Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production
Flagstaff, Ariz. • A massive coal-fired power plant that served customers in the West for nearly 50 years shut down Monday, the latest closure in a shift away from coal and toward renewable energy and cheaper power.The Navajo Generating Station near the Arizona-Utah line was expected to shutter by the end of the year, but the exact day hadn't been certain as the plant worked to deplete a stockpile of coal.It stopped producing electricity shortly after noon Monday when shift supervisor Fred
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