Alixel Cabrera 

Utah News Dispatch

Utah is considering purchasing an Emery County lab that researches — among other industries — innovative technologies in different sources of energy, including nuclear, solar, coal and wind.

Titled San Rafael State Energy Lab, HB410, making its way through the Legislature, currently in session on Capitol Hill, would establish the laboratory as a state-owned facility, create the San Rafael State Energy Board and appropriate $2 million to buy the lab from Emery County along with $1 million for salaries, building maintenance and supplies to keep the operation running through Please log in to see the rest of this story.