UNITED STATES

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
FORM 11-K

X

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________________ to ________________

Commission File Number:   1-14465

IDAHO POWER COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

(Full title of Plan)

IDACORP, Inc.
1221 W. Idaho Street
Boise, ID  83702-5627

(Name of issuer and address of principal executive office)

                                                                                                                                               

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS:

Page

Financial Statements of the Idaho Power Company

Employee Savings Plan as of and for the Years Ended

December 31, 2006 and 2005:

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

3

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

4

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

5

Notes to Financial Statements

6-11

Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2006:

Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i, Schedule of Assets (Held

at End of Year)

12-13

All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and

Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

Signatures

14

Exhibits:

Index

15

23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

16

                                                                                                                                               

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Trustees and Participants in the
Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule listed in the Table of Contents is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management.  Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the basic 2006 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boise, Idaho
June 26, 2007
                                                                                                                                               

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

 

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005

2006

 

2005

INVESTMENTS (Note 3):

Participant-directed

$

275,766,762

$

230,884,141

RECEIVABLES:

Participant contributions

382,453

345,499

Employer contributions

164,913

148,408

Total receivables

547,366

493,907

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

$

276,314,128

$

231,378,048

See notes to financial statements.

                                                                                                                                               

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005

2006

 

2005

CONTRIBUTIONS:

Participant contributions

$

11,536,160

$

10,131,196

Employer contributions:

Cash

2,451,790

3,274,909

IDACORP common stock

1,883,172

794,760

Total contributions

15,871,122

14,200,865

INVESTMENT INCOME:

Net appreciation in fair value of

investments (Note 3)

31,162,183

1,735,613

Dividends and interest

10,814,519

8,996,688

Net investment income

41,976,702

10,732,301

DEDUCTIONS:

Benefits paid to participants

12,904,656

8,866,894

Administrative expenses

7,088

6,186

Total deductions

12,911,744

8,873,080

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

44,936,080

16,060,086

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

Beginning of year

231,378,048

215,317,962

End of year

$

276,314,128

$

231,378,048

See notes to financial statements.

                                                                                                                                               

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005

1.     DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

The following brief description of the Idaho Power Company Employee Savings Plan (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes only.  Participants should refer to the Plan Document for more complete information.

General - The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all employees (full-time, part-time and temporary) of IDACORP, Inc. (IDACORP) and its participating subsidiaries (the Company), including Idaho Power Company (the Plan's Sponsor and the Plan Administrator), as allowed under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).  The Plan Administrator's Fiduciary Committee controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan.  Mercer Trust Company (Mercer) is the trustee of the Plan.  As of December 31, 2006, there were 1,618 employees contributing to the Plan and 2,108 total participants (including inactive participants as defined by the Plan).

Effective January 1, 1998, the Plan was amended and restated.  This amendment and restatement converted the Plan into a combined 401(k) and employee stock ownership plan, which allows participants the option of obtaining distributions in the form of cash or common stock of IDACORP.  The amended and restated plan also allows the Plan Administrator to distribute the quarterly dividend on shares of IDACORP stock (the dividend pass-through feature) to electing participants in the Plan.  Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan as of their hire date, although matching contributions prior to April 1, 2006 required the completion of 12 months of employment.  The Plan was amended April 1, 2006, and effective that date employees are eligible to receive matching contributions as of their hire date.  Matching contributions are vested upon completion of twelve months of employment.

Contributions - Eligible employees may participate in the Plan by contributing to the Savings Feature (after-tax) or to the Deferred Feature (before-tax) of the Plan.  Following the April 1, 2006 amendment, employees are also permitted to contribute after-tax dollars to a Roth 401(k) Feature.  The participant may elect to contribute to any or all features up to 100 percent of eligible pay, as defined in the Plan, subject to certain IRC limitations.  The Company makes a matching contribution for the participant in an amount equal to 100 percent of the participant's first two percent of eligible pay contributed to the Plan and 50 percent of the next four percent of eligible pay contributed to the Plan.  Participant contributions in excess of six percent of eligible pay are not matched by the Company.  Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans or pre-tax IRAs.

                                                                                                                                               

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Investments - Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.  The Plan currently offers 46 mutual funds and IDACORP common stock as investment options for participants.  A self-directed brokerage account is also available to allow participants to select investment options not specifically offered by the Plan.

