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Market forces are killing Navajo Generating Station: President Trump should not intercede
Electricity-generation markets across the U.S. are changing, which is to say they are modernizing. Our research shows time and again that coal-fired generation plants are no longer the viable business propositions they used to be.
Arizona AG hails court decision blocking Clean Power Plan
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is calling the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to temporarily block President Barack Obama's plan to cut power plant emissions a huge victory for the state.
Obama’s final Clean Power Plan leaves many big questions
The Obama administration’s revised Clean Power Plan goals could be more palatable for Arizona, but big questions remain as to how they will affect the state’s utilities, their customers and the fate of the Apache Generating Station.
Work for uranium mine near Grand Canyon hits pause
A uranium mining company that was sinking a shaft for a mine south of Grand Canyon National Park has put the work on hold, citing market conditions and the expense... […]
Brewer blasts EPA proposals for three coal plants
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reverse course on its demand that three coal-fired power plants complete a retrofit that will cost utility companies $1 billion and could mothball the plants entirely.
Renewing Arizona: Transition from coal to clean
Now that many coal plants in the West are nearing the end of their intended life, utilities and regulators are faced with a critical choice: Do we sink hundreds of millions into existing coal plants so they can meet health standards or do we invest those funds in the transition to cleaner, cost-effective electricity systems using the West’s abundant solar, wind, geothermal and energy efficiency [...]
