Electricity generation is measured in megawatts (MW), an amount of electricity that could power about 650 homes. PacifiCorp will reduce coal power by retiring coal units and making conversions to natural gas. Western Resource Advocates, the Sierra Club, the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah and the NW Energy Coalition said the plan’s failure is that it “intends to keep coal and gas generation in its resource mix well into the 2040s.”Īlthough coal resources have been an “important resource” in PacifiCorp’s portfolio for many years, the company says it has changed how it operates those resources in order to “reduce fuel consumption and associated costs and emissions, and instead buy increasingly low-cost, zero-emissions renewable energy from market participants across the West.”ĭividing its coal use into 22 units, the plan states that the “preferred portfolio includes retirement of 14 of the units by 2030 and 19 of the units by the end of the planning period in 2040.” PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, which provides energy to a majority of Utah, states the plan offers a “vision for the west between now and 2040,” while charting a “path to achieve reduced greenhouse gas emissions by investing in more renewable resources.”īut several environmental groups say the plan doesn’t go nearly far enough.
The Berkshire-Hathaway-owned energy company PacifiCorp announced its 2021 integrated resource plan on Wednesday but environmental groups say the plan fails to meet the recommendation of global scientists to transition away from fossil fuels.
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