Ex12 				 IDACORP, Inc. 		 Consolidated Financial Information 		 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges 													 Twelve Months 					 Twelve Months Ended December 31, Ended 						 (Thousands of Dollars) September 30, 					 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 <s> <c> <c> <c> <c> <c> <c> Earnings, as defined: Income before income taxes $ 135,247 $ 133,570 $ 133,806 $ 137,021 $ 210,701 $ 193,972 Adjust for distributed income of equity investees (1,413) (3,943) (4,697) (837) (3,116) 2,747 Equity in loss of equity method 0 0 458 435 186 208 investments Minority interest in losses of majority owned subsidiaries 0 0 (125) (37) (1,468) (1,443) Fixed charges, as below 70,418 69,634 69,923 72,243 73,261 81,824 Total earnings, as defined $ 204,252 $ 199,261 $ 199,365 $ 208,825 $ 279,564 $ 277,308 Fixed charges, as defined: Interest charges $ 57,348 $ 60,761 $ 60,677 $ 62,975 $ 63,339 $ 72,101 Preferred stock dividends of subsidiaries- gross up-IDACORP rate 12,079 7,891 8,445 8,313 8,886 8,512 Rental interest factor 991 982 801 955 1,036 1,211 Total fixed charges, as defined $ 70,418 $ 69,634 $ 69,923 $ 72,243 $ 73,261 $ 81,824 Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 2.90x 2.86x 2.85x 2.89x 3.82x 3.39x