Category: Utah
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Update: Utah solar customers avoid rate changes for now
Last week, we provided an update on some of the net metering debates around the country. Here is what we said about Utah: Following the example of its backward-thinking neighbors (see: Nevada, Arizona), Utah’s investor-owned utility Rocky Mountain Power (another Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary), has proposed a series of fixedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Take a look at Utah’s largest privately owned solar array
Rio Tinto Stadium, the home of Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake as well as the USL Real Monarchs, flipped the ceremonial switch on the state of Utah’s largest privately-owned solar array. The 2-MW system was installed by Auric Solar. (Lots of pics at the end of the story). The solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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BLM’s Failure Pollutes Colorado River Water Supply With Oil
The poorly-designed oil ponds, which had not been built to withstand a storm, overflowed during a forecasted rainstorm, dumping perhaps thousands of gallons…
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Utah Oil Spill Cleanup Continues After BLM’s False Claims of Containment
As many as 100,000 gallons of crude may have entered the Green River…
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How 11,000 Oil and Gas Wells Gave Utah Community More Ozone Pollution Than Los Angeles
Clearly, there’s no comparing the sparse population of Utah’s Uintah Basin and that of the mega-metropolis within the Los Angeles basin. So, how could both places possibly have similar volatile organic compounds (VOCs) levels? Despite an area population of barely 30,000, Uintah County is home to a combined 11,200 oil- and gas-producing wells. Over time, their presence led…