Protesters march to oppose Navajo Generating Station closure

Phoenix • Shutting down the Navajo Generating Station near Page not only would displace hundreds of workers, it also could raise rates for consumers, protesters who marched on the state Capitol said Tuesday."It was built under a bond and paid for by a bond from the federal government. . There's still a billion dollars left on that bond," said Craig Stevens, an organizer of the march from DCI Group, a public affairs firm."It will be passed onto the ratepayers, the actual consumers of electri