Utahns would pay millions less in utility bills if PacifiCorp used wind and solar instead of coal-fired power, environmentalists say

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Natural gas rig pumps away in the foreground of the coal-fired Huntington Power Plant west of Huntington. A new report concluded that power from PacifiCorp's plant and its sister plant Hunter down the road will cost about $1 billion more than wind-generated power over the remaining years of the plants' lives.

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