Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-166774
April 3, 2013
Final Term Sheet
4.00% First Mortgage Bonds due 2043
Secured Medium-Term Notes, Series I
IDAHO POWER COMPANY
Issuer: Idaho Power Company
Trade Date: April 3, 2013
Original Issue Date/Settlement Date: April 8, 2013, which is the third business day following the Trade Date
Principal Amount: $75,000,000
Price to Public: 99.741% of Principal Amount, plus accrued interest from the Original Issue Date
Purchasers’ Discount: 0.750%
Proceeds to the Company: 98.991%
Interest Rate: 4.00% per annum
Anticipated Ratings:*
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services: “A-” Moody’s Investors Service: “A2”
Anticipated Use of Proceeds: Together with the net proceeds of First Mortgage Bonds due 2023 offered concurrently with the notes offered hereunder, to pay at or prior to maturity $70 million of Idaho Power Company’s 4.25% First Mortgage Bonds due October 2013 and to fund a portion of Idaho Power Company’s capital requirements. If Idaho Power Company does not use the net proceeds immediately, it will temporarily invest them in short-term investments | Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2013
Redemption: As specified in Pricing Supplement No. 6 dated April 3, 2013
Make-whole Call: Prior to October 1, 2042, the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed and (ii) an amount to be determined using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points
Par Call: On or after October 1, 2042, 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed
Maturity Date: April 1, 2043
CUSIP: 45138LBC6
Purchasers:
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC ($20,625,000) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC ($18,750,000) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ($18,750,000) Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. ($5,625,000) KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. ($3,750,000) RBC Capital Markets, LLC ($3,750,000) U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. ($3,750,000) |
| * | A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension or withdrawal at any time. |
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site atwww.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, toll free at 1-800-326-5897, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, collect at 1-212-834-4533, or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, toll free at 1-800-294-1322.
