heating degree-days were 14 percent higher during the three months ended June 30 2020, compared with the three months ended June 30, 2019. For the second quarter of 2020, the increases in sales volumes per irrigation and residential customer were only partially offset by decreases of 7 percent and 4 percent in usage per commercial and industrial customer, respectively, compared with the second quarter of 2019. For the first six months of 2020, the increase in sales volumes per irrigation customer was entirely offset by decreases of 5 percent and 3 percent in usage per commercial and industrial customer, respectively. The decreases in usage per commercial and industrial customer during the second quarter and first six months of 2020 were largely due to the economic impacts of COVID-19.
Idaho FCA Revenue: The FCA mechanism, applicable to Idaho residential and small commercial customers, adjusts revenue each year to accrue, or defer, the difference between the authorized fixed-cost recovery amount per customer and the actual fixed costs per customer recovered by Idaho Power through volume-based rates during the year. Higher usage (on a per customer basis) by residential and small general service customers during the second quarter of 2020 decreased the amount of FCA accrued by $3.1 million compared with the second quarter of 2019. Lower usage (on a per customer basis) by residential and small general service customers during the first six months of 2020 increased the amount of FCA revenue accrued by $1.5 million compared with the same period in 2019.

Wholesale Energy Sales: Wholesale energy sales consist primarily of opportunistic sales of surplus system energy and sales into the energy imbalance market implemented in the western United States (Western EIM), and do not include derivative transactions. The table below presents Idaho Power’s wholesale energy sales for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except for per MWh amounts). 
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Wholesale energy revenues
 
$
6,866

 
$
16,158

 
$
10,775

 
$
63,373

Wholesale MWh sold
 
489

 
1,042

 
671

 
1,902

Average wholesale energy revenues per MWh
 
$
14.04

 
$
15.51

 
$
16.06

 
$
33.32

 
In the second quarter and first six months of 2020, wholesale energy revenues decreased $9.3 million and $52.6 million, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019. Wholesale energy sales volumes decreased 53 percent and 65 percent in the second quarter and first six months of 2020, respectively, compared with the same periods of 2019. The average wholesale energy revenues per MWh for the second quarter and first six months of 2020 were 9 percent and 52 percent lower compared with the same periods in 2019. The higher prices and sales volumes in the second quarter and first six months of 2019 were due

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to below-normal temperatures in the Northwest, lack of energy imports due to equipment maintenance, limited production from the federal hydropower system due to freezing temperatures and low water flow, and reduced capacity of Pacific Northwest and Western Canada region natural gas pipelines due to a natural gas pipeline rupture in British Columbia, Canada, during the fourth quarter of 2018. The higher regional wholesale energy prices during the first half of 2019 led to higher Idaho Power opportunity wholesale energy sales volumes.

Transmission Wheeling-Related Revenues: Transmission wheeling-related revenues decreased $1.0 million, or 8 percent, and $6.4 million, or 23 percent, during the second quarter and first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019, primarily due to a decrease in Idaho Power's OATT rates that became effective in October 2019. Idaho Power's OATT rates decreased approximately 13 percent in October 2019 and there was less regional wholesale market activity due to the regional market conditions described above in this MD&A in the first six months of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019. In June 2020, Idaho Power publicly posted its 2020 draft transmission rate, reflecting approximately a 10 percent increase for the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, as described below in "Regulatory Matters" in this MD&A.

Energy Efficiency Program Revenues: In both Idaho and Oregon, energy efficiency riders fund energy efficiency program expenditures. Expenditures funded through the riders are reported as an operating expense with an equal amount recorded in revenues, resulting in no net impact on earnings. The cumulative variance between expenditures and amounts collected through the rider is recorded as a regulatory asset or liability. A liability balance indicates that Idaho Power has collected more than it has spent and an asset balance indicates that Idaho Power has spent more than it has collected. At June 30, 2020, Idaho Power's energy efficiency rider balances were a $8.2 million regulatory asset in the Idaho jurisdiction and a $1.0 million regulatory asset in the Oregon jurisdiction.

Operating Expenses

Purchased Power: The table below presents Idaho Power’s purchased power expenses and volumes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except for per MWh amounts).
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PURPA contracts
 
$
47,388

 
$
45,906

 
$
89,677

 
$
86,989

Other purchased power (including wheeling)
 
14,386

 
12,157

 
33,298

 
33,905

Total purchased power expense
 
$
61,774

 
$
58,063

 
$
122,975

 
$
120,894

MWh purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PURPA contracts
 
915

 
881

 
1,621

 
1,559

Other purchased power
 
390

 
314

 
905

 
697

Total MWh purchased
 
1,305

 
1,195

 
2,526

 
2,256

Average cost per MWh from PURPA contracts
 
$
51.79

 
$
52.11

 
$
55.32

 
$
55.80

Average cost per MWh from other sources
 
$
36.89

 
$
38.72

 
$
36.79

 
$
48.64

Weighted average - all sources
 
$
47.34

 
$
48.59

 
$
48.68

 
$
53.59

 
Purchased power expense increased $3.7 million, or 6 percent, and $2.1 million, or 2 percent during the second quarter and first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019. Lower regional wholesale energy market prices led to higher purchases from the wholesale market during the second quarter and first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019.


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Fuel Expense: The table below presents Idaho Power’s fuel expenses and thermal generation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except for per MWh amounts).
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Expense
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Coal
 
$
27,414

 
$
16,687

 
$
43,188

 
$
55,310

Natural gas
 
4,001

 
4,139

 
18,242

 
17,386

Total fuel expense
 
$
31,415

 
$
20,826

 
$
61,430

 
$
72,696

MWh generated
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Coal
 
810

 
422

 
1,272

 
1,554

Natural gas
 
89

 
137

 
727

 
564

Total MWh generated
 
899

 
559

 
1,999

 
2,118

Average cost per MWh - Coal
 
$
33.84

 
$
39.54

 
$
33.95

 
$
35.59

Average cost per MWh - Natural gas
 
$
44.96

 
$
30.21

 
$
25.09

 
$
30.83

Weighted average, all sources
 
$
34.94

 
$
37.26

 
$
30.73

 
$
34.32


The majority of the fuel for Idaho Power’s jointly-owned coal-fired plants is purchased through long-term contracts, including purchases from BCC, a one-third owned joint venture of IERCo. The price of coal from BCC is subject to fluctuations in mine operating expenses, geologic conditions, and production levels. BCC supplies up to two-thirds of the coal used by the Jim Bridger plant. Natural gas is mainly purchased on the regional wholesale spot market at published index prices. In addition to commodity (variable) costs, both natural gas and coal expenses include costs that are more fixed in nature for items such as capacity charges, transportation, and fuel handling. Period to period variances in fuel expense per MWh are noticeably impacted by these fixed charges when generation output is substantially different between the periods.

Fuel expense increased $10.6 million, or 51 percent, in the second quarter of 2020, but decreased $11.3 million, or 15 percent, in the first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019. The increase in fuel expense in the second quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter of 2019 was primarily due to economic-, operations-, and reliability-based decisions to utilize more coal generation. Included in fuel expense are losses and gains on settled financial gas hedges entered into in accordance with Idaho Power's energy risk management policies. In the first six months of 2020, losses on financial gas hedges of $2.9 million increased natural gas fuel expense, while in the first six months of 2019, gains on financial gas hedges of $12.4 million reduced natural gas fuel expense. Most of these realized hedging gains and losses are passed on to customers through the power cost adjustment mechanisms described below.

Power Cost Adjustment Mechanisms: Idaho Power's power supply costs (primarily purchased power and fuel expense, less wholesale energy sales) can vary significantly from year to year. Volatility of power supply costs arises from factors such as weather conditions, wholesale market prices, volumes of power purchased and sold in the wholesale markets, Idaho Power's hydropower and thermal generation volumes and fuel costs, generation plant availability, and retail loads. To address the volatility of power supply costs, Idaho Power's power cost adjustment mechanisms in the Idaho and Oregon jurisdictions allow Idaho Power to recover from customers, or refund to customers, most of the fluctuations in power supply costs. In the Idaho jurisdiction, the PCA includes a cost or benefit sharing ratio that allocates the deviations in net power supply expenses between customers (95 percent) and Idaho Power (5 percent), with the exception of PURPA power purchases and demand response program incentives, which are allocated 100 percent to customers. The Idaho deferral period, or PCA year, runs from April 1 through March 31. Amounts deferred or accrued during the PCA year are primarily recovered or refunded during the subsequent June 1 through May 31 period. Because of the power cost adjustment mechanisms, one of the primary financial impacts of power supply cost variations is that cash is paid out but recovery from customers does not occur until a future period, or cash that is collected is refunded to customers in a future period, resulting in fluctuations in operating cash flows from year to year.


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The table that follows presents the components of the Idaho and Oregon power cost adjustment mechanisms for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).
 
 
Three months ended
June 30,
 
Six months ended
June 30,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
Power supply cost accrual
 
$
11,991

 
$
24,811

 
$
22,948

 
$
55,752

Amortization of prior year authorized balances
 
(13,527
)
 
(8,689
)
 
(27,875
)
 
(13,405
)
Total power cost adjustment expense
 
$
(1,536
)
 
$
16,122

 
$
(4,927
)
 
$
42,347

 
The power supply accruals represent the portion of the power supply cost fluctuations accrued under the power cost adjustment mechanisms. When actual power supply costs are lower than the amount forecasted in power cost adjustment rates, which was the case for all periods presented, most of the difference is accrued. When actual power supply costs are higher than the amount forecasted in power cost adjustment rates, most of the difference is deferred. The amortization of the prior year’s balances represents the offset to the amounts being collected or refunded in the current power cost adjustment year that were deferred or accrued in the prior power cost adjustment year (the true-up component of the power cost adjustment mechanism).

