UAMPS solar power purchases (Steel Solar 1B and Red Mesa)

Logan's share of regional solar projects through Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, including Steel Solar 1B (a share of 5.77 megawatts) and the 49-megawatt Red Mesa project.

Approved

Type: Public project
Applicant: Logan Light and Power

Location: Box Elder County and elsewhere in Utah

Dec 2, 2025City Council: Energy update
Oct 21, 2025City Council: Fremont Solar power purchase agreement with UAMPS, Resolution 25-42
Oct 7, 2025City Council: Workshop: Fremont Solar power purchase agreement, Resolution 25-42
Aug 16, 2022City Council: Red Mesa Tapaha solar transaction schedule, Resolution 22-36
Jul 19, 2022City Council: Steel Solar 1B transaction schedule, Resolution 22-30

In brief

UAMPS solar power purchases (Steel Solar 1B and Red Mesa) appears on 7 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of March 1, 2022 to the City Council meeting of December 2, 2025.

On record, it was approved 4 times.

The most recent decision was approved (5-0) at the City Council meeting of October 21, 2025.

Follow the money and project delivery

UAMPS solar power purchases (Steel Solar 1B and Red Mesa)

Approved

Council action
Approved: Fremont Solar power purchase agreement with UAMPS, Resolution 25-42 · Approved minutes Record → · Oct. 21, 2025
Money in the record
contract: amount not given — Red Mesa Tapaha solar power at $37.00 per MWh, 25 years Record → · Aug. 16, 2022
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

Update order

December 2, 2025 · City Council
Energy update
Discussed
Light & Power Resource Manager Tyson Godfrey reported a 100-megawatt peak load and a power shortfall until April 2026, with the regional day-ahead market going live May 1, 2026. Over three months the mix was 18 percent renewable, 58 percent dispatchable and 25 percent market. Sunnyside coal (5 MW) is permanently offline at no city payment, the Nebo gas plant runs at half capacity until April, and a 10-megawatt Sub 9 generator is targeted for April 2026. New firm resources include Fremont Solar and battery (10 MW solar, 5 MW battery, by December 2027), Millard County peaking (26.25 MW) and Power County gas (15 MW, by 2031). Potential resources include 8 megawatts of lagoon solar, a Cache County solar and storage project denied zoning by the county, and 2 megawatts of geothermal.
October 21, 2025 · City Council
Fremont Solar power purchase agreement with UAMPS, Resolution 25-42
Approved · 5-0
The council approved a 25-year agreement for 10 megawatts of solar with 5 megawatts of on-site battery storage, in which the city holds a 10.1 percent share. Light & Power Director Mark Montgomery said the Light and Power Advisory Board and the Resource Energy Sustainability Advisory Board favored it.
Moved by Council Member Mike Johnson, seconded by Council Member Ernesto López. Vote: 5-0 on roll call
October 7, 2025 · City Council
Workshop: Fremont Solar power purchase agreement, Resolution 25-42
Discussed
Light & Power Director Mark Montgomery described a solar project in Iron County under the UAMPS firm power agreement. The city has no battery storage and battery tariffs apply. A transmission study found the project must be doubled in size, a risk the lender accepts. Action was set for October 21.
August 16, 2022 · City Council
Red Mesa Tapaha solar transaction schedule, Resolution 22-36
Approved · 5-0
Light and Power Director Mark Montgomery presented the amended schedule for the 66 megawatt solar project on Navajo Nation land, moving commercial operation from June 2022 to March 2023, with a 25-year term, a fixed $37.00 per megawatt-hour including renewable energy credits, about 30 percent higher development security and delay damages, and a 4.7 percent increase in net annual deliveries.
Moved by Council Member Amy Anderson, seconded by Council Member Mark Anderson. Vote: 5-0; the minutes say the motion carried unanimously, counted here as the 5 council members present
July 19, 2022 · City Council
Steel Solar 1B transaction schedule, Resolution 22-30
Approved · 5-0
Light and Power Director Mark Montgomery said the project price rose from about $23 to $34.66 per megawatt-hour on a 25-year flat price with no battery surcharge, with commercial operation in September 2023 and no later than June 2024. The council approved the schedule.
Moved by Council Member Ernesto López, seconded by Council Member Amy Anderson. Vote: 5-0; the minutes say the motion carried unanimously, counted here as the 5 council members present
March 15, 2022 · City Council
Steel Solar 1B transaction schedule, Resolution 22-10
Approved · 4-0
The council approved the schedule under the master firm power supply agreement with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems. The project is 40 megawatts shared among eight members, one dropped out, and the city's share rises from 5 to 5.77 megawatts. The city has signed up for three 5-megawatt solar projects to compare them. The minutes record no dollar amount.
Moved by Council Member Mark Anderson, seconded by Council Member Ernesto López. Vote: 4-0; the minutes say the motion carried unanimously, counted here as the 4 council members present
March 1, 2022 · City Council
Steel Solar 1B power schedule, Resolution 22-10 (workshop)
Discussed
Resource Manager Yuqi Zhao said one member of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems project dropped out, raising the city's share from 5 megawatts to 5.77. Steel Solar 1B is scheduled to start between May 31 and December 31, 2023, and the Red Mesa project (49 megawatts) slipped to December 31, 2022 because of supply shortages. Action was set for March 15.