IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company Compensation for Non-Employee Directors of the Board of Directors (As of January 16, 2014)

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EX-10.44 6 ida123113ex1044.htm IDACORP, INC. AND IDAHO POWER COMPANY COMPENSATION FORNON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS OF IDA 12.31.13 Ex. 10.44


Exhibit 10.44

IDACORP, Inc. and Idaho Power Company Compensation for
Non-Employee Directors of the Board of Directors
(As of January 16, 2014)

All directors of IDACORP also serve as directors of Idaho Power. The fees and other compensation discussed below are for service on both boards. Employee directors receive no compensation for service on the boards.

Form of Fee
 
Amount
Base Retainer
 
$
50,000

 
 
 
Additional Retainers:
 
 
Chairman of the board
 
100,000

Chairman of audit committee
 
12,500

Chairman of compensation committee
 
10,000

Chairman of corporate governance and nominating committee
 
6,000

 
 
 
Meeting Fees:(1)
 
 
Board meeting
 
1,500

Committee meeting
 
1,500

Shareholder meeting
 
1,500

 
 
 
Annual Stock Awards
 
75,000

 
 
 
Subsidiary Board Fees:
 
 
IDACORP Financial Services:
 
 
Monthly retainer
 
750

Meeting fees
 
600

Ida-West Energy:
 
 
Monthly retainer
 
750

Meeting fees
 
600

 
 
 
(1) The Chairman of the board does not receive fees for attendance at full board or shareholder meetings.

Deferral Arrangements

Directors may defer all or a portion of their annual IDACORP, Idaho Power, IDACORP Financial Services, Inc., and Ida-West Energy retainers and meeting fees and receive a lump-sum payment of all amounts deferred with interest or a series of up to 10 equal annual payments after they separate from service with IDACORP and Idaho Power. Any cash fees that were deferred before 2009 for service as a member of the board of directors are credited with the preceding month’s average Moody’s Long-Term Corporate Bond Yield for utilities, or the Moody’s Rate, plus 3%, until January 1, 2019 when the interest rate will change to the Moody’s Rate. All cash fees that are deferred for service as a member of the board of directors beginning January 1, 2009 are credited with interest at the Moody’s Rate. Interest is calculated on a pro rata basis each month using a 360-day year and the average Moody’s Rate for the preceding month.

Directors may also defer their annual stock awards, which are then held as deferred stock units with dividend equivalents reinvested in additional deferred stock units. Upon separation from service with IDACORP and Idaho Power, directors will receive either a lump-sum distribution or a series of up to 10 equal annual installments. Upon a change in control the directors’ deferral accounts will be distributed to each participating director in a lump sum. The distributions will be in shares of IDACORP common stock, with each deferred stock unit equal to one share of IDACORP common stock and any fractional shares paid in cash.