Other O&M Expenses: Other O&M expenses decreased $3.9 million, or 4 percent, and $3.0 million, or 2 percent, respectively, in the second quarter and first six months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019. The decreases in other O&M expenses in both periods were primarily due to the temporary deferral of certain maintenance projects at Idaho Power's jointly-owned thermal generation plants. The timing of these projects is discretionary and Idaho Power expects these projects to be completed later in 2020 or in 2021. In July 2020, the IPUC issued an order granting Idaho Power the authority to defer unanticipated, emergency-related expenses due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, net of any cost savings, for possible recovery through future rates. In the second quarter of 2020, Idaho Power recorded a $0.6 million regulatory asset for its estimate of such costs, including higher bad debt expense, net of estimated savings in vehicle fuel, employee travel, and training. For additional information, see Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Income Taxes

IDACORP's and Idaho Power's income tax expense were relatively flat for the six months ended June 30, 2020, when compared with the same period in 2019. For information relating to IDACORP's and Idaho Power's computation of income tax expense effective income tax rates, see Note 2 - "Income Taxes" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview
 
Idaho Power has been pursuing significant enhancements to its utility infrastructure in an effort to ensure an adequate supply of electricity, to provide service to new customers, and to maintain system reliability. Idaho Power's existing hydropower and thermal generation facilities also require continuing upgrades and component replacement. Idaho Power anticipates these substantial capital expenditures will continue, with expected total capital expenditures of approximately $1.6 billion over the five-year period from 2020 (including expenditures incurred to-date in 2020) through 2024.

Idaho Power funds its liquidity needs for capital expenditures through cash flows from operations, debt offerings, commercial paper markets, credit facilities, and capital contributions from IDACORP. Idaho Power periodically files for rate adjustments for recovery of operating costs and capital investments to provide the opportunity to align Idaho Power's earned returns with those allowed by regulators. Idaho Power uses operating and capital budgets to control operating costs and capital expenditures. During the first six months of 2020, Idaho Power continued its efforts to optimize operations, control costs, and generate operating cash inflows to meet operating expenditures, contribute to capital expenditure requirements, and pay dividends to shareholders.

As of July 24, 2020, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's access to debt, equity, and credit arrangements included:

their respective $100 million and $300 million revolving credit facilities;
IDACORP's shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 17, 2019, which may be used for the issuance of debt securities and common stock;

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Idaho Power's shelf registration statement filed with the SEC on May 17, 2019, which may be used for the issuance of first mortgage bonds and debt securities; $190 million remains available for issuance pursuant to state regulatory authority; and
IDACORP's and Idaho Power's commercial paper, which may be issued up to an amount equal to the available credit capacity under their respective credit facilities.

IDACORP and Idaho Power monitor capital markets with a view toward opportunistic debt and equity transactions, taking into account current and potential future long-term needs. As a result, IDACORP may issue debt securities or common stock, and Idaho Power may issue debt securities or first mortgage bonds, if the companies believe terms available in the capital markets are favorable and that issuances would be financially prudent.

In April 2020, Idaho Power issued $230 million in principal amount of its 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series K, maturing March 1, 2048. The bonds were issued at a reoffer yield of 3.422 percent, which resulted in a net premium of 13.0 percent and net proceeds to Idaho Power of $259.9 million. After this offering, the aggregate principal amount of the 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds is $450 million.

In June 2020, Idaho Power issued $80 million in principal amount of its 1.90 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series L, maturing July 15, 2030. On July 29, 2020, Idaho Power redeemed, prior to maturity, $75 million in principal amount of 2.95 percent first mortgage bonds, medium-term notes, Series H due in April 2022. In accordance with the redemption provisions of the notes, the redemption included Idaho Power's payment of a make-whole premium to the holders of the redeemed notes in the aggregate amount of $3.3 million.

On August 3, 2020, Idaho Power plans to use a portion of the net proceeds of the April 2020 issuance of first mortgage bonds to redeem $100 million in principal amount of 3.40 percent first mortgage bonds due in November 2020, but callable at par on or after August 1, 2020.

As of the date of this report, Idaho Power is uncertain how significantly the COVID-19 public health crisis will ultimately impact Idaho Power's operations, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, or capital resources. The net proceeds from the debt issuances, noted above, provided Idaho Power with additional liquidity should the financial impacts of the COVID-19 public health crisis worsen in the coming months or be prolonged. Based on planned capital expenditures and other O&M expenses, the companies believe they will be able to meet capital and debt service requirements and fund corporate expenses during at least the next twelve months with a combination of existing cash, operating cash flows generated by Idaho Power's utility business, availability under existing credit facilities, and access to commercial paper and long-term debt markets.

IDACORP and Idaho Power seek to maintain capital structures of approximately 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity, and maintaining this ratio influences IDACORP's and Idaho Power's debt and equity issuance decisions. As of June 30, 2020, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's capital structures, as calculated for purposes of applicable debt covenants, were as follows:
 
 
IDACORP
 
Idaho Power
Debt
 
47%
 
49%
Equity
 
53%
 
51%

IDACORP and Idaho Power generally maintain their cash and cash equivalents in highly liquid investments, such as U.S. Treasury Bills, money market funds, and bank deposits.

Operating Cash Flows
 
IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s operating cash inflows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, were $129 million and $131 million, respectively, a decrease of $37 million for IDACORP and $31 million for Idaho Power, compared with the same period in 2019. With the exception of cash flows related to income taxes, IDACORP's operating cash flows are principally derived from the operating cash flow of Idaho Power. Significant items that affected the comparability of the companies' operating cash flows in the first six months of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019 were as follows:

increased net income;
changes in regulatory assets and liabilities, mostly related to the relative amounts of costs deferred and collected under the Idaho PCA mechanism and demand-side management program, decreased operating cash flows by $43 million;

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Idaho Power contributed $2 million to IERCo's investment in BCC for 2020 and received $12 million of distributions from IERCo's investment in BCC for 2019; changes in distributions from year to year are primarily driven by changes in the timing of cash needs associated with BCC; and
changes in working capital balances as the timing of accounts payable payments increased operating cash flows by $14 million for IDACORP and $22 million for Idaho Power, of which $8 million of the difference between IDACORP and Idaho Power related to intercompany estimated tax payments.

Investing Cash Flows
 
Investing activities consist primarily of capital expenditures related to new construction and improvements to Idaho Power’s generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s net investing cash outflows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, were $151 million and $141 million, respectively. Investing cash outflows for 2020 and 2019 were primarily for construction of utility infrastructure needed to address Idaho Power’s aging plant and equipment, customer growth, and environmental and regulatory compliance requirements. IDACORP's investing cash outflows also included $9.4 million of investments in affordable housing during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Financing Cash Flows
 
Financing activities provide supplemental cash for both day-to-day operations and capital requirements, as needed. Idaho Power funds liquidity needs for capital investment, working capital, managing commodity price risk, and other financial commitments through cash flows from operations, debt offerings, commercial paper markets, credit facilities, and capital contributions from IDACORP. IDACORP funds its cash requirements, such as payment of taxes, capital contributions to Idaho Power, and non-utility expenses allocated to IDACORP, through cash flows from operations, commercial paper markets, sales of common stock, and credit facilities.

IDACORP's and Idaho Power's net financing cash inflows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, were $265 million and $270 million, respectively. In April 2020, Idaho Power issued $230 million in principal amount of its 4.20 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series K, maturing March 1, 2048. The bonds were issued at a reoffer yield of 3.422 percent, which resulted in a net premium of 13.0 percent and net proceeds to Idaho Power of $260 million. In June 2020, Idaho Power issued $80 million in principal amount of its 1.90 percent first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series L, maturing July 15, 2030. Financing cash flows also included the payment of $68 million of dividends on common stock during the first six months of 2020.

Financing Programs and Available Liquidity

IDACORP Equity Programs: In recent years, IDACORP has entered into sales agency agreements under which it could offer and sell shares of its common stock from time to time through a third-party agent. The most recent sales agency agreement terminated in May 2016. IDACORP has no current plans to issue equity securities other than under its equity compensation plans during 2020, and as of the date of this report, IDACORP has not pursued the execution of a new sales agency agreement.

Idaho Power First Mortgage Bonds: Idaho Power's issuance of long-term indebtedness is subject to the approval of the IPUC, OPUC, and Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC). In April and May 2019, Idaho Power received orders from the IPUC, OPUC, and WPSC authorizing the company to issue and sell from time to time of up to $500 million in aggregate principal amount of debt securities and first mortgage bonds, subject to conditions specified in the orders. Following the June 2020 issuance of Series L medium-term notes and the April 2020 issuance of Series K medium-term notes described above, $190 million of debt securities remains available for issuance under the orders. Authority from the IPUC is effective through May 31, 2022, subject to extension upon request to the IPUC. The OPUC’s and WPSC’s orders do not impose a time limitation for issuances, but the OPUC order does impose a number of other conditions, including a requirement that the interest rates for the debt securities or first mortgage bonds fall within either (a) designated spreads over comparable U.S. Treasury rates or (b) a maximum interest rate limit of seven percent.

In May 2019, Idaho Power filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC, which became effective upon filing, for the offer and sale of an unspecified principal amount of its first mortgage bonds. The issuance of first mortgage bonds requires that Idaho Power meet interest coverage and security provisions set forth in Idaho Power's Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, as amended and supplemented from time to time (Indenture). Future issuances of first mortgage bonds are subject to satisfaction of covenants and security provisions set forth in the Indenture, market conditions, regulatory authorizations, and covenants contained in other financing agreements.

