IDACORP and Idaho Power Appoint Thomas Carlile To Boards Of Directors

March 20, 2014

IDACORP, Inc.announced following the March 19 meeting of its Board of Directors the appointment of Thomas Carlile to serve on the boards of directors of IDACORP and Idaho Power Company.

BOISE, Idaho -- IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE:IDA) announced following the March 19 meeting of its Board of Directors the appointment of Thomas Carlile to serve on the boards of directors of IDACORP and Idaho Power Company.

Carlile has served as the chief executive officer and a director of Boise Cascade Company since February 2013. Formerly, he was the chief executive officer and a director of Boise Cascade LLC from August 2009 to February 2013, and was executive vice president and chief financial officer from February 2008 to August 2009. He also has been a director of Forest Products Holdings LLC since 2009.

“I am pleased to welcome Tom to our boards today,” said Robert Tinstman, chairman of the IDACORP and Idaho Power boards. “His financial knowledge and experience and his deep local roots make him a good fit for our company and its continued success.”

IDACORP President and Chief Executive Officer J. LaMont Keen added, “We are fortunate to have a businessman with Tom’s extensive background join our boards. He is another in a long line of accomplished Idaho business leaders to join our boards, and he will bring valuable insight into local, state and regional issues where Idaho Power conducts business.”

Carlile holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Boise State University and completed the Stanford Executive Program. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). He and his wife, Bernice, live in Boise.

About IDACORP, INC.
IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE: IDA) is based in Boise, Idaho and was formed in 1998 as a holding company. IDACORP subsidiaries include: Idaho Power, a regulated electric utility; IDACORP Financial, an investor in affordable housing projects and real estate; and Ida-West Energy, an operator of small hydroelectric projects. IDACORP’s origins lie with Idaho Power and operations beginning in 1916. Today, Idaho Power employs more than 2,000 people who serve more than 500,000 customers throughout a 24,000-square-mile area in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. To learn more, visit www.idahopower.com or www.idacorpinc.com.

Contact: Stephanie McCurdy
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Idaho Power
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