SEGMENT INFORMATION: Segment Information Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

The table below summarizes the segment information for IDACORP’s utility operations and the total of all other segments, and reconciles this information to total enterprise amounts (in thousands of dollars). 

	Utility Operations			All Other			Eliminations			Consolidated Total
2011
Revenues	$	1,022,728		$	4,028		$	—		$	1,026,756
Operating income (loss)	164,366			(118		)	—			164,248
Other income	18,876			30			—			18,906
Interest income	2,146			233			(76		)	2,303
Equity method income (loss)	9,018			(8,220		)	—			798
Interest expense	71,055			547			(76		)	71,526
Income (loss) before income taxes	123,351			(8,622		)	—			114,729
Income tax benefit	(41,399		)	(10,734		)	—			(52,133		)
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.	164,750			1,943			—			166,693
Total assets	4,856,839			122,678			(18,908		)	4,960,609
Expenditures for long-lived assets	337,765			5			—			337,770
2010
Revenues	$	1,033,052		$	2,977		$	—		$	1,036,029
Operating income (loss)	200,308			(1,638		)	—			198,670
Other income	11,567			558			—			12,125
Interest income	2,116			1,023			(99		)	3,040
Equity method income (loss)	11,281			(8,273		)	—			3,008
Interest expense	73,925			1,288			(99		)	75,114
Income (loss) before income taxes	151,347			(9,618		)	—			141,729
Income tax expense (benefit)	10,713			(11,444		)	—			(731		)
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.	140,634			2,164			—			142,798
Total assets	4,568,393			131,553			(23,891		)	4,676,055
Expenditures for long-lived assets	338,252			—			—			338,252
2009
Revenues	$	1,045,996		$	3,804		$	—		$	1,049,800
Operating income (loss)	206,193			(2,610		)	—			203,583
Other income	10,704			1,227			—			11,931
Interest income	4,859			490			(283		)	5,066
Equity method income (loss)	8,256			(9,289		)	—			(1,033		)
Interest expense	71,932			1,161			(283		)	72,810
Income (loss) before income taxes	158,080			(11,343		)	—			146,737
Income tax expense (benefit)	35,521			(13,159		)	—			22,362
Income attributable to IDACORP, Inc.	122,559			1,791			—			124,350
Total assets	4,073,390			192,699			(27,362		)	4,238,727
Expenditures for long-lived assets	251,937			14			—			251,951