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connection with the potential issuance and sale from time to time of up to $500 million aggregate principal amount of first
mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series L (Series L Notes), under Idaho Power’s Indenture of Mortgage and Deed
of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, as amended and supplemented (Indenture). Also on June 5, 2020, Idaho Power
entered into the Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated effective as of June 5, 2020, to the Indenture (Forty-ninth
Supplemental Indenture). The Forty-ninth Supplemental Indenture provides for, among other items the issuance of up to
$500 million in aggregate principal amount of Series L Notes pursuant to the Indenture.

The Indenture limits the amount of first mortgage bonds at any one time outstanding to $2.5 billion, and as a result, the maximum amount of additional first mortgage bonds Idaho Power could issue as of June 30, 2020 was limited to approximately $359 million. Separately, the Indenture also limits the amount of additional first mortgage bonds that Idaho Power may issue to the sum of (a) the principal amount of retired first mortgage bonds and (b) 60 percent of total unfunded property additions, as defined in the Indenture. As of June 30, 2020, Idaho Power could issue approximately $1.7 billion of additional first mortgage bonds based on retired first mortgage bonds and total unfunded property additions.

IDACORP and Idaho Power Credit Facilities: In December 2019, IDACORP and Idaho Power entered into Credit Agreements for $100 million and $300 million credit facilities, respectively, replacing prior credit agreements. Each of the credit facilities may be used for general corporate purposes and commercial paper back-up. IDACORP's facility permits borrowings under a revolving line of credit of up to $100 million at any one time outstanding, including swingline loans not to exceed $10 million at any one time and letters of credit not to exceed $50 million at any one time. IDACORP's facility may be increased, subject to specified conditions, to $150 million. Idaho Power's facility permits borrowings through the issuance of loans and standby letters of credit of up to $300 million at any one time outstanding, including swingline loans not to exceed $30 million at any one time and letters of credit not to exceed $50 million at any one time outstanding. Idaho Power's facility may be increased, subject to specified conditions, to $450 million. The credit facilities currently provide for a maturity date of December 6, 2024, though IDACORP and Idaho Power may request up to two-one-year extensions of the credit agreements, subject to certain conditions. Other terms and conditions of the credit facilities are described in the 2019 Annual Report, in Part II, Item 7 - "MD&A - Liquidity and Capital Resources."

Each facility contains a covenant requiring each company to maintain a leverage ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization equal to or less than 65 percent as of the end of each fiscal quarter. In determining the leverage ratio, "consolidated indebtedness" broadly includes all indebtedness of the respective borrower and its subsidiaries, including, in some instances, indebtedness evidenced by certain hybrid securities (as defined in the credit agreement). "Consolidated total capitalization" is calculated as the sum of all consolidated indebtedness, consolidated stockholders' equity of the borrower and its subsidiaries, and the aggregate value of outstanding hybrid securities. At June 30, 2020, the leverage ratios for IDACORP and Idaho Power were 47 percent and 49 percent, respectively. IDACORP's and Idaho Power's ability to utilize the credit facilities is conditioned upon their continued compliance with the leverage ratio covenants included in the credit facilities. There are additional covenants, subject to exceptions, that prohibit certain mergers, acquisitions, and investments, restrict the creation of certain liens, and prohibit entering into any agreements restricting dividend payments from any material subsidiary.

At June 30, 2020, IDACORP and Idaho Power believed they were in compliance with all facility covenants. Further, IDACORP and Idaho Power do not anticipate they will be in violation or breach of their respective debt covenants during 2020.

Without additional approval from the IPUC, the OPUC, and the WPSC, the aggregate amount of short-term borrowings by Idaho Power at any one time outstanding may not exceed $450 million. Idaho Power has obtained approval of the IPUC, the OPUC, and the WPSC for the issuance of short-term borrowings through December 2026.

IDACORP and Idaho Power Commercial Paper: IDACORP and Idaho Power have commercial paper programs under which they issue unsecured commercial paper notes up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the available capacity under their respective credit facilities, described above. IDACORP's and Idaho Power's credit facilities are available to the companies to support borrowings under their commercial paper programs. The commercial paper issuances are used to provide an additional financing source for the companies' short-term liquidity needs. The maturities of the commercial paper issuances will vary but may not exceed 270 days from the date of issue. Individual instruments carry a fixed rate during their respective terms, although the interest rates are reflective of current market conditions, subjecting the companies to fluctuations in interest rates.


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Available Short-Term Borrowing Liquidity

The table below outlines available short-term borrowing liquidity as of the dates specified (in thousands).
 
 
June 30, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
 
IDACORP(2)
 
Idaho Power
 
IDACORP(2)
 
Idaho Power
Revolving credit facility
 
$
100,000

 
$
300,000

 
$
100,000

 
$
300,000

Commercial paper outstanding
 

 

 

 

Identified for other use(1)
 

 
(24,245
)
 

 
(24,245
)
Net balance available
 
$
100,000

 
$
275,755

 
$
100,000

 
$
275,755

(1) Port of Morrow and American Falls bonds that Idaho Power could be required to purchase prior to maturity under the optional or mandatory purchase provisions of the bonds, if the remarketing agent for the bonds is unable to sell the bonds to third parties.
(2) Holding company only.
 
At July 24, 2020, IDACORP had no loans outstanding under its credit facilities and had no commercial paper outstanding. Idaho Power had no loans outstanding under its credit facilities and no commercial paper outstanding. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, IDACORP and Idaho Power borrowed no short-term commercial paper.
 
Impact of Credit Ratings on Liquidity and Collateral Obligations
 
IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s access to capital markets, including the commercial paper market, and their respective financing costs in those markets, depend in part on their respective credit ratings. There have been no changes to IDACORP's or Idaho Power's ratings or ratings outlook by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investors Service from those included in the 2019 Annual Report. However, any rating can be revised upward or downward or withdrawn at any time by a rating agency if it decides that the circumstances warrant the change.  
 
Idaho Power maintains margin agreements relating to its wholesale commodity contracts that allow performance assurance collateral to be requested of and/or posted with certain counterparties. As of June 30, 2020, Idaho Power had posted $3.6 million of performance assurance collateral related to these contracts. Should Idaho Power experience a reduction in its credit rating on its unsecured debt to below investment grade, Idaho Power could be subject to requests by its wholesale counterparties to post additional performance assurance collateral, and counterparties to derivative instruments and other forward contracts could request immediate payment or demand immediate ongoing full daily collateralization on derivative instruments and contracts in net liability positions. Based upon Idaho Power’s current energy and fuel portfolio and market conditions as of June 30, 2020, the amount of additional collateral that could be requested upon a downgrade to below investment grade is approximately $5.1 million. To minimize capital requirements, Idaho Power actively monitors its portfolio exposure and the potential exposure to additional requests for performance assurance collateral through sensitivity analysis.

Capital Requirements
 
Idaho Power's construction expenditures, excluding AFUDC, were $139 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The cash expenditure amount excludes net costs of removing assets from service. The table below presents Idaho Power's estimated accrual-basis additions to electric plant for 2020 (including amounts incurred to-date) through 2024 (in millions of dollars). The amounts in the table exclude AFUDC but include net costs of removing assets from service that Idaho Power expects would be eligible to include in rate base in future rate case proceedings. However, given the uncertainty associated with the timing of infrastructure projects and associated expenditures, actual expenditures and their timing could deviate substantially from those set forth in the table.
 
 
2020
 
2021
 
2022-2024
Expected capital expenditures (excluding AFUDC)
 
$300-$310
 
$305-$315
 
$1,000-$1,050

Major Infrastructure Projects: Idaho Power is engaged in the development of a number of significant projects and has entered into arrangements with third parties concerning joint infrastructure development. The discussion below provides a summary of developments in certain of those projects since the discussion of these matters included in Part II, Item 7 - "MD&A - Capital Requirements" in the 2019 Annual Report. The discussion below should be read in conjunction with that report.

Boardman-to-Hemingway Transmission Line: The Boardman-to-Hemingway line, a proposed 300-mile, high-voltage transmission project between a substation near Boardman, Oregon, and the Hemingway substation near Boise, Idaho, would provide transmission service to meet future resource needs. In January 2012, Idaho Power entered into a joint funding

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agreement with PacifiCorp and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to pursue permitting of the project. The joint funding agreement provides that Idaho Power's interest in the permitting phase of the project would be approximately 21 percent. Total cost estimates for the project are between $1.0 billion and $1.2 billion, including Idaho Power's AFUDC. This cost estimate is preliminary and excludes the impacts of inflation and price changes of materials and labor resources that may occur following the date of the estimate.

Approximately $110 million, including AFUDC, has been expended on the Boardman-to-Hemingway project through June 30, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the joint funding arrangements, Idaho Power has received $74 million in reimbursement as of June 30, 2020, from project co-participants for their share of costs. As of the date of this report, no material co-participant reimbursements are outstanding. Joint permitting participants are obligated to reimburse Idaho Power for their share of any future project permitting expenditures or agreed upon early construction expenditures incurred by Idaho Power under the terms of the joint funding agreement.

