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Idaho net electricity imports

−8,348 GWh

Net interstate flow of electricity for Idaho, 2024

+13.9% since 2023 (−9,701 GWh); −10.0% since 2019 (−7,591 GWh); +17.8% since 2014 (−10,155 GWh)

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Idaho Net Interstate Flow of Electricity (State Electricity Profile, Table 10). Data period 2024. Published November 10, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

What the number tells us

Net interstate flow of electricity for Idaho: −8,347.97 GWh in 2024. Idaho's net interstate trade of electricity for a calendar year; negative means a net import, positive means a net export.

Historical data

Idaho net electricity imports, 1990 to 2024Idaho net electricity imports, 1990 to 2024. Idaho: −10,371.225 in 1990, −8,347.97 in 2024.-15k-10k−5,00001990200020102020IdahoGigawatt-hours

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Idaho Net Interstate Flow of Electricity (State Electricity Profile, Table 10). Published November 10, 2025. Retrieved September 8, 2026.

Data table (35 rows)
PeriodIdaho (gigawatt-hours)
1990−10,371.225
1991−10,639.243
1992−13,664.637
1993−10,558.104
1994−13,501.333
1995−10,237.665
1996−10,206.554
1997−9,340.466
1998−10,602.499
1999−11,048.092
2000−13,563.78
2001−14,000.508
2002−13,253.995
2003−13,200.483
2004−13,542.316
2005−13,442.088
2006−11,900.761
2007−14,772.204
2008−14,412.979
2009−11,974.571
2010−12,957.418
2011−8,919.739
2012−10,479.692
2013−11,304.73
2014−10,155.067
2015−9,521.19
2016−9,516.713
2017−8,461.102
2018−7,514.82
2019−7,591.302
2020−8,751.604
2021−10,428.327
2022−11,882.801
2023−9,700.546
2024−8,347.97

Source

Organization
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Dataset
Idaho Net Interstate Flow of Electricity (State Electricity Profile, Table 10)
Geography
Idaho only
Time coverage
1990-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
November 10, 2025
Retrieved
September 8, 2026
Original file
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/xls/SEP%20Tables%20for%20ID.xlsx
Methodology
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/idaho/
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
eia-interstate-trade, built by scripts/fetch-eia-interstate-trade.py

Caveats

  • Sign convention, as EIA states it in the source table: a negative value is a net import of electric power into Idaho, a positive value is a net export. The figure is kept exactly as published, not inverted.
  • EIA computes this as Total Supply minus (Total Electric Industry Sales + Direct Use + Total International Exports + Estimated Losses); it is a residual, not a direct measurement of interstate power flows.
  • The source publishes megawatthours; every value here is that figure divided by 1000 to store gigawatthours, with no further rounding.
  • Idaho is a net importer of electricity in every year in this series (1990-2024); hydroelectric output, which supplies much of Idaho's own generation, varies with the water year, which affects how much the state imports.
  • All years through 2024 are EIA-final; nothing here is marked preliminary.

Data

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