The good news in Pacificorp’s new Integrated Resource Plan? A 59% reduction in carbon output over the next 10 years.
The bad news? Utah still could be the last state to be heavily coal powered.
The parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, which provides electricity to most of Utah, is accelerating its conversion to renewable energy, bringing on more solar and wind power. It will add 7,000 megawatts of renewable energy while eliminating 3,000 megawatts of coal-generated energy. It's shutting down 16 coal plants in Wyoming.
But Pacificorp is declining to move up closure of two massive coal-fired power plants in Emery County — Hunter and Huntington.