Vesting - All contributions made prior to April 1, 2006 are fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.  For contributions made after April 1, 2006, the match portion is vested only for participants that have completed twelve months of service.  Matching contributions that are forfeited are used to reduce the employer's matching contribution in the year following the year in which the forfeiture arose.  In 2006, matching contributions of $2,402 were forfeited.

Payments of Benefits and Withdrawals - Participants may withdraw elective deferrals under the hardship provision of the Plan while still employed by the Company.  Employees participating in the Plan may withdraw employee after-tax contributions from the Savings Feature at any time upon request as frequently as once per calendar quarter.  No early withdrawals are permitted from the Roth 401(k) Feature.  On termination of service due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive either a lump sum amount equal to the value of the participant's interest in his or her account, or initiate partial withdrawals up to the participant's interest from his or her account.  For termination of service for other reasons, a participant with a balance less than $1,000 will automatically receive a distribution of his or her account balance.  Participants with $1,000 or more in their accounts may leave their interest in the Plan or receive a lump sum distribution.  Following the April 1, 2006 amendment, terminated or retired participants may also elect to receive distribution payments in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments.

Participant Loans - Under certain circumstances participants may borrow against their account balances.  Loans are limited to 50 percent of the participant's account balance, with a maximum outstanding loan balance of $50,000.  The interest rate on participant loans is set at the prime rate on the first business day of the month in which the loan is requested, plus one percent.  The interest rate determined will remain fixed through the duration of the loan.  All loans must be repaid within five years except for loans for the purchase of a primary residence, which have a maximum repayment period of ten years.  Principal and interest is paid through payroll deductions.  Loans from the Roth 401(k) Feature are not permitted.

Participant Accounts - Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant.  Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contribution, the Company's matching contribution and an allocation of Plan earnings and is charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses.  Gains and losses on investments are allocated to participants' accounts based upon relative fund account balances at regular valuation dates specified by the trustee of the Plan.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's account.

                                                                                                                                               

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2.     SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The Plan utilizes various investment instruments.  Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

Payment of Benefits - Benefit payments to participants are distributed within 30 days of the last business day of the month in which Mercer receives the request for distribution.  Distributions are recorded on the day the distribution is made.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition - The Plan's investments are stated at fair value and quoted market prices are used to value investments.  Shares of mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.  Participant loans are valued at the outstanding loan balances.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Administrative Expenses - Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan's Sponsor, as provided in the Plan Document.  Plan participants who have a brokerage account pay an administrative expense of $25 per quarter.

                                                                                                                                               

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3.     INVESTMENTS

The Plan's investments that represent five percent or more of the Plan's net assets available for benefits as of December 31 were as follows:

2006

IDACORP, Inc. Common Stock

$

58,070,428

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

28,643,793

Dodge & Cox Income Fund

26,773,977

Putnam Money Market Fund Class A

23,859,985

T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund

19,255,775

Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

15,173,869

Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund

14,458,022

2005

IDACORP, Inc. Common Stock

$

51,073,743

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

26,944,797

Dodge & Cox Income Fund

22,698,702

Putnam Money Market Fund Class A

18,513,173

T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund

15,686,371

Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

13,055,086

Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund

12,278,416

During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:

2006

 

2005

Mutual Funds - Blend

$

7,056,898

$

2,200,170 

Mutual Funds - Growth

3,117,018

3,017,472 

Mutual Funds - Income

256,455

(569,153)

Mutual Funds - Value

5,010,609

(662,404)

Brokerage Securities

262,939

(3,178)

IDACORP, Inc. Common Stock

15,458,264

(2,247,294)

$

31,162,183

$

1,735,613 

4.    PLAN TERMINATION

Although it has not expressed the intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA.  In the event that the Plan is terminated, participants would immediately become 100 percent vested in their accounts.

 

                                                                                                                                   

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5.     FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS

The Company received a determination letter, dated August 1, 2001, from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the Plan, as amended, is qualified under Sections 401 and 501 of the IRC.  The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter; however, the Company and the Plan Administrator believe that the Plan is currently designed and operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and the Plan and related trust continue to be tax-exempt.  Participants in a qualified plan are not subject to income taxes on Company contributions or dividend income allocated to their accounts until a distribution is made from the Plan.  Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements.  Dividends paid under the dividend pass-through feature (Note 1) are considered taxable income to the participant in the year received.

6.     RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Putnam Investments, which is owned by Marsh & McLennan, the parent company of Mercer.  Mercer is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.  Fees paid by the Plan for investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund.  On February 1, 2007, Marsh & McLennan announced that it was selling its interest in Putnam Investments to an unrelated buyer.  The sale is expected to be completed during 2007.    

