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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.

A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells. The judge ruled Friday Utah and four other western states challenging the rule have shown they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the regulation is arbitrary and capricious.

The Interior Department rule finalized Friday raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2022 climate law approved by Congress.

Research from Brigham Young University is showing how animal and human waste could eventually replace natural gas to power cities.

What’s the reason behind the rate surge? A number of unusual factors in the West combined to put a bigger dent in pocketbooks.

During this week’s special legislative session, state lawmakers removed some of the “extraordinary” powers it’s given to the Intermountain Power Agency. It operates the coal-fired power plant of the same name, which is set to transition to clean energy.

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The fifth annual Governor’s Energy Development Summit gets underway on Tuesday.This year’s two-day program begins with a panel of women who are helping to…

Utah Transit Authority is prepared to run more buses on cleaner fuels with its brand new compressed natural gas fueling station.The new facility is just…

Emissions from cars and industry are usually what Utahns talk about when they debate how to cut pollution. But the category called “area sources” that…

Plans were announced Wednesday for the first utility-scale solar project by Rocky Mountain Power. The 9,000-panel solar farm in Utah will produce enough…

With the recent cold snap, December’s natural gas bill will be higher for most residents, but there is form of underground energy that is keeping one Utah…