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Friday, January 15, 2010
1 15 Energy Update: Idaho Power Rate Moratorium, Energy Plan Report, AEHI, & Micron Goes Solar
By Liz Woodruff @ 5:37 PM :: 159 Views :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The Idaho PUC accepts an unusual settlement between Idaho Power and several customer groups that sets a moratorium on future rate cases until 2012. Meanwhile, the PUC and the Office of Energy Resources file their report to the Legislature on how they believe they are implementing Idaho’s 2007 Energy Plan, and the Payette County Planning and Zoning Commission approves a change to the county’s comprehensive plan that could allow for an eventual rezoning of property as a step toward development of a nuclear reactor. Finally, Micron Technology signs a deal with an Australian firm to get into the solar PV manufacturing business at Micron’s Boise campus.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Korea Debunks AEHI Claim that Reactor Deal is Imminent
By Liz Woodruff @ 10:24 AM :: 419 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
Contrary to a published report Sunday, the Korean government is nowhere near cutting a deal with itinerant Idaho nuclear reactor developer Don Gillispie and his Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., and in fact a Korean government official said AEHI is likely too small a company to do business with.
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Friday, January 08, 2010
Jan 8 Idaho Energy Update: Korea Gives Idaho Nuke Developer Reality Check
By Liz Woodruff @ 4:06 PM :: 164 Views :: Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
Just five days after the would-be developer of an Idaho nuclear reactor touted an imminent deal to import Korean nuclear reactors to Idaho, the state-run Korean reactor manufacturer quickly denied the deal is in the works. Also, Idaho Power filed its 2009 “Integrated Resource Plan” with the Idaho PUC, outlining how it expects to meet future energy needs for the coming two decades. Idaho Power also reported to the PUC how it plans to manage the credits it receives from renewable energy projects. And the BLM has released proposed and alternate routes for the proposed Gateway West transmission project that will span southern Idaho.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
AEHI to NRC: Don't Hold Your Breath for Our Nuke Plans
By Liz Woodruff @ 1:48 PM :: 533 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The would-be developer of Idaho’s roaming nuclear reactor has told federal regulators his applications for various sites in Idaho and elsewhere won’t be filed until mid-2011 at the earliest – not this month as originally planned.
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Friday, December 04, 2009
12/4 ID Energy Update: Rate Case Moratorium, Wandering Nukes
By Liz Woodruff @ 4:36 PM :: 228 Views :: Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
Idaho Power and several of its customer groups are asking the Public Utilities Commission to bless an agreement in which the company would freeze new rate cases for two years in exchange for a piece of the annual power cost adjustment. On the nuke front, AEHI continues to play two counties against each other as it dangles its would-be nuclear reactor in front of both.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Times News Editorial Critiques AEHI's Move to Payette
By Liz Woodruff @ 1:42 PM :: 240 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_7c5f9e38-05e0-5dfe-84cf-3455669aca46.html
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Times News Editorial Critiques AEHI's Move to Payette County
By Liz Woodruff @ 1:42 PM :: 298 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_7c5f9e38-05e0-5dfe-84cf-3455669aca46.html
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Friday, October 23, 2009
ID Energy Update 10 23: Nuke Developer Hits the Road - Again
By Liz Woodruff @ 4:39 PM :: 273 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The firm hoping to build a nuclear reactor in Idaho has turned its attention to a third site in less than three years – this time to Payette County, where billionaire Warren Buffett spent $13 million exploring a site only to walk away saying it didn’t pencil out. Also, you still have until Nov. 6 to weigh in on the important 6th Power Plan that will help guide the energy future for our region.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
AEHI Takes Nuke Reactor Road Show to Payette County
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:58 PM :: 607 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The would-be developer of a nuclear reactor on the Snake River in Elmore County now says he wants to build a reactor in Payette County, despite the fact billionaire energy tycoon Warren Buffett spent millions of dollars studying a Payette site only to conclude the project didn’t make economic sense. This is the third Idaho county Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., has shopped for in its quest to build a reactor for which it has no money or property.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Nuke Developer to SEC: It Doesn't Look Good
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:49 PM :: 794 Views :: Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
AEHI, the nuke developer wannabe in Elmore County, filed its required SEC form Aug. 14, and it's not a pretty picture. The company's report paints a grim picture of a company in obvious distress just a week after it announced it’s looking for another county or even state lands for the project. AEHI is short of cash, short of prospects for getting any cash, and now is casting around Idaho for another location for its reactor scheme. Even Sen. Mike Crapo says AEHI overstated his support for the project.

