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Costs of coal power plant proposal challenged

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Published August 29, 2014 10:28pm ET
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Costs of coal power plant proposal challenged
FILE - This Nov. 9, 2009, file photo, shows the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M. The Santa Fe-based group New Energy Economy is challenging the estimated costs of a plan by PNM to close two units at the power plant and replace the power with a mix of coal, nuclear and solar energy. The group contends PNM didn't include more than a half-billion dollars of ongoing capital expenditures in the calculations and failed to weigh the costs of environmental regulations and the disposal of coal ash waste generated by the power plant. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) | Susan Montoya Bryan

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The state’s largest electric utility is underestimating the costs that will be passed on to customers under a proposal to shut down part of an aging coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico, according to a regulatory filing made Friday by advocates of renewable energy.

The Santa Fe-based group New Energy Economy is accusing PNM of withholding from the Public Regulation Commission key information about the plan’s price tag.

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