Exergy Development Group of Boise and its owner, James Carkulis, were sued in Colorado by Classic Bicycle Racing, owner of Colorado's USA Pro Challenge race.

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission's 69-page ruling Tuesday establishes new ground rules for renewable power projects and regulated utilities as they negotiate agreements.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The owner of a struggling Idaho renewable energy developer who blames utilities for killing his business' projects now blames doping for forcing him to pull his sponsorship money from men's pro cycling.

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Idaho's renewable energy landscape is strewn with failed projects, but more casualties may soon be added to the list after Idaho Power Co. demanded state regulators cancel the utility's contracts to buy electricity from two proposed dairy manure digesters.

Fagen Inc. says it's entitled to ownership of the 18-turbine "Big Blue Project," near Blue Earth, Minn., on grounds that Exergy Development Group hasn't repaid a $11.4 million loan.

Until just months ago, Exergy was outwardly riding high as Idaho's biggest energy developer - and one of the biggest U.S. supporters of professional cycling.

Exergy Development Group President James Carkulis pledged not only to complete dairy digesters near Twin Falls, but also to make good on tardy sponsorship bills for the 2012 Exergy Tour bicycle race.

Back in October of 2010, Kristin Armstrong told KBOI 2 Sports, she was coming out of retirement, "We're gonna make the commitment over the next 20 months, which is London 2012, and hope that I can get back into the form that I was in when I left the sport."

The women's race begins at Hampton Court Palace and covers 18 miles before finishing back at the 16th century court that was once a favorite of Henry VIII.

Boise PD says it arrested Michael Anthony Lawrence at about 1 a.m. as he was trying to steal four bicycle tires from a South Cole Road business.

Evelyn Stevens won the Exergy Tour following a final-stage breakaway, firmly cementing her claim to a berth on the U.S. Olympic team for the London Games.