Tribe begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner

Window Rock, Ariz. • Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they’ve begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a coal-fired power plant on their land.The Navajo Generating Station near Page is scheduled to shut down in December 2019.The plant's coal supplier has been leading an effort to find a new owner.Navajo President Russell Begaye says the tribe is negotiating with New York-based Avenue Capital for ownership and one of its subsidiaries, Middle River Power, as an operator.Begaye