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Friday, August 14, 2009
ID Energy Updae 8 14:AEHI Woes, Power Plan and Idaho Renewable Zones
By Liz Woodruff @ 2:49 PM :: 412 Views :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The Northwest Power & Conservation Council was expected to release its long-awaited draft 6th Power Plan for public comment and review Tuesday, but members from Idaho and Montana blocked the release. And the Office of Energy Resources is taking proposals from cities and counties to fund “renewable energy enterprise zone” projects, while Idaho Power is holding a series of meetings in Idaho and Oregon to answer questions about its proposed transmission line from Canyon County to Boardman, Oregon. Finally, AEHI filed its most recent quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and its outlook is shakier than ever.
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Friday, August 07, 2009
ID Energy Update 8 7: Energy Plan Petition, Nuke Developer May Take a Hike
By Liz Woodruff @ 2:53 PM :: 453 Views :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
There’s still time to jump online and join more than 1,000 clean energy advocates who have signed a petition encouraging adoption of key provisions of the 2007 Idaho Energy Plan. Meantime, the developer of a proposed nuclear reactor on the Snake River south of Mountain Home says he’s impatient with delays in Elmore County and is considering taking his project elsewhere. And the PUC has opened a case to consider rates paid by utilities to small power producers, while it also signed off on an Idaho Power contract to buy a power from a Magic Valley dairy digester.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
AEHI May Take Its Vaudeville Nuke Scheme Elsewhere
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:04 PM :: 799 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The would-be developer of a nuclear reactor on the Snake River says he’s so tired of Elmore County not giving in to his demands that he’s thinking of taking his Nomad Nuclear Scheme to another county that may be more accommodating. AEHI CEO Don Gillispie says "several Idaho counties and the state" have rolled out the red carpet for his reactor, although that comes as news to the state and he doesn't identify the counties.
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
ID Energy Update 7 11: Nuke Plant Setback and Energy Forum
By Liz Woodruff @ 10:43 AM :: 490 Views :: Nuclear Power, Clean and Renewable Energy, Bruneau nuclear reactor, Idaho Energy Updates
The Elmore County Commission has sent a rezoning request for a proposed nuclear reactor on the Snake River back to the Planning & Zoning Commission, perhaps pushing further review of the project back a year or more. Meanwhile, next weekend’s Idaho Green Expo will feature the Idaho Energy Forum, which will bring key stakeholders together to discuss how to implement Idaho’s 2007 Energy Plan. And Utah’s IPP3 coal plant is officially cancelled, while the PUC will hold hearings on Idaho Power’s proposed Langley Gulch natural gas plant.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Would-Be Elmore Nuke Plant Financier Shutting Its Doors
By Liz Woodruff @ 3:14 PM :: 668 Views :: Nuclear Power, Bruneau nuclear reactor, SRA News Releases
The Texas firm that Elmore County nuclear reactor developers identified less than a year ago as their new financial partner told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday that it may restructure but for now “is no longer conducting business operations and is in the process of winding up.” The closure of Powered Corporation of Houston is yet more evidence that Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., a recent transplant from Virginia and would-be developer of a 1,600MW nuclear reactor atop the Snake River outside of Hammett, is incapable of raising cash for its mystery reactor, said Snake River Alliance Executive Director Andrea Shipley.
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