News Radio 1310 KLIX » power http://newsradio1310.com News And Talk On The Radio Thu, 23 May 2013 04:35:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wind Jobs in Trouble http://newsradio1310.com/wind-jobs-in-trouble/ http://newsradio1310.com/wind-jobs-in-trouble/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:38:50 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=109042 (AP)-Warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states are calling on Congress to renew an expiring tax break. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said at a teleconference Tuesday that uncertainty over the future of the wind energy production tax credit already has hurt the industry — which employs 75,000 people and drives more than $10 billion a year in economic development

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/wind-jobs-in-trouble/feed/ 0 flickr.com Idaho Power Sends Crews to Help with Sandy Aftermath http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-power-sends-crews-to-help-with-sandy-aftermath/ http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-power-sends-crews-to-help-with-sandy-aftermath/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:33:11 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=107141 BOISE, Idaho – Idaho Power crews and equipment are being readied for a Monday morning departure to the state of New York to assist Long Island Power Authority, and help restore power to the hundreds of thousands of customers affected by Hurricane Sandy

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-power-sends-crews-to-help-with-sandy-aftermath/feed/ 0 Idaho Power Nuclear Developer's Assest's could be Frozen http://newsradio1310.com/nuclear-developers-assests-could-be-frozen/ http://newsradio1310.com/nuclear-developers-assests-could-be-frozen/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:20:55 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=106852 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers want a federal judge to again freeze assets of a would-be Idaho nuclear power developer, saying its founder hid use of the company's dwindling cash for a sham investment scheme

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/nuclear-developers-assests-could-be-frozen/feed/ 0 Power Regulators Sign Off on Energy Savings Plan http://newsradio1310.com/power-regulators-sign-off-on-energy-savings-plan/ http://newsradio1310.com/power-regulators-sign-off-on-energy-savings-plan/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:20:20 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=104447 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state agency that regulates utilities has approved $42 million in expenses incurred by Idaho Power Co. to reduce demand and encourage smart energy use. The Public Utilities Commission signed off the company's plan Tuesday, saying the vast majority of those costs were prudent

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/power-regulators-sign-off-on-energy-savings-plan/feed/ 0 Power Company wants Regulators to Rethink Wind http://newsradio1310.com/power-company-wants-regulators-to-rethink-wind/ http://newsradio1310.com/power-company-wants-regulators-to-rethink-wind/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:09:23 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=103797 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Power Co. wants federal regulators to reconsider their September ruling forbidding utilities from rejecting electricity from wind farms during certain periods of low demand

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/power-company-wants-regulators-to-rethink-wind/feed/ 0 Idahoans Weary of Wind Power http://newsradio1310.com/idahoans-weary-of-wind-power/ http://newsradio1310.com/idahoans-weary-of-wind-power/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:53:27 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=102702 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new poll by the Idaho Statesman shows Idaho consumers are not so enthusiastic about wind energy if it means higher monthly power bills. The newspaper also reported that (http://bit

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/idahoans-weary-of-wind-power/feed/ 0 flickr.com Wind Engergy Developers Weary of Idaho Power Companies http://newsradio1310.com/wind-engergy-developers-weary-of-idaho-power-companies/ http://newsradio1310.com/wind-engergy-developers-weary-of-idaho-power-companies/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:50:58 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=93038 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fight over Idaho alternative energy rules is sending out international shockwaves, with a Greek construction company saying utilities' demands to skirt their contractual obligations to buy power from wind farms are a threat to its business

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/wind-engergy-developers-weary-of-idaho-power-companies/feed/ 0 Storms Race Across Magic Valley http://newsradio1310.com/storms-race-across-magic-valley/ http://newsradio1310.com/storms-race-across-magic-valley/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:55:43 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=92379 (KLIX)- Sundays batch of rough weather kept emergency personnel busy. Thunderstorms rolled through much of the Magic Valley with strong winds, multiple lightning strikes and some heavy rains. There were numerous reports of fires sparked by lightening as well as reports of power lines and trees being taken down by the passing storms

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/storms-race-across-magic-valley/feed/ 0 Thunderstorm, Benito Baeza Funding Drained for Energy Office http://newsradio1310.com/funding-drained-for-energy-office/ http://newsradio1310.com/funding-drained-for-energy-office/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:31:24 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=89605 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's energy office is running out of money because royalties from federal geothermal leases haven't materialized and federal stimulus cash is drying up. Among possibilities in discussion to cover the Office of Energy Resources' expenses: A surcharge on Idaho utility customers' power bills

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/funding-drained-for-energy-office/feed/ 0 1,334 People Without Power In Twin Falls http://newsradio1310.com/1334-people-without-power-in-twin-falls/ http://newsradio1310.com/1334-people-without-power-in-twin-falls/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:40:23 +0000 Benito Baeza http://newsradio1310.com/?p=80856 (KLIX)- About 1,334 Idaho Power customers in Twin Falls are without power. According to city dispatch fire crews responded to a blown transformer at Canyon Ridge High school around 2:45pm. Idaho Power has no

