Assistance for Coal Miners and Coal Industry Workers

[Ampster]

Is the the long reach of California in play ? IIRC a fair fraction of the ownership and generation has CA connections.

Yes.
LADWP Accelerates Coal Power Reduction with Full Divestment From Navajo Generating Plant 3.5 Years Ahead of Schedule

 

[Bangor Bob]

Among other things, there is a hell of a lot of site remediation work to be done. Would it be satisfying work take coal ash from the storage ponds and use it to stabilize, backfill and seal up underground mines? To clean up and restore coal cleaning and sorting sites back to a somewhat natural state? To do some proper remediation work on the mountaintop removal sites - particularly the valleys filled-in with "overburden" to bring back some of the valley woodland and stream habitat which was lost? There are years, possibly decades of work needed here.

Miners today are highly skilled heavy equipment operators. Seems like a good fit. The issue, of course, is money. The mining companies theoretically pay into a remediation fund, but have all found ways to avoid making full payments. Perhaps it's a good use for a portion of any carbon tax...

 

[SageBrush]

Yes.
LADWP Accelerates Coal Power Reduction with Full Divestment From Navajo Generating Plant 3.5 Years Ahead of Schedule

The Navajo Generating power plant is in Paige, AZ, while the one we are talking about is near Farmington, NM

 

[tomas]

Why is it considered a poor asset ?

Is the the long reach of California in play ? IIRC a fair fraction of the ownership and generation has CA connections.

Yeah, Californians do not like to lose money.