Hurricane council approves amended UAMPS power-pooling agreement tied to EDAM market
March 19, 2026 | Hurricane, Washington County, Utah
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Hurricane City Council approved resolution 2026-16 on Wednesday to authorize an amended and restated power-pooling agreement with the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), a change staff said responds to Pacific Corp's entry into the EDAM (extended day-ahead) market and the broader regional-market restructuring.
An agency official explained the EDAM market moves members from a bilateral trading model to a centralized market: "It changes it to more of a centralized market," the official said, adding that under EDAM members typically sell generation to the pool and purchase load from the pool. The official told the council Hurricane intends to keep its generation outside the centralized EDAM scheduling and to use its local generators to reduce load as before.
City legal staff reviewed the contract language and reported it had been vetted by member attorneys; the attorney said the returned product reflected joint work among UAMPS attorneys and members' counsel and that the city attorney was comfortable the contract "gets us to where we need to be." Council members were told that not adopting the agreement could leave the city at a disadvantage in the new market structure.
The council approved the resolution by roll call; the meeting transcript records "Yes" votes from the roll-call sequence (recorded names in the roll call: Dave, Jojo, Drew, Glenn, Amy). The measure was adopted and the council then called for adjournment.
What's next: staff will complete any signature and administrative steps required by the UAMPS membership process; the city will continue to operate local generation outside EDAM scheduling as described in staff remarks.
An agency official explained the EDAM market moves members from a bilateral trading model to a centralized market: "It changes it to more of a centralized market," the official said, adding that under EDAM members typically sell generation to the pool and purchase load from the pool. The official told the council Hurricane intends to keep its generation outside the centralized EDAM scheduling and to use its local generators to reduce load as before.
City legal staff reviewed the contract language and reported it had been vetted by member attorneys; the attorney said the returned product reflected joint work among UAMPS attorneys and members' counsel and that the city attorney was comfortable the contract "gets us to where we need to be." Council members were told that not adopting the agreement could leave the city at a disadvantage in the new market structure.
The council approved the resolution by roll call; the meeting transcript records "Yes" votes from the roll-call sequence (recorded names in the roll call: Dave, Jojo, Drew, Glenn, Amy). The measure was adopted and the council then called for adjournment.
What's next: staff will complete any signature and administrative steps required by the UAMPS membership process; the city will continue to operate local generation outside EDAM scheduling as described in staff remarks.
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