The owners of the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) announced Tuesday that they will cease producing electricity with coal in 2025. The move is motivated by several factors including a weak market for coal fired power, the loss of existing customers, and environmental regulations. IPP began operations in 1986 providing electricity to 36 municipalities in Utah and California. During the next eight years the company will work to replace the 1800 megawatt coal fired units with a 1200 megawatt natural gas fired unit. Thirty-two municipal power systems and rural electric cooperatives have signed on for the proposed natural gas powered unit. IPP will also continue to provide transmission capability for 306 megawatts of power generated by wind turbines in Beaver and Millard counties, and fuel storage in salt dome caverns that have been constructed adjacent to IPP.