Boardman Generating Station powers down permanently
Environment
On: November 03, 2020 | By:
BOARDMAN — Boardman Generating Station went offline for good on Thursday, Oct. 15, marking an end to Oregon’s coal-burning era.
The plant, which Portland General Electric owned and operated just south of Boardman, was the last coal-fired generating plant in the state and could burn as much as 8,000 tons of coal per day. According to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, it was the largest single source of greenhouse emissions in Oregon.
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