Intermountain Power Agency
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Company type | Political subdivision of the State of Utah |
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Industry | Energy |
Founded | June 22, 1977 |
Headquarters | , |
Areas served | California & Utah |
Products | Electricity |
Owner | State of Utah |
Website | www |
The Intermountain Power Agency, located in Utah, is a power generating cooperative of 23 municipalities in Utah and 6 in California. It owns the Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah, one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States.[1] About 75 percent of the generated power is purchased by cities in southern California and the remainder is purchased by cities, cooperatives and Pacificorp in Utah and a cooperative in Nevada. The IPA also runs transmission lines to Mona, Utah, to Adelanto Converter Station in Adelanto, California and near Ely, Nevada.
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In 2010 the IPA and the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for trying to prevent a third coal-fired unit at the IPP generation site due to carbon dioxide emissions concerns.[2] The plant is scheduled to be converted to natural gas by 2025 at a cost of $500 million.[3]
Cooperative partners
[edit]Cooperative partners of the Intermountain Power Agency include the following:[4]
California purchasers
[edit]Utah cooperative purchasers
[edit]- Bridger Valley Electric Association
- Dixie-Escalante Rural Electric Association, Inc.
- Flowell Electric Association
- Garkane Power Association, Inc.
- Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc.
- Mt. Wheeler Power, Inc.
Utah municipal purchasers
[edit]- Beaver City
- Bountiful City
- Enterprise City
- Ephraim City
- Fairview City
- Fillmore City
- Heber Light & Power Company
- Town of Holden
- Hurricane City
- Hyrum City
- Town of Kanosh
- Kaysville City
- Lehi City
- Logan City
- Town of Meadow
- Monroe City
- Morgan City
- Mount Pleasant City
- Murray City
- Parowan City
- Town of Oak City
- Price City
- Spring City
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hollenhorst, John (2012-02-17). "'Major' breakdown cripples IPP for 6 months". Deseret News. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ "Utah News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Entertainment, Business - the Salt Lake Tribune". www.sltrib.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ^ Kate Linthicum (April 23, 2013). "L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "Participants & Service Areas". Intermountain Power Agency. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
External links
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