LOGAN – At their regular meeting on Oct. 7, the members of the Logan Municipal Council began discussions on the possibility of purchasing an interest in a solar power project in Iron County.

During the workshop portion of that meeting, Mark Montgomery, the director of Logan Light & Power, explained that Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) intends to purchase all the power generated by Fremont Solar LLC when that facility comes online in December of 2027.

As a member of UAMPS, Logan’s proposed share of the yet-to-be-constructed 99 megawatt solar photo-voltaic generation facility with a 49.5 megawatt battery storage system would be 10 megawatts of solar electricity with 5 megawatts of battery storage with a four-hour discharge rate.

The cost of that power would be $35.45 per m

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