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Utah County Planning Commission approves backup-fuel option for power plant, with conditions
Summary
The commission voted unanimously May 20 to approve a conditional-use permit (CU2025-02) allowing a previously authorized power plant to install backup fuel storage (liquefied natural gas or diesel) for use only during natural-gas outages, subject to fire-marshal, road and staff conditions.
The Utah County Planning Commission on May 20 approved a conditional-use permit allowing a proposed power-generation facility to keep on-site backup fuel — either liquefied natural gas (LNG) or diesel — to maintain power if the site's connection to the natural-gas pipeline is interrupted.
Staff presented the application as a separate conditional use (CU2025-02) tied to an earlier approval for the same facility, and emphasized it was not an amendment to the previous permit. The staff recommendation clarified that the backup fuels would be permitted only as an emergency or interruption contingency, not for routine use.
Greg Probst, representing the applicant, told commissioners the backup tanks would only be used in the event of a maintenance or forced outage on the…
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