This summer, the Utah Clean Energy team travelled across the state, from Salt Lake City to Price, Bluff, and beyond, to help shape Utah’s Beehive Emission Reduction Plan. Spearheaded by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), this far-reaching initiative is developing locally driven solutions to reduce emissions on a statewide scale. Utah Clean Energy […]| Utah Clean Energy
Are you ready to take the next step toward a cleaner, more cost-effective fleet? Join Utah Clean Energy and ASPIRE Center for an energizing and informative workshop designed to help you unlock the benefits of fleet electrification. Whether you’re a fleet manager, represent a business or organization with a vehicle fleet, or work in local […]| Utah Clean Energy
On April 28, 2025, the power went out across all of Spain and Portugal, bringing daily life to a halt for 10 hours. Chaos ensued and Spain called a national emergency. What caused this? Once a cyberattack was ruled out, many sources were quick to blame renewables for the outage. On April 16, 2025, Spain made headlines for achieving 100% renewable energy on a weekday for the first time. And yet, twelve days later, when renewables were providing 60% of their electricity, the grid went dark. A...| Utah Clean Energy
Week of July 7th What the Senate’s Elimination of 25C Means for Energy Efficiency (Building Performance Association, July 1, 2025) How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again (New York Times, July 3, 2025) Here’s what to know about clean energy in Republican megabill (ABC4 Utah, July 3, 2025) One Big Beautiful Bill Act […]| Utah Clean Energy
Over the past several months, Utah Clean Energy and countless others have been sounding the alarm over the tax and spending bill and its threat to America’s clean energy future. First and foremost, we want to thank the incredible chorus of voices that joined the call to stop this harmful legislation. Despite our collective efforts, […]| Utah Clean Energy
The Transformative Power of Queer Love **The below blog post uses the term ‘queer’ as an inclusive, umbrella term to describe the LGBTQIA+ community. The authors and editors of this blog post identify as queer; we recognize the complicated history of this word and are not using it as a pejorative epithet. It was June […]| Utah Clean Energy
Following months of rigorous analysis and legal arguments, the Public Service Commission has approved a 4.7% electricity rate increase for Rocky Mountain Power customers. But as we’ve said before, the fine print on electricity rates matters. In fact, this 4.7% increase brings net electricity rate increases up to 15% since last summer.| Utah Clean Energy
Congress is considering a budget and tax package that could strip vital clean energy tax credits and programs, undercutting America’s leadership in the global clean energy race. These tax credits are already bringing wind farms, solar farms, and other local clean energy projects to Utah. We need to protect these credits to ensure a stronger, cleaner future for Utah. If we stall progress now, other countries will seize the opportunity, reaping the economic and technological benefits while we...| Utah Clean Energy
