Northwest's Only Coal-Fired Power Plants May Halt Use of Coal by 2025, Switch Fuels

摘要

The Pacific Northwest's only two coal-fired power plants may eliminate the use of coal by 2025, depending on the resolution of current negotiations between the owners of the power plants and state environmental regulators.rnOn April 26, the Washington Department of Ecology and TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the process by which the company is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One year ago Washington Gov. Christine O. Gregoire (D) signed an executive order on climate change calling for the TransAlta plant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2025 (40 ER 1266, 5/29/09).