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Utah is in the top ten US states that receive the most sunny days each year, on average, making solar energy a cheap and viable electricity option. As the market for products produced with renewable energy grows, Utah-based businesses are beginning to make the switch to solar.
Getting solar power is now easier than ever for residents in and around Utah County.
PHOTO TOUR: Provo Canyon's 117-year-old Olmsted Hydroelectric Power Plant © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City The story behind the groundbreaking, historic hydroelectric power plant at the mouth of Provo Canyon in Orem, Utah begins seven years prior to its 1904 completion date. 2News took a tour of the power plant, which is explained in better detail in our photo gallery above or by clicking here. In 1897, The Telluride Power Company, along with Lucien L. Nunn, began hydroelectric power generation about 4.5 miles up the canyon, at Nunn's Station, which was "the first high-voltage, long-distan...