NOTES PAYABLE: Level 3 (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Shedule of short term debt [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt

Balances (in thousands) and interest rates of IDACORP’s and Idaho Power's short-term borrowings were as follows at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

	March 31, 2017									December 31, 2016
	IDACORP			Idaho Power			Total			IDACORP			Idaho Power			Total
Commercial paper outstanding	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	21,800		$	21,800
Weighted-average annual interest rate	—		%	—		%	—		%	—		%	1.13		%	1.13		%