Trump Administration scrambles to save the Navajo Generating Station

By John Siciliano | Washington Examiner

The Trump administration has until December to save the Navajo Generating Station power plant in the West, but the prospects for the plant burning coal after 2019 are questionable.

The deliberations over the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona are beginning to heat up after months of confidential, behind-the-scenes negotiations to secure new owners. The talks will continue into next year even after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signs off on a key environmental determination for the plant and approves a lease extension by Dec. 1.

Zinke ramped up efforts to save the plant after low natural gas prices prompted the owners to decide to close the plant by the end of the year. A temporary lease agreement was forged to keep the plant running until the end of 2019 or until a longer-term solution can be created.

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