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Original Article: APS will eliminate carbon emissions by 2050 and close coal plant ahead of schedule, CEO says
By Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic
Arizona Public Service Co. will produce all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050 and will get 45% of its power from renewable sources like solar and wind by the end of this decade, the company announced Wednesday.
Meeting those goals will mean closing the company’s coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant in New Mexico by 2031, seven years ahead of schedule. The APS coal-fired Cholla Power Plant in Arizona already is scheduled to close in 2025.
APS gets about 22% of its energy from those coal plants today…read more