Deseret Power Electric Cooperative

Deseret Power Electric Cooperative is a Utah-based generation and transmission power company that serves member cooperatives and municipality customers in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada. It was founded in 1978 by six rural electrics cooperatives.

The power company owns the Bonanza Power Plant near Bonanza, Utah, and owns high voltage transmission lines to deliver power to its approximately 45,000 customers.

In 2005, Deseret Power began providing a green power option to its customers through renewable energy certificates. .

Power Projects Sponsored by Deseret Power

 * Bonanza Power Plant addition (Vernal, Utah)

The Bonanza Power Plant expansion project was the first coal plant to receive an Environmental Protection Agency permit following a Supreme Court ruling in April 2007 that allows the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. . A number of groups (Western Resource Advocates, the Sierra Club, and Environmental Defense) have appealed the permit on the grounds that CO2 emissions were not considered.

Power portfolio
Out of Deseret Power's total 500 MW of electric generating capacity in 2005, 100% comes from the Bonanza coal-fired power plant, located in Utah.

Existing coal-fired power plants
Deseret Power had one coal-fired generating station in 2005, with 500 MW of capacity:

Deseret Power Member Cooperatives

 * Bridger Valley Electric (Mt. View, Wyoming)
 * Dixie Escalante Rural Electric (Beryl, Utah)
 * Garkane Energy (Loa, Utah)
 * Moon Lake Electric (Roosevelt, Utah)
 * Mt. Wheeler Power (Ely, Nevada)

Company Information
Deseret Power 10714 South Jordan Gateway South Jordan, Utah 84095 (801) 619-6500

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