New Mexico's Biggest Power Plant Sticks with Coal. Partly. For Now.

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By Zahra HirjiJan 28, 2016, 12:00 pm113 pts
State regulators defend the decision because it allows for increasing use of renewable energy, but it also extends coal's life in the state. By Zahra Hirji When New Mexico utility regulators decided to partially close the state's largest coal-fired power plant in December, they punted the controversial…

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