Our Path to Renewable Electricity

The legal framework to make URC possible was established when the Utah Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB411) and Governor Herbert signed it into law. This legislation was the first of its kind in the country.

The Utah Public Service Commission enacted Program rules to guide Program development.

Following the Program rules and statute, cities, counties, and towns across Utah organized themselves into the Community Renewable Energy Agency. Eighteen communities adopted a Governance Agreement to join the Agency and develop what is now called the Utah Renewable Communities (URC) Program.

The Agency worked with Rocky Mountain Power to negotiate key components of the program and prepare for a program application submission to the Public Service Commission.

The Utah Legislature renamed the Community Renewable Energy Act to the Community Clean Energy Act. A change in legislation also allowed more communities to join the Utah Renewable Communities Program. Midvale City joined URC as a result.

See the Full List of Communities Participating in URC

Rocky Mountain Power submitted URC’s solicitation application to the Public Service Commission for review and approval. The solicitation application is a collection of documents that propose how URC will evaluate, score, and select clean energy resources for the URC Program.

The Public Service Commission approved the solicitation request and URC began running a solicitation for new renewable energy resources.

Learn More About the Resource Solicitation Process

Rocky Mountain Power submitted the Program Application to the Utah Public Service Commission for review and approval.

A technical hearing and public witness hearing on the URC Program Application took place over two days. Watch recordings linked on the docket website.

It’s expected that the Commission will issue a program order sometime in the first quarter of 2026. The order will include the Commission's decision to approve or deny the URC Program.

Learn More About the Program Application Process

If the Program is approved by the Public Service Commission, each of the 19 communities of URC will have 90 days to decide if they want to stay in the Program by passing an ordinance.

If the prior steps proceed successfully, Rocky Mountain Power customers in participating communities will begin receiving notices and the URC Program will launch, giving ratepayers the option of net-100% renewable electricity.

The first URC clean energy line item will appear on customers’ Rocky Mountain Power bills.