Tag: Navajo Generating Station
WASHINGTON – When the Navajo Generating Station closed in 2019, taking hundreds of jobs with it, projects funded by the Economic Development Administration helped blunt some of the pain, Chris...
Supreme Court ruling against EPA hurts, may not hobble clean air in Arizona
A fair and responsible transition to clean energy
In this Aug. 19, 2019, file photo shows the sun setting behind the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File) An unprecedented...
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Utilities must commit to invest in communities in move from coal
The coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in northeast Arizona. (Photo by Amber Brown/Courtesy SRP) At the end of June, Arizona Public Service submitted its long-term energy plan...
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Republican proposes rural tribes keep portion of state sales tax
Two lawmakers are proposing to let at least several Native American tribes keep some of the taxes generated from sales on reservations. The proposal by Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, would...
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Keeping Navajo plant protects jobs, tribes, rural communities
When a new business comes knocking at our proverbial door promising skilled jobs and economic strength, leaders pull out all the stops to secure opportunity for the state. Shouldn’t the same...
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Prospective owner, operator of Navajo coal plant end pursuit
Two companies that were negotiating to take over a coal-fired power plant on the Arizona-Utah line ended the effort Thursday, saying the challenges were too great. The Navajo Generating Station...
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Feds question plan for future of Navajo Generating Station
Lawmakers, witnesses grapple with how to save Navajo Generating Station
Time for Navajos to move on from coal to renewable energy
Utility regulator proposes broad renewable energy plan
Andy Tobin (Photo by Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services) A conservative utility regulator has a grand plan for clean energy resources for Arizona electric companies, which will likely...
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Closing the Navajo Generating Station comes with disastrous consequences
Tribal land just outside of Page, Arizona, is home to the largest coal-fired power plant in the Western United States: the Navajo Generating Station (NGS). The 2,250-megawatt plant and the...