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Indianapolis utility to convert coal plant to gas

By Rick Callahan
Published August 15, 2014 9:06pm ET
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Indianapolis utility to convert coal plant to gas
In this 2014 photo is the Harding Street power plant Marion County, Ind. The Sierra Club is pushing for Indianapolis' local utility to retire an aging power plant that's left Indiana's capital as the last major Midwestern city with a coal-fired power plant within city limits that isn't being phased out. The Indianapolis' utility company had faced growing pressure to retire will be converted to cleaner-burning natural gas if state regulators endorse a revised plan the company announced Friday. (AP Photo /The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger) | Matt Kryger

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An aging coal-fired power plant that Indianapolis’ utility company had faced growing pressure to retire will be converted to cleaner-burning natural gas if state regulators endorse a revised plan the company announced Friday.

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