The permitting phase of the Boardman-to-Hemingway project is subject to federal review and approval by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Forest Service, the Department of the Navy, and certain other federal agencies. The BLM issued its record of decision for the project in November 2017, approving a right-of-way grant for the project to cross approximately 86 miles of BLM-administered land. The U.S. Forest Service issued its record of decision in November 2018 authorizing the project to cross approximately seven miles of National Forest lands. In September 2019, the Department of the Navy issued its record of decision authorizing the project to cross approximately seven miles of Department of the Navy lands. In November, 2019, third parties filed a lawsuit in the federal district court of Oregon challenging the BLM and U.S. Forest Service records of decision for the Boardman-to-Hemingway project. In February 2020, Idaho Power filed a motion to intervene in the legal proceeding, and the motion was granted in April 2020. The litigation is in its initial phases and remains pending as of the date of this report.

In the separate Oregon state permitting process, the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) issued a Proposed Order on July 2, 2020, that recommends approval of the project to the state's Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC). Idaho Power currently expects the EFSC to issue a final order and site certificate in the second half of 2021. Given the status of ongoing permitting activities and the construction period, Idaho Power expects the in-service date for the transmission line in 2026 or some time thereafter.

As the current joint funding agreement covers primarily permitting activities, which are nearing completion, Idaho Power and its co-participants are exploring several scenarios of ownership, asset, and service arrangements aimed at maximizing the value of the project to each of the co-participants' customers. One option includes Idaho Power acquiring BPA’s ownership share and providing long-term transmission service to BPA in lieu of BPA ownership. Under the current joint funding agreement, BPA has approximately 24 percent interest in the permitting phase. Discussions are preliminary, and any changes would be addressed through amended or new funding agreements for the design and construction phases of the project and would be subject to regulatory approval.

Gateway West Transmission Line: Idaho Power and PacifiCorp are pursuing the joint development of the Gateway West project, a high-voltage transmission lines project between a substation located near Douglas, Wyoming and the Hemingway substation located near Boise, Idaho. In January 2012, Idaho Power and PacifiCorp entered a joint funding agreement for permitting of the project. Idaho Power has expended approximately $43 million, including Idaho Power's AFUDC, for its share of the permitting phase of the project through June 30, 2020. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power estimates the total cost for its share of the project (including both permitting and construction) to be between $250 million and $450 million, including AFUDC. Idaho Power and PacifiCorp continue to coordinate the timing of next steps to best meet customer and system needs.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan Contributions

Idaho Power contributed $10 million to the plan during the first half of 2020. In July 2020, Idaho Power contributed an additional $10 million to the plan. Idaho Power has no further minimum required contribution to be made to its defined benefit pension plan during 2020, but depending on market conditions and cash flows Idaho Power expects it will contribute up to a total of $40 million to the pension plan for the full year 2020. Idaho Power's contributions are made in a continued effort to balance the regulatory collection of these expenditures with the amount and timing of contributions and to mitigate the cost of being in an underfunded position. The primary impact of pension contributions is on the timing of cash flows, as the timing of cost recovery lags behind contributions.


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Contractual Obligations
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, IDACORP's and Idaho Power's contractual obligations, outside the ordinary course of business, did not change materially from the amounts disclosed in the 2019 Annual Report, except that Idaho Power entered into one new contract with a hydropower PURPA-qualifying facility and nine new replacement contracts for expiring power purchase agreements with hydropower and cogeneration PURPA-qualifying facilities, which increased Idaho Power's contractual purchase obligations by approximately $28 million over the 20-year terms of the contracts.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

IDACORP's and Idaho Power's off-balance sheet arrangements have not changed materially from those reported in MD&A in the 2019 Annual Report.

REGULATORY MATTERS
 
Introduction

Idaho Power is under the jurisdiction (as to rates, service, accounting, and other general matters of utility operation) of the IPUC, the OPUC, and the FERC. The IPUC and OPUC determine the rates that Idaho Power is authorized to charge to its retail customers. Idaho Power is also under the regulatory jurisdiction of the IPUC, the OPUC, and the WPSC as to the issuance of debt and equity securities. As a public utility under the Federal Power Act (FPA), Idaho Power has authority to charge market-based rates for wholesale energy sales under its FERC tariff and to provide transmission services under its OATT. Additionally, the FERC has jurisdiction over Idaho Power's sales of transmission capacity and wholesale electricity, hydropower project relicensing, and system reliability, among other items.

Idaho Power's development of regulatory filings takes into consideration short-term and long-term needs for rate relief and involves several factors that can affect the timing of these regulatory filings. These factors include, among others, in-service dates of major capital investments, the timing and magnitude of changes in major revenue and expense items, and customer growth rates. Idaho Power's most recent general rate cases in Idaho and Oregon were filed during 2011. In 2012, large single-issue rate cases for the Langley Gulch power plant in Idaho and Oregon resulted in the resetting of base rates in both Idaho and Oregon. Idaho Power also reset its base-rate power supply expenses in the Idaho jurisdiction for purposes of updating the collection of costs through retail rates in 2014 but without a resulting net increase in rates. The IPUC and OPUC have also approved base rate changes in single issue cases subsequent to 2014. Between general rate cases, Idaho Power relies upon customer growth, a fixed cost adjustment mechanism, power cost adjustment mechanisms, tariff riders, and other mechanisms to mitigate the impact of regulatory lag, which refers to the period of time between making an investment or incurring an expense and recovering that investment or expense and earning a return. Management's regulatory focus in recent years has been largely on regulatory settlement stipulations and the design of rate mechanisms. Idaho Power continues to assess the need and timing of filing a general rate case in its two retail jurisdictions, based on its consideration of factors such as those described above, but does not anticipate filing a general rate case in the next twelve months.

The outcomes of significant proceedings are described in part in this report and further in the 2019 Annual Report. In addition to the discussion below, which includes notable regulatory developments since the discussion of these matters in the 2019 Annual Report, refer to Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information relating to Idaho Power's regulatory matters and recent regulatory filings and orders.


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Notable Retail Rate Changes During 2020

During 2020, Idaho Power received orders authorizing the rate changes summarized in the table below.
Description
 
Status
 
Estimated Rate Impact(1)
 
Notes
Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism - Idaho
 
New PCA rate became effective June 1, 2020
 
$58.7 million PCA increase for the period from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
 
The potential revenue impact of rate increases and decreases associated with the Idaho PCA mechanism is largely offset by associated increases and decreases in actual power supply costs and amortization of deferred power supply costs. The increase reflects the return to a more normal level of power supply costs as wholesale market prices have come down from unusually high levels reflected in last year's PCA.
Fixed Cost Adjustment Mechanism - Idaho
 
New FCA rate became effective June 1, 2020
 
$0.7 million FCA increase for the period from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021
 
The FCA is designed to remove a portion of Idaho Power’s financial disincentive to invest in energy efficiency programs by partially separating (or decoupling) the recovery of fixed costs from the volumetric kilowatt-hour charge and instead linking it to a set amount per customer.
(1) The annual amount collected in rates is typically not recovered on a straight-line basis (i.e., 1/12th per month), and is instead recovered in proportion to retail sales volumes.

Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing from Idaho Settlement Stipulation

In October 2014, the IPUC issued an order approving the October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation extending, with modifications, the terms of a December 2011 Idaho settlement stipulation for the period from 2015 through 2019. A May 2018 Idaho settlement stipulation related to tax reform (May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation) provides for the extension of the October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation beyond the initial termination date of December 31, 2019, with modified terms related to the ADITC and revenue sharing mechanism that became effective beginning January 1, 2020. The more specific terms and conditions of the October 2014 Idaho Earnings Support and Sharing Settlement Stipulation and the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation are described in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report. IDACORP and Idaho Power believe that the terms allowing additional amortization of ADITC in the settlement stipulations provide the companies with a greater degree of earnings stability than would be possible without the terms of the stipulations in effect.

Based on its estimate of full-year 2020 Idaho ROE, in both the second quarter and first six months of 2020, Idaho Power recorded no additional ADITC amortization or provision against current revenues for sharing of earnings with customers for 2020 under the May 2018 Idaho Tax Reform Settlement Stipulation. Accordingly, at June 30, 2020, the full $45 million of additional ADITC remained available for future use. Idaho Power also recorded no additional ADITC amortization or provision against revenues for sharing of earnings with customers during the second quarter and first six months of 2019, based on its then-current estimate of full-year 2019 Idaho ROE.

Change in Deferred Net Power Supply Costs and the Power Cost Adjustment Mechanisms

Deferred (accrued) power supply costs represent certain differences between Idaho Power's actual net power supply costs and the costs included in its retail rates, the latter being based on annual forecasts of power supply costs. Deferred (accrued) power supply costs are recorded on the balance sheets for future recovery or refund through customer rates.

The table that follows summarizes the change in deferred (accrued) net power supply costs during the six months ended June 30, 2020 (in millions).
 
 
Idaho
 
Oregon
 
Total
Deferred (accrued) net power supply costs at December 31, 2019
 
$
(48.2
)
 
$
(0.3
)
 
$
(48.5
)
Current period net power supply costs deferred (accrued)
 
(22.9
)
 

 
(22.9
)
Prior amounts refunded through rates
 
29.9

 
0.1

 
30.0

SO2 allowance and renewable energy certificate sales
 
(2.9
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(3.0
)
Interest and other
 
1.2

 

 
1.2

Deferred (accrued) net power supply costs at June 30, 2020
 
$
(42.9
)
 
$
(0.3
)
 
$
(43.2
)


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Idaho Power's power cost adjustment mechanisms in its Idaho and Oregon jurisdictions address the volatility of power supply costs and provide for annual adjustments to the rates charged to retail customers. The power cost adjustment mechanisms and associated financial impacts are described in "Results of Operations" in this MD&A and in Note 3 - "Regulatory Matters" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report. With the exception of power supply expenses incurred under PURPA and certain demand response program costs that are passed through to customers substantially in full, the Idaho PCA mechanism allows Idaho Power to pass through to customers 95 percent of the differences in actual net power supply expenses as compared with base net power supply expenses, whether positive or negative. Thus, the primary financial statement impact of power supply cost deferrals or accruals is that the timing of when cash is paid out for power supply expenses differs from when those costs are recovered from customers, impacting operating cash flows from year to year.

