Radicals Fight for PNM Policies That Will Drive Up Electricity Prices and Cause Blackouts

Canadian Business - Environmentalists are continuing their push to see that a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico is closed. About 50 people from various environmental groups turned out Tuesday to protest during Public Service Company of New Mexico's annual shareholders meeting in Albuquerque. They argued the utility should not continue to invest in the 40-year-old San Juan Generating Station.
The plant is under an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to install equipment to reduce haze. Cost estimates range from $350 million to $750 million, and PNM officials have said ratepayers will ultimately end up with the bill. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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