News and Updates

At the News Data Western Energy Conference in Boise, our Executive Director, Nicole Hughes, called for a strategy that “lifts all boats” in the electric sector. This comment has raised questions, and we’d like to address what this actually means for Renewable Northwest (RNW) and our clean energy mission.

"This is not about wind and solar versus gas and nuclear. It’s about more steel in the ground, more generation, more transmission, more flexibility and diversity. We need it all and we need it now.”

Aaron Menenberg, Renewable Northwest's Idaho Policy Manager, was featured on The Ranch Podcast to discuss the energy crisis facing the United States and the role renewables play in Idaho.

Subsidies have long accelerated American energy production. And these subsidies have had their intended impact: in 2023, the United States ranked as the world’s second-largest energy producer, leveraging government support to develop a multi-trillion dollar energy industry that provides reliable, affordable power with an all-of-the-above strategy that advances national security and drives the world’s largest economy.

Op-ed by Aaron Menenberg, Idaho Policy Manager. Idaho Power projects that demand growth over the next five years will equal all growth the state experienced in the previous 40 years combined. To meet this mindboggling need, we must enable an extraordinary buildout of new energy, fast.

Ada County is debating how strictly to limit solar farms on farmland.

If you’ve never thought much about transmission lines, you’re not alone, but a lack of transmission capacity is quickly becoming one of the biggest barriers to a reliable, affordable, and clean energy future.

With a mission of building support for accelerating the transition to renewable electricity, the RNW Action Fund will promote and support policy solutions that accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and energy storage throughout the region.

Nicole Hughes was quoted in ProPublica's article about investments needed in our region's grid.