HURRICANE, Utah -- Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), Deseret Power and Rocky Mountain Power marked the beginning of operations of the new Purgatory Flat substation, located at 1000 South Regional Park Road in Hurricane City.

The new substation is a key facility resulting from years of mutual cooperation for electric system improvement and planning in southwestern Utah, reports Rocky Mountain Power.

Following a joint long-range plan, Rocky Mountain Power will own and operate the Purgatory Flat substation, supplying electric transmission feeds to Deseret Power and UAMPS members for their customers, as well as to Rocky Mountain Power customers in its service area.

It is estimated that the new substation will supply about 166 megawatts of capacity to customers of the participating utilities, equivalent to the annual use of more than 80,000 homes.

Source: Rocky Mountain Power