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You — Utah taxpayers — could end up buying a coal plant as legislators advance IPP plan

Three mayors speak against bill that would offer coal plant for sale, and the state’s air quality director warns it would upend Utah’s plan for battling pollution.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Construction of a new green-energy system at International Power Project's coal-fired power plant in Delta on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. The smokestack in the background is the currently operating coal plant, which state legislators are trying to keep running.