PacifiCorp’s 20-year electricity plan for Utah dials back on coal, amps up on wind and solar

Utah’s electricity customers will be getting a lot less of their power from coal and a lot more from renewable sources over the next several years under a plan PacifiCorp unveiled Thursday.The owner of Utah’s largest utility plans to retire 16 of its costliest coal-fired power-generation units by 2030, reducing its coal generation by 3,000 megawatts. PacifiCorp still expects to get 20 more years of life from Emery County’s Hunter and Huntington plants.But two major Wyoming coal