Electricity

Nuclear power has come a long way since the days of the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island disasters. Building today’s technology, however, comes with a steep price.

Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands still need electricity hook-ups. A majority are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. A mutual aid program, however, has helped to change lives.

About 32% of Navajo homes still have no electricity. Before the pandemic, Lorraine Black and Ricky Gillis filed the needed paperwork to get power. Nearly five years later, the couple’s mobile home in rural Halchita, Utah, was finally connected to the grid.

Milford in southwest Utah is becoming a hub for a new type of renewable geothermal energy. Now, the small town wants to learn from past mistakes and turn this rare opportunity into a more sustainable future.

A new technique for harvesting geothermal energy being pioneered in Utah has passed a significant milestone: Southern California Edison has contracted for enough of the energy to power 400,000 homes.

Almost three years ago, an unlikely relationship formed between the declining coal town of Kemmerer and one of the richest people in the world: Bill Gates. That’s because his nuclear company, TerraPower, promised to pump life back into the town's economy with a “first of its kind” power plant.

Legislators cite growing energy needs, rise of AI power demands for Utah’s interest in entering the coal power market.

After a sprint focused on two big, hot-button bills, week 3 at the Utah Legislature shifted gears for the supermajority's focus on energy policy.

Blackouts and grid issues in states like California and Texas are behind a Republican push for Utah’s “energy independence.”

With some of Utah’s coal-fired power plants set to close in the coming years, Republican legislators are looking at ways to give the state some breathing room.

Fervo Energy, the company partnered with Google, is using the Nevada pilot project to launch others, including one in Utah that will deliver far more carbon-free electricity to the grid.

For faith groups that choose to go solar, the benefits can be both financial and theological.