Utilities

NORTH OGDEN -- Residents who don't pay their code violation fines may soon get a reprieve.

The council plans to rescind a resolution passed in October that allows the city to shut off major utilities if citations for code violations aren't paid.

SALT LAKE CITY — Questar Gas asked the Public Service Commission of Utah on Tuesday to cut natural gas rates by $13 million. If the commission approves the cut, the average homeowner will save about $10 a year, beginning Feb. 1.

CLEARFIELD — An out-of-date well is receiving necessary updates while also becoming the first of city wells to have an emergency backup generator.

OGDEN -- Catholic Community Services is putting out a different kind of plea these days.

KAYSVILLE -- The National Guard has gone home, but efforts to clean up the damage from last week's powerful windstorm continue.

The temporary dumping ground, which was set up Sunday at the site of the future Pioneer Park on Angel Street in Kaysville, is slowly getting smaller as trucks continue to make round trips to the Davis County landfill.

NORTH OGDEN -- Residents can sound off tonight about the city's proposal to raise utility rates $2.31 per month. The city council meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers, 505 E. 2600 North.

The proposed rate increase is part of a five-year capital improvement plan that the council approved in June when it approved the annual budget. In the plan, the council decided it would raise rates every year for the next five years to complete necessary capital improvement projects, City Finance Director Debbie Cardenas said.

MOJAVE DESERT, Calif. — The Mojave Desert, which spans an area larger than West Virginia, is becoming speckled with gigantic solar power plants that are creating hundreds of construction jobs and, when complete, will generate electricity for millions of homes.