By Ryan Randazzo | The Arizona Republic
Arizona utility regulator Andy Tobin is urging increased support from state utilities and the federal government to help keep the Navajo Generating Station coal-fired power plant running.
Tobin suggested a compromise that would allow the current owners to keep the plant running for five more years to provide time to find new buyers who could run it for decades.
Among his suggestions is a 50-50 cost split between the federal government and the utility owners for any maintenance needed in the next five years and relief from environmental regulations.
Closure would be a hasty move, Tobin says