Portland General shutters Oregon's last coal plant, 585-MW Boardman Generating

摘要

Portland General Electric Co. on Oct. 15 shuttered its 585-MW coal-fired Boardman Generating Station in Morrow County, in north-central Oregon, marking the end of coal generation in the state. "Our customers are counting on us to deliver a clean energy future," Maria Pope, president and CEO of Portland General Electric, or PGE, said in an Oct. 15 statement. "PGE's Boardman closure is a major step on our path to meeting Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and transforming our system to reliably serve our customers with a cleaner, more sustainable energy mix."