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 Intermountain Power Plant 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 transmission lines to Mona, Utah, to

Adelanto Converter Station Adelanto Converter Station in Adelanto, California, is the southern terminus of the 2,400 MW Path 27 Utah–California high voltage DC power (HVDC) transmission line. The station contains redundant thyristor-based HVDC converters rated for 1,200 ...

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and near

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. In 2010 the IPA and the

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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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