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House adopts updated state energy policy, requires utilities to maintain dispatchable reserves
Summary
The House approved the third substitute of House Bill 388, revising Utah's state energy policy to require utilities to maintain adequate proven, cost‑effective dispatchable electricity resources (including pumped storage and hydrogen) to meet grid demand; sponsors cited recent grid failures elsewhere as justification.
The Utah House on Feb. 25 adopted the third substitute of House Bill 388, which revises the state's energy policy to emphasize grid reliability and to require utilities to maintain adequate reserves of proven, cost‑effective dispatchable electricity resources.
Representative Albrecht, sponsor of the bill on the floor, pointed to recent extreme weather and reliability problems in…
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