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 | admin | 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 | admin | 0 comments | 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 | admin | 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 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Rocky Mountain Power Defends Rate Hike

RMP is seeking an overall rate hike of 17.3 percent, in which residential customers would see a 21.5 percent increase, small commercial companies 19.5 percent, and large commercial users 9.4 percent. It follows a 5.1 percent hike last July, and another 1.9 percent in February.

10Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Blue Sky Funds Awarded Wyoming Projects

Funds awarded by Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program in 2010 will support the construction of two community-based renewable energy projects in Wyoming: a wind project in Casper and a solar project in Lander.

28Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Rocky Mountain Power Presents Case for Rate Increase to State Regulators

The Salt Lake City-based utility is seeking approval from the Wyoming Public Service Commission a proposal that would raise overall electrical rates by 5.1 percent in July and 1.9 percent in February, 2011, to generate another $35.5 million in revenue per year.

13May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky Renewable Energy Program Rises in National Rankings

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory ranked Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program second in the nation for total number of participating customers in its annual assessment of leading utility green power programs released earlier this week

7May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Plant Upgrades Drive Increase in Wyoming Electricity Rate

The coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant northeast of Rock Springs is undergoing a major retrofit to improve efficiency and reduce pollution. The improvements by PacifiCorp (Rocky Mountain Power) are part of environmental improvements the utility is undertaking throughout its six-state region.

27Apr2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Landowners Speak Out Against Gateway West
Transmission Project

Among the many landowners who spoke against aspects of the project during Monday’s meeting was Bob Whitton (right), Chairman of the Renewable Energy Alliance of Landowners.

16Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Construction Underway on McFadden Ridge
Wind Project

The wind farm will be Rocky Mountain Power’s seventh project brought into service in Wyoming within the past two years. McFadden Ridge I is located near the company’s High Plains wind project, which also is under construction and is scheduled for completion in this autumn.

3Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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County Officials Get to Know Wyoming’s Booming Industry

Rocky Mountain Power officials said that once a wind resource is developed, it’s likely the area will produce wind megawatts far beyond the 25-year average capital return on investment.

28May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Duke Energy’s Wind Power Project Near Casper
Moves Ahead

The ambitous project is expected to generate 99 megawatts of renewable energy when it comes on line at the end of this year. Construction is expected to begin shortly after permits are granted sometime next month.

11Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Utility Offers Funding for Renewable Energy Projects

The funding is available for projects in Rocky Mountain Power’s service area that are locally owned and produce less than 10 megawatts of electricity.

5Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued