Lawmakers' meeting focuses on closure of generating station, threatens jobs near Four Corners
FARMINGTON — Legislators from around the state heard about the impact of the looming closure of the San Juan Generating Station in 2022 as they convened at the San Juan College School of Energy today.
The legislators gathered as part of the Water and Natural Resources Committee meeting to discuss the future of energy in the state and in the San Juan Basin.
During his opening remarks, Mayor Nate Duckett described the local area as a ticking time bomb waiting for the generating station to close. County Executive Officer Kim Carpenter warned that the impacts of the closure will be felt statewide.
San Juan College President Toni Pendergrass said the closure will mean a loss of $2 million in property tax revenue to the college’s budget, as well as $300,000 in training contracts and $116,000 in scholarships provided by the companies that run the mine and generating station.
Read more: https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/2018/07/26/san-juan-generating-station-center-discussion-legislative-committee/843743002/
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Coal plant closure threatens jobs near Four Corners
FARMINGTON — Officials in northwestern New Mexico are grappling with the likely financial effects of a coal power plant closure near the Navajo Nation and in one of the country’s poorest states.
At a tense meeting with lawmakers on Thursday, Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett said waiting for the generating station to close in the Four Corners region is “a ticking time bomb,” because of the looming financial crisis the closure would spark, The Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, reports . The plant provides needed jobs and revenue, he said.
San Juan College President Toni Pendergrass said the closure will mean a loss of $2 million in property tax revenue to the college’s budget, as well as $300,000 in training contracts and $116,000 in scholarships. Those scholarships are provided by the companies that run the mine and generating station, he said.
Legislators from around the state heard about the impact of the pending closure of the San Juan Generating Station in 2022 as they convened at the San Juan College School of Energy on Thursday.
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