[CedarDave]

“We understand it’s a shock for our employees,” said Tri-State CEO Duane Highley

Yeah, 107 jobs at the plant plus at the coal mine plus at the railroad that hauls coal from mine to plant.

More good paying jobs sacrificed on the alter of faux global climate change.

[CedarDave]

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[Jim Robinson]

They can all learn to code. /s

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Birds, bats, and desert tortoises most affected.

[kaktuskid]

Many of those employees are Native Americans

[reintarnation]

Electricity being fungible, maybe the feds could buy the output from these plants and sell it on the grid... The loss of jobs in the four corners region is devastating.

[Renkluaf]

Couldn’t get to article (paywall) but they’re obviously taking a huge write-off to do this. Renewables much more expensive form of power. Makes no sense.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good...they can now spend 10 times more money and hire 10 times more workers to get 10 times less power.

Sounds like a win-win-win all the way around. Except for the poor schlubs paying for that expensive “carbon neutral” or “green” or “eco” power.

All to appease the Global Warming Gods and their hoax.

Big winter storm descending on North Idaho here. Thank God our Avista utility is still burning fossil fuels to keep our lights on. Unfortunately, they’ve also made a similar stupid commitment to getting rid of our low-cost, reliable power sources in the next 20 years.

This is not going to end well for the nation.

[wjcsux]

Unfortunately, the utility companies have been beaten down by the Eco-facists. I have heard that some of the other coal fired plants in the Four-corners area have been targeted for closure as well.

[Carriage Hill]

Once a coal-fired plant is decommissioned, it can’t be brought back.

During a coal-fired plant’s decommissioning process, the electric-generating equipment — such as precipitators, boilers, turbines, and generators — are shut down and operating permits are terminated. Unused coal and materials associated with both the generation process and the buildings and structures are removed.

The party’s over.

[Does so]

Didn’t Slick Willie put the U.S. best coal field into a National Monument there?

[SpaceBar]

Hugo Lujan-Grisholm.

[American in Israel]

Seems like an investment opportunity. Buy it and run it for generating the power NM will not have enough of at twice the price.

[SuperLuminal]

Elections have consequences...

[rktman]

Whew! At least New Mexico is now saved.😵. I really don't like these entities.

[old curmudgeon]

Add to your list the thousands of working people who will pay much more for electricity.

Especially in cold weather, a period in which budgeting is already difficult.

[dila813]

Chinese buy it and undercut them