KUOW - Washington’s largest climate polluter shuts down despite federal order
Created 1/21/2026 at 6:29:52 AM • Edited 1/21/2026 at 6:33:23 AM
Canadian company TransAlta’s coal-burning power plant in Centralia, Washington, shut down Dec. 19
The plant has not re-started since then, despite a Dec. 16 emergency order from U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright to keep operating.
On Dec. 9, TransAlta announced it had reached a deal with Puget Sound Energy, Washington’s largest utility, to convert the Centralia plant and run it on natural gas for another 16 years
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