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Mar. 12—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The coal-fired Four Corners Generating Station near Farmington could become a seasonally operated power plant, potentially reducing facility emissions by up to 25% annually, the plant's five co-owners announced Friday morning. The owners agreed to shut down one of the facility's two generating units for seven months each year beginning in fall 2023, with both units ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The coal-powered Four Corners Generation Station in New Mexico will limit its operations starting in 2023, the station's owners announced on Friday. The plant's five co-owners agreed to shut down one of the facility's two generators for seven months each year beginning in the fall of 2023. The other generator will operate year-round. The proposal could reduce the facility's carbon emissions by up to 25% every year....

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The Four Corners Power Plant in Waterflow, N.M., near the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The coal-fired Four Corners Generating Station near Farmington could become a seasonally operated power plant, potentially reducing facilit...

  By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press New Mexicos top prosecutor has opened an inquiry into utility costs during a winter blast that plunged New Mexico and other states into a deep freeze. State Attorney General Hector Balderas says the weather emergency caused tremendous damage and he wants to ensure New Mexicans wont be further harmed by skyrocketing bills. His office set a deadline of Friday for utilities to provide analyses of customer impacts and options for addressing the potential ...

Feb. 25—Rolling blackouts nailed Texas last week and California last summer. Peak demand, Mother Nature and aging infrastructure caught power companies in those states off guard and often left customers in the dark — occasionally, with electric bills in the thousands of dollars. Public Service Company of New Mexico officials said they've tried to learn lessons from Texas to avoid a similar ...

New Mexico attorney general eyes utility costs during freeze SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - This May 20, 2012 photo shows one of the major transmission lines that runs to the west of Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexicos top prosecutor has opened an inquiry into utility costs during a winter blast that plunged New Mexico and other states into a deep freeze. State Attorney General Hector Balderas says the weather emergency caused tremen...

A solar project meant to provide 10% of Gallup’s electricity for the next two decades is falling short of expectations, highlighting just one of the challenges as investor-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives across New Mexico look to boost their share of renewable energy to meet the state's escalating benchmarks.