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Emma Louise Penrod

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Salt Lake City, Tooele
As seen in: Utility Dive, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo, Washington Times, The Salt Lake Tribune, Times Union (Albany), The State, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Roanoke Times, Daily Herald (Provo Utah), Killeen Daily Herald and
Covers:  musicians, local arts, religion, industrial pollution, obesity, livestock, local weather, mountain west medical center, us magnesium, goshute tribal concerns, hobby farms, local health concerns, tooele city government, environmental issues, local churches, kennecott mine, local wildlife, utah environmental policy, drought and water supply, tooele history, water quality, mining, artists, agriculture
Doesn't Cover: tooele county government, grantsville city government, tooele county schools
Independent journalist covering sustainability and equity in agriculture, energy & environmental health. Writing @UtilityDive @FeedStrategy, often elsewhere.

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Emma Louise Penrod’s Biography

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I like to say that I grew up in a newsroom — after all, I started reporting for my hometown paper while in high school, and had a staff position before I graduated.

I'm a prolific reporter with an ability to write well for diverse audiences and across multiple genres. Even after writing 6-8 stories a week for the Tooele Transcript, I usually head home to spend my free-time writing or conducting research. Consequently, I have authored several books, two of which are published.

I have a keen int…

Emma Louise Penrod’s Journalist Portfolio

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Medicare reimbursement uneven across rural, urban Utah counties

Medicare reimbursement uneven across rural, urban Utah counties

Healthcare in Tooele County brings in a fair sum of Medicare payments, but lags significantly behind more urb…

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Home on the range: local group helps city transplants find their rural roots

Home on the range: local group helps city transplants find their rural roots

Most of those who have found and joined the group came to the Tooele area specifically to establish a homeste…

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Proposed mine site considered sacred to Ibapah's Goshute tribes

Proposed mine site considered sacred to Ibapah's Goshute tribes

The site of the future Kiewit Mine Project, a proposed 105-acre open pit mine located four miles southeast of…

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Appeal reveals price of water rights for Tooele developers

Appeal reveals price of water rights for Tooele developers

Water rights can cost Tooele City developers upwards of $15,000 per lot, but the city rarely charges the full…

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Stericycle emissions small compared to top local polluters

Stericycle emissions small compared to top local polluters

Though Stericycle's North Salt Lake incineration operation has become the center of an air quality debate, th…

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New Stansbury pastor found his faith on Iraq's desert battlefield

New Stansbury pastor found his faith on Iraq's desert battlefield

Andy Lynch, who moved from California to Stansbury Park in January to take the pulpit at the Stansbury Park B…

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2026 fire season off to ominous start after relatively mild 2025

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By Emma Louise Penrod Verified
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By Emma Penrod • Mar 09, 2026 An extremely dry winter across the western U.S. has increased the risk of serious fires for 2026, according to National Interagency Coordination Center Manager Sean Peterson. The center, tasked with coordinating wildfire response throughout the U.S., tallied 77,850 total wildfires and 5 million acres burned in 2025, compared with 67,897 wildfires and nearly 9 million acres burned in 2024.
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2026 fire season off to ominous start after relatively mild 2025

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By Emma Louise Penrod Verified
| Utility Dive Verified
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. An extremely dry winter across the western U.S. has increased the risk of serious fires for 2026, according to National Interagency Coordination Center Manager Sean Peterson. The center, tasked with coordinating wildfire response throughout the U.S., tallied 77,850 total wildfires and 5 million acres burned in 2025, compared with 67,897 wildfires and nearly 9 million acres burned in 2024.
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Utilities’ spending spree continues, according to their Q4 2025 reports

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By Emma Louise Penrod Verified, Ethan Howland Verified, Diana DiGangi Verified
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The tail end of 2025 saw continued growth in most utilities’ spending and load projections, with Duke Energy claiming the distinction of having the largest capital spending plan of any regulated electric utility in the U.S. Companies used their fourth-quarter earnings presentations to highlight their efforts to address affordability concerns through large load tariffs and other means as they come under pressure from ratepayers, regulators and elected representatives over rising costs.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I started out as a high school correspondent for the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. I wrote a humor column and covered news from Tooele High.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I used one to fill out my college applications because the PDF wouldn't let me type in it, and I didn't want to fill it out by hand.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Hildy Johnson, of course. From His Girl Friday.
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