(Idaho Power Notification, June 26, 2025)
Powerline Safety Settings Go Into Effect to Prevent Wildfire
Despite a recent wave of cool weather, grasses and other plants are drying out across eastern Oregon and southern Idaho. Dry vegetation can turn into fuel for wildfires. For the safety of our communities, Idaho Power has implemented enhanced protection settings on powerlines in higher wildfire-risk areas.
This change means powerlines in those areas won’t automatically re-energize if a momentary fault is detected. Watch this video to learn how enhanced protection settings work and why we use them.
While these settings can prevent wildfires, they can lead to more frequent, longer outages. Here are a few steps you can take to prepare for potential outages:
- Update your contact information at idahopower.com/contactupdate so we can reach you in an outage or emergency.
- Plan for your family’s unique needs, like refrigerated medicine, powered medical equipment, and livestock watering.
- Build an outage kit with items like bottled water, non-perishable food, baby formula and diapers, extra batteries, and battery- or solar-power chargers for your devices. Find more ideas at idahopower.com/outagetips.
- Download the Idaho Power mobile app to keep tabs on whether your home or business has power, view our live outage map, or sign up for alerts about outages affecting your loved ones.
You can find more tips on outage preparation, the work Idaho Power is doing to prevent wildfires and protect the grid, and ways you can help at idahopower.com/wildfire.
