Dive Summary:

• The Idaho Public Utilities Commission's scheduled hearings on utility and alternative power disagreements began Tuesday, with Idaho Power, Avista Corp. and Rocky Mountain Power arguing that wind developers' rates are set too high.
• Wind developers, including Exergy Development Group, have benefited from Idaho's 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, which forces utilities to buy electricity from them.
• An attorney representing Exergy argued that Idaho Power is deceiving ratepayers by distributing information with bills that asserts customers will pay about $850 million more over ten years because of wind projects.

From the article:

Deep animosity between Idaho Power Co. and the state's wind developers was on display Tuesday, the first of three days of hearings where energy regulators are considering proposed rules to govern small, independent power projects — and the prices they get for their electricity. ...