It is the mission of Santa Clara City Power to give the highest quality customer service while providing safe, reliable, efficient, and environmentally responsible power to the citizens of Santa Clara.
Santa Clara City Power is a city-owned power provider and is governed by the City Council. Our team of 6 full-time employees strive to provide the City of Santa Clara safe, affordable and reliable energy. The Power Department currently serves approximately 3,300 customers, including residential and commercial. SCP offers twenty-four hour dispatch service for maintenance and repairs for existing customers, and coordinates with the building department to hook up new customers in a timely manner. SCP has a diverse wholesale energy portfolio, including coal, hydro, wind, solar, waste heat recovery and natural gas. SCP also produces power internally and has 4 generators with a total of 9 MW generation capacity. SCP receives the remaining power requirements via transmission lines located throughout the state. SCP is a proud member of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) Reliable Public Provider Santa Clara City power Department has earned a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3)® designation from the American Public Power Association for providing reliable and safe electric service. The RP3 designation recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four key disciplines: reliability, safety, workforce development, and system improvement. Criteria within each category are based on sound business practices and represent a utility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity. Currently Santa Clara City holds the RP3 designation level of Gold.