Birds 'n Bites: Utah’s Renewables Backslide & Getting Back on Track

Please join us on Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00 PM via Zoom for a presentation by Logan Mitchell, PhD, Climate Scientist & Energy Analyst for Utah Clean Energy. Foundational to furthering climate solutions is fueling our electricity grid with clean energy. Utah’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power, recently proposed a 30.6% increase in electricity rates over two years, an increase of $24 a month for the average customer. The proposal follows the utility’s announcement that it will delay much of its previously planned development of new wind, solar, and battery resources, opting instead to maintain aging and costly coal plants.

Mitchell provides details behind the rate increase and addresses how to get back on track. Logan Mitchell is a climate and air quality scientist who has researched everything from greenhouse gases in Antarctic ice cores to evaluating emissions and monitoring urban air quality with TRAX trains, to studying Utah’s history of air quality. Mitchell represents Utah Clean Energy in regulatory dockets and proceedings before the Utah Public Service Commission. He received a BS and PhD from Oregon State University and is Affiliated Faculty at the University of Utah.

Register on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsduqqpz8rH9OeDS4mMTomYOj3JDmuqOIL