At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Plan held 1,502,469 and 1,743,131 shares, respectively, of common stock of IDACORP, Inc., the parent company of the sponsoring employer, with a cost basis of $42,633,401 and $48,565,364, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Plan recorded dividends received from IDACORP of $1,944,564 and $2,136,805, respectively.

7.  RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

December 31,

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the

financial statements

$

276,314,128 

$

231,378,048 

Deemed distributions to participants

(95,201)

(80,765)

Net assets available for benefits per

the Form 5500

$

276,218,927 

$

231,297,283 

                                                                                                                                               

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The following is a reconciliation of the increase in net assets per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

Year ended

 

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

Increase in net assets per the financial statements

$

44,936,080 

Less:  Deemed distributions to participants at

December 31, 2006

(95,201)

Add:  Deemed distributions to participants at

December 31, 2005

80,765

Net income per the Form 5500

$

44,921,644 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i, SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2006

 

 

(d)

(e) Current

(a)

(b) Identity of Issue

(c) Description of Investment

Cost**

Value

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Bond Index Fund

$

3,700,803

AIM Investments

AIM International Growth Fund

10,721,844

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Small Cap Value

4,369,440

AIM Investments

AIM Small Cap Growth Fund

4,303,024

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund

834,869

Brokerage Account

Brokerage Securities

3,320,044

Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional International Value Fund

5,084,631

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund Class Y

3,192,178

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Money Market Fund Self-Directed

Brokerage

576,528

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam International Growth & Income Fund Class Y

336,812

Harbor Fund

Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund

15,173,869

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Research Fund

116,003

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Health Sciences Trust Class Y

345,229

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam American Government Income Fund

259,993

Pimco Allianz Investments

Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund

14,458,022

Vanguard

Vanguard Balanced Index Fund Admiral Shares

3,822,788

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Balanced Portfolio Class Y

5,157,799

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam New Value Fund

1,486,719

Causeway Funds

Causeway International Value Fund

5,313,159

T. Rowe Price

T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund

19,255,775

Artisan Funds

Artisan International Fund

8,537,321

Dodge & Cox Funds

Dodge & Cox Income Fund

26,773,977

Vanguard

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

28,643,793

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Discovery Growth Fund Class Y

186,114

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Diversified Income Trust Class Y

826,204

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam OTC & Emerging Growth Fund Class Y

5,979,255

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam International Equity Fund Class Y

4,384

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Investors Fund

2,592,019

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund

92,532

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Equity Income Fund

3,053,979

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam High Yield Trust Y

1,312,712

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Classic Equity Fund Class Y

43,996

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Convertible Income - Growth Y

146,214

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam International Voyager Y

1,840,391

*

Putnam Investments

The George Putnam Fund of Boston Class Y

620,383

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Fund for Growth & Income Class Y

121,786

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Global Equity Fund Class Y

238,537

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Income Fund Class Y

354,462

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam New Opportunities Fund

176,764

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Voyager Fund Class Y

3,122,530

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Vista Fund Class Y

349,095

*

Putnam Investments

Pending Account

14,796

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Capital Appreciation Fund Class A

342,927

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Global Income Trust Class A

299,017

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Europe Equity Fund

345,907

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Global Natural Resources Fund

2,631,454

 

                                                                                                                                   

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IDAHO POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i, SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2006

(d)

(e) Current

(a)

(b) Identity of Issue

(c) Description of Investment

Cost**

Value

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam International New

Opportunities Fund Class A

$

811,068

*

Participant Loans

Interest rates 5% - 10.5%

2,168,279

*

IDACORP, Inc.

Common Stock

58,070,428

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Money Market Fund Class A

23,859,985

*

Putnam Investments

Putnam Utility Growth & Income

Fund Class A

376,924

$

275,766,762

*Denotes a permitted party-in-interest with respect to the Plan

**Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and, therefore, is not included.

                                                                                                                                               

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SIGNATURES

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Idaho Power Company, as Plan Administrator, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Idaho Power Company
Employee Savings Plan

By:  /s/ Darrel T. Anderson

Idaho Power Company, as Plan Administrator, by Darrel T. Anderson, Senior Vice President - Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer

Date:  June 27, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Sequentially

Exhibit Number

Exhibit

Numbered Page

23

Consent of Independent

Registered Public Accounting Firm

16

                                                                                                                                               

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