Long-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

The following table summarizes IDACORP's and Idaho Power's long-term debt at December 31 (in thousands of dollars):


	2023		2022
First mortgage bonds:
2.50% Series due 2023	$	—	$	75,000
1.90% Series due 2030	80,000		80,000
6.00% Series due 2032	100,000		100,000
4.99% Series due 2032	23,000		23,000
5.50% Series due 2033	70,000		70,000
5.50% Series due 2034	50,000		50,000
5.875% Series due 2034	55,000		55,000
5.30% Series due 2035	60,000		60,000
6.30% Series due 2037	140,000		140,000
6.25% Series due 2037	100,000		100,000
4.85% Series due 2040	100,000		100,000
4.30% Series due 2042	75,000		75,000
5.06% Series due 2042	25,000		25,000
5.06% Series due 2043	60,000		—
4.00% Series due 2043	75,000		75,000
3.65% Series due 2045	250,000		250,000
4.05% Series due 2046	120,000		120,000
4.20% Series due 2048	450,000		450,000
5.20% Series due 2053	62,000		—
5.50% Series due 2053	400,000		—
5.80% Series due 2054	350,000		—
Total first mortgage bonds	2,645,000		1,848,000
Pollution control revenue bonds:
1.45% Series due 2024(1)	49,800		49,800
1.70% Series due 2026(1)	116,300		116,300
Total pollution control revenue bonds	166,100		166,100
Floating Rate Term Loan Facility due 2024	—		150,000
American Falls Variable Rate bond guarantee due 2025	19,885		19,885
Unamortized premium/discount and issuance costs	(5,395)		10,160
Total IDACORP and Idaho Power outstanding debt(2)	2,825,590		2,194,145
Current maturities of long-term debt	(49,800)		—
Total long-term debt	$	2,775,790	$	2,194,145

(1) Humboldt County and Sweetwater County Pollution Control Revenue Bonds are secured by the first mortgage bonds, bringing the total first mortgage bonds outstanding at December 31, 2023, to $2.811 billion.

(2) At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the overall effective cost rate of Idaho Power's outstanding debt was 4.98 percent and 4.60 percent, respectively.

At December 31, 2023, the maturities for the aggregate amount of IDACORP and Idaho Power long-term debt outstanding were as follows (in thousands of dollars):


2024		2025		2026		2027		2028		Thereafter
$	49,800	$	19,885	$	116,300	$	—	$	—	$	2,645,000

Long-Term Debt Issuances, Maturities, and Redemptions

On September 11, 2023, under the shelf registration statement with the SEC, Idaho Power issued $350 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.80% first mortgage bonds, secured medium-term notes, Series M, maturing on April 1, 2054.

On April 1, 2023, Idaho Power repaid $75 million in aggregate principal amount of maturing 2.50% first mortgage bonds due 2023, Series I.

On March 14, 2023, under the shelf registration statement with the SEC, Idaho Power issued $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.50% first mortgage bonds, secured medium-term notes, Series M, maturing on March 15, 2053.

On March 8, 2023, pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement defined below, Idaho Power issued $60 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.06% first mortgage bonds, secured medium-term notes, Series N, maturing on March 8, 2043; and $62 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.20% first mortgage bonds, secured medium-term notes, Series N, maturing on March 8, 2053.

On December 22, 2022, Idaho Power entered into a Bond Purchase Agreement (Bond Purchase Agreement) with certain institutional purchasers relating to the sale by Idaho Power of $170 million of first mortgage bonds secured medium-term-term notes, Series N (Series N Notes), as described in more detail below.

On December 1, 2022, Idaho Power redeemed at par $4.36 million in principal amount of variable-rate pollution control revenue bonds due in 2027.

On March 4, 2022, Idaho Power entered into a floating rate term loan credit agreement (Term Loan Facility). The Term Loan Facility was a two-year senior unsecured term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of $150 million. On March 31, 2023, Idaho Power repaid $100 million and on May 17, 2023, repaid $50 million principal amount to fully repay the Term Loan Facility. At December 31, 2023, there was no remaining outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan Facility.

Idaho Power First Mortgage Bonds

Idaho Power's issuance of long-term indebtedness is subject to the approval of the IPUC, OPUC, and WPSC. In May and June 2022, Idaho Power received orders from the IPUC, OPUC, and WPSC authorizing the company to issue and sell from time to time up to $1.2 billion in aggregate principal amount of debt securities and first mortgage bonds, subject to conditions specified in the orders. Authority from the IPUC is effective through May 31, 2025, subject to extensions upon request to the IPUC. The OPUC's and WPSC's orders do not impose a time limitation for issuances, but the OPUC order does impose a number of other conditions, including a requirement that the interest rates for the debt securities or first mortgage bonds fall within either (a) designated spreads over comparable U.S. Treasury rates or (b) a maximum interest rate limit of 8.0 percent. At December 31, 2023, $280 million remains available for debt issuance under the regulatory orders. In January 2024, Idaho Power submitted applications to the IPUC, OPUC, and WPSC requesting authorization to issue and sell from time to time up to $1.2 billion in aggregate principal amount of debt securities and first mortgage bonds, which if approved will replace the $280 million remaining under the existing regulatory orders. On February 8, 2024, Idaho Power received an order from OPUC authorizing its request. As of the date of this report, approvals from the IPUC and WPSC are still pending.

