IDACORP, Inc. Annual Meeting Scheduled for May 21

BOISE, Idaho, May 15 ID-IDA-AnnualMeeting
BOISE, Idaho, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDACORP, Inc.(NYSE: IDA) hosts its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m. Mountain Time at Idaho Power corporate headquarters, 1221 W. Idaho St., Boise. IDACORP and Idaho Power President and Chief Executive Officer J. LaMont Keen is the key speaker addressing the company's 2008 performance and providing an outlook for 2009 and beyond. Formal notice of this meeting was mailed to shareholders. Attendance at the live on-site meeting is limited to IDACORP shareholders with proof of ownership.

The meeting also is Webcast at www.idacorpinc.com and is available to all shareholders and non-shareholders. Webcast login information will be posted on the company's Web site the morning of the call. Presentation slides will be available on the Web site at the beginning of the meeting. All Annual Meeting Webcast materials will be posted to the company's Web site shortly after the meeting and will be available for 12 months.

IDACORP, Inc., (NYSE:IDA) Boise, Idaho-based and formed in 1998, is a holding company comprised of Idaho Power Company, a regulated electric utility; IDACORP Financial, a holder of affordable housing projects and other real estate investments; and Ida-West Energy, an operator of small hydroelectric generation projects that satisfy the requirements of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. IDACORP's origins lie with Idaho Power and operations beginning in 1916. Today, Idaho Power employs approximately 2,100 people to serve a 24,000 square-mile service area in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. With 17 low-cost hydroelectric projects as the core of its generation portfolio, Idaho Power's 487,000 residential, business and agricultural customers pay some of the nation's lowest prices for electricity. To learn more about Idaho Power or IDACORP, visit www.idahopower.com or www.idacorpinc.com.



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