Deferred Costs for COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

Idaho Power has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, including information technology expenditures for remote work, higher than average levels of bad debt expense related to uncollectible accounts associated in part with its suspension of disconnects, and the suspension of late payment fees. Accordingly, in March and April 2020, Idaho Power submitted applications to the OPUC and IPUC, respectively, requesting authorization to defer incremental costs associated with its response to the COVID-19 public health crisis. Idaho Power requested authorization to establish a new regulatory asset to record the deferral of incremental costs and, in the Idaho jurisdiction, unrecovered costs associated with the COVID-19 response. Both applications requested only the authority to defer these costs and to determine ratemaking treatment at a later date. Subsequent to Idaho Power's application, the IPUC opened a general docket to address the issue. On July 8, 2020, the IPUC issued an order authorizing Idaho Power and other utilities to account for unanticipated, emergency-related expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 public health crisis by recording the expenses as regulatory assets for possible recovery through future rates. The order also requires utilities to account for the decreases in expenses resulting from the COVID-19 public health crisis, such as reduced employee travel and training, and apply these reductions in expenses to offset the deferral account balance. Additionally, the order addressed potential reductions in revenue due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, allowing utilities to track reduced revenues from customer classes not included in an FCA-type mechanism for possible movement to the regulatory asset account at a later date. Idaho Power plans to resume disconnections and accruing late fees beginning in early August 2020. In the second quarter of 2020, Idaho Power recorded a $0.6 million regulatory asset for its estimate of unanticipated, emergency-related expenses, net of estimated savings. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power has not received authorization in the Oregon jurisdiction to defer any such costs.

Alternative AFUDC Calculation Formula

On June 30, 2020, the FERC issued an order allowing jurisdictional utilities the option to apply an alternative AFUDC calculation formula for March 2020 through February 2021 to reflect conditions that arose as a result of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The optional alternative AFUDC calculation would recompute AFUDC each month by substituting average short-term debt outstanding in 2019 for the actual amounts in March 2020 through February 2021. All other aspects of the formula would be unchanged. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power's AFUDC rate would not be affected by the alternative calculation formula and thus far Idaho Power has not elected to apply the option.

Open Access Transmission Tariff Draft Posting

Idaho Power uses a formula rate for transmission service provided under its OATT, which allows transmission rates to be updated annually based primarily on financial and operational data Idaho Power files with the FERC. In June 2020, Idaho Power publicly posted its 2020 draft transmission rate, reflecting a transmission rate of $30.02 per "kW-year," to be effective for the period from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021. A "kW-year" is a unit of electrical capacity equivalent to 1 kilowatt of power used for 8,760 hours. Idaho Power's draft rate was based on a net annual transmission revenue requirement of $117.9 million. The existing OATT rate in effect from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, is $27.32 per kW-year based on a net annual transmission revenue requirement of $107.0 million. The increase in the OATT rate is largely attributable to decreased short-term firm and non-firm transmission revenues in 2019, which serve as an offset to the transmission revenue requirement.

2019 Integrated Resource Plan

Idaho Power filed its most recent IRP with the IPUC and OPUC in June 2019 and filed an amended 2019 IRP with additional information and modeling results in January 2020, as described in Part 1, Item 1 - "Resource Planning and Renewable Energy Projects" in the 2019 Annual Report. Subsequent to the January 2020 filing, Idaho Power noted further complications with its modeling approach. On July 2, 2020, the OPUC granted Idaho Power's motion to suspend the procedural schedule for the amended 2019 IRP. On July 16, 2020, the IPUC issued an order vacating the comment deadline previously established in this case. Idaho Power expects to file with the IPUC and OPUC on or around July 31, 2020, a status update on Idaho Power’s

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anticipated schedule to review certain inputs to the model the company uses for the IRP, such as operational constraints and financial assumptions, and the modeling system’s logic. The proceedings relating to the amended 2019 IRP are pending at the IPUC and OPUC.

Renewable and Other Energy Contracts

Idaho Power has contracts for the purchase of electricity produced by third-party owned generation facilities, most of which produce energy with the use of renewable generation sources such as wind, solar, biomass, small hydropower, and geothermal. The majority of these contracts are entered into as mandatory purchases under PURPA. As of June 30, 2020, Idaho Power had contracts to purchase energy from 131 on-line PURPA projects. An additional three contracts are with on-line non-PURPA projects, including the Elkhorn Valley wind project with a 101-MW nameplate capacity.

The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 2020, the resource type and nameplate capacity of Idaho Power's signed agreements for power purchases from PURPA and non-PURPA generating facilities. These agreements have original contract terms ranging from one to 35 years.
Resource Type
 
On-line megawatts (MW)
 
Under Contract but not yet On-line (MW)
 
Total Projects under Contract (MW)
PURPA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wind
 
627

 

 
627

Solar
 
316

 
3

 
319

Hydropower
 
147

 
3

 
150

Other
 
52

 

 
52

Total
 
1,142

 
6

 
1,148

Non-PURPA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wind
 
101

 

 
101

Geothermal
 
35

 

 
35

Solar
 

 
120

 
120

Total
 
136

 
120

 
256


The projects not yet on-line include two PURPA-qualifying hydropower projects that are scheduled to be on-line in 2021 and one PURPA-qualifying solar project scheduled to be on-line in 2022. The non-PURPA solar project is scheduled to be on-line in 2022.

On July 16, 2020, the FERC issued Order No. 872 that could affect how states determine PURPA project avoided cost rates for purchases of power generated from qualifying facilities (QF), which facilities are eligible for QF status, whether and when certain QFs can enter into purchase agreements with utilities, and how parties can contest the eligibility of a generation facility seeking QF status. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power is still assessing the order, which remains pending, and is unable to determine the impact of these potential changes on the company's future obligations for new PURPA power purchase contracts. Further action by the state public utility commissions is required to implement many of the changes. While the ultimate impact of implementation of those changes is yet to be determined, taken as a whole, Idaho Power believes that the changes could reduce the number of future PURPA generation projects, which could reduce purchased power costs for Idaho Power. Substantially all PURPA power purchase costs are recovered through base rates and Idaho Power's power cost adjustment mechanisms.

Customer-Owned Generation Filings

Customer-owned generation allows customers to install solar panels or other on-site energy-generating resources and connect them to Idaho Power’s grid. If a customer requires more energy than its system generates, it utilizes energy supplied by Idaho Power’s grid. If its system generates more energy than the customer uses, the energy goes back to the grid and Idaho Power applies a corresponding kWh credit to the customer’s bill. In May 2018, the IPUC issued an order authorizing the creation of two new customer classes for residential and small commercial customers who install their own on-site generation, with no change to pricing or compensation. Since October 2018, Idaho Power has initiated cases with the IPUC and OPUC related to studying the costs and benefits of customer-owned generation on Idaho Power’s system, and exploring whether, and to what

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extent, there should be modifications to the customer-owned generation pricing structure for residential and small general service customers, and large commercial, industrial, and irrigation customers. The IPUC issued orders in one of the residential and small commercial cases during December 2019 and February 2020 directing Idaho Power to (1) complete additional studies related to the costs and benefits of customer generation before changes to the compensation structure are implemented, and (2) continue to allow customers with on-site generation prior to December 20, 2019, to be subject to the billing terms in place on that date until December 20, 2045. In June 2020, Idaho Power filed an application with the IPUC seeking authority to remove the existing two-meter requirement for new large commercial, industrial, and irrigation (CI&I) customers with on-site generation and to establish a ten-year grandfathering term for existing CI&I customers with on-site generation. As of the date of this report, Idaho Power does not expect the pending cases relating to customer-owned generation matters to materially affect its financial condition or results of operations.

Relicensing of Hydropower Projects

HCC Relicensing: In connection with Idaho Power's efforts to relicense the HCC, Idaho Power's largest hydropower complex and a major relicensing effort, as described in more detail in the 2019 Annual Report in Part II, Item 7 - "Regulatory Matters," Idaho Power filed water quality certification applications, required under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), with the states of Idaho and Oregon requesting that each state certify that any discharges from the project comply with applicable state water quality standards. Idaho Power has been working with the states to identify measures that will provide reasonable assurance that discharges from the HCC will adequately address applicable water quality standards.

In April 2019, the states of Idaho and Oregon, along with Idaho Power, reached a settlement pertaining to the CWA Section 401 certification that requires Idaho Power to increase the number of Chinook salmon it releases each year through expanded hatchery production. Additionally, Idaho Power is required to fund a total of $12 million of research and water quality improvements in the HCC over a 20-year period following the issuance of the license. Idaho Power estimates that the combined cost of the mandated water quality improvements and expanded hatchery production is $20 million over the first 20 years of the new license term. In May 2019, Oregon and Idaho issued final CWA Section 401 certifications. These certifications have been submitted to the FERC as part of the relicensing process. In July 2019, three third-parties filed lawsuits against the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in Oregon state court challenging the Oregon CWA Section 401 certification based on fish passage, water temperature, and mercury issues associated with the Snake River and the HCC. Two of the lawsuits were consolidated, and Idaho Power has intervened in that lawsuit. Idaho Power is closely monitoring the other pending lawsuit. No parties challenged the Idaho CWA 401 certification. In December 2019, Idaho Power filed an Offer of Settlement with the FERC requesting specific language be included in the new HCC license based upon the settlement among Idaho, Oregon, and Idaho Power. During the first quarter of 2020, the FERC received several comments opposing the Offer of Settlement and its decision relating to the Offer of Settlement is pending as of the date of this report.

