Tagged: TransAlta

3:12pm

Fri April 22, 2011
Environment

Northwest's largest coal-fired plant to shut down by 2025

Credit Miriam Duerr / Washington Dept. of Ecology

It's 14 years off in the future. But a compromise deal will shut down the Northwest's largest coal-fired power plant near Centralia. Legislation is headed to the governor's desk following a vote Thursday in the Washington senate.

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7:50am

Mon March 7, 2011
Cleaner Energy

Northwest’s largest coal-fired power plant agrees to shut down by 2025

Credit Miriam Duerr / WA Dept. of Ecology

The owner of the largest coal-fired power plant in the Northwest has agreed to phase out coal-burning by the end of 2025.

Washington’s governor and environmental groups announced an agreement with TransAlta Corporation Saturday. Within hours, the Washington State Senate passed a bill to turn the deal into law.

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