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Bountiful power plant upgrades on schedule, officials say

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 8:31pm

BOUNTIFUL — Major components of a city power plant renovation plan are being finalized.

After months of waiting, two new turbines for the city’s power plant on 200 West have been put into place. Now, work to get those power-generating sources situated and tested will begin.

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Report gauges economic impact of Ariz. power plant

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:56am

PAGE, Ariz. -- Arizona could lose $18 billion in gross state product over more than 25 years if a coal-fired power plant in Page shuts down.

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Navajo Generating Station near Page, Arizona.

DOI releases study of coal plant on Navajo land

Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 4:08pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Requiring a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation to further regulate pollution would not force its retirement but would increase water rates for agricultural users and American Indian tribes by up to 16 percent, a study to be released Wednesday found.

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Obama to step up power line projects in Utah, other states

Matthew Daly The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 11:45am

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration moved Wednesday to speed up permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines in Utah and 11 other states, saying the projects would create thousands of jobs and help modernize the nation's power grid.

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Utah Company considering power plant using dead trees

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, September 26, 2011 - 8:44am

CARBONDALE, Colo. -- A Utah company is considering building an electric power plant using Colorado's dead pine trees for fuel.

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Work to begin on Bountiful power plant

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 10:06pm

BOUNTIFUL -- Work on phase II of a $25 million power plant upgrade is expected to begin next week.

Crews are expected to begin demolition of a Bountiful City Light & Power Company building on 200 West as early as Tuesday, to initiate construction of a building that will house two natural gas turbines.

One key component of that project was recently advanced when the city council voted unanimously to award a $4.6 million contract to Big D Construction to construct the facility that will house the generators.

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Proposed Kanab gas plant draws opposition

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:55pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A proposed plant that would convert coal and other materials to natural gas is facing stiff opposition from some Kanab residents.

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Interior asks EPA to delay N. Arizona power plant proposal

Felicia Fonesca The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 2:10pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Interior Department is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay its decision on pollution controls for a northern Arizona coal plant while it studies the benefits of the plant and impacts of a potential shutdown.

The Bureau of Reclamation under Interior is the majority owner of the Navajo Generating Station near Page. The EPA is considering whether to require future reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions at the 2,250-megawatt plan on the Navajo Nation to improve visibility at places like the Grand Canyon.

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