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Providing perspective and contextual insights on the financial aspects of the Energy industry within the state of Utah, from fossil fuels to renewables, as well as infrastructure and storage.

T.J. Rodgers, SunPower and the Future of Utah's Solar Power Industry — Part 2: Where This Goes Next

T.J. Rodgers, SunPower and the Future of Utah's Solar Power Industry — Part 2: Where This Goes Next

Publisher's Note This is Part 2 of a two-part Utah Money Watch investigation into the evolving relationship between SunPower, Utah’s solar economy, and T.J. Rodgers. Part 1 was published yesterday. A Quick Look Back Before Looking Forward In Part 1 of this two-part writeup, we laid-out

T.J. Rodgers, SunPower and the Future of Solar Power in Utah — Part 1: How We Got Here

T.J. Rodgers, SunPower and the Future of Solar Power in Utah — Part 1: How We Got Here

Publisher’s Note This is Part 1 of a two-part Utah Money Watch investigation into the evolving relationship between SunPower, Utah’s solar economy, and T.J. Rodgers. Part 2 is slated to be published tomorrow. The Headline That Started It All 19 November 2025 — Lehi, Utah — In my experience

Is Logan-based Conservice for Sale at $5 Billion?

Two leading media sources report that the Private Equity owners of Conservice have decided to put the U.S.-leading utility-billing and expense-management platform on the market at up to 20× its expected earnings of $200 million 24 October 2025 — Logan, Utah — The owners of Conservice, Utah’s quietly massive

Bridging the AI Chasm Between Hype and Promise

Bridging the AI Chasm Between Hype and Promise

It seems that each day media and social media headlines are trumpeting the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI). And clearly for good reason as generative AI models are crafting content on a daily basis and more and more agentic systems are automating complex workflows on a daily basis. In

BREAKING NEWS: With Funding in Place, Construction has Begun on Clearway Energy's $605 Million Battery Energy Storage Portfolio in Utah's Iron and Beaver Counties

BREAKING NEWS: With Funding in Place, Construction has Begun on Clearway Energy's $605 Million Battery Energy Storage Portfolio in Utah's Iron and Beaver Counties

San Francisco, California-based Clearway Energy Group has closed a multi-bank financing package of $605 million allowing it to begin construction of its new multi-site, 320-megawatt Honeycomb battery storage portfolio based in Utah's Iron County and Beaver County. According to the Clearway news release, its Honeycomb portfolio will be

BREAKING NEWS: The $300 Million Sale of Orem-based US Synthetic Will Enable the $7.8 Billion Acquisition of its Parent Company, ChampionX

BREAKING NEWS: The $300 Million Sale of Orem-based US Synthetic Will Enable the $7.8 Billion Acquisition of its Parent Company, ChampionX

On the surface, the news seems pretty straightforward, but it's not. So here's both the straightforward news, as well as the more complex backstory. The Straightforward News: Orem, Utah-based US Synthetic is Being Bought for ~$300 Million Orem, Utah-based US Synthetic is being sold for approximately

The Rest of the Story: The New $500 Million Fund Raised by Pelion Venture Partners is Utah's Largest VC Fund Ever

The Rest of the Story: The New $500 Million Fund Raised by Pelion Venture Partners is Utah's Largest VC Fund Ever

Additionally, Pelion currently has more than $1.5 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM), which for a venture capital firm focused on early stage investments (let alone one in the so-called "middle" of the U.S. within a state of only 3.5 million residents) is pretty dang