Settlement Reached Capping Utah Plant’s Coal Consumption
Posted on Oct 23, 2015 in Environmental, Litigation, Permitting, Rates | Comments Off on Settlement Reached Capping Utah Plant’s Coal Consumption
The Environmental Protection Agency, Deseret Power Electric Cooperative and the Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians reached a settlement regarding the 500-megawatt Bonanza Power Plant in northeast Utah. The settlement calls for new pollution controls to be installed while being subjecting the plant to an eventual lifetime limit on the plant’s coal consumption. Deseret has acknowledged that the cost of the environmental upgrade will have to be passed on to its members in the form of rate increases. The public has been given a 30-day window to comment on the settlement before it is finalized.
