Rocky Mountain Power turns holiday lights green across Utah, Idaho and Wyoming
SALT LAKE CITY – From Hogle ZooLights to Ogden’s Christmas Village and from Preston’s Festival of Lights to Laramie’s Winter Lights Festival, Rocky Mountain Power is joining with our communities to help make local festivities brighter through renewable energy.
“Bringing light to the holidays is Rocky Mountain Power’s commitment to its customers today, and has been for more than a century,” said Clay Monroe, director of customer solutions. “As we continue to work towards a net zero future, we’re excited that our Blue Sky participants are greening the season by helping to light these holiday festivals in a meaningful and sustainable way.”
Blue Sky renewable energy participants are matching the electricity they use for lighting celebrations in Rocky Mountain Power communities with emission-free renewable energy. Additionally, our employees donate their time, and the company donates the use of its equipment – to help install holiday lighting and other decorations within our communities. Together, these holiday lighting displays are being “greened” with more than 154 megawatt hours of Blue Sky renewable energy. The renewable energy supported by the Blue Sky “greenings”:
- Avoids 214,274 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent,
- Which is the environmental equivalent of planting about 1,620 tree seedlings grown for 10 years,
- Or not driving more than 241,000 miles – or 1,570 round trips from Ogden, UT to Preston, ID.
Rocky Mountain Power customers can also celebrate the season by signing up to “green” their own homes and businesses year-round. Enrolling in the Blue Sky program is an easy way to support renewable energy generation in the region and can cost as little as $1.95 per month.
Currently, more than 57,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers are enrolled in Blue Sky in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. To enroll, call Rocky Mountain Power at 1-800-769-3717 or visit rockymountainpower.net/bluesky.
Communities “greening” their holiday lighting displays this year include:
Utah
- Centerville - Festival of Lights
- Davis County
- Farmington City - City Hall and the Police Station
- Fruit Heights - City Building Lights
- Moab - City Holiday Lights
- Moab - Moab Folk Festival
- North Ogden City
- Ogden - Ogden Christmas Village
- Park City
- Roy City - Roy Municipal Center
- Salt Lake City - Downtown District Lights
- Salt Lake City - City Creek Center
- Salt Lake City - Gallivan Center Holiday Lights
- Salt Lake City - Hogle ZooLights
- Salt Lake City - The Gateway - Lights On!
- Tooele City - Veteran’s Park and the Main Street
- West Point City - City Hall
Idaho
- Preston – Festival of Lights
Wyoming
- Casper – Holiday Square Lights
- Green River - City of Green River
- Lander – City of Lander
- Laramie - Winter Lights Festival at Washington Park
About Blue Sky
Blue Sky is an opt-in program that gives Rocky Mountain Power customers the opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint while supporting the development of new renewable energy. Since 2006, Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky customers have voluntarily supported renewable energy like wind and solar energy generation in the western region. The program has provided more than $13 million in funding to community-based renewable energy projects. For more information visit rockymountainpower.net/bluesky.