In May 2022, Idaho Power filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC, which became effective upon filing, for the offer and sale of an unspecified principal amount of its first mortgage bonds. The issuance of first mortgage bonds requires that Idaho Power meet interest coverage and security provisions set forth in Idaho Power's Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of October 1, 1937, as amended and supplemented from time to time (Indenture). Future issuances of first mortgage bonds are subject to satisfaction of covenants and security provisions set forth in the Indenture, market conditions, regulatory authorizations, and covenants contained in other financing agreements.

In June 2022, Idaho Power entered into a selling agency agreement with six banks named in the agreement in connection with the potential issuance and sale from time to time of up to $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of first mortgage bonds, secured medium term notes, Series M (Series M Notes), under Idaho Power’s Indenture. Also in June 2022, Idaho Power entered into the Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture, dated effective as of June 30, 2022, to the Indenture (Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture). The Fiftieth Supplemental Indenture provides for, among other items, the issuance of up to $1.2 billion in aggregate principal amount of Series M Notes pursuant to the Indenture. In October 2022, Idaho Power entered into the Fifty-first Supplemental Indenture to increase the limit of the amount of first mortgage bonds at any one time outstanding to $3.5 billion as provided in the Indenture. The amount issuable is also restricted by property, earnings, and other provisions of the Indenture and supplemental indentures to the Indenture. The Indenture requires that Idaho Power's net earnings be at least twice the

annual interest requirements on all outstanding debt of equal or prior rank, including the bonds that Idaho Power may propose to issue. Under certain circumstances, the net earnings test does not apply, including the issuance of refunding bonds to retire outstanding bonds that mature in less than two years or that are of an equal or higher interest rate, or prior lien bonds.

In December 2022, Idaho Power entered into the Bond Purchase Agreement with certain institutional purchasers, relating to the sale by Idaho Power of $170 million in aggregate principal amount of Series N Notes. Also in December 2022, Idaho Power entered into the Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture, dated effective as of December 30, 2022, to the Indenture (Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture). The Fifty-second Supplemental Indenture provides for, among other items, the issuance of Series N Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Series N Notes consist of:

•$23 million in aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 4.99% first mortgage bonds due 2032, Series N Notes, Tranche 1 (Tranche 1 Bonds);

•$25 million in aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.06% first mortgage bonds due 2042, Series N Notes, Tranche 2 (Tranche 2 Bonds);

•$60 million in aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.06% first mortgage bonds due 2043, Series N Notes, Tranche 3 (Tranche 3 Bonds); and

•$62 million in aggregate principal amount of Idaho Power’s 5.20% first mortgage bonds due 2053, Series N Notes, Tranche 4 (Tranche 4 Bonds).

The Tranche 1 Bonds and Tranche 2 Bonds were issued on December 22, 2022, and the Tranche 3 Bonds and Tranche 4 Bonds were issued on March 8, 2023, each under the Indenture.

The mortgage of the Indenture secures all bonds issued under the Indenture equally and ratably, without preference, priority, or distinction. First mortgage bonds issued in the future will also be secured by the mortgage of the Indenture. The lien constitutes a first mortgage on all the properties of Idaho Power, subject only to certain limited exceptions including liens for taxes and assessments that are not delinquent and minor excepted encumbrances. Certain of the properties of Idaho Power are subject to easements, leases, contracts, covenants, workmen's compensation awards, and similar encumbrances and minor defects common to properties. The mortgage of the Indenture does not create a lien on revenues or profits, or notes or accounts receivable, contracts or choses in action, except as permitted by law during a completed default, securities, or cash, except when pledged, or merchandise or equipment manufactured or acquired for resale. The mortgage of the Indenture creates a lien on the interest of Idaho Power in property subsequently acquired, other than excepted property, subject to limitations in the case of consolidation, merger, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Idaho Power. The Indenture requires Idaho Power to spend or appropriate 15 percent of its annual gross operating revenues for maintenance, retirement, or amortization of its properties. Idaho Power may, however, anticipate or make up these expenditures or appropriations within the 5 years that immediately follow or precede a particular year.

As of December 31, 2023, the maximum amount of additional first mortgage bonds Idaho Power could issue approximately $700 million, though as of the date of this report the amount is limited to the $280 million amount authorized by the IPUC, OPUC, and WPSC. Separately, the Indenture also limits the amount of additional first mortgage bonds that Idaho Power may issue to the sum of (a) the principal amount of retired first mortgage bonds and (b) 60 percent of total unfunded property additions, as defined in the Indenture. As of December 31, 2023, Idaho Power could issue approximately $1.9 billion of additional first mortgage bonds based on retired first mortgage bonds and total unfunded property additions.