The Intermountain Power Agency, located in

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, is a power generating cooperative of 23 municipalities in Utah and 6 in

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. It owns the

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near

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, one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States. About 75 percent of the generated power is purchased by cities in southern

and the remainder is purchased by cities,

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and

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and a cooperative in

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. The IPA also runs

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, to Adelanto Converter Station in

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and near

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. In 2010 the IPA and the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems filed a lawsuit against the

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for trying to prevent a third coal-fired unit at the IPP generation site due to

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emissions concerns. The plant is scheduled to be converted to natural gas by 2025 at a cost of $500 million.

Cooperative partners

Cooperative partners of the Intermountain Power Agency include the following:

California purchasers

* Burbank City * Anaheim City * Glendale City *

* Pasadena City * Riverside City

Utah cooperative purchasers

* Bridger Valley Electric Association * Dixie-Escalante Rural Electric Association, Inc. * Flowell Electric Association * Garkane Power Association, Inc. * Moon Lake Electric Association, Inc. * Mt. Wheeler Power, Inc.

Utah municipal purchasers

* Beaver City * Bountiful City * Enterprise City * Ephraim City * Fairview City * Fillmore City * Heber Light & Power Company * Town of Holden * Hurricane City * Hyrum City * Town of Kanosh * Kaysville City * Lehi City *

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* Town of Meadow * Monroe City * Morgan City * Mount Pleasant City * Murray City * Parowan City * Town of Oak City * Price City * Spring City

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