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Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) records

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 564

Content Description

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) records consist of various meeting minutes from projects and exhibits, both in physical and digital files, from 1980 to 2022. The UAMPS records also contain meeting minutes, correspondence, video cassettes, scrapbooks, and other materials related to Intermountain Consumer Power Associations (ICPA) from 1957 to 1999. The Board of Directors meeting minutes cover monthly meetings starting in January 1981 to 2022. These minutes detail current projects, trainings, and other important information.

Dates

  • 1957-2022

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.



Permission to publish material from the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) records must be obtained from theManuscripts Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Biographical / Historical



“Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) is a full-service interlocal agency, that provides comprehensive wholesale electric energy services, on a non-profit basis, to community-owned power systems throughout the Intermountain West. The UAMPS membership represents 50 members from Utah, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. UAMPS provides comprehensive energy services to its members, including planning, financing, developing, acquiring, constructing, operating and maintaining varied projects and transmission for the benefit of members. UAMPS currently operates 16 separate projects that provide power supply, transmission, and other services to the members who participate in them. Members choose which projects they participate in, based on their unique needs.” (Quoted from UAMPS’ website: https://www.uamps.com/)



Established under the Interlocal Cooperative Act to plan, finance, and operate electric power projects, UAMPS began in 1980 with twenty-one members located around Utah, such as the cities of Ephraim, Logan, and Morgan. The first project UAMPS entered into contract with was the Hunter Project, located in Emery County, Utah in 1981. Within the next ten years, UAMPS gained ten more members and contracted five other projects. One unique project during this time was the Member Generation Project launched in 1987. This project benefited UAMPS members by integrating member-owned generation into the Pool. In 1990, UAMPS adjusted their organizational agreements to create independent project boards to enhance the focus and process of each project. In 1992, UAMPS once again amended their organizational agreements to allow other states to become members. With this amendment, Fredonia, Arizona and Page Electric Utility in Page, Arizona joined UAMPS. Currently, UAMPS extends memberships to seven states located in the American West. In 1995, UAMPS acquired the administration functions of Intermountain Consumer Power Association (ICPA) after they dissolved.

Extent

118.5 Linear Feet (238 boxes and 165 digital files)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains papers and digital files related to the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) from 1957 to 2022 and the Intermountain Consumer Power Association (ICPA) from 1957 to 1999.

Arrangement

The UAMPS collection is arranged by board of directors meeting minutes, annual member and special member meeting minutes, committee meeting minutes, and projects meeting minutes. The papers are arranged chronologically within each section. Each Sub-Series is arranged by date that the meeting was held. The Sub-Series in series III, IV, and V are arranged in alphabetical order, and then the files are ordered chronologically. All documents were originally housed in bound binders or expanding file folders and are currently arranged in that same original order that they were received. Most of the audio materials in this collection are separated from the paper files, except three micro dictation cassettes, which are located in box 91, folder 4, and a Shoshone Energy/Idatherm presentation July 18, 2007 on a CD Rom, which is located in box 160, folder 23. These audio files are in these locations because they were originally housed within these paper files, unlike the other audio files. When applicable, each UAMPS project Sub-Series contains a description of the project. These descriptions derived from the UAMPS website, https://www.uamps.com/.

Series I: Board of Director minutes, includes Executive Session

Series II: Membership minutes, includes Annual and Special members

Series III: Committee minutes, includes the following committees: Annexation, Audit, Automated Metering, Budget, By-Laws, Chairman's Distributed Generation Task Force, Executive, Governance, Marketing, New Member, Public Relations, Resource, Transformer Alliance

Series IV: Study Project minutes, includes Bonanza Study Project, Cooperative Pool Study Project, Dworshak Study Project, Fuel Acquisition Study Project, Idaho Wind Study Project, Peaking Unit Study Project, Gas Reserves Study Project, Two Elks Study Project

Series V: Project minutes, includes Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), Central-St George Project, Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP), Craig-Mona Transmission Project, Firm Power Supply Project (first known as the Idaho Project), Freedom Project, Government and Public Affairs Project (GPA), Horse Butte Wind Project, Hunter Project, Intermountain Power Project (IPP), IPP Unit 3 Project, Member Generation Project, Members Service Project, Natural Gas Project, Payson Power Project, Pool Project, Resource Project, San Juan Power Supply Project, Veyo Heat Recovery Project

Series VI: Intermountain Consumer Power Association (ICPA) Board of Directors minutes, 1957-1993

Series VII: ICPA annual meeting minutes, 1958-1995

Series VIII: ICPA committee minutes, 1974-1999

Series IX: ICPA member correspondence and information, 1978-1999

Series X: UAMPS Annual Report, 1982-2020

Series XI: Video cassettes, 1990-1999

Series XII: UAMPS scrapbooks, 1974-1988

Series XIII: UAMPS tape cassettes and microfilm, 1980-1991

Series XIV: Digital Files, 2021-2022

Series XV: Contracts, Agreements, 1961-2003

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by UAMPS in January 2021.

Related Materials

Digital Collection found at UAMPS: Digital History Collection

Processing Information

Collection was initially processed in 2021-2022. In 2024, boxes 222-238 were added.

Title
Guide to the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) records
Author
Monique Davila, Heather Housley, Clint Pumphrey, and Paul Daybell
Date
2022
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2024: Updated to include additional material (boxes 222-238)

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)