Community Clean Energy Program

Clean Energy, Your Way

Overview

Summit County is working with Rocky Mountain Power and 18 other local communities across Utah to launch the Community Clean Energy Program.

• The Program will give Utahns the power to choose clean, reliable, affordable electricity, supporting healthier families, communities, and the environment.
• On April 15, 2026, the Summit County Council adopted an ordinance to give residents and businesses in unincorporated Summit County the opportunity to participate.
• The Program is optional: nearly all Rocky Mountain Power customers in unincorporated Summit County will be automatically enrolled with the choice to opt out of the program.
  

  • Participants will remain Rocky Mountain Power customers.
  • Customers on Schedule 135 (the old net metering schedule) are, by law, not allowed to be a part of the Program.

• Residential customers will pay an additional $4/month on their electricity bill to participate.
  

  • Qualified low-income customers can participate for free (see more how to qualify below).

• Businesses and other non-residential customers will pay a monthly rate based on their electricity use.
• The Program will begin in early 2027. Exact dates will be shared as they become known.

Why Summit County is Participating

Summit County has long sought to increase the use of renewable energy in government facilities and throughout the community. Through resolutions adopted in 2017, 2019, and most recently in 2026, the Council has established and recommitted to the following goal:

Achieve an amount equivalent to 100% of the annual electric energy supply for participating customers from a renewable energy resource by 2030.

What this means is that the County Council has set a goal to match the amount of electricity consumed by all the homes and businesses in Summit County with renewable energy generation on an annual basis: this is called net-100% renewable electricity.

To achieve the goal of net-100% renewable electricity for community consumption, Summit County joined Utah Renewable Communities, a coalition of 19 local governments that are working with Rocky Mountain Power to develop and launch the Community Clean Energy Program. The Program will add new large-scale renewable energy resources – like solar, wind, and geothermal — to the Rocky Mountain Power grid that powers our community. This effort reflects over a decade of work by Council Members and County staff to identify options for meeting clean energy goals and partnering with other local governments and Rocky Mountain Power to pursue a feasible solution. By investing in local clean energy, the Community Clean Energy Program meets Utah’s growing energy needs while keeping power reliable and air cleaner for generations.

Program History

• In 2019, the legal framework to create the Community Clean Energy Program was established when the Utah Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411), which was amended in 2024 and is now called the Community Clean Energy Act. This first of its kind legislation in the country authorizes and defines the rules and steps necessary to create a community clean energy program.
• In 2020, Summit County and other cities, counties, and towns across Utah began using this framework to develop what is now called the Community Clean Energy Program in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Power. Today, a coalition of 19 communities, called Utah Renewable Communities (URC), are signed on to participate in the Program.
• Since its formation, URC has been working with Rocky Mountain Power to develop the Community Clean Energy Program Application: a collection of documents that describe how the Program will work, including how much it will cost, when it will launch, who will be eligible, and more. As required by the Community Clean Energy Act, the Program must be approved by the Utah Public Service Commission to take effect. 
• On March 4, 2026, The Public Service Commission issued an order to approve the Community Clean Energy Program, giving Rocky Mountain Power customers in participating communities the power to choose clean, reliable, affordable electricity.
• On April 15, 2026, the Summit County Council adopted an ordinance allowing the County to formally participate in the Community Clean Energy Program. 

Review the staff report from April 15, 2026 or read more about the Council’s decision from KPCW, Park Record, and TownLift.

Up Next: Program Launch

Since the County Council adopted the ordinance, nearly all residents and businesses in unincorporated Summit County will have the opportunity to participate in the Community Clean Energy Program.

• Late 2026: eligible Rocky Mountain Power customers will receive mailed and digital notices about the Program and their option to participate or opt out. 
• Early 2027: eligible customers will be automatically enrolled in the Community Clean Energy Program with the option to leave the Program at any time. 

How the Program Will Work

Nearly all Rocky Mountain Power customers in Summit County  will be given the choice to pay a small increase on their Rocky Mountain Power electric bill to supplement their current electricity mix with renewable energy.

• Residential customers will pay an additional $4 per month to participate in the Program.
• Income-qualified households enrolled in Rocky Mountain Power’s Home Electric Lifeline Program (HELP) will participate for free.
• Businesses and other non-residential customers will pay a monthly rate based on usage: $0.00609 per kWh plus a low-income surcharge of $0.12 per month.

By law, the Community Clean Energy Program is an opt-out program. This means eligible Rocky Mountain Power customers in unincorporated Summit County will be automatically enrolled in the Program when it launches in early 2027 but may exit at any time. Customers on Rate Schedule 135, Net Metering Service, are, by law, not allowed to be a part of the Program.  

Customers will receive two notices about the Program 60 days before it begins. Exiting the Program within six months of the first notice is free. After six months from first notice, there will be a $30 fee for residential customers to exit the Program. For residents enrolled in HELP, there will never be a fee to opt-out. Commercial customer termination fees will be based on the specifics of their tariff schedule with Rocky Mountain Power.