EPA moves forward with plan for NM power plant

Published April 30, 2014 5:47pm ET



ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal regulators are moving forward with a proposal they say would target some of the oldest pollution in the country by closing part of a New Mexico coal-fired power plant.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed approving a plan negotiated by the agency, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration and the state’s largest electric provider, PNM.

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