In July 2020, the EPA published a rule amending regulations intended to implement the CWA Section 401 water quality certification process. The rule clarifies that a state must issue its water quality certification within a reasonable time period, up to one year from the certification request, and limits the scope of the certification to jurisdictional water quality matters. Further, the new regulations make clear that federal agencies, not the state departments of environmental quality, will enforce the certification conditions. This rule is scheduled to become effective on September 11, 2020. Idaho Power believes that the new CWA Section 401 regulations will be challenged by both states and environmental groups, and as of the date of this report, at least one consortium of environmental groups has filed a complaint in court. If these regulations are rejected by the courts, Idaho Power would continue to operate under the current CWA Section 401 regulations as described above.

In July 2020, Idaho Power submitted to the FERC its supplement to the final license application that incorporated the settlement agreement reached between Idaho and Oregon on the CWA Section 401 certifications, and provided feedback on the 2007 final environmental impact statement for the HCC. The July 2020 filing also contained an updated cost analysis of the HCC and a request for the FERC to issue a 50-year license, and initiates a supplemental National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process at the FERC. Idaho Power is also preparing a draft biological assessment, which will provide information to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for their biological opinion as required under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Once the biological assessment is complete, Idaho Power plans to begin formal ESA consultation with the USFWS and the NMFS. Idaho Power continues to expect the FERC to issue a license for the HCC no earlier than 2022.

Costs for the relicensing of Idaho Power's hydropower projects are recorded in construction work in progress until new multi-year licenses are issued by the FERC, at which time the charges are transferred to electric plant in service. Idaho Power expects to seek timely recovery of relicensing costs and costs related to a new long-term license through the ratemaking process. Relicensing costs of $339 million (including AFUDC) for the HCC were included in construction work in progress at June 30, 2020. As of the date of this report, the IPUC authorizes Idaho Power to include in its Idaho jurisdiction rates $8.8 million of

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AFUDC annually relating to the HCC relicensing project. Collecting these amounts currently will reduce future collections when HCC relicensing costs are approved for recovery in base rates. As of June 30, 2020, Idaho Power's regulatory liability for collection of AFUDC relating to the HCC was approximately $160 million.

When the FERC issues a new long-term license, Idaho Power will begin operating under the requirements contained in the new license. Idaho Power expects those requirements to increase both O&M expenditures and capital expenditures. Because Idaho Power is uncertain when the FERC will issue a new license, it has not included the expected capital expenditure increases in the “Capital Requirements” section of “Liquidity and Capital Resources” of this MD&A. Idaho Power is unable to predict the exact timing of issuance of a new license for the HCC, or the ultimate financial or operational requirements of a new license.

American Falls Relicensing: In April 2020, the FERC formally initiated the relicensing proceeding for the American Falls hydropower facility, which is Idaho Power's largest hydropower facility outside of the HCC, with a generating capacity of 92.3 MW. Idaho Power owns the generation facility but not the structural dam itself, which is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The FERC recognized Idaho Power’s pre-application document, including a proposed process plan and schedule, and recognized Idaho Power’s intent to file an application for a license. The relicensing proceeding will begin the process of informal ESA Section 7 consultation with Fish and Wildlife Service and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act consultation with the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office. American Falls' current license expires in 2025, and as of the date of this report, Idaho Power expects the FERC to issue a license for this facility prior to the expiration.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
 
Overview

Idaho Power is subject to a broad range of federal, state, regional, and local laws and regulations designed to protect, restore, and enhance the environment, including the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule and other Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements, the CWA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, and the ESA, among other laws. These laws are administered by various federal, state, and local agencies. In addition to imposing continuing compliance obligations and associated costs, these laws and regulations provide authority to regulators to levy substantial penalties for noncompliance, injunctive relief, and other sanctions. Idaho Power's three jointly-owned coal-fired power plants and three wholly-owned natural gas-fired combustion turbine power plants are subject to many of these regulations. Idaho Power's 17 hydropower projects are also subject to numerous water discharge standards and other environmental requirements.

Compliance with current and future environmental laws and regulations may:

increase the operating costs of generating plants;
increase the construction costs and lead time for new facilities;
require the modification of existing generation plants, which could result in additional costs;
require the curtailment or shut-down of existing generating plants; or
reduce the output from current generating facilities.

Current and future environmental laws and regulations may increase the cost of operating fossil fuel-fired generation plants and constructing new generation and transmission facilities, in large part through the substantial cost of permitting activities and the required installation of additional pollution control devices. In many parts of the United States, some higher-cost, high-emission coal-fired plants have ceased operation or the plant owners have announced a near-term cessation of operation, as the cost of compliance makes the plants uneconomical to operate. Beyond increasing costs generally, these environmental laws and regulations could affect IDACORP's and Idaho Power's results of operations and financial condition if the costs associated with these environmental requirements and early plant retirements cannot be fully recovered in rates on a timely basis. Part I - "Business - Environmental Regulation and Costs" in the 2019 Annual Report, includes a summary of Idaho Power's expected capital and operating expenditures for environmental matters during the period from 2020 to 2022. Given the uncertainty of future environmental regulations, Idaho Power is unable to predict its environmental-related expenditures beyond that time, though they could be substantial.

A summary of notable environmental matters impacting, or expected to potentially impact, IDACORP and Idaho Power, is included in Part II, Item 7 - "MD&A - Environmental Issues" and "MD&A - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital Requirements - Environmental Regulation Costs" in the 2019 Annual Report. Developments in certain environmental matters relevant to Idaho Power are described below.


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Endangered Species Act Matters

The listing of a species of fish, wildlife, or plants as threatened or endangered under the ESA may have an adverse impact on Idaho Power's ability to construct generation, transmission, or distribution facilities or relicense or operate its hydropower facilities. When a species is added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species, it is protected from “take,” which is defined to include harming the species. The ESA directs that, concurrent with a designation of a threatened or endangered species, and where prudent and determinable, the applicable agencies also designate “any habitat of such species which is then considered to be critical habitat.” The ESA also provides that each federal agency must ensure that any action they authorize, fund, or carry out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of its critical habitat. If an action is determined to result in adverse modification of critical habitat, the federal agency must adopt changes to the proposed action to avoid the adverse modification. These changes are often quite extensive and can affect the size, scope, and even the feasibility of a project moving forward.

Boardman-to-Hemingway and Gateway West Transmission Projects and Other Infrastructure - Slickspot Peppergrass Designation: In August 2016, the USFWS re-instated the threatened species status of slickspot peppergrass under the ESA. On July 23, 2020, the USFWS published a proposed rule designating critical habitat for the species. Idaho Power is reviewing the proposed rule to determine the extent of any potential overlap of the designation with Idaho Power’s proposed line routes for the Boardman-to-Hemingway and Gateway West transmission projects, as well as other transmission and distribution lines. If critical habitat is designated within the vicinity of the transmission line projects, Idaho Power expects that the designation could increase the cost of obtaining permits for the projects, require changes to the route and tower configuration, and could further delay the in-service date of the projects. Costs for maintenance, repair, and reconstruction of other transmission and distribution lines within the critical habit areas could also increase as a result of the designation.

Hydroelectric Projects: In May 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon issued an opinion finding that in the context of hydropower facilities owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and located on the lower Snake River, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) violated the ESA by using improper standards, failing to consider adequately the impact of climate change on habitat conditions, and placing undue reliance on unproven, future federal habitat conservation measures, particularly to the degree that the success of the measures could be undermined by climate change. The court also found that other federal agencies violated the NEPA by failing to prepare a comprehensive environmental impact statement on implementation of the conservation measures ordered by NOAA Fisheries, including analysis of the measures directed by NOAA Fisheries and other reasonable alternatives. The court’s opinion and its emphasis on a climate change-driven analysis element, if generalized to other situations, could require ESA-driven avoidance, minimization, and compensatory mitigation efforts to incorporate surplus measures to ensure species’ protection, which could result in considerable increases in cost beyond the cost of additional analysis in the NEPA process. In September 2016, federal agencies initiated an environmental impact statement process to examine hydropower dams on the lower Snake River, which Idaho Power expects will take place over a five-year period. None of Idaho Power’s hydropower facilities are included in the studies.

Changes to NEPA: On July 15, 2020, the Presidential Administration's Council on Environmental Quality announced its final rule to narrow federal agencies' NEPA obligations. NEPA applies to Idaho Power’s transmission and distribution lines that are located on federal land, as well as other infrastructure projects that have federal land implications. While Idaho Power believes the changes to NEPA will be subject to legal challenge, if upheld they may expedite and make less costly Idaho Power’s permitting and right-of-way processes for those projects. 

Clean Water Act Matters

Definition of “Waters of the United States” Under the CWA: In August 2015, the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) final rule defining the phrase "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) under the CWA became effective (WOTUS Rule). Idaho Power believes that the 2015 rule potentially expanded federal jurisdiction under the CWA beyond traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, territorial seas, tributaries, and adjacent wetlands, to a number of other waters, including waters with a "significant nexus" to those traditional waters. The WOTUS Rule was widely challenged in both federal district and circuit courts. In January 2020, the EPA and USACE finalized the first of a two-part rule to repeal the WOTUS Rule and set new and more expansive standards for determining which waters are subject to the CWA, which substantially restored the definitions and guidance used prior to the WOTUS Rule. In April 2020, the EPA and USACE published the second part of the final rule to replace the WOTUS Rule with the "Navigable Waters Protection Rule" that provides a final definition of "waters of the United States," which ultimately narrows the scope of waters subject to federal regulation under the CWA. The Navigable Waters Protection Rule became effective in June 2020.

