Energy

The future power needs of artificial intelligence are unlike any seen before. This has led to energy companies and state lawmakers scrambling for answers.

Tackling climate change isn’t a top priority for Republicans, but Benji Backer says that can change.

In August, legislative leaders asked Rocky Mountain Power to explore what it would take to split from its parent company, Oregon-based PacifiCorp. They got an answer during an interim committee session on Nov. 20.

While Utah House Republican leadership remains unchanged, GOP lawmakers opted to shuffle the deck in the Senate.

The first of Utah's general election debates featured Gov. Spencer Cox, Rep. Brian King, his Democratic challenger, and Libertarian Robert Latham.

A lower court judge has already thrown out the fossil fuels case. But the plaintiffs want the Utah Supreme Court to reinstate it.

The deal announced by Houston-based Fervo Energy is by far the largest deal for a new generation of geothermal power, which engineers have been advancing for years so that traditional power plants that cause climate change can be closed down without a loss of needed, 24/7 electricity.

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.

Gates says the next-generation plant that TerraPower is building will power the nation's future.

Researchers say this could be implemented in the next 10 years, but concentrations of those elements still need to be determined

Gov. Spencer Cox emphasized he has a “great relationship” with the Legislature and hopes both branches work together to be “more thoughtful” and allot “more time” to priority bills moving forward.