Topic - Navajo Generating Station

Navajo Generating Station is a 2250 megawatt coal-fired powerplant located on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Page, Arizona, USA. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It also provides the power for pumping Colorado River water for the Central Arizona Project, supplying about 1.5 million acre feet (1.85 km3) of water annually to central and southern Arizona. - Source: Wikipedia

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This Aug. 19, 2019, image shows the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz. The power plant will close before the year ends, upending the lives of hundreds of mostly Native American workers who mined coal, loaded it and played a part in producing electricity that powered the American Southwest. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)

Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops production

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011, file photo, smoke rises from the stacks of the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, as seen from Lake Powell in Page, Ariz. The Navajo Nation company has ended its pursuit of a coal-fired power plant on the reservation and the mine that feeds it. The decision Friday, March 22, 2019 means the Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine will close this year, ending decades of operation in northeastern Arizona. The bid by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company had been considered a long-shot. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Navajo Nation company ends bid to buy power plant, mine

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011, file photo, smoke rises from the stacks of the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, as seen from Lake Powell in Page, Ariz. Two companies that sought to take over the coal-fired power plant on the Arizona-Utah border have ended efforts to acquire it. New York-based Avenue Capital and Chicago-based Middle River Power showed interest but said Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, they could not overcome the challenges. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Prospective owner, operator of Navajo coal plant end pursuit

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Potential new coal plant operator offers few new details

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

A person waits for a rally to begin outside the Capitol in Phoenix, Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Hundreds of Navajo Generating Station employees, relatives and union and tribal leaders rallied at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Wednesday to request a 90-day pause in steps to close the coal-fueled plant by the end of 2019 as scheduled. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Firm eyeing purchase of Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

Email reveals potential buyer for Navajo coal-fired plant

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011, file photo, smoke rises from the stacks of the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, as seen from Lake Powell in Page, Ariz. The investment firm tasked with finding a new owner for the Arizona coal plant says it's focused on one potential investor while a handful of others are on the sideline. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Firm narrows potential buyers for Arizona coal-fired plant

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

A coalition of groups march during a rally to build support for extending the life of the Navajo Generating Station power plant near the Arizona-Utah border, in front of the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Hopis, Navajos say they’ll suffer if coal-fired plant closes

By FELICIA FONSECA and ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

The federal government could be the last, best hope to save the Navajo Generating Station. (Associated Press/File)

Navajo plant gives Donald Trump chance to save coal industry

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Tribe could lose $28 million annually if power plant closed

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Navajo coal plant closure would allow cheaper options

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