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Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) started in 1980 as a political subdivision of the state of Utah. Established under the Interlocal Cooperative Act to plan, finance, and operate electric power projects, UAMPS provides wholesale electric energy, energy transmission, and other energy services to community-owned power systems on a non-profit basis. In 1992, UAMPS amended their organizational agreements to allow other states to become members. UAMPS currently operates 16 projects and includes 48 members from Utah, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Several of these projects involve UAMPS’s Carbon Free Power Project, which aims to increase the use of wind, solar, and even nuclear power in the Intermountain West, with plans in motion to complete the first small modular reactor power plant in the United States by the end of the decade.
The Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) Records consists of the minutes of UAMPS meetings from 1980 to the present. These minutes detail energy projects, trainings, and other important topics for UAMPS.
Project Credits:
- Monique Davila (Graduate Student Fellow, USU Library): Project Lead, archival processing, metadata generation, Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Guide creation
- Clint Pumphrey (Co-Unit Head of Special Collections & Archives, Manuscript Curator, USU Library): Faculty Sponsor and Supervisor, Donor relations
- Preston Waddoups (Copy Editor, USU Library): Landing page writing
- Shay Larsen (Graphic Designer, USU Library): Collection graphic design
- Andrea Payant (Metadata Librarian, USU Library): Collection metadata, platform set up and ingest
- Darcy Pumphrey Digital Asset Librarian, USU Library): Born-digital file management and support
- Paul Daybell (Archival Cataloging Librarian, USU Library): Metadata and Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Guide creation
- Brittany Bertazon (Digital Projects Manager, USU Library): Digital project management, landing page support