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challenged in court, but expects that, even if the WOTUS Rule is reinstated in Idaho and should the revised definition take effect in Idaho, while it may cause Idaho Power to incur additional permitting, regulatory requirements, and other costs associated with the rule, the aggregate amount of increased costs is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on Idaho Power's operations or financial condition, in part due to the relatively arid climate of Idaho Power's service area. Similarly, because the CWA, as interpreted even prior to the WOTUS Rule, applies to most of Idaho Power's facilities, including its hydropower plants, Idaho Power does not expect reinstatement would have a material impact on Idaho Power's operations or financial condition.

Section 401 Water Quality Certification: As described more fully under “Relicensing of Hydropower Projects” in the "Regulatory Matters" section of this MD&A and in the 2019 Annual Report in Part II, Item 7 - "Regulatory Matters," Idaho Power filed water quality certification applications, required under Section 401 of the CWA, with the states of Idaho and Oregon requesting that each state certify that any discharges from the HCC comply with applicable state water quality standards. The states issued final certifications in May 2019, but the Oregon certification was challenged in state court by third parties. Idaho Power intervened in one of those lawsuits and is closely monitoring the other. In December 2019, Idaho Power filed an Offer of Settlement with the FERC requesting specific language be included in the new HCC license based upon the settlement among Idaho, Oregon, and Idaho Power. During the first quarter of 2020, the FERC received several comments opposing the Offer of Settlement and its decision relating to the Offer of Settlement is pending as of the date of this report.

On July 13, 2020, the EPA published a rule amending regulations intended to implement the CWA Section 401 water quality certification process, which is scheduled to become effective on September 11, 2020. Idaho Power believes that the new CWA Section 401 regulations will be challenged by both states and environmental groups, and as of the date of this report, at least one consortium of environmental groups has filed a complaint in court. If these regulations are rejected by the courts, Idaho Power would continue to operate under the current CWA Section 401 regulations.

Clean Air Act Matters

Overview: In addition to the CAA developments related to GHG emissions described in Part II, Item 7 - "MD&A - Environmental Issues" of the 2019 Annual Report, several other regulatory programs developed under the CAA apply to Idaho Power. These include the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Review / Prevention of Significant Deterioration Rules, and the Regional Haze Rule. Developments related to the Regional Haze Rule are discussed below.

Regional Haze Rules: In accordance with federal regional haze rules under the CAA, coal-fired utility boilers are subject to regional haze - best available retrofit technology (RH BART) if they were built between 1962 and 1977 and affect any "Class I" (wilderness) areas. This includes all four units at the Jim Bridger and the Boardman coal-fired plants. The RH BART rules would have required installation of a suite of emissions controls at the Boardman plant; however, in December 2010, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved a plan to install a less costly suite of environmental controls and cease coal-fired operations at the Boardman power plant no later than December 31, 2020.

As described more fully in the 2019 Annual Report in Part II, Item 7 - "Environmental Matters," in December 2009, the WDEQ issued a RH BART permit to PacifiCorp as the operator of the Jim Bridger plant. In February 2019, PacifiCorp submitted a SIP revision to the WDEQ as an alternative regional haze compliance plan for the Jim Bridger plant that includes a reduced plant-wide monthly limit on emissions for NOx and SO2 and an annual total emissions cap for NOx and SO2 for units 1-4. In May 2020, the WDEQ approved the alternative plan as proposed, which would eliminate the requirement to install add-on NOx controls at Jim Bridger units 1 and 2. The new enforceable emissions limits are scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2022. As of the date of this report, the EPA is reviewing the plan and will provide a public comment period, but Idaho Power is uncertain when the EPA will finalize its decision on the proposed SIP revision.

OTHER MATTERS
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
IDACORP's and Idaho Power's discussion and analysis of their financial condition and results of operations are based upon their condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires IDACORP and Idaho Power to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, IDACORP and Idaho Power evaluate these estimates, including those estimates related to rate regulation, retirement benefits, contingencies, asset impairment, income taxes, unbilled revenues, and bad debt. These estimates are based on historical experience and on other assumptions and factors that are believed to be reasonable under the

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circumstances, and are the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. IDACORP and Idaho Power, based on their ongoing reviews, make adjustments when facts and circumstances dictate.

IDACORP’s and Idaho Power’s critical accounting policies are reviewed by the audit committees of the boards of directors. These policies have not changed materially from the discussion of those policies included under "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates" in the 2019 Annual Report.
 
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
 
For a listing of new and recently adopted accounting standards, see Note 1 - "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" to the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
IDACORP is exposed to market risks, including changes in interest rates, changes in commodity prices, credit risk, and equity price risk. The following discussion summarizes material changes in these risks since December 31, 2019, and the financial instruments, derivative instruments, and derivative commodity instruments sensitive to changes in interest rates, commodity prices, and equity prices that were held at June 30, 2020. IDACORP has not entered into any of these market-risk-sensitive instruments for trading purposes.
 
Interest Rate Risk
 
IDACORP manages interest expense and short- and long-term liquidity through a combination of fixed rate and variable rate debt. Generally, the amount of each type of debt is managed through market issuance, but interest rate swap and cap agreements with highly-rated financial institutions may be used to achieve the desired combination.
 
Variable Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2020, IDACORP had no net floating rate debt, as the carrying value of short-term investments exceeded the carrying value of outstanding variable-rate debt.
 
Fixed Rate Debt: As of June 30, 2020, IDACORP had $2.1 billion in fixed rate debt, with a fair market value of approximately $2.5 billion. These instruments are fixed rate and, therefore, do not expose the companies to a loss in earnings due to changes in market interest rates. However, the fair value of these instruments would increase by approximately $338 million if market interest rates were to decline by one percentage point from their June 30, 2020, levels.

Commodity Price Risk

IDACORP's exposure to changes in commodity prices is related to Idaho Power's ongoing utility operations that produce electricity to meet the demand of its retail electric customers. These changes in commodity prices are mitigated in large part by Idaho Power's Idaho and Oregon power cost adjustment mechanisms. To supplement its generation resources and balance its supply of power with the demand of its retail customers, Idaho Power participates in the wholesale marketplace. IDACORP's commodity price risk as of June 30, 2020, had not changed materially from that reported in Item 7A of IDACORP's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (2019 Annual Report). Information regarding Idaho Power’s use of derivative instruments to manage commodity price risk can be found in Note 11 - "Derivative Financial Instruments" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
 
Credit Risk
 
IDACORP is subject to credit risk based on Idaho Power's activity with market counterparties. Idaho Power is exposed to this risk to the extent that a counterparty may fail to fulfill a contractual obligation to provide energy, purchase energy, or complete financial settlement for market activities. Idaho Power mitigates this exposure by actively establishing credit limits; measuring, monitoring, and reporting credit risk; using appropriate contractual arrangements; and transferring credit risk through the use of financial guarantees, cash, or letters of credit. Idaho Power maintains a current list of acceptable counterparties and credit limits.
 
The use of performance assurance collateral in the form of cash, letters of credit, or guarantees is common industry practice. Idaho Power maintains margin agreements relating to its wholesale commodity contracts that allow performance assurance collateral to be requested of and/or posted with certain counterparties. As of June 30, 2020, Idaho Power had posted $3.6 million of performance assurance collateral related to these contracts. Should Idaho Power experience a reduction in its credit rating on Idaho Power's unsecured debt to below investment grade Idaho Power could be subject to requests by its wholesale

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counterparties to post additional performance assurance collateral. Counterparties to derivative instruments and other forward contracts could request immediate payment or demand immediate ongoing full daily collateralization on derivative instruments and contracts in net liability positions. Based upon Idaho Power's energy and fuel portfolio and market conditions as of June 30, 2020, the amount of collateral that could be requested upon a downgrade to below investment grade was approximately $5.1 million. To minimize capital requirements, Idaho Power actively monitors the portfolio exposure and the potential exposure to additional requests for performance assurance collateral calls through sensitivity analysis.
 
IDACORP's credit risk related to uncollectible accounts, net of amounts reserved, as of June 30, 2020, had not changed materially from that reported in Item 7A of the 2019 Annual Report, except as disclosed in Note 1 - "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report. Additional information regarding Idaho Power’s management of credit risk and credit contingent features can be found in Note 11 - "Derivative Financial Instruments" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.

Equity Price Risk

IDACORP is exposed to price fluctuations in equity markets, primarily through Idaho Power's defined benefit pension plan assets, a mine reclamation trust fund owned by an equity-method investment of Idaho Power, and other equity security investments at Idaho Power. The equity securities held by the pension plan and in such accounts are diversified to achieve broad market participation and reduce the impact of any single investment, sector, or geographic region. Idaho Power has established asset allocation targets for the pension plan holdings, which are described in Note 10 - "Benefit Plans" to the consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report.
 
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
IDACORP: The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of IDACORP, based on their evaluation of IDACORP’s disclosure controls and procedures (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act)) as of June 30, 2020, have concluded that IDACORP’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) are effective as of that date.
 
