FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Three towering concrete stacks that were the most visual reminders of a coal-fired power plant that operated for decades along the Arizona-Utah state line came down Friday. The 775-foot (236-meter) structures loomed over the Navajo Generating Station, a 2,250 megawatt plant that closed last year as […]
POLACCA, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo and Hopi families in northeastern Arizona that have long relied on coal to heat their homes are looking to other sources after last year’s closure of a coal mine. The Kayenta Mine shut down after decades of supplying the Navajo Generating Station near Page along […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — As the coal industry nears its end on the Navajo Nation, the tribe is looking to Arizona utilities that shared in the power generated on the reservation to help make up for the financial losses and environmental impacts. Navajo leaders have requested nearly $62 million to establish a […]
KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP)-The Navajo Nation is spending close to $2 million to maintain access to a transmission line that once carried power from a coal plant to western states. The Navajo Generating Station near Page shut down in November. The tribe acquired a 500-megawatt transmission line as part of an […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A coal-fired power plant in the Navajo Nation has shut down after operating for nearly 50 years. The Navajo Generating Station near the northern Arizona community of Page stopped producing electricity on Monday. The 2,250-megwatt plant was one of the largest in the U.S. West and […]
LECHEE, Ariz. (AP) — One of three generating units at a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation has closed. The 2,250-megawatt Navajo Generating Station near Page is scheduled to completely shut down before the end of the year. It’s run by the Phoenix-based utility, the Salt River Project. Utility […]
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials are looking for cost-cutting measures after proposing a budget that is $5 million short of the current one. The Gallup Independent reported this week that the tribe expects to have $167 million in revenue for the 2020 fiscal year that begins in October. Navajo Nation […]
FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP) — Jonathan Nez delivered a message of hope, resilience and change Tuesday in his inaugural address as president of the Navajo Nation, drawing from the tribe’s history as a way to move forward. He and Vice President Myron Lizer took the oath of office before a […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation energy company studying the purchase of a coal-fired plant on the reservation says it’s now looking into the mine that supplies it, too. The tribal government asked the Navajo Transitional Energy Company in October to look into acquiring the Navajo Generating Station. Its […]
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation Council legislation to allow a tribal-owned energy company to become a for-profit corporation was withdrawn before it could be considered. The Gallup Independent reports that the bill sought approval for a federal charter for Navajo Transitional Energy Company to purchase Navajo Generating Station and the Peabody […]
