Utah

As Utah builds utility-scale solar and advances distributed generation, stakeholders are behaving collaboratively, according to Laura Nelson, executive director of Utah Energy Office. In this interview, she said that low energy prices have reduced the state’s incentive to pursue energy efficiency. The rooftop solar market has slowed this year.

This January 24 analysis turns up a poorly kept secret: Republicans who voted against the job-boosters in the Inflation Reduction Act are seeing jobs flow to their district thanks to the law.

This July 30 nugget reveals how affluent homebuyers are factoring wildfire risk into their purchase prices - and how this pattern can trap lower-income residents in unsafe territory.

This May 26 story details a recently approved 416-mile transmission line due to run from Utah through Colorado to Wyoming, opening capacity for renewable supply along its western way.

Utility Solar in Spotsylvania County VA — (Photo by Hugh Kenny, Piedmont Environmental Council.) A solar array in Virginia stands for the kinds of investment that could crowd in with a properly targeted federal carbon price.

Climate scientists in the latest Report warned that without immediate large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will cause devastating economic and human losses. Policymakers must come together to implement a comprehensive climate change strategy in the United States.

Energy Efficiency:

Source: ACEEE

Buildings:
Score 6.00 / 9

Utilities:
Score 6.50 / 20

Transportation:
Score 4.50 / 12

Source: DSIRE

Energy Efficiency Programs:
27 Incentives and Policies

Solar Power:

Source: DSIRE

Renewable Energy Programs:
22 Incentives and Policies

Solar Energy Programs:
21 Incentives and Policies

Source: YPCCC

85%

of people in Utah support funding research into renewable energy sources in 2020.

(Same as the national average)
(est. 1,812,267 of 2,126,301 adults)

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last updated 8/31/2021

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