Ensure You Receive Emergency Notifications!

Add 435-615-5900 to Your Smartphone's Contact List

Post Date:08/02/2018 12:39 PM

When you subscribe to receive emergency alerts at summitcountyalerts.org or parkcityalerts.org, you can choose a number of ways to receive emergency notifications - by phone, email, or text - or even by app (the Everbridge app is available in the App Store and the Google Play Store).  Phone calls will come from 435-615-5900 and will contain a pre-recorded message notifying you of the basis for the alert and any immediate actions to be taken, if applicable.   However, if the emergency alert number isn't one you recognize, there's a possibility you won't answer and may miss out on important information as a result.   Adding the number to your phone's contact list, and granting an exception to your phone's 'Do Not Disturb' feature can help ensure important messages get through!

Please note that Park City Municipal Corporation policy is not to send alerts during off-hours (generally after 8pm and before 8am) unless immediate action is required in circumstances potentially jeopardizing life/safety.


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Converting our electricity to 100% renewable is a major part of our transition to become a carbon neutral community. Renewable electricity is created using technologies that don't burn any fossil fuels to create energy, such as water, wind or the sun. There are no associated greenhouse gas emissions with creating energy from renewables. We're confident that the future will be powered with renewables.

Approximately one-third of our community-wide carbon footprint comes from the electricity we use. Decarbonization means removing the carbon emitted from our energy sources. Transitioning to renewables is how we will decarbonize the energy that Park City uses.

In 2016, Park City made the decision to work with the local utility, Rocky Mountain Power, to work together to bring 100% renewable electricity to Park City. Salt Lake City, Summit County and Moab have joined the effort and in total we will convert eighteen percent of Utah’s electric grid to renewables. While Park City is a small community of only around 8,000 people, we believe we have the power to influence to create a pathway for other communities to transition to 100% renewables.

Not only does renewable energy emit drastically fewer carbon emissions as it produces electricity, it will transform Utah’s economy, produce jobs and provide stable electricity. It will also clean the air as we transition our homes, buildings, and transportation to fully electric. Renewables are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels. Renewable energy has plunged is price, and now is competitive, and often cheaper, when compared to traditional coal and natural gas generation. Renewable electricity often has zero cost fuel. The sun and wind don’t ever send a bill. Compare this to traditional coal and natural gas generation, where the fuel price can fluctuate. PacifiCorp, Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company, recently stated that thirteen of its twenty-two coal plants are uneconomic.

In addition, renewable energy keeps the dollars spent on energy close to home. Park City alone spends over $245 million per year on energy, much of which ends up in unstable or even corrupt regions of the world. Imagine if that money was spent on local jobs, benefiting our local economy?

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