IDACORP Schedules First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

BOISE, Idaho, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IDACORP, Inc. will report its first quarter results on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, in a news release before the stock markets open. The company will hold an analyst conference call that day at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the first quarter earnings.

All parties interested in listening may do so through a live Web cast on the Internet. The conference call logistics are posted on the company's Web site (http://www.idacorpinc.com/) and will be included in the company's earnings news release. A replay of the conference call will be available on the company's Web site for a period of 12 months and will be available shortly after the call.

Boise, Idaho-based IDACORP, formed in 1998, is an energy and technology holding company comprising Idaho Power, a regulated electric utility; IDACORP Financial, a holder of affordable housing and other real estate investments; IdaTech, a developer of integrated fuel cell systems; and IDACOMM, a provider of telecommunications services and commercial Internet services.