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SAN FRANCISCO, CA., July 19, 1999 -SPL WorldGroup, Inc. (SPL), a leading international provider of information technology consulting and enterprise solutions, and Idaho Power Company today announced that Idaho Power has chosen SPL's CIS PLUS® software product to replace its 20-year-old legacy customer information system. This investment will give Idaho Power a significantly more flexible system that arms it for future growth and the development of new services. Identified in Public Utilities Fortnightly, a leading industry publication, as "th most efficient investor-owned utility in the nation", Idaho Power is dedicated to Offering services to700,000 people in an area that includes southern Idaho, eastern Oregon and Northern Nevada.

"The project team at Idaho Power did extensive homework before choosing SPL to provide our new customer information system," said Warren Kline, general manager of customer service and metering at Idaho Power. "SPL's CIS PLUS was the best match for Idaho Power's business requirements. As a result, we are embarking on this project with high expectations that it will ensure Idaho Power delivers on its goals of customer satisfaction and operational profitability.

Idaho Power has a number of key objectives going into this major upgrade project and believes CIS PLUS can help deliver on those. Among the most important are: - providing a customer information system that will ensure customer support representatives have more comprehensive customer information - providing more efficient customer service in an eventual 24-hour, 7-day-a-week environment; - upgrading to a more flexible system that can deal with future business developments such as the integration of new subsidiaries and new services; - implementing a single product that provides the ability to address the requirements and needs of different customers sets and across different states; - and ensuring that this new customer information system meets Idaho Power's goal of continuing to build its reputation as a provider of low-cost services.

"SPL is delighted to announce another win for CIS PLUS in the utility industry and very gratified to benefit from such strong support from its existing customer base," said Jim Reardon, senior vice president of SPL WorldGroup's Utility Solutions Practice. "Idaho Power has a stellar reputation in the industry and being chosen by them for such an important component of their business is very rewarding to SPL."

In addition to the above-mentioned advantages, the installation of CIS PLUS will also help automate a number of functions at Idaho Power that had to be carried out manually under the current system. Idaho Power expects to benefit from overall efficiencies and cost savings from such changes. In addition, as CIS PLUS is highly flexible it can be optimized for both regulated and deregulated markets, giving Idaho Power an extra advantage in a changing market. Today's announcement adds to the growing list of recent wins for CIS PLUS and reflects the rapidly increasing popularity of CIS PLUS as a customer information system, both for regulated and deregulated utility markets.

About Idaho Power
Idaho Power is a mature investor-owned utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in an approximately 20,000-square-mile area in southern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada. Idaho Power is the chief subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE:IDA). The company has more than 377,000 general business customers. It employs 1,650 full-time employees, operates 17 hydroelectric power plants and shares ownership in three coal-fired generating plants in the neighboring states of Wyoming, Oregon and Nevada. Idaho Power's hydro plants form the backbone of its low-cost system and serve as the wellspring of its renewable energy expertise.

About SPL WorldGroup
SPL WorldGroup, established in 1994, is a leading international provider of information technology (IT) consulting and enterprise solutions to organizations with mission critical information needs. With over 1000 professionals in 10 countries and 30 years of experience through its subsidiaries, SPL delivers IT solutions to its clients which are Global 2000 companies in utilities, financial services, healthcare, higher education, and the public sector industries. In the early 1990's, SPL formed a dedicated Utility Solutions Practice comprised of dedicated product development, sales, marketing and support staff to help address the specific needs of utilities, in particular those facing deregulation. SPL WorldGroup is on the Internet at www.splwg.com.

About CIS PLUS
SPL's CIS PLUS is a customer information system designed to automate and support all aspects of customer service and management in a utility market that is both regulated and deregulated. It integrates customer information - such as billing, contact management, marketing, outage management and service data - in an easy-to-use, real-time system that enables utilities create and build customer satisfaction. It is designed to accommodate both utility (electric, gas, water) and non-utility services (loans, merchandise sales, leases) from within a single or multi-company environment. CIS PLUS is currently installed at sixteen utilities worldwide.

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