An EPA ruling says Colorado can't require coal plant closures by a certain date, and some utilities may take advantage.

The EPA published a notice in the Federal Register that it intends to deny Colorado’s plan to shutter coal-fired power plants ...

The proposed rejection doesn’t stop Colorado from enforcing the plan, but it signals the federal government no longer ...

Environmentalists lamented the agency’s decision, but Colorado officials said it would have little impact on its planned ...

A majority of coal plants in Colorado will be closing during the decade. ... Comanche 3 was controversial from its inception. ... The coal plant has “too many operational problems,” said Gavan.

Here are the Colorado coal-fired plants recently closed or scheduled to close by 2031: Comanche 1: Closed 2022, Pueblo, 325 MW, owned by Xcel; ...

The Colorado Department of Labor and Energy reports that six coal-fired power plants remain operational throughout the state. All of them are set to close by the end of 2031. Seven coal mines remain ...

Steam billows from a coal-fired power plant Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colorado. Rick Bowmer / AP "We're not talking about the giant smokestacks that we saw in Three Mile Island or Chernobyl ...

Homes line streets in the town of Craig, Colo., Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. The town in northwest Colorado is losing its coal plant, and residents fear it is the beginning of the end for their community.

The Drake Power Plant in Colorado is seen above in this Colorado Springs Utilities video clip screenshot from August 2021. The power plant has shut down for good after nearly 100 years of operation.

Shortly after Comanche 3 began producing electricity in 2010, a sign greeted visitors in the bowels of the coal-burning plant in Pueblo: “The monster has risen.” The coal-burning unit was originally ...

He, his son and grandson — all named Trinidad Loya —worked for the coal plant in Craig, Colorado, with the eldest Loya starting more than 30 years ago.