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/1334-people-without-power-in-twin-falls/feed/ 0 New Federal Rules Force Power Rate Increases http://newsradio1310.com/new-federal-rules-force-power-rate-increases/ http://newsradio1310.com/new-federal-rules-force-power-rate-increases/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:35:34 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=63545 (AP) An increase in what you pay for electricity may be in your future, thanks to new federal rules. The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies act, known as PURPA, has increased costs to power producers through incentives to promote renewable energy. Those costs have increased about 25 percent in the last year.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/new-federal-rules-force-power-rate-increases/feed/ 0 Idaho Power Flood Watch Issues For Eastern Idaho http://newsradio1310.com/flood-watch-issues-for-eastern-idaho/ http://newsradio1310.com/flood-watch-issues-for-eastern-idaho/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:35:15 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=55649 The National Weather Service is urging residents who live in flood-prone areas of eastern Idaho to take precautions.  With the exception of the Pocatello area, the flood watch covers almost the entire region of northern Bannock County, th

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/flood-watch-issues-for-eastern-idaho/feed/ 0 Storm Brings Slide-Offs And Power Outages http://newsradio1310.com/storm-brings-slide-offs-and-power-outages/ http://newsradio1310.com/storm-brings-slide-offs-and-power-outages/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:44:35 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=42335 Yesterday's snow fall created a very busy day for emergency crews and left some folks without power.  Twin Falls police report they responded to 17 vehicle accidents  yesterday, Gooding county reports 14, Jerome County reported eleven accidents and Lincoln County had one.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/storm-brings-slide-offs-and-power-outages/feed/ 0 Stock Images Power Outage Forces Cancellation of Classes at CSI http://newsradio1310.com/power-outage-forces-closure-of-csi-campus/ http://newsradio1310.com/power-outage-forces-closure-of-csi-campus/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:27:56 +0000 James Tidmarsh http://newsradio1310.com/?p=23772

An early morning power outage on the College of Southern Idaho campus forced the closure of the school for the day. The power went out at around 4:55 this morning. Idaho power says an underground power line is to blame. Power was expected to be resto

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/power-outage-forces-closure-of-csi-campus/feed/ 0 Opposition Builds For Power Line Project http://newsradio1310.com/opposition-builds-for-power-line-project/ http://newsradio1310.com/opposition-builds-for-power-line-project/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:31:48 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=19908 The construction of an 1100 mile power transmission line from Wyoming and across Idaho is meeting with more resistance.  Cassia County Commissioners are supporting a letter to state officials that the power line is “unnecessary and ill advised.” 

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/opposition-builds-for-power-line-project/feed/ 0 flickr.com/photos/chargeguy Landowners Wary Of BLM Power Line Plan http://newsradio1310.com/landowners-wary-of-blm-power-line-plan/ http://newsradio1310.com/landowners-wary-of-blm-power-line-plan/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:51:55 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=15385 Dozens of ranchers and landowners are criticizing the planned route for a high-voltage transmission line across southern Idaho.      Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power want to build the 1,103-mile Gateway West transmission line through private and public land in Cassia County and neighboring counties

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/landowners-wary-of-blm-power-line-plan/feed/ 0 flickr.com via user flickr.com/photos/powerman Power Line Meetings Continue http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meetings-continue/ http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meetings-continue/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:56:02 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=14786 Public information meetings continue this week on the study of the Gateway West power transmission line that will stretch over 1100 miles from Wyoming into Idaho. 

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meetings-continue/feed/ 0 Power Line Meeting Scheduled Today In Twin Falls http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meeting-scheduled-today-in-twin-falls/ http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meeting-scheduled-today-in-twin-falls/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:55:26 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=14568 A series of meetings is scheduled for this week regarding the siting of a large transmission line from Wyoming to Idaho. 

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/power-line-meeting-scheduled-today-in-twin-falls/feed/ 0 Magic Valley Residents Can Attend Open House On Gatwest West Project http://newsradio1310.com/magic-valley-residents-can-attend-open-house-on-gatwest-west-project/ http://newsradio1310.com/magic-valley-residents-can-attend-open-house-on-gatwest-west-project/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:45:19 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=10012 Many Magic Valley area resident and landowners have been following with interest the Gateway West High-Voltage transmission line project.  It’s in the planning stages right now.  When complete the project would bring increased electrical capabilities to Idaho from Wyoming. 

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/magic-valley-residents-can-attend-open-house-on-gatwest-west-project/feed/ 0 Truck vs. Power Line http://newsradio1310.com/truck-vs-power-line/ http://newsradio1310.com/truck-vs-power-line/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:45:18 +0000 News Radio 1310 KLIX http://newsradio1310.com/?p=8850 A truck that stuck a power pole is to blame for leaving about 1500 Idaho Power customers in the dark and the sweltering heat yesterday afternoon. The accident happened in the south park area of Twin Falls at around 2:30

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