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June's Emery County Business Chamber Lunch and Learn featured a field trip to the Hunter Power Plant on Wednesday. Chamber members, as well as the community as a whole, was invited to enjoy a presentation and tour of the plant. The afternoon began with lunch and a presentation by Laren Huntsman, Hunter Power Plant Manager.
A long-term resource plan released Friday by PacifiCorp anticipates a nearly fourfold increase in new wind and solar energy by 2032 and a system-wide 70% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
A long-range plan on how PacifiCorp will deploy additional energy resources over its six-state service area anticipates advanced nuclear technology, significantly more wind and solar, as well as the early retirement of a pair of coal plants in Utah.
By Julie Johansen Laren Huntsman, Managing Director of the Hunter and Huntington Power Plants, presented the history of both plants at the Emery Historical Society meeting on Thursday evening. His presentation was entitled “The Journey.” A slideshow presentation with his narration traced the arrival of electricity to Utah and eventually Emery County. Huntsman reported there