All Posts Tagged With: "Rocky Mountain Power"

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Legal Challenges Force Delay in Wind
Farm Project

Wasatch Wind said the delay comes because numerous legal challenges to the project by the Northern Laramie Range Alliance have made it impossible to start generating power on that site by October, forcing the company to break a power purchase agreement with Rocky Mountain Power.

30Apr2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Power Line in Wyoming, Idaho
Draws Opposition

Some Idaho and Wyoming residents and environmental groups are expressing opposition to a proposed 1,100-mile long high-voltage power line designed to transmit 3,000 megawatts of mostly wind-generated electricity to fast-growing areas in the western U.S.

16Apr2012 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Utility Seeks OK for Wyoming Power Plant Upgrades

At issue is whether the utility will be allowed to extend the life of the 700-megawatt plant near Kemmerer with upgrades, whose cost will eventually get passed on to consumers, to make sure the plant meets greenhouse gas emissions standards.

20Feb2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Rocky Mountain Power Rate Increase Would Fund
Out-Of-State Improvements

Critics of the utility’s multimillion-dollar rate hike often claim that the company is unfairly charging Wyoming rate payers for infrastructure outside the state or for things such as wind farm projects that won’t benefit customers in the state.

6Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued