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A century of Lehi Power: Municipal power provider values independence as it navigates growth, rising costs
In 1925, Utah Power informed Lehi Mayor Joseph Broadbent that it was going to raise rates on streetlights, prompting him to look for an alternative solution to power the city. A year later, the city put in its first generator, and Lehi Power officially started. A century after the entity's inception, Lehi Power remains the main power provider in the city, notwithstanding Lehi's ascension from a small cowboy town to a large suburb with nearly 100,000 residents and a prominent tech presence. Lehi's assistant power director, Brent Thomas, joked that he's been around for a large ...