Idaho Power: The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Idaho Power, based on their evaluation of Idaho Power’s disclosure controls and procedures (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2020, have concluded that Idaho Power’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) are effective as of that date.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes in IDACORP's or Idaho Power's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2020, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, IDACORP's or Idaho Power's internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
None

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
The factors discussed in Part I - Item 1A - "Risk Factors" in IDACORP's and Idaho Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, could materially affect IDACORP’s and Idaho Power's business, financial condition, or future results. In addition to those risk factors, the risk factor set forth below, and other risks discussed in this report, see "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in this report for additional factors that could have a significant impact on IDACORP's or Idaho Power's operations, results of operations, or financial condition and could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements.

The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak could adversely affect IDACORP's and Idaho Power's business functions, financial condition and results of operations. The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has resulted in widespread impacts on the global economy and on Idaho Power's employees, customers, contractors, and suppliers. There is considerable uncertainty regarding the extent to which the coronavirus will spread and the extent and duration of measures to try to contain the virus, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place and other restrictive orders and mandates (including those in effect in Idaho Power's service area in the states of Idaho and Oregon), and business and government shutdowns. Restrictions of this nature may cause Idaho Power or its contractors to miss milestones on construction projects and experience operational delays, delay the delivery of electrical infrastructure and other supplies that it sources from around the globe, delay the connection of electric service to new customers, prolong the time period necessary to perform maintenance of our infrastructure, and significantly reduce the use of electricity by commercial and industrial customers.

Further, while Idaho Power has modified certain business and workforce practices (including employee travel, employee work locations, and cancellation of physical participation in meetings, events, and conferences) to conform to government restrictions and best practices encouraged by government and regulatory authorities, Idaho Power has a limited number of highly skilled operators for some of its critical power plants and its grid operations centers. If a large proportion of Idaho Power's employees in those critical facilities were to contract COVID-19 at the same time, it would rely upon its business continuity plans in an effort to continue operations at those facilities, but there is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the adverse impact to its operations.

Additionally, the effects of COVID-19 on the U.S. capital markets may significantly impact Idaho Power. For example, the costs related to the noncontributory defined benefit pension plan we provide to Idaho Power employees, as well as a defined benefit postretirement benefit plan (consisting of health care and death benefits) that covers eligible retirees, are based in part on the value of the plans’ assets and, therefore, adverse investment performance for these assets or the failure to maintain sustained growth in pension investments over time could increase its plan costs and funding requirements related to the plans. Similarly, Idaho Power relies on access to the capital markets to fund its capital requirements. To the extent that access to the capital markets is adversely affected by COVID-19, Idaho Power may need to consider alternative sources of funding for its operations and for working capital, which may increase its cost of, as well as adversely impact its access to, capital. These uncertain economic conditions may also result in the inability of Idaho Power's customers to pay for electric service, which could affect the collectability of its revenues and adversely affect its financial results.

The degree to which COVID-19 may impact IDACORP's and Idaho Power's liquidity, financial condition and results of operations is unknown at this time and will depend on future developments, including the continuing spread of the virus, the severity of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Restrictions on Dividends

See Note 6 - "Common Stock" to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for a description of restrictions on IDACORP's and Idaho Power's payment of dividends.


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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

IDACORP did not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2020.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
 
Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95.1 of this report, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None


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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed or furnished, as applicable, with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020:
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit No.
Date
Included Herewith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.1
8-K
1-03198
4.1
6/8/2020
 
10.1 (1)
 
 
 
 
X
15.1
 
 
 
 
X
15.2
 
 
 
 
X
31.1
 
 
 
 
X
31.2
 
 
 
 
X
31.3
 
 
 
 
X
31.4
 
 
 
 
X
32.1
 
 
 
 
X
32.2
 
 
 
 
X
32.3
 
 
 
 
X
32.4
 
 
 
 
X
95.1
 
 
 
 
X
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
 
 
X
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
X
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.)
 
 
 
 
X
(1) Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  
 
 
IDACORP, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
 /s/ Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
 /s/ Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
 /s/ Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
 /s/ Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Exhibit 10.1

IDACORP, Inc. and/or Idaho Power Company Executive Officers
with Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreements
(as of July 30, 2020)
Name
 
Title
 
Date of Agreement
Ryan Adelman*
 
Vice President, Transmission & Distribution Engineering and Construction of Idaho Power Company
 
10/5/2019
Brian R. Buckham*
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company
 
4/4/2016
Sarah E. Griffin*
 
Vice President, Human Resources of Idaho Power Company
 
10/5/2019
Lisa A. Grow
 
President and Chief Executive Officer of IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company
 
12/12/2008
James Bo D. Hanchey*
 
Vice President, Customer Operations and Chief Safety Officer of Idaho Power Company
 
10/5/2019
Tom Harvey*
 
Vice President of Power Supply of Idaho Power Company
 
3/10/2020
Steven R. Keen
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company
 
12/30/2008
Jeffrey L. Malmen
 
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs of IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company
 
12/8/2008
Kenneth W. Petersen*
 
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company
 
5/20/2010
Adam Richins*
 
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Idaho Power Company
 
2/8/2017
*Change in control agreement does not include 13th-month trigger or tax gross-up provisions.







Exhibit 15.1



July 30, 2020
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of IDACORP, Inc.
1221 W. Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
We are aware that our report dated July 30, 2020, on our review of the interim financial information of IDACORP, Inc. appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-65406, 333-125259, and 333-159855 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement Nos. 333-221614 and 333-231555 on Form S-3.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boise, Idaho





Exhibit 15.2



July 30, 2020
The Board of Directors and Shareholder of Idaho Power Company
1221 W. Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho 83702
We are aware that our report dated July 30, 2020, on our review of the interim financial information of Idaho Power Company appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-66496 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement No. 333-231555-01 on Form S-3 .


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boise, Idaho





Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION

I, Lisa A. Grow, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of IDACORP, Inc.;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
/s/ Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer





Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION

I, Steven R. Keen, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of IDACORP, Inc.;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
/s/ Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 




Exhibit 31.3
CERTIFICATION

I, Lisa A. Grow, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Idaho Power Company;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
/s/ Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
Lisa A. Grow
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer





Exhibit 31.4
CERTIFICATION

I, Steven R. Keen, certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Idaho Power Company;

2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.
The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:
July 30, 2020
By:
/s/ Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Steven R. Keen
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 




Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of IDACORP, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (the "Report"), I, Lisa A. Grow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Lisa A. Grow
Lisa A. Grow
President and Chief Executive Officer
July 30, 2020






Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of IDACORP, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (the "Report"), I, Steven R. Keen and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Steven R. Keen
Steven R. Keen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
July 30, 2020






Exhibit 32.3
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Idaho Power Company (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (the "Report"), I, Lisa A. Grow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Lisa A. Grow
Lisa A. Grow
President and Chief Executive Officer
July 30, 2020





Exhibit 32.4
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Idaho Power Company (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (the "Report"), I, Steven R. Keen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Steven R. Keen
Steven R. Keen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
July 30, 2020





Exhibit 95.1

Mine Safety Disclosures Required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Idaho Power is the parent company of Idaho Energy Resources Co. (IERCo), a joint venturer in Bridger Coal Company (BCC), which mines coal at the Bridger Coal Mine and processing facility (Mine) near Rock Springs, Wyoming. IERCo owns a one-third interest in BCC. The Mine is comprised of the Bridger surface and underground operations. Day-to-day operation and management of coal mining and processing operations at the Mine are conducted through IERCo's joint venture partner. Operation of the Mine is regulated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Safety Act). MSHA inspects the Mine on a regular basis and may issue citations, notices, orders, or any combination thereof, when it believes a violation has occurred under the Mine Safety Act. Monetary penalties are assessed by MSHA for citations. The severity and assessment of penalties may be reduced or, in some cases, dismissed through the contest and appeal process. Amounts are reported regardless of whether BCC has challenged or appealed the matter.
 
The table below summarizes the number of citations, notices, and orders issued, and penalties assessed, by MSHA for the Mine under the indicated provisions of the Mine Safety Act, and other data for the Mine, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2020. Legal actions pending before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) are as of June 30, 2020. Due to timing and other factors, the data may not agree with the mine data retrieval system maintained by MSHA at www.msha.gov.
 
 
 
Three-month period ended June 30, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
(unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Surface Mine (MSHA ID No. 4800677)
 
Underground Mine (MSHA ID No. 4801646)
 
Mine Safety Act Citations and Orders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Section 104(a) Significant & Substantial Citations (1)
 

 
4

 
 
Section 104(b) Orders (2)
 

 

 
 
Section 104(d) Citations & Orders (3)
 

 

 
 
Section 107(a) Imminent Danger Orders (4)
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
Total Value of Proposed MSHA Assessments (in thousands)
$

$
24

 
Legal Actions Pending
 

 

 
Legal Actions Issued During Period
 

 

 
Legal Actions Closed During Period
 

 

 
Number of Fatalities
 

 

 
_________________
 
 
 
 
 
 (1) For alleged violations of a mandatory mining safety standard or regulation where such violation contributed to a discrete safety hazard and there exists a reasonable likelihood that the hazard will result in an injury or illness and there is a reasonable likelihood that such injury will be of a reasonably serious nature.
(2) For alleged failure to totally abate the subject matter of a Mine Safety Act Section 104(a) citation within the period specified in the citation or as subsequently extended.
(3) For an alleged unwarrantable failure (i.e., aggravated conduct constituting more than ordinary negligence) to comply with a mining safety standard or regulation.
(4) The existence of any condition or practice in a coal or other mine that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm if normal mining operations were permitted to proceed in the area before such condition or practice is eliminated.

For the three-month period ended June 30, 2020, the Mine did not receive written notice from MSHA of (i) a flagrant violation under Section 110(b)(2) of the Mine Safety Act; (ii) a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such a nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of coal or other mine health or safety hazards under Section 104(e) of the Mine Safety Act; or (iii) the potential to have such a pattern.