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Thom Carter, who serves as Governor Spencer Cox's energy advisor, said Rocky Mountain Power has worked quickly to get more renewable energy sources in its portfolio. We encourage Rocky Mountain Power to embrace a more ambitious goal across their entire portfolio- for every community- and make a firmer and faster commitment. "With almost 40% of Rocky Mountain Power’s Utah load eligible to join the Community Renewable Energy Program, we believe the program could accelerate their ability to achieve net zero energy before the middle of the century. The electricity sector, because it is the easiest and cheapest sector to decarbonize, needs to cut emissions faster than other sectors," she said. But the climate science is clear-the world needs to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050. "Salt Lake City is excited to be achieving our 100% clean electricity goals by no later than 2030 through the Community Renewable Energy Program and we’ve appreciated Rocky Mountain Power's partnership in making this happen. In a statement to FOX 13, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall called on the utility to speed up its plans. Rocky Mountain Power also noted that "net zero" energy, like the program has, isn't entirely from renewable sources but utilizes carbon offsets.

The announcement will not impact Salt Lake City and other Utah communities' participation in the Community Renewable Energy Program, which puts the cities on 100% "clean electricity" by 2030. "Meaning batteries, pump storage, anything else you can think of and advanced technologies to get to that." "Getting to 75% reduction by 2030 is very tough and that requires a lot of renewables to be built, a lot of storage," he told the crowd. In remarks at Governor Spencer Cox's One Utah Summit focused on rural issues, Rocky Mountain Power's CEO Gary Hoogeveen confirmed they would not reach a 100% green energy portfolio by 2030.

PacifiCorp has wind farms elsewhere but Wyoming has the best sites for wind density in the utility’s service territory, Eskelsen said.CEDAR CITY, Utah - Rocky Mountain Power's CEO announced the utility will not be able to be on 100% renewable energy sources by 2030. “The demand for electricity is continuing to grow, the energy economy is changing rapidly, and so we look to Wyoming to be a resource to help us meet the needs of our customers for many years to come.”

“We’re not done yet,” Rocky Mountain Power spokesman David Eskelsen said.

It took Rocky Mountain Power several months to declare the facility commercially operational. The final Wyoming wind project, the 500-megawatt TB Flats wind farm in Carbon County, went online in April. The expanded wind capacity goes to customers in Wyoming as well as California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington - the six states served by Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp. The program also involved revamping existing wind farms and building 140 miles (225 kilometers) of transmission line between Medicine Bow and Rock Springs in southern Wyoming. Rocky Mountain Power’s Energy Vision 2020 plan, announced in 2017, included four Wyoming wind projects: Cedar Springs I, Cedar Springs II, Ekola Flats and TB Flats.Ĭombined, they have a capacity of 1,150 megawatts, enough for more than 300,000 average-sized homes. An electric utility has completed its plan to more than double the amount of wind power it can send to customers in the Rocky Mountain region and Northwest.