Idled Washington coal power plant generates a natural gas fight

The owner of the only remaining coal power plant in the Pacific Northwest is doggedly proceeding with a plan to extend its life by converting to natural gas fuel over the next two years. TransAlta Corporation got political support, signed a utility to take the electricity and is accumulating the necessary permits to remodel the currently idled power station near Centralia.

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