Rocky Mountain Power discussed its proposal to separate from PacifiCorps at a committee meeting at the Utah Capitol Wednesday. Utah lawmakers weren't happy with the details.

Utah GOP legislative leadership and Gov. Spencer Cox are pushing Rocky Mountain Power to find a way to divorce itself from its parent company, PacifiCorp, to keep the state’s energy goals in line with affordability and reliability.

The Utah State Legislature appears poised to force a breakup of Pacificorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power.

Splitting up the multistate electrical utility PacificCorp would be expensive and politically difficult, officials are warning Utah lawmakers. Utah Republican officials are pressing hard to break up the six-state system arguing that moves by other states away from coal and natural gas cost Utah consumers money and threaten the state’s efforts to protect the coal