Navajo Generating Station
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Navajo Generating Station
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 Location of Navajo Generating Station in Arizona
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Navajo Nation, near Page, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 36°54′12″N 111°23′25″W / 36.90333°N 111.39028°WCoordinates: 36°54′12″N 111°23′25″W / 36.90333°N 111.39028°W |
| Commission date | 1974, 1975, 1976 |
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (24.3%) Salt River Project (21.7%) LADWP (former) (21.2%) Arizona Public Service (14.0%) NV Energy (11.3%) Tucson Electric Power (7.5%) |
| Operator(s) | Salt River Project |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2250 MW |
Navajo Generating Station is a 2250 megawatt coal-fired powerplant located on the Navajo Indian Reservation, near Page, Arizona, United States. This plant provides electrical power to customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. It also provides the power for pumping Colorado River water for the Central Arizona Project, supplying about 1.5 million acre feet (1.85 km3) of water annually to central and southern Arizona. As of 2017 permission to operate as a conventional coal-fired plant is anticipated until 2017-2019, and to December 22, 2044 if extended. The Navajo Generating Station is the United States of America's third largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
In the 1950s and 1960s, there was a need for new electric generation in the Southwest to supply power to growing populations in southern California, Arizona and Nevada. The US Bureau of Reclamation also needed a large source of power for running the pumps of the planned Central Arizona Project (CAP).
A number of power projects were initially considered to fill these needs, most notably Bridge Canyon and Marble Canyon hydroelectric dams on the Colorado River. However, the proximity of the proposed dams to the Grand Canyon raised opposition, initially from the National Park Service and then more vigorously from a coalition of environmental groups which promoted construction of a thermal or nuclear power plant as an alternative. As a result, the proposed dams were abandoned in favor of the Navajo Power Project, consisting of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) along with the Kayenta mine, Black Mesa & Lake Powell (BM&LP) Railroad, and 800 miles (1,300 km) of 500 kV transmission lines.
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