Coal-Fired Power Takes Another Hit as Owners Decide to Close Navajo Generating Station

SUGAR LAND--April 3, 2017--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Barring an 11th-hour miracle, the largest coal-fired power plant in the Western U.S., the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), will close at the end of 2019, a victim of the changing economics of the power industry. The story has been playing out across the nation for years: tougher environmental regulation coupled with abundant, low-cost natural gas-fired generation, are forcing the premature closure of coal-fired generation. Within this article: Details on NGS and other coal-fired facilities that are facing closure due to the changing energy market.