Renewable power in Utah has strong partnership [Video]

Editors’s note: This article has been corrected for a significant fact error. We previously reported that Rocky Mountain Power ended its relationship with Utah Renewable Communities. That is inaccurate. Rocky Mountain Power remains fully involved with the program. We apologize for the error.

MILLCREEK, Utah — Rocky Mountain Power remains committed to a renewable energy program with communities around Utah.

However, the power agency canceled a 2022 All Source Request for Proposals, spokesman David Eskelsen said.

“[Resource acquisition is] a process we use after our biennial resource planning to call for competitive bids for projects that the company [Rocky Mountain Power] has interest in buying or building,” Eskelsen said. “[The 2022 RFP was], in fact, canceled, but it doesn’t have any direct impact on the Utah Renewable Communities Program.”

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