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Amends existing law to provide for the promotion and development of clean energy resources for declared purposes, to revise provisions regarding powers of the Idaho Energy Resources Authority, and to provide for clean energy generation projects.
This bill amends the Idaho Energy Resources Authority (IERA) Act by removing definitions of “renewable energy” and “renewable energy generation projects,” replacing those terms with definitions of “clean energy” and“cleanenergygenerationprojects.”Thenewdefinitionofcleanenergycarriesovertheoldrenewableenergy definition that included water/hydro, geothermal, wind, solar and biogas, while adding nuclear, hydrogen, energy/battery storage, and other non-carbon emitting resources. Broadening these definitions signals Idaho’s supportbehindresearchanddevelopmentofemergingenergytechnologies, includingadvancednuclearenergy, small modular reactors, hydrogen turbine generators, and energy storage systems.