UTA announced the expansion of the S-Li ne service in Sugar House. The project extends the line to Highland Drive to support economic development and serve the growing population.
After two decades of planning, UTA successfully launched its second rapid transit system — the Ogden Express (OGX) — in August 2023. This innovative system features 11 electric buses that connect the Ogden FrontRunner station with Weber State University. Thanks to a federal grant, OGX is fare free for the first three years.
UTA launched an all-electric fleet of 10 Ford E-transit vans to provide UTA’s On-Demand service in Tooele County. The service provides enhanced coverage, access, and flexibility for riders while reducing carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 2.7 metric tons in the initial months of operation.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded $16.2 million to High Valley Transit in Summit County to purchase 10 electric buses and upgrade its charging infrastructure.
Rocky Mountain Power and UDOT celebrated the opening of eight hyper-fast public chargers near the entrance to Arches National Park in Moab. This project was developed in partnership with Electrify America. Funding was made possible using UDOT’s NEVI funds and Rocky Mountain Power’s EVIP funds.
PacifiCorp received a $6.4 million Department of Energy award to establish a connected community, which will be a group of grid-interactive efficient buildings with diverse, flexible end-use equipment and other distributed energy resources that collectively work to maximize building, community and grid efficiency, while meeting occupants’ comfort and needs.
This new model for existing rooftop solar customers transforms thousands of intermittent rooftop solar systems into firm dispatchable grid assets by retrofitting each home with a Sonnen battery. In other words, their 50,000 customers with rooftop solar systems can now be equipped with batteries controlled by the local utility for the greater operation of the grid, removing many of the grid integration issues inherent with existing stand-alone rooftop solar systems.
Rocky Mountain Power partnered with ABB, ASPIRE, Idaho National Lab, and Proterra to develop a scalable, secure, and resilient eMosaic platform to provide localized and bulk grid services and smart charge management by field deploying, validating, and demonstrating the platform. It provides a combined view of multiple charging sites, levels, and types to form a full picture of EV charging for utility informed smart charging management.
DOE awarded $150 million to PacifiCorp for grid resilience projects that touch six western states. Just under 100 million will support PacifiCorps PEER project for grid resilience, which is designed to reduce the impact of extreme weather events on portions of the electrical grid serving disadvantaged communities in areas at highest risk of wildfire. An additional $50 million will go toward the company’s Resiliency Enhancement for Fire mitigation and Operational Risk Management (REFORM) project, which enhances control center capabilities with technological improvements.
PacifiCorp received a $6.6 million Department of Energy award to create an enduring regional electric vehicle ecosystem across seven western states. It addresses challenges in critical EV application focus areas that include destination highways, underserved regions, urban mobility, freight and port electrification, along with community and workplace charging. The project coordinates efforts to electrify over 42,000 miles of regional interstate and state highway networks. It includes more than $10 million in cost share. and sustains accelerated growth in freight, business and consumer use of electric vehicles.
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