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Amy Joi O'Donoghue reports: Citing increased costs of fuel and wholesale power, as well as investments in new electric transmission and generation projects, Rocky Mountain Power has proposed a controversial general rate increase.

By the end of the two-year rollout of the rate increase submitted to the Public Service Commission for review, customers will see an estimated 30% increase on their bills amounting to about $24 dollars per month.

The announcement by the utility company brought swift condemnation by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who vowed to make sure the increase “never sees the light of day.”

Read more about the proposed rate increase.

‘I just can’t bring myself to support either candidate’: Why so many American Latter-day Saints feel politically homeless

Jacob Hess writes: Former Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert weighed in this week in the Deseret News about the U.S. presidential election, asking: “Are these the two best people that our country has to offer running for the highest office in the land?”

He’s hardly alone among Americans - perhaps especially those who identify as Latter-day Saints. More and more are feeling similarly, according to new data from the American Enterprise Institute reported by Deseret News reporter Sam Benson earlier this month.

That May 2024 survey found 71% of Latter-day Saints saying “neither party represents my views anymore,” which was measurably larger than people from other faith groups (and larger than various other polls surveying Americans as a whole, such as the 52% of Americans who said in a January Ipsos poll they wanted a third choice).

Read more.

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