Senator Ron Winterton was among the speakers at the Roosevelt Business Alliance meeting on Tuesday morning. Among his updates, Winterton commented on the Rocky Mountain Power changes to their 20-year-management plan.
Rocky Mountain Power recently submitted their Integrated Resource Plan to the state that called for extending the use of coal-fired energy power plants, until at least the year 2042.
Winterton explained that for the first time this last year, Utah imported more electric transmission than it exported. The legislature tried to tackle this big issue and passed legislation to put the federal government on notice that Utah is not going to enforce or allow dismantling of power plants. Utah will operate by the standard of Clean Energy, not Green Energy.
Also with Rocky Mountain Power, Winterton explained that the legislation addressed the issue of possible rate hikes due to major lawsuits against Rocky Mountain Power from fires in Washington and Oregon. Utah legislation defined that Utah customers cannot have their rates raised to pay for debts in other states. They also set up a fire fund to help with the expense in the case of a catastrophic event in the State of Utah.
