ID HCR032

Transmission projects built in Idaho must demonstrate clear, measurable, and durable net benefits to Idaho ratepayers as shown in utility-integrated resource plans before receiving state-level approval or cost allocation.

Idaho Public Utilities Commission is directed to ensure ratepayers do not subsidize infrastructure that fails to benefit Idaho customers or conflicts with base load reliability priorities.

Private property rights, local land use authority, and protection of agricultural and rural communities are declared paramount considerations in transmission infrastructure siting, with eminent domain strictly limited to purposes allowable under Idaho law.

Nuclear technologies (conventional and advanced), hydroelectric, geothermal, and natural gas generation are endorsed as the preferred foundation for Idaho's future energy system and base load power.

Idaho-regulated utilities are encouraged to review interstate energy market participation to ensure it does not conflict with reliable dispatchable generation, ratepayer protection, and state energy sovereignty.