Could Farmington New Mexico go all in on solar, leave coal, gas behind?

The coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, N.M., in 2009. The Public Service Company of New Mexico closed the coal plant in 2022. (Susan Montoya Bryan, AP File)

By Dave Marston | Writers on the Range

PUBLISHED: May 23, 2023 at 2:20 PM MDT | UPDATED: May 23, 2023 at 2:35 PM MDT

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Given Farmington鈥檚 near-constant sunshine, solar-powered electricity might seem the obvious replacement. However, the people with clout in town yearn for the good old days of fossil fuels.

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