Renewables

A conversation about optimizing the cycling of pumped hydro to get the most from regional clean energy sources and uses.

“Green hydrogen is exciting because it gets to that storage issue in terms of potentially having ability to store excess renewable energy from sources like solar and wind for electricity.”

The Repower Project will increase energy production by about 30%, reduce the turbine count by 40% and reinvest hundreds of millions of dollars in Murray County.

“In Washington and Oregon, there is a larger push for decarbonization of our gas stream. We’re looking at purchasing RNG and providing both to all customers, and also providing that as a separate program for people who are interested in taking RNG at a slightly higher price.”

Conversation with Utah State Representative Steve Handy and The Western Way’s John Karakoulakis.

Conversation with EIPC’s John Buechler, Keith Daniel, Jordan Bakke, and Zach Smith about the white paper “Planning the Grid for a Renewable Future.”

“We work with local neighborhoods, community-based organizations, and churches and communities of faith to build solar and other clean energy projects that help reduce energy burdens for people in the neighborhood and help to support local jobs.”

“We thought about ourselves as a provider of thermal energy. If we thought about the power of geothermal from a utility scale, we could see real potential value.”

We conclude that from a market perspective, the combination of new RES, added gas generation, and carbon prices may cause lignite plants to retire at a faster pace than in the current resource plans.

Hydropower: a cornerstone of our clean, affordable, reliable electric future.