Feds question proposed sale of Navajo Generating Station

[TexasTowelie]

A plan by the operators of the Central Arizona Project to look for new sources of power beyond the coal-fired — and possibly soon-to-close — Navajo Generating Station near Page is raising questions from federal officials.

The move comes as the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which manages the system, is soliciting bids for electricity needed to pump the water from the Colorado River up through Maricopa, Pinal and Pima counties. District spokeswoman DeEtte Person said the bids on the table includes a solar project and buying power from Salt River Project.

CAWCD board members are set to consider the proposals Thursday.

But in letter late last week to the CAP board, Timothy Petty, assistant secretary for water and science for the Department of Interior, said that his agency, which through the Bureau of Reclamation owns part of the plant, believes a 1968 law “appears to authorize NGS as a source of power for the project.” And that, he wrote, means the board needs to answer some questions.

Read more: https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/06/04/feds-question-proposed-sale-of-navajo-generating-station/

[Wellstone ruled]

1. This Power Plant Operation is

and has been running way beyond the Engineering life span. Can you imagine actually seeing the Grand Canyon on anyday you want.

These Units are some of the dirtiest plants in the USA. BTW,the local Tribe has resisted Solar and Wind Power knowing full well the day would come that these plants would have to be shut down. Talk about a area that would be perfect for Solar and Wind operations. High Desert with constant wind.