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  • Gordon concerned by plans to close coal plants

    Heather Richards, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|May 2, 2019

    CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon said he was “deeply concerned” Friday by Rocky Mountain Power’s serious consideration of shuttering some coal-fired power plant units in Wyoming within four years. The utility — part of PacifiCorp — released a presentation earlier this week confirming that closing nine coal-fired units in Colorado and Wyoming, including Jim Bridger, Naughton and Dave Johnston, by 2023 would save the company and its customers $12 million. Gordon was critical of the company’s direction in a statement Friday, noting the trickle-down...

  • Legislators eye lawsuit over coal port

    Heather Richards, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange|Jan 24, 2019

    CASPER — Wyoming lawmakers will try to set aside $250,000 to sue Washington state over coal, bypassing Wyoming’s attorney general and hiring a private lawyer, via a bill introduced Thursday in Cheyenne that largely mimics a failed measure last year. Washington has effectively blocked a coal export terminal development by denying a state water permit. Wyoming — which wants an export terminal on the West Coast to get its coal to Asian buyers — has long maintained that Washington’s block is political: that the powers that be in Washingto...