Intermountain Power Agency

{{Short description|Power generation agency in Utah, USA}}

{{Other uses|Intermountain (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Intermountain Power Agency

| logo = Intermountain_Power_Agency_logo.png

| type = Political subdivision of the State of Utah

| industry = Energy

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1977|06|22}}

| founder =

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| hq_location_city = West Jordan, Utah, Utah

| hq_location_country = United States

| areas_served = California & Utah

| key_people =

| products = Electricity

| owner = State of Utah

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| website = {{URL|http://www.ipautah.com}}

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The Intermountain Power Agency (“IPA”) is a public electric power agency in Utah, United States.{{cite web |title=Purpose & Mission – Intermountain Power Agency |url=https://www.ipautah.com/about-ipa/organizational-purpose-and-mission/ |website=Intermountain Power Agency |access-date=8 July 2025 |location=South Jordan, U.T.}}{{cite web |title=Participants & Service Area – Intermountain Power Agency |url=https://www.ipautah.com/participants-services-area/ |publisher=Intermountain Power Agency |access-date=8 July 2025 |location=South Jordan, UT}} It generates power for 23 Utah municipalities, 6 electric cooperatives in Utah, 6 California municipalities and one investor-owned utility. IPA owns the Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, Utah, one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States.

{{cite news

| title = 'Major' breakdown cripples IPP for 6 months

| first = John | last = Hollenhorst

| newspaper = Deseret News

| date = 2012-02-17

| url = http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550400/Major-breakdown-cripples-IPP-for-6-months.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120220072435/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550400/Major-breakdown-cripples-IPP-for-6-months.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = February 20, 2012

| accessdate = 2012-02-19}}

About 75 percent of the generated power is purchased by cities in southern California and the remainder is purchased by cities, cooperatives and Pacificorp in Utah and a cooperative in Nevada. The IPA also runs transmission lines to Mona, Utah, to Adelanto Converter Station in Adelanto, California and near Ely, Nevada.

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In 2010 the IPA and the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for trying to prevent a third coal-fired unit at the IPP generation site due to carbon dioxide emissions concerns.{{cite web |url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7545286 |title= Utah News - Salt Lake City News, Sports, Entertainment, Business - the Salt Lake Tribune|website=www.sltrib.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153423/http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7545286 |archive-date=June 4, 2011}} The plant is scheduled to be converted to natural gas by 2025 at a cost of $500 million.{{cite news|title=L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-council-coal-energy-20130423,0,7245805.story|access-date=April 2, 2017|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=April 23, 2013|author=Kate Linthicum}}