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Leavitt vows to block high‑level nuclear waste in Utah, urges federal fixes to electricity market
Summary
Governor Leavitt told the joint convention he will oppose placing high‑level nuclear waste in Utah, endorsed legislation to ban companies' use of state resources, and urged federal regulators to restore order to western electricity markets with temporary cost‑plus wholesale pricing.
SALT LAKE CITY — In his State of the State, Governor Leavitt took a firm stance against the storage or disposal of high‑level nuclear waste in Utah and urged federal intervention to stabilize electricity markets in the West.
"We do not want it here," Leavitt said, asserting that Utah will use "every legal, every environmental, every legislative, every political…
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